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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1919
Page
4
An old time home remedy claim promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil capsules for strengthening kidneys and digestive organs to defer aging. The ad asserts 65 drops per capsule and urges purchase with money back guarantee, urging readers to seek the original imported Gold Medal brand.
Excelsior faced Camp Chesawanoc at Excelsive Tennis Club and won three of four matches. Mrs H D Brice was the camp’s sole winner. In women’s singles Mollie Hamill beat Tuttle 0-4 6-1. Helen Church beat Wygant 6-0 6-2. Brice beat Reba Paull 4 3-6 6-3. Hamill and Church defeated Tuttle and Wygant 6-0 6-1.
Mr and Mrs E B Bliven thank J F Farrally and the Welcome Home Committee in Bristol Rhode Island for the war medal awarded to their son. They express gratitude for the medal and for the committee's sympathy in their time of thanks.
The funeral of Mrs Mary Ellen Lake Bullock widow of Amos K Bullock took place Saturday afternoon at 2 from her Oliver street home. Rev Newton Owen of Columbia Conn officiated. Interment followed at North Cemetery.
In this town Aug 25 1919 Mrs Ella T widow of Crawford Munro died age 77. Funeral Wednesday Aug 27 at 10 a m from Trinity Church Bristol. Relatives and friends invited. In Warren Aug 22 1919 Elizabeth S widow of Andrew J Gardner died in her 74th year.
A Virginia tobacco factory once a tourist draw became a picturesque site as workers sing spirituals and folk tunes. The scene blends industry with culture as the choir of workers adds haunting melody to the labor, preserving a unique historical ambiance.
The twelfth century bishop Marhodens of Rennes described a ruby as divine power and love, dignity and royalty. The gem has long been esteemed as one of the most beautiful and rare jewels.
The text notes about 2000 wild flower varieties and over 1000 bird species in the park. Hummingbirds and forget-me-nots thrive at the summit of Pike's Peak, with flora including fringed gentians columbine buttercups daisies and delicate pinks.
The passage notes that large rubies are extremely rare unlike diamonds and emeralds. It mentions Marco Polo De Manville and other travelers reporting such gems in the Orient, but asserts that the great stones have been lost for centuries unless stored in Persia, Burma or China hidden treasures.
In November 1918 a 60 000 square foot tobacco warehouse said to be the South’s largest was completed in South Boston Virginia. On opening day an auction sold 350 000 pounds of leaf tobacco arranged in 3 500 piles for 125 00 dollars.
A teacher tested pupils by defining virtues and asked for definitions. A student defined kindness as hindering every human creature from an ant up, showing a misread or humorous misspelling that highlights the challenge of understanding virtue definitions.
An early ad from 1780 by John Tecob Aster of 81 Queen Street announces the sale of “an assortment of pianofortes of the newest construction” built by the best makers of London. The notice appears next to a Friends meeting house.
The Iguazu Falls on the Iguazu River between Brazil and Argentina is described as the greatest cataract. The drop is 210 feet high, wider than Niagara at about 18,128 feet, with water flow estimates around 140 million tons per hour compared to Niagara's 100 million.
The Australian parliament once barred Asiatic labor in 1969? Pearl fleets at Broome used Malay and Japanese crews with over 1500 Japanese workers. The new law threatened the industry, but authorities did not enforce it.
The article explains bulldog origin from English mastiff. Through selective breeding a smaller, more active dog emerged suited for sport. The bull-baiting dog was noted for its high gameness and tenacity as a key trait.
The Venus flytrap and similar plants trap insects with their leaves and digest soft tissues using secreted enzymes. New findings confirm plants actively digest animal prey for nutrition, illustrating real instances of carnivory in flora.
The Portuguese first hunted Africans for slavery in the interior of Africa and shipped captives to the New World, with the inaugural voyage in 1508 landing in Santo Domingo. From then until the nineteenth century, Atlantic slave traffic persisted across the colonies.
A Philadelphia sale of a Library attributed to Benjamin Franklin reveals rare items tied to his life. A document bearing the Declaration of Independence serves as a notable piece among many framed prints and books. The collection shows high prices and strong demand for Franklin related memorabilia.
