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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
3
Robert Shackleton recalls Scilly isles wrecks and royal grants to raid them, recounting a Sunday alarm and a parish minister urging fair play. He cites a two century tale of a wrecked bark carrying a cargo of beads that keeps washing ashore, repeatedly found by islanders in brief searches.
State historian notes amendments from the General Court of Assizes held in New York in October 1670. It orders that no dead hogs or pork be brought for sale or debt settlement unless cash salted and packed per law, otherwise smoked or dried.
Belgian astronomer Houzeau argued for decimal time and explained the double twelve on watches. Mesopotamians chose 12 for its four divisors 2 3 4 and 6, counting day and night by sun and stars, a heritage seen in our clock faces.
The 1600s rumor mill in London centered on Bankes, servant to the Earl of Essex, who trained a horse to count and perform feats including stepping atop St Pauls Cathedral while asses brayed below. Sir Walter Raleigh lauded his skill, saying no enchantress could rival his mastery, but in Rome both he and his horse were burned for witchcraft.
A high school teacher quizzes Charles in physiology asking how many ribs he has. Charles replies he does not know. The teacher presses, and Charles explains he is long waisted, highlighting a humorous misunderstanding of anatomy.
An ancient lawyer recalls General Ben Butler as a terror to judges. When Judge Sanger, enraged by bullying, asked what he thought the judge was for Butler quipped that the judge had him puzzled and confessed the truth.
A Liverpool paper narrates the tale of A who grows a beard to ward off pneumonia while his beloved refuses marriage unless he shaves. The paper pose asks what A should do and suggests the easy answer is keep the beard and cut the woman.
A reflection on transforming desire into a higher bond as two people seek an ideal together. The piece asks who has found this love and who has experienced it, concluding it is friendship.
A brief exchange between Bchroeder and his neighbor, a widower, over a housekeeper who left. The widower jokes that her splendid puddings were reason enough to avoid marriage, highlighting a community snippet of humor and domestic life.
Distilled water is stated to weigh roughly 1,000 ounces for each cubic foot, indicating a near standard density. The fact highlights a measurement used in fluids and physics contexts.
The article explains sap flow in maple trees, noting that sun warmed treetops boost flow when temperatures rise past freezing. It cites Dr. K M Wiegand in the American Naturalist, who argues the pressure driving sap comes from temperature altering osmotic permeability of pith ray cells, not gas, water, or wood expansion.
Alfred Lang recalls early sound recording on tin foil and a brass cylinder with a weight drive, noting a cornet solo captured by a Scott grapho phone predating Edison. He highlights an 18th century Paris Academy of Sciences report describing a Versailles maker Leroy’s ivory key typewriter, era of Louis XIV.
A Life magazine excerpt notes widows exist worldwide and counterbalance matrimonial cadence. Widows cling by temperament, attach to objects that can’t help themselves, and crossing paths at night is deemed unlucky. Widows often have children, roam major areas, and pose danger to otherwise perfect men, prompting warnings to beware.
A gray granite-like stone, about a foot long and several inches thick, astonishes observers with its flexible, rubbery bending. The owner explains it is a composite of small stones from California, Georgia and other states, dovetailed to allow slight movement. If bent too far, it breaks.
Captain Spencer questions a convict about his work after release. The man lists seasonal tasks pea picking fruit picking, hop picking, pocket picking in winter, and oakum picking. London News reports the exchange in a humorous tone.
When Herbert Spencer was a boy his father sent him away from bone to School. He became homesick and with 2 shillings in his pocket walked over 120 miles to return home in three days. He walked forty eight miles the first day and forty seven on the second. On the third day a friendly coach driver took him most of the way for nothing.
An editor of a western exchange recently worried how to wear a shirt over wings when reaching paradise. An envious contemporary quipped the same problem would occur trying to fit a hat over horns. Gayman Herald Xan.
A comic exchange shows Dinah receiving news her brother died in California leaving $1,000, bringing relief to her as she imagines buying tools and art supplies, while the washwoman exults over the prospects and frames a hopeful future.
A Lord Melbourne maxim states that every man will find his private affairs harder to manage than any public duties he faces. The line contrasts personal governance with public service, underscoring the complexity of private life.
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