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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1924
Page
4
A reflective maxim on perseverance and growth. Silence, abstention, and stagnation are warned against as leading to decline while daily renewed will and effort sustain life. The quote urges continual self-assertion against decay and distraction.
The War department confirms permanent American cemeteries in Europe with approximate burial counts: Aisne Marne Belleau Wood 2213, Suresnes Paris 1498, Meuse Argonne Romagne-sous-Montfaucon 13969, Somme Bony 1827, Oise Aisne Seringes at Nesles 6028, St Mihiel Thieucourt 4141, Brookwood England near London 4385, Flanders Field Waereghem Belgium 362.
In a Lower Manhattan apartment a rose colored velvet drape covers a typewriter replacing the usual cover. The soft fabric hides the hidden object and gives the room an Oriental mystery. If the cover is found, residents would likely remove the velvet drape.
A memorial tablet honoring Alexander Selkirk, the historical model for Robinson Crusoe, was erected in 1868 by officers of HMS Topaze on Juan Fernandez. The inscription notes Selkirk, a Largo native, lived in solitary exile on the island for four years and four months, and details his embarkation from the Cinque Ports Galley and later service and death in 1723. The stone is set high above the sea near Selkirk's Lookout.
John Gillen Culbertson of Wichita Falls Texas reports to the National foreign trade council, via the Detroit News, on a discovery of the Machigina tribe in Amazon headwaters. He claims they predate ancient Egyptians, speak a language close to English, and worship trees as ancestors escaped the Biblical flood by climbing them.
Under Quebec law a married woman cannot perform most civil actions without her husband’s authorization or judicial approval. The rule reflects historic limitations on married women's autonomy within the province's legal framework.
French police deploy pocket phone devices allowing officers to relay from street level to headquarters via numerous weather proof terminals. Each officer carries a microphone sized instrument and can quickly connect to the central office, surpassing older telephone methods.
The morality play, born in fifteenth century England from church pageants, evolved into modern drama. Characters personified virtues and vices to teach reform, with vices often providing humor through tricky pranks. Shakespeare’s clowns grew from these vices.
A subtle night to dawn transformation unfolds as Drumsheugh senses change and sees the first sun ray break on a Gremplans peak. A gray horizon and a rising light precede daylight, with a blackbird singing beside the Brie Briar bush.
English divorcees keep their wedding rings after decree but have a jeweler cut a deep notch in the band to mark their single or multiple marriages. The World notes the practice signals the end of a marriage and the number of husbands for each wearer.
Bermuda with a population around 20 000 relies on rain collected from coral house roofs and stored in tanks for all water needs.
Notes describe original frontier exchange systems where animal skins served as currency and in some states an acre of land, oxen, horses, and even cow bells functioned as money.
A dialogue excerpt shows Mr Shistshy dismissing politeness with a stubborn refrain and Mr Longsuffer recounting a past crowded train seat gesture. The exchange highlights modern manners and humor amid urban transit.
A reflective quotation from Bishop Carpenter compares evaluating a person's legacy to measuring mountains by the shadows they cast over the world. It suggests reputations endure through ages as their influence remains in future generations.
Calypso is a nymph who dwelt on Ogygia where Ulysses was shipwrecked after the Trojan War. She welcomed him and offered immortality if he married her. He refused, and after seven years she was commanded by the gods to release him, teaching him raft-building before he departed.
The term Scourge of God described Atilla the Hun terrorizing Europe in the fifth century, notably invading Italy and threatening Rome. It first appears in the Legend of St. Loup from Troyes, with earlier or later holders Genseric and Charles VIII also labeled as such.
The excerpt envisions chemists and engineers holding annual meetings in a spirit of cooperation to perfect destructive agents only for government use being immoral. It argues for international exchange of ideas to advance mankind and questions why such collaboration is not possible.
British researchers examine skulls to link nose width with climate. Wide noses appear in hot moist periods while narrow noses align with cold dry eras. Some European caveman skulls thought to be from cold times may reflect warm periods if nasal features track climate.
A tale set in Berlin follows two men chasing a pretty twenty one year old girl. One schemes to test love by sending a fictitious letter to lure her to a rendezvous. The ploy backfires as she confronts the squire with the letters, leading to a duel in which the kind friend is fatally shot. The ending offers a moral, with the squire abandoning the plot and the girl’s fate sealed.
William C McCloy recounts how Richard Harding Davis refused to surrender his reporting badge to Arthur Brisbane during a football game. Brisbane urged taking the blame but Davis stayed loyal to his city editor assignment. The next day Brisbane told McCloy the reporter should have his salary raised.
Perspiration continually carries away liquid waste via sweat glands. In cool dry air evaporation causes little discomfort, while in hot weather more sweat is produced to dispose of moisture. Even in winter, perspiration remains active though it evaporates faster and is less noticeable.
The Moravians built Bethlehem Pa into a national musical center led by Count Zinzendorf with Christmas 1741 as a seasonal cue. Benjamin Franklin praised the church music and late 19th century choir under J Frederick Wolfe performed Bach works including St John Passion and St Matthew Passion and annual Bach festival.
The handkerchief rose from Roman refinements and gained general use in Henry VIII’s England. It likely emerged from ecclesiastical attire and the linen maniple. In 18th century France pocket handkerchiefs appeared with rich ornament. Women began colored handkerchiefs as snuff taking spread.
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