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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1922
Page
3
Brander Matthews argues that authors publish to benefit readers not themselves. A book should reveal the author’s personality yet primarily serve readers, or it becomes vanity. A poor book is one that pleases the author more than its audience.
The text states that mere words or phrases used for advertising or slogans cannot be registered for copyright. It explains that such phrases, unless serving as trademarks, fall outside copyright protection and may only be safeguarded by unfair competition laws in some cases.
In a historical note readers learn that people in the Middle Ages believed a serpent skin steeped in vinegar could ease a toothache, reflecting era beliefs in folk remedies and natural cures.
Path of lavish gaiety and heartbreak follows Pearl White in The Broadway Peacock as a cabaret hostess falls for a wary aristocrat amid New York’s temptations. Betty Compson shines in The Green Temptation as three contrasting roles across one life. The Fox program also presents A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court with Mark Twain approval and strong ensemble from Kosloff, Mahlon Hamilton, Edward Burns, Neel Edwards and Mary Thurman.
A National Geographic Society bulletin observes diverse washing practices from Italy and Sardinia with public troughs to Normandy streams. It cites Dutch women along canals and heatland dogs using stationary dish pans and wash tubs to launder clothing in daily life.
A young man asked why women often become engaged to several fellows at once. A witty reply: a smoker with one match will likely have it go out, suggesting multiple engagements as a practical solution.
Winthrop Packard notes that great crested flycatchers use snake skins protruding from nesting holes as warnings to nest disturbers, a behavior evolved to deter intruders. He praises the species as useful and interesting and suggests offering nesting boxes to attract them.
The eastern Rocky Mountain slope was more humid in the Cretaceous and Tertiary, reflected by petrified forests from Yellowstone to Arizona and fossils like holly, oaks, elms, chestnuts, sequoias in Colorado's Florissant shales. Periodic uplifts and depressions alternated with submergence and local forest destruction. Erosion and disturbances reshaped species distribution before the Ice Age reasserted itself.
Recent gravel terrace finds reveal an ancient Thames level about 130 feet above today. Excavations show humans very like modern types inhabited an island area around 4,000 years ago.
A reflective quip from the Eugene Daily Guard comments on social roles, noting that while factions separate up high, locally the sheep often take on the goats’ burdens in everyday life.
Probate court notes in Bristol announce the probate of Mary Ann Gladding and the final accounts of Elnathan P Brownell and Thomas Goff estate executors. Hearings set for August 21 1922 with fourteen days of publication in the Bristol Phenix.
Russell D Bullock, guardian for Mary C Bullock Charles E Bullock and William F Bullock minors, petitions to sell their undivided 3/27 interest in Bristol lands on Mount Hope Avenue and Goodings Lane to pay debts and reinvest proceeds. hearing set for August 21 1922 at 10 30 A M in Bristol Probate Court.
James W Franklin guardian for Virginio Almeida and Maria Almeida petitions to sell an undivided two thirds interest in a Bristol lot on High Street to pay minors debts and support. The court sets hearing for August 21, 1922 at 10:30 AM in Bristol Probate Court and orders fourteen days of publication in Bristol Phenix.
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