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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1922
Page
6
The American Forestry Magazine explains wood figures arise from structure color variation and combined effects. Normal wood reflects the natural condition of sound trees while abnormal or pathological figures show distortions caused by disease insect attack and other agents altering life processes.
A young novelist stood on a prominent London street corner recently peddling her own books and sold 30 copies in an hour.
An American notes a London shop window sign offering ladder repairs at a hosiery shop. The joke lies in British usage, where ladder means a stocking run, a flaw women dislike paying to fix, making the odd pairing humorous to readers.
The daffodil stands as a emblem of unrequited love and fleeting hope, blooming in early March to hint at summer. Known as the Lent lily, it flourishes in Devonshire where locals call it the duaffudowndilly.
A Youths Companion account describes a device to extract water from breath. Cast adrift at sea without water, individuals reportedly distill moisture by inhaling through the nose and exhaling into a bottle, yielding about an ounce of water per hour.
A fragment from a domestic narrative shows Maury and Mary recalling a day of fear and disciplinary threats. The text depicts parental reproach and a child’s wistful claim of almost falling off the edge of a whipping, then hints at a school romance and a damaging letter from a much older boy.
Two year old George Henry LaRue, son of Alfred and Mrs LaRue of 554 Thames street, was knocked down by a one man car operated by Suburban and Wardwell at the foot of Oliver street. He was injured but not crushed, carried home, treated by Dr McMerriman, and later moved to Rhode Island Hospital for further care.
American Professor Farabee claims vast treasure deposits in sacred lakes across Colombia and neighboring regions. He estimates that pure gold worth hundreds of millions of dollars has been discarded into these lakes over centuries as part of religious rites.
A brief advice suggests applying a thin layer of vaseline between shoe soles and uppers before rain to keep feet dry and shoes from damage. It warns against leaving shoes near heat as leather may be destroyed.
In a tender scene, Grandmamma holds Matthew who is large for his age. The boy frets and asks with a child’s curiosity how she acquired the car track marks on her face, prompting a quiet, intimate moment.
Modern steamships show remarkable luxury with electric elevators swimming pools gymnasiums promenades galleries for children drawing rooms veranda cafes and more aboard steel hulls crossing the ocean as travel becomes a refined experience beyond Washington Irving's era.
In Chicago seven eternal lights burn day and night before a statue of the Blessed Virgin in a Catholic church. The lights honor the church’s survival from destruction in the great fire of 1871.
The Sunday manager Gibbons leads Cleveland and the Giants against Bristol in the second game at Bleven Field next Sunday at 3 pm. Bristol won the opener 2 to 1 in a tight battle. Campbell will pitch for the Giants with Cyclone Crudit in reserve and Conglin catching.
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