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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1927
Page
4
John Fiske argues that democracy rests not on equal competence but on the distribution of leadership. He asserts that many seek good government while acknowledging some are born to lead and others to follow, a practical recognition guiding democratic success.
A child named Jean is kept indoors with chicken pox. Her mother explains she cannot go out. A friend mishears and jokes that Jean has chicken coops, not chicken pox, as he rushes to tell his mother.
The bureau of railway economics states there are no operating mono railways in the United States. Experiments with this system have been tried but failed here, while the technique is used to some extent in foreign countries.
Popular Science Monthly suggests facial profiles indicate thinking styles. A concave profile implies slow but determined thinking, convex hints at quick yet indecisive thoughts, and a plane profile from forehead to chin signals fast and steady reasoning.
The article notes that stars studied by astrophysicists could be weighed directly and would appear extremely dense. It states stars are much denser than Earth and places Earth at about five and a half times as heavy as water.
William Beebe, famed explorer, describes Borneo as a land of flying creatures. He notes birds bats insects plus squirrels lizards frogs and snakes that sometimes trust themselves to thin air using parachute-like membranes or fur and scales to buoy or break their fall.
A short quoted verse from A Nutt appears in the Ottawa Citizen urging readers to share joy and kindness. The lines call for giving, praying, and spreading happiness while supporting others and finding gladness even amid sadness.
The term Lazy in ranch naming reflects branding on animals and the quirks of written letters. The passage notes letters vary by position and tilt, with 49 degrees causing a tumbling effect when viewed on their back or face.
The article notes Archimedes around 250 B C as origin claim for screws and credits William Sellers with shaping the U S standard thread. It references a paper presented to the Franklin Institute in April 1840.
A brief essay extols young Americans and a boy with a scooter proving bravery and perseverance. It notes youths cannot outpace grown drivers yet press on and do their best with determination and optimism.
A mortgagee announces a sale of two tracts of Waareed property in Periste, due to breach of conditions, detailing metes and bounds along Metaeotha avenue and Metacom avenue with specified corners and measurements. Frank H. Hammiel, attorney for the mortgagee, provides address and date 9-16-22.
The text traces the Welsh population as a mix of primitive Therigns and later Celts during 56 B C. It notes Celts fled to Wales from invasion in Britain, seeking refuge there and eventually merging with the native inhabitants as Anglo-Saxons pushed westward.
The Washington Star notes the term plague not used for recent outbreaks and describes the Black Death as a virulent form ravaging Asia and Europe from August 1348 to the summer of 1349 in England.
Probate Court in Bristol notices a petition by Albert H Coggeshall to appoint a guardian for Gertrude F Peck of full age, daughter of the late George H and Hattie P Peck. Hearing set August 17, 1927 at 10:00 AM. fourteen days of publication in the Bristol Phoenix. Clerk: John W Church.
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