Scouts To Have Outing At Camp Takarest In Bristol
The First and Second Bristol Troops Boy Scouts of America plan a weekend outing at Camp Takarest. The program features a campfire, overnight stays, church services, a clambake, swimming and games, plus a new set of athletic equipment including a diving board and raft. Deputy Commissioner George Fish will oversee merit badge exhibits at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield next month. Awashonks Herd will meet Monday evening at 7 30 for a summer ceremonial in the woods.
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Doan’s Pills Backed by Bristol Resident Testimony
Bristol resident Charles Stuart, 97 Constitution street, endorses Doan’s Pills for back and kidney pain. He says a cold settled in his back and kidneys, causing morning stiffness and heavy kidney feel. after using Doan’s at Buffington’s Pharmacy, the trouble eased. Doan’s Pills are advertised as a kidney stimulant diuretic with 60 cent price at dealers.
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Charles Stuart
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Elf Gave to Fij Fijians Fire Walking Gift Origin
The Detroit News reports a Fiji native tale of fire walking. An elf offered power to walk unharmed through hot stones after a bush encounter. The ceremony features bare foot steps on red hot rocks, heated for hours, then smoke and flame after ash and wood are spread.
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Detroit News
New York 1824 Washington Bath Ad Promotes Tubs and Fumigation
A 1824 New York City directory page advertises the Washington Bath at 533 Pearl Street near Broadway. It features marble and tin tubs and notes renovations and new pipes, offering baths of any temperature from sunrise to 10 p.m., warm rooms in winter, and tubs for rent. A fumigating apparatus is described for skin eruptions and chronic complaints.
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Voices as identifiers outshine faces in phone work
A Philadelphia school system operator notes voices are easier to identify than faces. She has learned to recognize names from voices after years of handling calls, recalling names and voices of staff, principals, and teachers, and aims to greet repeat callers by name.
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Cen Stration
Artificial Aids to Light Long in Use
The article traces eyeglass history from ancient times to the medieval era, noting single reading glasses predate spectacles. It discusses 14th century spectacles as costly, often bequeathed in wills, and produced in Italy Holland and Bavaria. It mentions the brille term from German and Nero’s alleged use of glasses. It notes uncertainty whether the glass was monocle or double glass on a handle.
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Bavaria
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Nero
National Cathedral Nears Completion in Washington D C
The National Cathedral in Washington DC will dominate the skyline when finished in five years, currently one tenth complete. Workmen vault the choir aisles while sculptors carve the monument where Woodrow Wilson is buried, illustrating evolving cathedral architecture from Romanesque stone-roof supports.
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National Cathedral
Boat for land travel innovates with two levers and rear wheel
A land transit craft uses a pair of carlike hand levers to propel forward while a steering wheel at the rear guides the craft. Inventor claims it travels far faster than walking, aiming to replace or supplement roadside locomotion.
Ant and Roach Control: Dusting Powders and Bait Sponges
Fresh pyrethrum powder dusting where ants travel helps rid the home when nests are not found. Sodium fluoride dust can work but may irritate skin and nasal membranes. keep away from children. The powder also kills cockroaches. Use sugar water sponges to attract ants and then kill them by boiling water. repeat as needed.
Last of Great Rulers Mogul Empire Ends in 1806
The title of great mogul was given to Mogul chiefs who ruled Hindustan from 1525 in Delhi and later moved the capital to Agra under Akbar. English conquest ended the empire in 1806 with Shah Alam’s death, as Mohammedan rule left Hindu society largely unaffected.
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Detroit News
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Secret Passion Letter From Father to Hindu Daughter
A Boston Transcript fragment reveals a letter where a Hindu father confesses a hidden romantic longing for his daughter. The missive uses florid imagery to describe an intense, unrequited affection and emotional turmoil.
