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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1926
Page
4
Astronomers estimate the Sun travels about 13 miles per second through space along a path not yet defined. The rest of the solar system, including Earth and other planets, is carried along with it in space.
The horn or hornpipe is among the earliest wind instruments after the reed and is found in many nations. It was first made from horn, giving it its name. The dance hornpipe is linked to the Welsh pib-corn meaning hornpipe.
The Naval Observatory notes that large comets, including the great comet of 1843, can approach perihelion from a sunward direction, making detection difficult from Earth as they pass near the sun.
A fragment from Washington Stir quotes Unile Phen urging parents to guide and support boys to grow self confidence. The advice emphasizes parental influence in shaping a child who learns independence and self assurance as he matures through discipline and love.
A brief, cryptic statement praising mercy in judging others while acknowledging contradictions in judgment. The fragment mentions mercy, generosity, and faults, with a final nonsensical term. Context and attribution are unclear.
A fragmentary Carlyle reflection questions the origin of limbs and life blood, declaring the body a dust and shadow system surrounding the self. It contemplates how divine essence may be revealed through flesh across moments or years.
The government mints coin bullion with gold as the sole metal for coinage. Other coins are produced from metals bought as directed by Congress.
A small boy turns in a humorous essay describing a mule as a hardy bird with six legs two for walking two for kicking and wings on the sides of its head. He quips the animal is stubbornly backward about coming forward.
The article notes Phi Delta Phi as the oldest legal fraternity founded at the University of Michigan in 1869. It lists others including Delta Theta Phi Gamma Eta Gamma Phi Alpha Delta Phi Delta Delta and Sigma Delta Kappa Sigma Nu Phi.
A fragmented note cites the oldest Christain hymn credited to Clement of Alexandria likely from around 200. Henry M Dexter published a free paraphrase in Shepherd of Tender Youth widely used in hymnals.
A motivational note urges perseverance with the line that many succeed at the eleventh hour by not giving up. It stresses resilience and contrasts failures with those who continue to strive, citing Farrington as an exemplar.
A Boston Transcript note recalls a parachute jump, describing the diver’s calm breath before the chute opens and a 2,000 foot descent, calling the moment comparatively certain amid the peril.
A New Orleans States item notes a woman biting a cream puff and an embarrassing moment when the pastry exploded exposing a humorous mishap during a meal.
A critical reflection on how heroes are perpetually knocked from their pedestals by circumstance. The piece argues genuine courage lies in action, not in reverence, showing how public figures are tested by ongoing defiance of adulation.
The ad proclaims the print shop motto focusing on quality over price. It asserts that their work satisfies customers when better printing is produced and ends with a dramatic emphasis on completing the task.
A small band of Huguenots at Port Royal built a pavilion boat at 132 and sailed back to France in 1w24, believed to be the first American craft to cross the ocean.
A garbled note from a New York publisher hints at an instructor teaching history with a curious phrase. The fragment mentions an institution and a character, suggesting a classroom or publication context.
A fragmentary note references Benjamin Franklin advising self reliance and faithful service, suggesting a doctrine of self help and prudent conduct as a guide for personal virtue. The text emphasizes discipline, frugality, and steady effort as keys to achievement.
A Milwaukee Journal columnist tells of a young man bitten by a cottonmouth while fishing. He endures pain, survives after battling a big bass, and learns that imagination magnifies danger while resolve turns troubles into strength.
Judge Charles Simons faced eight months of delay after a silver US arms pitcher vanished from the Federal building courtroom. Francis X Norris bought a replacement from a downtown five-and-dime while the court awaited action and endured the drawn out bureaucracy.
The article recalls Francis Marston, once a boy employed by poet John Greenleaf Whittier, who still tends Whittier Estate in Danvers Massachusetts. He is described as barefoot today, with a tan cheek and rolled trousers, echoing the poet's barefoot boy image that inspired Whittier's enduring verse.
A blast at a factory of the National India Rubber Co. damaged a building and exposed 50 bombs in a two week project as police contained the scene and evacuated residents. Giorgios said his father and others were making 50 bombs of which 30 were finished with 20 incomplete. Police dampened the danger by water treating 40 bombs after the explosion.
The reign of Queen Elizabeth marked a patriotic era in England with explorers like Drake Frobisher and Gilbert launching quests. The navy defeated the Armada, and writers such as Marlowe Lyly Kidd Peele Stern and Shakespeare advanced Elizabethan drama.
Granville P. Lindley of Bristol Rhode Island petitions in bankruptcy for a full discharge of debts as provided by law. The court schedules a hearing for August 25 1926 in Providence and orders notification to all known creditors by mail.
District Court for Rhode Island lists creditors hearings for Granville Lindley bankruptcies with notice of discharge petition and hearing set for August 28 1928 in Providence. Probate Court Bristol schedules final account of David Hudson estate and guardianship petition for Susan Mott with notices to publish for fourteen days in the Bristol Phoenix.
A 18th century Philadelphia doctor named Vance reportedly bored holes with a bone drill into the skull to treat a scalped patient. He noted healing tissue grew in the holes and the wound progressed slowly after the operation, revival of an old technique.
A four hundred and eleven year old coin silver watch owned by H B Cheney of Penacock, N Host 8, supposedly purchased in Liverpool England by Cheney's great grandfather. The watch passed to the present owner through his family. Cheney is eighty-one. A visitor who cleaned it revealed an engraved date of manufacture on the works.
Mrs Mary K Edwards has spent fifty seven years in missionary work among the Zulus of South Africa. She is now ninety two years old, crippled and almost totally blind.
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