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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1925
Page
4
The article notes sleeping sickness or encephalitis lethargica as a comparatively new disease in the United States, not documented here until 1919, following the first serious influenza epidemic. It parallels European emergence after influenza began.
In a separation case the judge let the parties settle weekly payments by a coin toss. The woman's lawyer won after calling heads, deciding whether the husband would pay 85 or 40 shillings a week.
A new industry is expected to develop on the Pacific coast following the invasion of Alaskan waters by king crabs once found in merchantable quantities near Japan.
Weevil poison has killed bees and damaged cotton belt crops. The belt’s pollinators suffered, reducing honey production and harming cotton agriculture. Local reports warn of continued losses as belt farmers struggle with pest control challenges.
Their glory departed years ago the totem pole represented a highly developed and perfect art of the Alaskan Indians now they are frequently cut up for sidewalk material or used as firewood.
A 10 by 17 inch topaz weighing about 100 pounds was sent from Brazil to the Field Museum in Chicago by a gem hunter. The report notes the extraordinary size and origin of the precious gem.
In this humorous snippet Mickie complains about printing office woes and the boss hiding a paper copy all night. He jokes about trading jobs with the president, reflecting office gossip and light satirical humor of the era.
The Ever Ready Fire Company League played at the YMCA alleys Friday night. Chemical men won two of three from the pipe men while the Axemen defeated the Hosemen two of three. Next match is Friday at the YMCA alleys at 7 oclock for a silver cup prize.
Probate Court before Judge Edward T Teahy acted on final accounts for Isabella de Wot Sanford Worlowers and Dominich Malatreate Wall. It approved bond and guardianship matters for Jennie Card and others with appraisers named. Petitions for administrators Philp Brads and Nastri were allowed with bonds posted, and inventories and approvals noted for Catherine Puva and Benny Phava minors.
Marriages and church celebrations reported in town records note ceremonies at Marys Church in Warren and nearby locations on January 31. An electric power shovel weighing 300 tons with a 50 foot reach and 8 cubic yard capacity is built for limestone quarries and operated by four men.
The quote notes that skillful use of moderate abilities earns respect and often greater reputation than true merit, attributed to Rochefoucauld.
A reflective gubernatorial style aphorism notes that marriages based on money or love often fail to deliver the expected gains. The quip suggests practical outcomes diverge from romantic motives and questions long term fulfillment between wealth and affection.
The excerpt presents a reflective line about self appraisal and judgment comparing internal belief to outward action. It contrasts what we feel capable of with what we have already accomplished, framing ambition within personal limits.
A brief meditation on bearing life’s strains and the idea that endurance is a purposeful act. The author links bearing hardship to daily duties and moral aims, urging steady resolve amid stress.
The article reflects on how vast unoccupied lands helped shape American individualism during westward expansion. It notes the end of a continental frontier by 1880, the persistence of uninhabited areas, and the shift from free land to homesteading payments. It cites Bureau of Land Management figures for 24 states and Alaska, highlighting deserts, swamps, and wastes as potential future wealth through transport and technology.
A smartly dressed man barges into Jeannie's carriage and resists her efforts to eject him. He refuses to listen to beggars and insists on riding to Kil Weroohie, arguing with Jeannie as the train nears its stop.
A new smokeless switching locomotive integrates a complete electric plant on wheels. It connects directly to a generator feeding four meters for each axle, delivering about 300 horsepower. It typically consumes 10 to 20 cents worth of fuel per hour in switching service.
The eighty year old Edouard Branly, famed inventor called the father of wireless, rises at six to ride to his lab arriving by seven and works twelve hours daily with a brief noon bite. A Legion of Honor commander, he declines his decorations for fear a street patrol would arrest him for wearing the ribbon on a woman with shabby clothes.
Observers note very large numbers of caribou in the northern Yukon with estimates of tens of thousands in the main herd and hundreds to thousands in smaller breaks. Trappers prospects traders and Indigenous communities rely on the season’s meat supply.
