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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1924
Page
3
The article recounts how England received cherries from Flanders in 1540 and credits Queen Elizabeth with popularizing them. It notes Sir Francis Carew delaying harvest to maturity during her visit, using a tent over the tree to reach perfection upon the queen’s arrival.
Dialogue captures a playful exchange where Mrs Keyhammer asks if her playing pleases, and her husband quips that music might charm even a savage breast but doubts he is savage enough to be soothed. The exchange reflects light domestic wit.
Reports to the National Park Service say a pair of blue birds are living in Yellowstone atop the Excelsior geyser cone, using natural steam for warmth. They avoid plumbing and fittings and dart in and out each morning. Nearby plants flourish as the geyser acts as a greenhouse and wild strawberries ripen early.
George I witnessed a famed Ascot race in 1791 for the Oatlands stakes where nineteen horses competed for a massive sum around 150000 dollars. Five horses neck and neck near the post, Chifne on the Prince of Wales baronetcy clinched a narrow half-length win amid vast wagers and courtly chatter.
An advertisement from Le Ruy Blas Paris touts imitation diamonds matching the genuine article in purity weight and sparkle and offers them for exactly the same price as real diamonds claiming no difference in value.
A famed relic known as the Black Rood a gold cross containing a piece of the true cross was revered by the Scots but all trace of it has vanished.
The Pike's Peak Highway association maintains the highest telephone station in the United States on the summit of Pike's Peak Colorado at 14110 feet.
In 1921 at Kirkfield Ontario P McGregor and H Dowle were tied on the home hole. McGregor’s long final putt seemed to win when a grasshopper landed on the hole causing the ball to drop in and give McGregor the victory.
The Detroit News explains mirages as optical illusions where distant objects appear inverted or raised. Light ray refraction due to temperature layers causes objects to loom, with sky reflections in looming and earth reflections in ordinary mirages. Common in deserts and regions like Egypt and California.
A Kentucky farmer Mr Turner moved forty hogs from a farm ten miles away. He found all forty hogs waiting at his new home’s gate the next morning. Neighbors and the owner wondered if the animals followed him or trailed his cattle.
A reflective aphorism on living in the moment with uncertainty about tomorrow, inspired by the ancient cadence of Hurnace. The note suggests valuing now while acknowledging divine unpredictability.
A Jugo Slavic proverb notes that wine loosens the tongue and reveals inner thoughts when the head is under its influence. The line explores honesty emerging from intoxication.
Thomas W. Miller, alied property custodian, elected president of Fidac at the London congress. He will resign as alien property custodian after years in that role. Roy Hoffman of Oklahoma named vice president. Fidac represents 10,000,000 veterans from allied nations and American Legion ties. Miller, a former 79th Division colonel, helped launch the American Legion in Paris. He will devote himself to Fidac duties and expanding veterans’ aspirations.
Congressman A Pratt at Pittsfield Mass outlines a World War I vignette from Harvard medical unit days in France. He recalls villagers misperceiving the U S flag as a crimson block and women waving red garments shouting for Yale as American troops advanced.
Methuen post of the American Legion in Lawrence, Massachusetts closed a deal that enriched their ex chequer by several thousand dollars. They avoided outside contractors by self labor and built a clubhouse themselves at a savings of about five thousand dollars.
The Portsmouth post of the Legion promoted a fund to buy a lung motor to revive people pulled from water or exposed to gas and others who might be saved by forced inhalations of oxygen.
WJAR radio hosts a Doric Club Quartet concert from 7 15 to 8 15 pm with soprano Nora E Dwyer reader Alice B McHugh and piano accompanist Mrs Cora Anderson. The program features Jolly Blacksmith Honey That s All Annie Laurie Maying Twas But a Dream Kentucky Babe Carry Me Back to Old Virginny and more.
Judge Hammill disposed of cases including Quattranobolo et al v Stanzione et al for fruit theft and grape vine damage as discontinued upon costs payment. Cabral v Langevine guilty on private assault charge with $10 fine. Perry v Perry book account granted jury trial. Barba v Du Ponte book account continued. five juvenile cases for tree theft at Wil liam L. McKee estate continued one week.
James J. Walsh Town Council president Charles B. Rockwell Children’s Playground Association president and Town Engineer H S Jewell met to discuss flooding the common for a skating surface. Jewell estimated one southwest ball ground area must be banked to hold water with a cost about 100 dollars. Work to start when milder weather allows ploughing a portion of the ground.
London street traffic is described as the slowest in the world with an average speed of four to five miles per hour. At peak congestion movement drops to about three miles an hour.
William Moren and Miss Mary Agnes Ferreira Joseph Ferreira Silvia and Miss Mary Marshall, all residents of this town, have filed marriage intentions.
The passage reviews how John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Aaron Burr ranked as vice presidential contenders under early U S arrangements. It notes Jefferson’s 1796 election, Burr’s 1800 second place, and the 1804 twelfth amendment requiring separate ballots. It also credits George Clinton as the first elected vice president under Jefferson in 1804.
Geologists near an old Indian earthwork in Tennessee found blue clay deposits containing Ice Age fossils and human bones beneath them. The find suggested Tennesseans may date to the Ice Age, but an observer noted Indians had transported the clay and stacked it in flat strata, complicating interpretation.
The article traces coursing as the oldest field sport with Xenophon as its early rules source. It notes otter-hunting in Great Britain as a major modern form, details royal ties including Henry III’s charter naming Roger Pollo king’s otterhunter and joint offices for Ralph and Geoffrey in 1216. It cites John Gott as the last royal otterhunt official under Charles I.
The biological survey notes the origin of the canary as a cage bird is unclear. It suggests captive canaries likely came from the Canary Islands, but this stock may not be the sole ancestor of all modern birds. The serin finch of Europe could have been captured and interbred with canaries, erasing distinct differences.
The largest nugget of gold ever dug up was the Welcome nugget found at Bakery Hill Ballarat Australia in 1856. It weighed 2217 ounces and sold for 50000 dollars.
A brief exchange notes envy of birds and their freedom to fly, contrasting with having only one bill a year. The dialogue emphasizes lighthearted humor about tax timing and seasonal ease.
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