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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1929
Page
6
A nostalgic guide to camp cooking with simple utensils and an emergency shelf. It lists menus like Broiled Bacon and Olives in Soft Rolls and Baked Beans with Pork, plus recipes for Deviled Cheese and Apple Butter Cookies. Prepared at home, carried in a fireless cooker or reheated over a campfire.
Rev John Glenn Hooten aged 74 of Brighton England and his brother James Ilosten aged 76 of Worthing died recently within three hours of each other and were buried side by side after expressing hope they would not outlive the other.
The article notes the Guinea coast in Africa hosts the most powerful breakers. A constant westerly swell from the Atlantic feeds their height and intensity, making the coastline notably dangerous for navigation and coastal activities.
Population of Crowded Island Java is about 36,000,000 people. The island is said to be no larger than New York state in area. The figure highlights urban density and regional scale.
A brief quotation notes that pession and prejudice govern the world under the veneer of reason highlighting the tension between belief and rational justification.
The piece notes Chaucer’s high earning posts in customs and subsidy work in London and his embassies to Italy, Flanders, and France. It credits his travels with enabling his storytelling, while attributing his merry manner to genius rather than official duties.
Milo Hastings of Physical Culture Magazine argues humans can survive without specific foods as long as overall nutrients are supplied. He notes the body stores elements and can endure periods without daily intake, even suggesting spinach could compensate for earlier deficiencies.
Grove Paterson cites Wordsworth to urge a forward looking mind. He argues life’s meaning comes from belief in a better day and steadiness toward upward progress, sustaining effort today for a purposeful future. He stresses vision, patience, and optimistic action as keys to happiness and success.
ROH Finch of the United States Geological Survey notes Mount Lassen, though dormant, shows intermittent steam clouds and snow mixing with vapor at crater rim. Earthquakes occur, sometimes multiple shocks in a day, suggesting not dead but sleeping activity rather than a return to full eruption.
A heart shaped grave marker bearing a partially eroded inscription was found near a Dover culvert after seven floods exposed it. The message reportedly reads Let be known if found Im bleeding to death May ISIS FB WW, and the surface is almost worn away.
Scientists claim coal derived cellulose can be converted into durable synthetic wood. Experts note it may be hard and polish well, with large tropical supplies seen as a potential source for widespread use.
The scene recalls a moment when Ellen Terry rehearsed a Shaw play while GB. 8. stood in a wine room. Someone asked if Miss Terry would deliver the line exactly as written. Shaw replied he was impressed and said she spoke the lines as he should have written them.
The 28th annual Excelsior Tennis Club tournament began on the Silver Creek courts with a strong draw in men and women singles and men doubles. Rain delayed Sunday play but matches resumed. results include Boynton and Perry, Kraus and Morrison, and several doubles matches plus early women's rounds.
A large gathering of St Alban Lodge No 6 F and A M and visiting Brethren from Warren East Providence Newport and New Shoreham attended the Rhode Island district Masonic outing at Portsmouth. The several hundred participants enjoyed sports and praised the excellent ham hake dinner prepared under Charles Durfee Hicks Bridge Tis erton.
The Bristol Train of Ardlers committee arranges a Bristol fans Old Home Day with rifle match, band concerts, military drill and a clam bake at Blyen Fuld next Saturday supervised by Charles Durfee of Tiverton.
Pardonable pride filled Bristol Highlands as twenty two girls presented their dolls at a show yesterday afternoon overseen by Mrs Helen Cronin. Prizes went to Caroll White Doris Farrell Martha Corrigan Mary Lews Corrigan Doris Moore Helen Lovell Margaret Scott Elizabeth Freeman Nancy Smith Nancy Wilcox Jeannette Bodell Betty Gormley Patricia White Nancy White and Jacqueline Lovell. Afterward the children visited Jeannette and Ann Bodell at the plas house with their mothers and families in attendance.
A Bristol artillery band program was broadcast last evening from 10 to 11 o clock over Station WJAR Providence and Capone s music store radio. Many homes heard the concert on radios while a sizable crowd gathered at the bandstand on the common to listen in person.
Julio Freitas son of Mr and Mrs Jose Julio Freitas of 585 Wood Street fell from the steps of Hayman School yesterday afternoon and fractured his right leg. After medical attention he was taken to Rhody Island Hospital.
Mrs Herbert F Newman of Constitution Street Bristol will entertain at a bridge whist at her summer home on Prudence Thursday afternoon. Play begins at 2 30 p.m. Proceeds go to Union Church funds.
A brief quotation noting luck as the moment when two good job offers arrive simultaneously. The Los Angeles Times attribution emphasizes timing and choice in career opportunities.
Buick debuts a redesigned 1930 line across four thousand dealers. Models in the 40 50 and 60 series gain longer wheelbases up to 132 inches and engines up to 99 horsepower with speeds in the seventies. Features include Fisher bodywork improved steering drums four wheel servo brakes and a non glare windshield.
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