The New York World recalls a 1882 dollar earned by M C Miller and carved with his initials then spent at a circus. Thirteen years later the same coin resurfaced as streetcar fare, later paid to Miller now a Florida filling station operator, who again lost it and found it a third time.
The piece discusses violent death in wildlife from predators like killer dolphins to hyenas, and accidents in birds and beasts. It notes winters, droughts, plagues, and hunting methods as causes, with examples including whales rammed by ships, birds impaled by hazards, and foxes and rats caught by snares and pipes.
Two boys near a walnut grove south of Kansas City introduced a method to hull nuts by scattering them on a narrow road and letting passing cars do the hull work. Cars stopped to talk. the boys said the scheme saves effort though some tires were cut.
A fragment from Kansas City Star prose lampoons celebration mood and political tensions. Local speaker Gap Johnson mocks Dimmercrats while noting revenuers and Ku Kluxers in season, reflecting rural unrest and partisan chatter.
The Institute of Agricultural Engineering at Oxford University perfected a simple artificial drying method for barley and corn. The process costs about 200 dollars per publication and 2 3a ton for operation, with a constant overall cost. In good years natural drying costs around 2705 ton and in bad years 860. Air heated by a parasite fuel is forced into barn walls to dry 20 to 2h tons in eight hours.
Modern economists note that farm machinery has increased food production per agricultural worker. They state that output per person in farming is now more than double what it was in 1800, challenging Malthus’s early warnings of inevitable scarcity.
A humorous critique in Konsta City Star targets local business men who boast about a strenuous modern life. The narrator mocks their supposed grit while detailing their cushy schedules and indulgent habits, concluding the real pressure is consumer comfort and plenty, not work.
The article describes a pump driven system used on a fishing vessel that sucks fish and water at high speed into a tank. A forward centrifugal pump pulls about 14 tons of fish and water per minute, sending the catch to a tank where water drains off. If the boat misses shoals, it can exceed two tons per minute.
University of Town scientists and Miss Sam Lewis study fresh water mussels to extend shells and improve beds along the Mississippi border. Researchers report boned mussels growing from half to one rope in months and plan to place them in beds as they refine methods. Harvest readiness is projected for future years.
The Hudson Bridge near Albany recently opened to traffic crossing the river from a point above Peekskill to Bear Mountain Park. About 4000 automobiles were estimated to use it with constant traffic in both directions. Guards and police controlled flow at the bridge approaches. Tolls were 70 cents for a single car and driver with 10 cents per additional passenger and 60 cents? for pedestrians.
Reports from Beaston University studies show nine year old pupils spell better than peers of the same age. A survey in S79 across Norfolk county Massachusetts included the words which whose and to. Massachusetts towns reported averages of 69 54 and 22 on those words in the nine year old group.
Manila plans a grand shipping terminal to be one of the world’s finest cargo and passenger facilities. The 1200 foot pier will use electric hoists and concrete construction costing about 8 million dollars. Two President-sized vessels can berth on each side of the pier.
A list of February and March events includes a dance at G A R Hall by Hope Circle Daughters of Isabella on Feb 5, a Civic Theatre program Feb 8 with speaker A P Pettine, several fundraisers at State Street M Church and Academy Hall Feb 12 13 14 20 21 and 23 a Community Supper Feb 19 at Rockwell Hall Y M C A speaker Mrs Ray Cox Flint and a Feb 22 entertainment at Pastime Theatre for St Elizabeths Church. The March 5 Washington Ball features Bristol Train of Artillery at Bristol Casino with Sheffers Colonial Orchestra and a Feb 23 Turkey supper at G A R Hall by Babbitt Post and Woman's Relief Corps.
The Imaja palm in South America grows leaves up to fifty feet long and ten feet wide. A Ceylon palm yields leaves around twenty feet long and eighteen feet wide used by natives to make tents and shelters.
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