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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1919
Page
4
A patient from Ogdensburg New York reports severe eczema episodes relieved by Fruit-a-tives and Sootha Salva. He bought boxes at 60 cents each or six for $2.50 and confirms full recovery after using multiple boxes. The notices mention trial sizes at 25 cents.
Quotation from Newell Dwight Hillis describes how one seeker evokes kindred writers. The passage suggests a radius of influence where Emerson and contemporaries like Hawthorne Whittier Holmes and Lowell respond to presence with praise and intellectual inspiration.
John G writes a lengthy note expressing misery and a belief that others cannot understand him. He is advised not to seek martyr status but to work hard, support others, and show resilience so he will be understood and valued.
A surgeon quotes a maxim about order while carefully maneuvering dislocated joints back to their original positions. The scene emphasizes meticulous technique and controlled movements in a clinical setting.
A French invention translates a spoken sword into the student’s tongue while a printed roll displays the original word and its translation, illustrating early phonograph and printing alignment for language learning.
State Board of Public Roads invites sealed proposals for construction of Bridges 7 108 122 Coventry Center Coventry Oak Vale and Branch River Barrington Jt J to be submitted on forms provided with certified check. Bids opened publicly at Providence. Further details and plans available after July 1 1919.
A roundup of film previews notes Tom Mix in Fighting For Gold with a live bear and Teddy Sampson, The Tiger's Trail features Ruth Roland, while The Third Degree stars Alice Joyce in a Vitagraph drama about Annie Sands. Also highlighted are His Bridal Night with Alice Brady and a Komets short.
Unearthed Algerian rock drawings feature a huge carved bulllike budale with giant horns and a striking Amern ¢lephant. Additional figures include a hen, leopard, stag, stazelle and domesticated forms such as sheep, with several names appearing in the report.
The Savoyards rub nine crushed cloves on a wasp sting area to reduce swelling and ease pain, claiming the remedy draws the sting out and soothes discomfort.
Yale geographic expedition fetches a breakfast grain from Peru a cultivated ply weed equaling oatmeal and used for chicha. It also discovers a wild tomato relative with apple flavor a desert vine possibly trained over arbors and a tomato that grows on a small tree. The lucuma fruit praised for hardy growth in Florida or southern California.
The recollection describes whippoorwills singing regularly at half past seven each evening in summer, their clocklike precision as the sun sets. The author notes multiple birds, a buzzing sound reminiscent of a spider’s web, and occasional roosting on stumps or the ridgepole, with songs continuing through the night until dawn.
A Wall Street Journal note describes the film industry facing scrutiny over rising costs and lavish expenditures. The piece cites a New York hotel scene and a Los Angeles call as examples of extravagant sums, questioning the value of such outlays in the evolving movie landscape.
The report notes limited reinfection as immunity appears to develop after initial illness. Pneumonia cases follow normal seasonal courses, while a more virulent type is less common in the current period. Most reinfections show vague rheumatic pains lasting only a few days.
A man carrying a baby boy weaves through a crowded street car. The infant eyes a swinging feather, misses it, then grabs it as it swings back. The crowd laughs and the father quips that the boy will need it if he stays in town.
The forest service estimates total US lumber production at 32.76 billion feet for 1918 based on partial returns from 713 mills each cutting 5 million feet or more. 1917 output was about 32.0 billion feet, with declines widespread though greatest in the south and east compared with the west.
In New York City William Mather Lewis contrasts thrift with mere saving. He argues thrift is prudent management and a foundation for business success and personal freedom. He urges budgets, War Savings Stamps, and disciplined saving to sustain households and communities.
A Quaker acrostic extols thrift and saving to secure the future. It asserts money saved earns future security, while reckless spending wastes time and resources. The piece links prudent finance to personal and national strength and urges purchase of War Savings Stamps.
A lyrical appeal to thrift promotes War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps with lines urging saving over spending. The piece recounts Senator Gilbert M Hitchcock’s early life showing how saving money funded his education and law career, emphasizing fiscal prudence and patriotism.
A public appeal urges readers to buy War Savings Stamps to fund national defense. The notice links thrift and patriotism, encouraging households to invest a portion of their finances in government savings programs.
One of the first white men and likely the first British subject to settle in what is now New Brunswick, John Gyles was taken from the southern British colonies to the St John River valley by marauding Indians.
Grain is produced in Algeria mainly in valleys among coastal mountains and on high plateaus between the coast and the northern Sahara borders. The Med region features valleys and plateau areas suitable for cultivation amid varied elevations.
A compact quotation attributed to Henry J. van Dyke notes that genuine masterpieces come from those who have learned from masters. The line reflects a belief in the value of mentorship and mastery in artistic achievement.
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