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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1916
Page
6
Peter Rabbit watches Titus Tumblebug roll a ball along a rut clinging on and tumbling over. He asks if this is for fun or if he believes himself a joy riding motorist compelled to flip over each time. Kansas City Star.
Aged exchange note suggests waking a hired man with an alarm clock tied to a two foot rope and sandbagging him at a set hour as a prank. The text reflects a past comedic or cautionary tone about workplace mischief.
A medical advertisement promises a money back guarantee with every box of Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment. It states the guarantee covers babies, children, and the elderly, regardless of case duration, and instructs readers to obtain a box from a druggist and seek a refund if not satisfied.
Scientists say there is little difference between plants and animals as life forms. If plants eat drink breathe sleep and work then distinguishing the vegetable and animal kingdoms becomes difficult to pin down.
Senator Sorghum asks if his last speech influenced people. A political manager answers that it did, noting last week they invited him to speak and this week they challenge him to speak again, showing a growing pressure to address the audience.
A reflective quote on nursing comparing it to matrimony, urging reverence discretion sobriety and fear of God. Attributed to Sarah Comstock in Good Housekeeping.
A humorous note observes that revealing a photo to a young man tests his interest, noting it knocks much of the imagined allure from a girl when he does not ask for the image.
In Los Angeles a granite cutting shop owner successfully used a compressed air starter to drive pneumatic lettering tools for inscriptions on a monument in a distant cemetery. Air fed from the shop reservoir via a hose to the tool, saving time and expense on the project.
Abed Maury recalls a vivid dream of the Reign of Terror in France with a trial before the revolutionary tribunal and an execution. He says the dream's guillotine fall was triggered by a curtain rod striking his neck, waking him from the horror.
A bachelor explains that joint rule is impossible in a family and the scepter shifts through generations. The husband wields it at marriage, then the wife holds it, and finally the baby inherits it, passing permanently among each generation.
A Honolulu luncheon featured pineapple soup. Pineapple fritters and pineapple ice appeared on the menu. Tables were adorned with pineapple cans and real fruit. James D. Dole delivered a pineapple poem between speeches and dishes.
Heated glycerin to 120 degrees Celsius proved to destroy germs quickly. German tests show it kills tuberculosis diphtheria anthrax chicken cholera and many others within one minute without altering instrument temperature after an hour and even restores rubber tubing rather than damaging it.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as the best liver medicine. It claims the pills refresh digestion and move the bowels without gripe or nausea and notes a 25 cent price at the drugstore.
A testimonial from Mrs. Mary Ridg of Blackstone Massachusetts describes years of illness and sudden dangerous symptoms. Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is recommended as a safe remedy for middle aged women facing hot flashes suffocation back aches and other warning signs.
The note urges dropping wasteful habits that drain strength and resources and embracing faithful work and duty. It compares good habits to ballast that steadies progress while considering which loads help and which hinder, advising cheerful adoption and firm rejection.
Many people dislike the breath smell from onions. A remedy is to hold a swallow of hot coffee in the mouth for a minute or two after eating onions to prevent aftertaste or odor.
Soap-boiler by-products once polluted streams with foul liquids. A new practice collected and refined this sludge, yielding glycerin as the modern useful by-product, transforming waste into a valuable chemical.
Fragmentary report recounts a retired French officer who commanded Crete detachments during a past conflict. The text mentions bribes offered by neighboring village mayors and a notable remark attributed to Venizelos about the officer’s honesty and potential success, amid vague details of coercion and morale efforts.
Charles Fouqueray, famed for marine scenes, joined the war art corps in France. He explains to Cartoons Magazine how he stays behind the lines to quickly sketch battle points before cleanup, with soldiers guiding his depictions of positions and attitudes.
Henry W Savage impressed Ade with his French in a Paris cafe by ordering copper colored oysters. When asked for horse radish he forgot the word for ish and solved it by declaring horse is cheval and red is rouge, but he could not recall the French ending.
The community Christmas began from a dinner table talk among New York artists. A young man educated in Germany inspired the idea of transplanting festive trees to the United States. The Madison Square GardenTree of Light in 1912 marked the first U S adoption, with the custom growing nationwide as a permanent tradition rooted in German culture.
In parts of France a surge in game threatens crops prompting authority to allow wholesale killing of rabbits deer boars and, in some cases, hares and pheasants. Sale of rabbits and boars is permitted while hares and pheasants are reserved for ambulances and hospitals. Minister Jules Meline oversees relaxed rules to ease markets.
The Remount Herald reports letters received at the British pay office from soldiers' wives. One asks why no money arrived since the husband disappeared, another laments a remittance that supposedly changed a boy into a girl and asks if it will matter.
Sir Quy Laking the king's armorer possesses a rare fifteenth century helmet valued at $10,000. Only one other helmet of the same period in perfect condition is known to exist.
Fragmentary OCR describes birds nesting on a North Westmorland farmer’s land. The text mentions inspecting eggs and a large number of eyes, hinting at a survey of the nest. Details are unclear due to damaged print.
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