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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1928
Page
4
Report urges motorists to have crankcases drained and flushed by Socony agents. Winter driving dilutes oil with raw gasoline and sediment accumulates. flushing removes sediment and leaves a protective lubricant film before refilling with Socony Motor Oil.
A partial remark shows a farmer denying prayers for a bumper crop while discussing a plenary claim. The garbled text suggests a debated topic or quote from a speech. No clear names, dates, or places are readable.
A proverb warns that the moon’s halo misleads weather judgments. Halos can precede storms yet storms arrive unannounced. Some halos signal clearing weather while others merely precede rain, and a saying notes you only know rain when it is wet.
The text notes coin-operated machines dating to about 200 years before Christ and credits Ctesibius with invention. They reportedly dispensed purified water to Egyptian temple worshipers for five drachmae. It also claims slot machines did not enter general warfare until roughly a century ago.
The sport of bowling likely evolved from skittles and earlier bowls. It has flourished in the United States with a rapid rise in popularity, especially since the late 1800s. The first American bowling game was recorded on January 1, 1849 in New York City.
A compact meditation on poetry as a near crisis act not fully recoverable thought yet a hue from a wider receding idea. The fragment reflects on poetry’s elusive nature and its sudden emergence as a miraculous act.
The fens or English Swamp Lands form a flat Bedford Level area about 60 by 40 miles stretching from Peterborough to Northampton and Cambridge to the sea. Since the seventeenth century drainage has reclaimed most of this land for cultivation.
Gas Logie notes persimmon wood is valued for making shoe lasts. Numerous persimmon trees are found near New York along Long Island shores, on Staten Island, and in nearby New Jersey.
The National Rifle Association defines bore measurements by ball count per pound: 10 balls per pound for 10 gauge, 12 balls per pound for 12 gauge, and 20 balls per pound for 20 gauge. This establishes a uniform basis for comparing shotgun bore sizes.
In Norse myth Woden rules the universe from Valhalla. His two black ravens Thought and Memory fly from his palace daily to learn what happens in the world. Brave fallen warriors’ spirits join feasts and battles at his court in Valhalla.
A historic account describes dyeing with butternut and other plant colors in New England. Webster’s wardrobe featured indigo blue from collar to ankle, a hue he kept even in old age after a rain-soaked journey to Hanover stained him blue. His lifelong fondness for blue coats is noted as part of his character.
Five year old M Poulshnoff made his concert debut with a violinist but smoked a half smoked cigarette left in the room. He played a Beethoven piece in a stupor, then slept and needed carriage home after the mishap.
The excerpt argues that every boy should grow up with a dog to shape character toward fairness, kindness, and mercy. A dog offers daily lessons against cruelty and cowardice, serving as a voiceless rebuke for misdeeds. The author notes the dog’s understanding nature and the universe’s forces guiding this bond.
An 1% feet brick chimney near Belmont by Tonopah, built in the boom days, withstood five years of harsh weather. Brick hauled from Sacramento over Mu miles by ox teams, remains in good condition, revealing the durability of common brick and the grit of gold rush settlers.
In a humor column tale Margie, aged five, is told a story about her own birthday interests. On February 22 her brother mentions George Washington's birthday and Margie asks what he got. Her mother insists she made the remark, prompting Margie to deny knowing Washington.
The saying warns against trusting gifts from Greeks and may trace to Virgil in Aeneid II 4 where I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts. The wooden horse at Troy is a likely reference for the origin.
The Cincinnati art benefactor Mary Emery left a $5 million gallery to the Cincinnati Art Museum. Renowned for supporting painters poets sculptors and musicians she once quipped art is long but artists are always short after praise from a clergyman at a Cincinnati tea.
United States Department of Commerce proposes two cans per person with surplus for three cans, tallying about 37 million extra. Maryland leads in canneries with 74, Illinois 29, and the article explains canned corn methods and grading, noting cream and whole grain styles and gold enamel lined cans to preserve color.
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