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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1931
Page
5
Colt High notes strong 99 percent banking last Tuesday amid a dejected parent community. The Green and White Board held a business conference as Colt teams prepared portraits and award ceremonies while students underwent military training physicals and inoculations.
The article notes that the United States hosts more angora goats than any country, with about 3.5 million animals led by Texas, Arizona, Oregon, New Mexico, California, and Missouri. It highlights Mohair’s uses in upholstery and apparel and cites a yearly Mohair yield of 17 million pounds.
Mohair velvet stands as a premier upholstery fabric due to extreme wear resistance and a smooth fiber finish. The article explains mohair’s long wearing fiber, dirt resistance, mothproofing, and dye acceptance, plus design options from solid colors to jacquard woven patterns and frieze effects. It notes US leadership in mohair production and evolving color and weave trends.
The article explains how angora goats produce mohair fleece used to make velma velvet for upholstery in cars trains buses and homes. Mohair fibers resist felting and remain durable and cleanable while taking dye well making seat fabrics cool and comfortable for long wear.
The traditional site of Troy, Ilium, lies on the Hissarlik mound between the Scamander valley and its eastern tributary Simois, about three and a half miles from the Hellespont and the Aegean shore. A long scholarly dispute from 160 AD has been settled by 1893 fortress findings at Hissarlik dating to the Mycenaean era, overlying Schliemann's earlier acropolis.
Rooftop workouts in New York feature a half hour of shadow boxing by one man in a track suit and a second with a golf club and ball. They tee off against a wall, the ball sending a loud crack and occasionally flying into the street, interrupted only by a critic’s remarks on the stance.
Chief Justice Chase described the United States as an indestructible union of indestructible states in Texas vs White ruling. The court held Texas ordinances of secession unconstitutional and concluded Texas had never ceased to be a state of the Union.
A compact aphorism from the Grit spirit about finding opportunity close at hand. It urges making the best of the job one has rather than chasing endless better roles.
April to June listings include Colt Alumni Association at Colt Auditorium on April 24 and May 15, Bristol Yacht ClubSpring meeting April 28, Hope Circle D of I concert April 30, Bristol Fire Department ball May 1, May basket party May 6 hosted by Mr and Mrs Edward Davin, May 7 8 Oh Doctor musical at Colt High School, May 13 May Frolic by NI R Co Girls Club, May 22 Junior Class Prom at Colt High School, and June 26 Alumni Association Ball at Colt Auditorium.
In this town on April 23 a daughter named Shirley was born to Mr and Mrs Joseph Formisano of 310 High street.
William McCaw formerly of this town died in Cleveland Ohio on April 23 at age 55. He was a longtime resident and is survived by relatives in the area. Funeral arrangements are pending announcement.
A description notes cement ground to a fineness enabling 78 percent of the material to pass through a silk screen capable of holding water.
An early industry bulletin recalls a soap and perfume maker who held a slogan contest. A contestant submitted a quip suggesting if you skip the soap you should use the perfume instead, illustrating humorous advertising exchanges of the era.
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