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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1923
Page
3
A Bristol column ponders traffic safety issues and railroading topics. It questions mufflers and headlamps, street parking, and state of granite blocks near State street. It also muses on railroad finances government interference and the fate of local civic projects and schools.
Miss Josephine Bruscato daughter of Mrs Rose Bruscato 27 Bourn Street married Sigismondo Edward Fasano son of Mr and Mrs Angelo R Fasano 26 Bay View Avenue at 9 o clock Saturday morning Rev Joseph Poja officiated The bride wore crepe gown with beads and silver roses and carried roses and lilies of the valley A large procession of relatives and friends attended the reception at the groom's home in Bay View Avenue The couple will reside there after a brief wedding trip
The article notes large coal reserves in eastern Siberia, with 25 million tons identified near rail routes and a mainland total of about 625 million tons including hard coal. It highlights long-standing knowledge of these deposits and their accessibility due to railway development.
A South Sea Island housewife notes a bread-fruit tree yields bread that, when baked, resembles wheat bread in look and taste, offering a simple alternative to daily baking.
The Bureau of Biological Survey states rattlesnakes can die from their own venom by biting themselves unless severely injured or enraged and unable to retaliate against tormentors.
The term Sterling derives from the Hanseatic League and their English house. The eastern merchants were called Easterlings and the gold paid in trade became Easterling money, later evolving into Sterling.
A description of a new turbine station in Fully Switzerland using multiple high pressure water jets. Nozzles measure about 14 percent inches in diameter and water is forced at nearly two tons per square inch. The jet is so dense that a strong man with an iron growbar cannot drive through it.
Nature Magazine describes butterfly eggs as varying shapes including spherical conical turban and cylindrical forms. The egg surface is often beautifully sculptured with patterns of raised or sunken dots or lines.
An Ohio judge sentenced a man who attempted death by his own action to spend 24 hours in the morgue, a fate framed as poetic justice for the self harm attempt.
Francis Arnold Collins explores why thousands seek mountain climbing for health and challenge. Once seen as perilous, it is now a democratic outdoor sport with risk reduced by experience and science, leaving accidents mainly to ignorance or carelessness.
Detroit News recounts the 1887 panic when many Michigan banks failed and wild cat banks issued counterfeit and fraudulent notes. Forty banks started under fraudulent law. four survived two years, giving rise to the term wild cat for insecure financial obligations.
An English paper notes color in cheese is unreliable since deep yellow can come from coal tar or coloring matter. Texture better indicates quality. good cheese shows grainy but solid, not waxy or greasy, and crumbly implies acidity. Fresh cheese is mild. ripened cheese becomes sharper with time. No science ties strong cheese to putrefaction.
H O reports a customer rushing to leave without paying then returning to the cashier and asking jokingly I don't pay you yet ain't it The cashier replies Yes not yet The note appears in the Boston Transcript with playful queer English phrasing.
New York agricultural experiment station reports a cherry variety that ripens a week to ten days earlier than existing cherries. The development promises earlier harvests and potential market advantages for growers.
A series of community events listed for December include Christmas sales hosted by the Ladies Aid Society at State Street M E Church on Dec 4, a sale in the Congregational Chapel on Dec 6, a Pie Supper and sale by the Mite Society at the First Baptist vestry on Dec 11, a Christmas Sale at Frinity Parish House on Dec 19, and a Christmas night dance by Kearney Post No 6 American Legion aboard the Naval Army on Dec 25.
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