Advice on preserving book bindings by placing drops of Livender and Canadian balsam in shelf corners. Claims bindings avoid sulfur damage and notes substances are easily tasted, though text is garbled and fragmentary.
Washington calls for bigger ad budgets as Roger W Bubson urges firms to spend more on advertising to drive consumer demand. He argues prosperity relies on advertising and urges raising annual appropriations from 20000 to 25000 or more, noting national well being ties to individual success.
Great Dane Jim was fined $1 for being unmuzzled in public after witnesses testified to his bravery. Patrolman Ward said Jim blocked a summons attempt, while Druggist Harry Gilpin recounted how Jim rescued Mr and Miss Gilpin from a 1916 fire, earning the Spiers medal and later honors.
A shopper in a New York store notes two young girls nearby, one fourteen or younger, powdering and preening while discussing a frat meeting. The woman contemplates the unseen future of these girls, feeling mixed amusement and pity.
The article compares the Roman occupation of the Rhine valley under Julius Caesar to postwar Allied occupation. It notes Caesar’s conquests in 50 B C including Mont Auxols and the Rhine crossings, cites 400 years of Roman presence, and mentions ruins of bridges aqueducts and castles along the Moselle. It adds that Romans educated Germans and taxed them while teaching bathing and shaving.
The article explains a German device for underwater signaling using a receiver placed against the hull outside the ship and filled with water. The sound is produced by mechanisms on the external wall of a quartz tank, a departure from prior inside placements, with an automatic water level control adjustable from outside.
A London Chronicle note recalls a special correspondent sent to cover a mine blaze. The reporter, suited in formal wear, missed the proper clothes by a mistyped message and ended with dress shirts for a journey destined for Whitehaven and a dangerous underground assignment.
A young man celebrates acceptance by the one girl he loves who belongs to a forty member beauty chorus. His father questions the depth of his feeling. The youth insists he loves her as much as she thinks he does.
A note urges focus on a concrete goal within 24 hours to end the day with satisfaction. It emphasizes steady, satisfying progress as the path to long term life success and personal achievement.
United Hotels company to build a chain of earthquake proof hotels across Chile Peru Brazil Uruguay Paraguay Bolivia and Colombia. First luxury hotel at Lima costing 2 000 000 with reinforced concrete foundations to withstand seismic activity. Governments on both sides will cooperate on the project.
The piece argues that girls and women who walk to and from work less often suffer headaches and ailments. It cites authoritative statements that walking and reducing waiting time improve physical health more than tonics, advising to avoid rides when within reasonable distance from work.
In a Marie's home a discussion on wet and dry pros and cons occurs with fervor. During Sunday service Marie asks for a drink and, told she cannot, whispers whether she can ever have another drink now that prohibition is in effect.
A kettle from Kikyu era fetched 30000 yen at a public sale by the Matz uzawa collection in the Tokyo Art club. About 600 connoisseurs attended from Osaka Kioto Kobe Tokyo and nearby, with keen competition noted.
The Sargossa sea in the north Atlantic is described as a still water eddy where seaweed drifts and dead ships are said to rest with spirits of mariners. The piece notes this is pure fiction and that navigation would face no seaweed or derelict issues.
The first English book printed in embossed letters for the blind appeared in Edinburgh by Jaumer Galt about 982 years ago. Earlier attempts to aid the sightless include Haug of Darts in 1786 who devised a raised letter system using the Illyrian Slavonian alphabet, but his project failed.
Instructions describe tightening umbrella handles by heating resin in a spoon over a flame, pouring it into the joint where the steel rod meets the handle, and holding firm until the resin cools to secure the connection. The method relies on resin bonding to the rod and socket to restore strength.
Roland finds a pencil eraser and offers it to his cousin Hazel saying You can have It Hazel. Then he questions if she knows how to write and humorously asks if she knows how to write wrong suggesting she may erred.
Drillers in Texas and Louisiana report vast salt beds discovered a few hundred feet below the surface, with some deposits up to 2,000 feet thick, suggesting long term resource potential beyond fuel.
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