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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1915
Page
3
The article praises Turkish women as highly industrious, noting tasks like crafting carpets, bags, and horse blankets. It describes brides required to refund dowry funds if married before completing work, typically 100 sheep plus money. The bride’s camel is decorated for arrival, with female relatives ceremonially escorting her, while attendants feign resistance by tossing raw oats.
An electro magnet mounted on a ship bow extends detection range for mines. The device signals the presence of mines and hints at using stronger currents to deflect a torpedo, potentially reducing this deep sea threat.
A reader reports watching a garden spider spin its nest from branches of a pine tree. The spider dropped lines between branches and constructed the radiating lines and spiral web overnight, finishing by 1 25 o clock the following morning. The observer drew diagrams of the web's stages and praised the finished structure as highly perfect.
A fragmentary quip from the Kaensus City Star mocks a spouse who distrusts foreigners yet tolerates a lying husband. The narrator jokes about biblical Jonah and the whale while describing a late return from the lodge and the wife's reaction to a stuttering political hopeful.
The game of lacrosse is of American origin and was introduced by Canadian Indians.
A Wide World writer describes incorrigible French criminals sent to Devil's Island and St Laurent or St Jean. Harsh climate, forced labor in gold mines, brutal treatment, and near-absolute officer power define life there. Women prisoners sometimes marry convicts, raising brutal prospects for their children. Escape is common and deadly, with natives and wild beasts posing further danger.
The text recalls Bismarck using clever drinking games to influence guests at Letzlingen with Frederick William IV. It notes such tricks as a diplomat’s tool to induce concessions, letting hosts drink weaker vessels and secure signatures before sobering up.
In Cyprus a six by two foot tribulum is dragged by oxen over corn to separate grain and chop straw. Children ride the implement while animals feast on the straw. Locals keep the old method despite government offers to thresh by machine, citing hay needs and ox feeding.
A Boston Globe excerpt cites a lead cancer expert suggesting rising cancer cases may stem from cooking and eating practices. He warns that excess meat harms the stomach where cancer begins and urges study of diet to maintain stomach health.
In the article the prairie owl or marsh owl hunts in the afternoon, distinguishing it from nocturnal relatives. Its diet includes insects, rabbits, mice, squirrels, gophers, and occasionally birds, with over 95 percent of prey being pests to farms. The piece suggests an annual value of $30 to a farmer.
On a Sunday evening Broad Ripple car a fisherman’s line hooked a woman’s hat. The hook pulled away false hair worth 80 cents, drawing laughs as passengers freed the hat and the line was severed by the conductor. The woman rode on hatless with the line attached.
A German engineer builds a camera on the pinhole principle using vertical and horizontal slits on two walls to exaggerate dimensions. By adding more slitted walls and angled arrangements, scenes appear flat or hilly, with various effects for landscapes streets and architectural plans. Architects, cartographers, and decorative painters employ the device for altered patterns and distorted lettering.
Five years after Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg married Prince Danilo heir to Montenegro, she lies in Jena for a nervous ailment traced to a court rebuke in Cettnje. King Nicholas I refuses to see his daughter in law, angered by Austrian and German support for Italy over Scutari and warning Germans to stay away.
Rt Rev Michael Egan first bishop of Philadelphia died in Philadelphia a century ago. Irish native ordained in Belgium spent years in Rome before arriving in 1801. He helped found the Sisters of Charity in 1810 and sent a first colony to the orphan asylum in Philadelphia.
A Fairfield Connecticut funeral recounts Howard Spring’s cremated remains found after a residence burned. Debris yielded no substantial remains, so ashes were collected and interred in sixteen coffins in a solemn ceremony.
A large trust company shelves an exhibit titled Officially Canned Jokes showing five items about women and banking. The framed notice lists criticisms of gendered humor in financial settings and highlights bank storey absurdities.
British orders include eight knightly societies in the empire with the top honor the Order of the Garter. The text notes the hierarchy and identifies the highest order as the Garter.
A Hyogo youth reports inventing artificial coffee nearly matching Brazilian beans in every respect. Experts say chemical analysis shows the product is more wholesome while preserving flavor and quality.
A South Carolina sentry during the war was asked about his duties. He replied that if shells and musketry opened, he would form a line, then clarified that one man would form a bee line for camp.
Dried apples have become a major industry drawing enthusiasm from farmers and village residents alike who期待 pies and sauce from dried fruit as city dwellers.
A quip from the Birmingham Age-Herald frames the phrase as a defeated candidate acknowledging waning fame. The joke portrays a public figure nearing a political fall as the crowd loses momentum and support.
A passerby notes a man reading The Bar Tender's Guide and wonders if a thirst for knowledge motivates him. The exchange implies curiosity about his motives and intellect.
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