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Prolonged Steamship Tours Highlight San Fernandez Visit
The article notes rising popularity of longer cruises including a stop at San Fernandez Island, famous as the fictional Robinson Crusoe’s marooned setting. It recalls Alexander Selkirk’s four year stay and mentions Defoe’s Crusoe inspiration tied to a different river mouth location far across the sea.
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First English Bible Origins and Key Translators
The first complete English Bible was Myles Coverdale's 1585 edition based on a Zurich 1524-29 version. Earlier Wycliffe gospel work appeared in 1382, while Nicholas de Hereford translated the Old Testament and Apocrypha, and William Tyndale's New Testament appeared in Worms in 1525 with 1534-35 editions.
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Myles Coverdale
Zurich
Wycliffe
Nicholas de Hereford
William Tyndale
Worms
Blue Sky Laws Origin and Purpose
The blue sky laws regulate sale of stocks and bonds to protect the public from fraud. They began in 1911 in Kansas during a surge of speculation and were named after promoters who would “capitalize the blue skies.” Most states now have these laws.
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Kansas
Patent Leathermaking in Early America and Finish
Patent leather known as Japanned and enameled leather appeared in America by Seth Boyden in 1813. The article notes American production has lately matched French and German quality, using chrome-tanned skins and varnish mixtures of lampblack and linseed oil. It describes multi coat application, drying, rubbing, baking at 120 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit for 36 hours, then sun drying for six to ten hours.
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America
Seth Boyden
Newark
France
Germany
Annual Rainfall and Its Management Challenge
A Washington scientist estimates US rainfall at about 30 inches yearly, or 152 trillion cubic feet, enough to feed soil productivity only if captured. He notes one third drains to seas and rivers and urges engineers to maximize use of this natural water supply.
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United States
Washington
Mississippi
Blue Whale Size and Diet Revealed in Shocking Detail
The blue whale reaches over 80 feet and has a throat only eight inches wide. It feeds on minute crustaceans, especially the little red shrimp about three-fourths of an inch long. Records show a blue whale stomach holding as much as four barrels of shrimp, yet the giant remains hungry.
May Marriages and the Old Superstition
The article notes May as unlucky for marriages but says the superstition originated from Roman and Greek beliefs and spread to Britain. It highlights May’s link to growth and increase through ancient goddess worship, showing how superstitions persist across ages.
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Britain
Will your estate needs properly managed by a trusted firm
Many put off writing a will until it is too late. The Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company urges immediate action to draw up a will and name the firm as Executor and Trustee, highlighting its 57 years of experience handling Rhode Island estates.
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Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company
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Estate Notice for Napoleon Ciarlelli Probate Bristol
administration notice states the Bristol Probate Court admitted the Last Will and Testament of Napoleon Ciarlelli deceased and appointed Leonardo Ciarlelli Executor with bond. Creditors are directed to file claims with the Bristol Town Clerk beginning August 1, 1924. John W. Church is the Clerk.
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Napoleon Ciarlelli
Bristol
Maid Court
John W. Church
Leonardo Ciarlelli
Hilma A. Simon
John C. FP. Shepard
Nilometer on Roda Island Described by Cairo Traditions
The excerpt notes Roda Island opposite Cairene shores where Pharaoh's daughter found Moses among bulrushes. At the island's southern end lies the Nilometer, a square well with an octagonal central pillar used for Nile height measurements for a millennium.
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Early Water Heaters Described in Ancient Texts
The text traces ancient water heating devices, noting two early forms: the nhenum used by the komats, a crude bronze kettle with a swing handle, and the focu lus, a metal container for hot stones. It suggests Romans developed the latter as a superior method for heating water.
Probate Court Final Account for Thomas H Mowry
July 28 1924 probate in Bristol where Charles H Liscomb administrator presents final account for Thomas Henry Mowry deceased. Case referred to August 18 1924 at 10 30 AM in the Probate Court Room for consideration with fourteen days notice to be published in the Bristol Phoenix.
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Angela Bruno
Bristol Phenix
John W. Church
Thomas Henry Mowry
Charles H Liscomb
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