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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1922
Page
4
Investment property at a corner location offered for sale at 19000. About 12000 can remain on first mortgage at 6 percent. Includes a three family house with a large barn and cellar on a 70 by 120 foot lot. Additional Bristol lots from 100 dollars and up.
Austin Stack recalls a tale from Butte Montana about a European visitor who believed Western streets were full of Western film cowboys. The guest wonders where all the cowboys are, learning they are shy and seen only at night like fairies, according to Stack.
Dr Joel K Goldthwait argues in the Designer that many breakdowns come not from an excessive load but from improper lifting and posture. He asserts proper alignment and posture will reduce fatigue, boost efficiency at work, and improve overall health for workers, students, and homemakers.
Secretary Hoover jokes at a Washington banquet that profiteers are despised and will be buried in style. The story recounts a millionaire profiteer’s funeral with lavish items and teeth preserved in gold plates, provoking debate among his grieving employees about the meaning of such ostentation.
A planter walking a footpath in Tanganyika Territory South Africa fell into a trapped leopard’s pit. He kept the animal at bay with a defiant gaze and noise until a friend arrived to shoot the leopard. The planter is described as lean and unlikely to attract a hungry big cat unless desperate.
Longlocks gets a $10 payment for a poem. His wife jokes about depositing the check and pretending they have no money. She also quips about a new hat bill, prompting playful banter between them.
Popular Mechanics outlines a new dictaphone reproducer claimed to outperform current instruments. A small lever adjusts volume and can boost output to the point where head receivers may not be necessary.
A judge notes the potential to portray Hamlet in films using fading in and out ghost effects. The conversation highlights interest in leveraging cinematic techniques to enhance the ghostly presence.
The Kansas City Star explains that the saying knock on wood stems from Danish custom. A sea captain tapping his wooden vessel was believed to summon forest elves to bless the ship ensuring protection from dangers at sea. The ritual evolved into a modern superstition to avoid bad luck.
Wireless is described as man’s control of electromagnetic waves in space. The article explains that light heat and wireless are the same phenomenon, differing only in wave length from extremely short to very long, with wireless wavelengths ranging from 200 feet to 20 miles.
A concise editorial line from the Boston Transcript urging unity and resilience when criticism arises, asserting that fault finders seldom acknowledge positive outcomes or support progress.
Harry T. Baker laments editors of a college literature volume who drop Lamb and Hazlitt. He says supporters defend the omission as protecting students from pedantry and from abandoning the liberal arts. The column urges studying Huxley Mill Godwin Paine instead, arguing for ideas over literature.
A concise explanation of the carat as a weight standard for diamonds notes its prestige despite rare practical use. It details the English relation of 151% carats per ounce troy, equating a carat to 205.3 milligrams or 31683 grains and mentions efforts toward a universal metric carat of 200 milligrams.
A fragment presents a historical recipe titled Puree of sorrowful eels. It describes skinned eel pieces fried with onions and parsley, seasoned with cloves ginger cinnamon saffron and bread puree, simmered with water and strained, then enriched with claret. A moral note follows quoting a proverb about divine provision and devilish corruption.
A Brazilian art scholar claims to have unlocked how old masters worked by applying strict mathematical proportions. He cites Egyptian rules using finger length and body height, and Greek refinements making the face a tenth and the head an eighth of total height with thirds in the facial divisions.
A candidate can win by plurality when leading others but without a majority. The majority equals the top vote total minus the sum of all other votes, while the plurality is the top candidate’s votes over the second place. Example shows 4,000 vs 3,500 and 2,500 from a 10,000 vote pool.
The article explains life insurance as an outgrowth of insuring ships and crews from olden times. Owners issued policies before the rise of insurance companies, covering loss due to a skipper’s death.
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