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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1919
Page
4
Advertises GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a home remedy for aging and kidney support. Claims odorless tasteless capsules stimulate kidney action, detoxify the body, and renew vitality. Promises life extension and avoidance of disease with continued use, with money back guarantee if ineffective.
A Brussels cathedral ranks as one of Europe’s oldest churches built on Constantine era ground. It shows war and time wear, housing relics such as a claimed cross wall and the Seamless Holy Goat. The piece notes pedestrian right of way at crossings favors pedestrians but grants greater momentum to motor vehicles.
Fragmentary dialogue from Speir Class hints at playful questions about AI and etiquette. Unclear speakers discuss authorial authority and social norms in a muffled, cryptic exchange.
Walter S. Grofit a 62 year old New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad employee of Providence lived at 82 Goddard street Warren was fatally injured Sunday at about 3 pm when he fell from an electric car steps and was run over by the wheels. He had ridden E-46 to Warren and was assisting passengers onto the car when he slipped. The body was taken to the baggage room then viewed by Warren Medical Examiner O R Siegel. His widow survives.
In a New York hospital conservatory a glass jar of goldfish broke amid freezing conditions. The ice block split after weeks in a rubbish barrel and released a tail. the fish revived and swam in a new tank, seemingly unharmed by the freezing.
A birch tree in the open reportedly emits over 800 pounds of water daily. A man would make 32 trips with ordinary pails to transport that water, taking five hours if he could reach the top and return every ten minutes. The report highlights evaporation as a key factor in plant water transport and notes that transpiration creates tension throughout leaves stems and roots.
The New York Mail recounts a half inch spider of the wolf family gripping a two inch fish by the tail and dragging it from a pool. The struggle lasted ten minutes before the scientist returned to find the fish dead and the spider carrying its victim away.
The excerpt extols the apple as common yet diverse and beautiful, a dish and vase companion in summer, a varied bouquet of Spitzenbergs and Greenings, and a symbol of harvest and readiness as October nears. Burroughs frames the apple as a sensory invitation from touch to taste and a fruit poised for its own path.
A farmer buys seed wheat at a market town. While the salesman is away his wife serves and fills a peck twice, packing it in a bag. She learns a lesson when told four pecks make a bushel and jokes about teaching before marriage.
The article describes the ilkin as an internal tax on goods in transit in China. Originating as a war tax during the Taiping rebellion around 1853, it began at one-tenth of 1 percent of value. Its current level appears to be set arbitrarily by the tax collector.
Wilhelmina Shepard of Bristol applies for 10 acres of ground in Bristol Harbor north of Hog Island and adjoining current grounds marked 92 F. The hearing is set for Friday March 7 1918 at 10 a.m. at the Commissioners of Shell Fisheries office in the State House Providence. Commissioners Dowart Ap Chiaor Milton Duckworth Henry K Littlefield Clynton D Lewis Sylvester K M Robertson oversee the process.
The Bristol Town Council as Board of Canvassers will meet February 28 1919 at 7 30 P M in Memorial Building Town Council Chamber. Personal property taxpayers on the voting list must pay the assessed tax by canvassing day to qualify to vote at the March 4 1919 Special Town Meeting. John M Coggshall Town Clerk.
Bristol town committee discusses salaries for 1919 20 with a $100 raise for the medical inspector and a $500 hygiene estimate. Evening schools are eyed at $1500 with total school costs for day and evening near $72 470, plus a proposed $64 470 town levy and $500 teachers retirement request.
Doan's Kidney Pills are praised in newspapers across towns with fifty thousand voices testifying to relief from kidney and bladder troubles. Bristol resident Spencer Rounds recalls back pain relief after using the remedy bought at Hope Drug Co. Price is 60 cents. Foster Milburn Company of Buffalo, New York, manufactures.
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