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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1927
Page
4
The piece notes President Coolidge, calm and energetic, traveling from Washington to New York. It highlights his focus on internal improvements, canal projects, river waters for power and irrigation, especially Colorado River development.
The Bureau of Standards notes that bleaching speeds up in sunlight due to chemical rays and oxidation. In cold weather, clearer air and fewer short wave rays reflected by dust may enhance bleaching effects.
The Swedish singer Jenny Lind rose from humble roots in Stockholm to become a renowned operatic star, later marrying Otto Goldschmidt and retiring in England. She donated substantial charity funds from her American tour and lived 35 years beyond her stage career.
A review recalls proposals to link England and France via a Channel tunnel with ideas dating back over a century. French engineer Mathieu de Gration and others touted iron tube submersion and a colossal channel bridge. A company formed to fund the tunnel stalled at formation, while a bold two chute plan was floated to fling passengers between nations.
Charles Bell Emerson notes that chickpeas thrive in Sonora and the Mayo Yaqui valleys of Mexico under irrigation. Planting begins in October with temperatures from 50 to 90 F, and harvests occur in May after manual pulling and drying. Rain is unreliable, with irrigation essential.
A compact moral prompt stressing that you must repay debts fully and not delay justice. It argues that virtue lies in returning favors deed for deed and warns against hoarding wealth. The text evokes Emersonian phrasing about reciprocal duty and timely obligation.
A distorted excerpt discusses how prosperity and adversity affect security and parental care, noting that cautious forethought can reveal danger and potential deliverance. The fragment mentions theater and hopeful outcomes amid challenges.
In a parlor game two bachelors Brown and Smith wager on naming future wives. Smith claims a math trick reveals Mrs Brown as Brown’s future wife after he performs a year of birth arithmetic. Brown, after much effort, provides a result that leads to their falling out.
The Fernandina on Amelia Island boasts a tragic history from its pirate era led by Lafitte and later smuggling and gunboat actions. During the War of 1812 Fernandina was a key contraband port and center of Florida's Libuster activity before MacGregor's capture.
A new spectacle in the republic features a man previously unknown who testifies before a senate committee claiming to represent 22 million people from Detroit News report.
Senator Lenton of Missouri cites how early engineers laid out a toad in a new country guiding buffalo trails into wagon roads and shaping white settlement, with hunters following and buffalo raids becoming warpaths and later scientific study transforming travel.
Florence Morden notes that high caste Indian rulers and Nawabs display luxury and pomp in camps to signify status. She observes British officials must travel with retinues to maintain caste prestige, or be regarded as lower in rank. The piece highlights colonial perceptions of ceremony and authority.
The Dearborn Independent explains that nick in nick of time derives from nock or notch an ancient timing method using notches on a stick to mark tempo or time. This etymology ties the phrase to old signaling practices.
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