Forest Destruction Debate Echoes in Lecture Hall
A lecturer asserts most have done nothing to stop forest destruction while a shy man in the rear confesses to shooting woodpeckers, signaling a candid clash over conservation.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1915
Page
4
First American Savings Bank In Philadelphia
The institution founded as America's first savings bank now has about one hundred thousand more depositors than any other U S bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First American Savings Bank
Philadelphia
America
First Savings Bank
United States
Birthdays and age misused in personal development
The piece argues age is a poor measure of efficiency and capabilities. It challenges readers to evaluate growth in skills and cognition rather than counting birthdays.
Retain Jewel of Friendship Advice on Trustworthy Friends
The passage urges valuing friendship above all earthly possessions. It emphasizes giving and forgiving, living and letting live, and bearing with friends’ faults to preserve trust and loyalty. It reinforces hope, belief, and endurance to safeguard genuine friendship.
Porch Climb Query Drifts Into Vague Directions
A concise exchange questions how to respond when a caller asks for location guidance. The responder notes the need for specifics to distinguish between a florist or a police officer.
Avoid Mental Excitement in Digestion and Health
A health article notes that anger fear and other mental excitement can halt digestion and lead to serious kidney diseases, emphasizing stress reduction and calm states as beneficial for bodily function.
Poultry Price Increase Booms in Christmas Market
The letter argues that a 30 000 pound rise in poultry sales signals strong consumer demand and market leadership. It claims lower prices, clear labeling, careful grading, and safe shopping, urging readers to plan Christmas buys and look for more poultry news next week.
The Birth of a Nation at Pastime Theatre Bristol
The Birth of a Nation arrives at the Pastime Theatre Bristol for three days starting Thursday December 16 with both matinee and evening performances. The reviewer lauds Griffiths epic scale with 10000 actors and 3000 horses and praises its historical scope and cinematic panorama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Moving Into a New Home Guard Your Family From Disease
Public health guidance warns that tuberculosis and scarlet fever can spread when moving into an undisinfected house. Obtain the house health history, have plumbing inspected, drains flushed, and the home disinfected. Avoid moldy cellars and flooded spaces, and separate well from cesspool in towns lacking water and sewer systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
True Friendship Endures in Times of Strife
True friendship endures even when friends part for years and differ in life paths. Though bustle, life incidents, and estrangement may occur, trustworthiness and fidelity keep the bond alive until reunion.
Unity of Human Race Admitted by Scientists
Scientists acknowledge the unity of the human race, noting that physical similarities far exceed differences caused by environment and habits. The text argues identity points are more numerous and significant than distinguishing traits.
Christmas Seals Sale Promotes Bristol District Nurse Work
The Red Cross Christmas Seals are offered for sale in Bristol this season. They are sold in the Post Office lobby by school pupils and local merchants. Proceeds support the Bristol District Nurse program, and buyers are urged to use a seal on every letter and package until January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Bristol
Mauser Rifle Invented by Württemberg Brothers
The Mauser rifle was created by brothers born in Württemberg Germany. They left Germany in 1867 and settled in Liege. Spanish troops in the Spanish American War used it and gained an edge in rifle fire over American volunteers armed with Springfield .46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wurttemberg
Germany
Liege
Women Students Grow in Chinese Province Schools
Chang Chih Tung once opposed women reading to hide embroidery work. Today about 4,000 women study at elementary high and normal schools in the province, showing a shift toward formal education for girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chang Chih-Tung
China
Supreme Court Denies Damages Over Telegraph Gossip
In a Mississippi Supreme Court suit for damages against Western Union Telegraph, it held no recovery is possible where the plaintiff’s case rests on a claimed immoral act. The court ruled that a plaintiff must show a lawful case and cannot rely on public policy to aid an action built on an illegal act or immoral conduct. It emphasized courts will not assist those pursuing actions built on improper acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Western Union
NB. McLaudih
TEACH FRENCH TO TOMMIES AT PETERSFIELD TRAINING CAMP
At Petersfield training camp British soldiers learn practical French quickly. Volunteers teach basic nouns like bread wine cigarettes and matches then set to memorable tunes and staged scenes. Soldiers handle common front line exchanges and describe imagined wounds with a Red Cross nurse aid. Most finish in about a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersfield
Avignon
Red Cross
No Quarter Given Debate Cites Hague Rules and Historical Practice
William M. Collier argues against the doctrine of futile resistance and asserts modern Hague regulations ban declaring no quarter. He notes Wellington’s stance on fortress sieges and explains the logical flaw of killing all weaker combatants in any armed conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
Duke of Wellington
William M. Collier
Lord Fisher Drives Navy to Rapid Ship Contracts
Lord Fisher, four years over the normal age for a naval officer, pushed Whitehall to order six to seven times the usual yearly number of vessels. Contracts were arranged in three days, provoking the first sea lord to condemn the waste of time as normally three months are spent on such tenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Fisher
Admiralty
Whitehall
London Globe
Legend of Vanishing Priest for Constantinople Conquest
The legend holds that a priest at Santa Sophia during the Ottoman assault carried the consecrated host as the walls opened to let him pass. Miraculous marble slabs then closed behind him, to reopen when the Cross again replaces the Crescent over the dome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Santa Sophia
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