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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1928
Page
5
A short note explains that the phrase What the Dickens is not about Charles Dickens. It traces the term to a possible contraction of devilkins as Shakespearean phrasing appears in The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Seek Camphor secret botanists investigate why some camphor trees yield solid camphor while similar trees produce camphor oil. The Chinese guarded knowledge for centuries and the Japanese, who found it in 1895, also protect the method to maintain Japan's camphor monopoly.
In Roakside cathedral on a central pillar called the king's column the heights of Danish kings are marked. Emperor Alexander I stood over six feet tall and the mark shows Peter the Great twelve inches above his head.
A method to recover faded text involves laying the paper flat dampening with cold water and brushing with a camel hair brush dipped in ammonia. Fresh applications are needed on ordinary writing paper for readability.
In a light editorial tone the Ohio State Journal notes the obsession with female beauty and the spectacle of a young woman in a car ahead applying makeup even after the traffic light turns green, contrasting vanity with driving attention.
The Path finder notes Rudyard Kipling's 1899 poem titled Take up the white man's burden. The work frames a controversial paternalistic duty of white nations toward darker peoples, sparking ongoing debate about empire and morality.
An unnamed critic scolds a rising writer with sharp metaphors as a lantern lights chapters two and three. The critic portrays a blazing glare and wrathful ending, calling for a fierce rebuke across the final pages.
An obituary notice quotes a South African source describing death as an impartial foot snatching a head with a relentless hand. The fragment mixes metaphors to convey sudden loss within a small family.
Doris Webster and Mary Alden Hopkins, in Liberty, urge women to study a future husband's faults before marriage. They advise observing anger and emotional reactions, noting that reforming a partner is unlikely and long term compatibility must be assessed for fifty years.
Frederick Tisdale recalls New York's 1888 move to abolish hanging and adopt electric death for certain criminals. The piece notes public, religious, and scientific opposition, citing early fears of electricity as a deadly unseen force and thecharged mood of the era.
The author argues that headgear influenced by and reflecting architectural styles appears across cultures and periods. Hawaiian grass houses and hats, Eastern church turbans, Jewish priestly hats, mosque domes, Gothic spires, and horned headdresses are cited as parallel forms.
The article traces quills as writing pens to the fifth century tied to Theodoric king of the Ostrogoths who used a gold plate with cut initials for his signature. It notes earliest certain accounts around 6386 and a later Latin sonnet by Aldhelm. It adds steel pens introduced to England in 1803.
A wealthy southern Indiana merchant and landlord rode across his acres when he spotted a man loading corn into a sack from his crib. The thief calmly replied that he was taking the corn. The landlord, astonished, finally urged him to proceed with ease.
The BH. M. FY Electrical Year Book notes asbestos in pure form as a good electrical insulator though impure forms affect conductivity. It is often mixed with fibers or binders to boost strength and insulation, making paper press sheets boards tape and cloth. It is used to insulate wires and cables exposed to high temperatures.
Sam Days Arithmetic is now taught in game kindergartens, suggesting even the youngest children face days of reckoning.
Dr. George F Kunz recalls Henry Ward Beecher’s habit of carrying and gifting small gems as “lovely precious stones” in sermons. Beecher collected and distributed stones to friends, joking he might be starting a collection for someone else, while praising their connection to creator’s beauty.
A humorous domestic exchange unfolds as a young wife and husband debate hotel life versus keeping house. The wife suggests avoiding quarrels by never arguing about the hotel, while the husband objects to hotel life and proposes a mock compromise that resembles running a home with the hotel staff and ongoing job-hunting for new lodgings.
The excerpt contrasts modern leisure with steam era work. It argues steam power creates a vacuum for thought rather than true leisure, noting current eagerness for trains, museums, literature, science, and quick reads versus old habits like reading a single newspaper.
Corey Ford recalls a comic scene on a Dutch East Indies island where a small monkey struggles to climb a driftwood stick. The playful tableau unfolds on black sand and white breakers under a tropical sky, ending as the monkey tumbles toward the sea.
A brother and sister sit by a creek fishing. The sister loses her line in brush and asks for help. The brother pulls in debris and mishears her asking about a cork, confusing it with a county name.
A farmer met with the village notary to have a deed made authentic. He balked at the high charge for a brief service, while the notary explained that professionals must charge for their ability.
A brief note quotes a line from Woman's Home Companion about honest intent and the quiet play of the mind with New Year resolutions. The excerpt hints at self reflection and the habit of setting goals as a familiar cultural impulse.
Notice announces annual dog license fees for Bristol with costs for male and female dogs and Spayed females. Licenses available from April 2 1928 at the Town Clerk's office as per John W Church Town Clerk. Schedule dates listed include March 20 1928 and multiple day references for payments and issuance.
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