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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1924
Page
4
A man recalls a sudden sharp call to a two year old playing in one room while adults were in another. Moments later the ceiling collapses in that room, leaving broken items and severe damage. the baby narrowly avoids harm.
The passage notes diverse bird roles in pest control and crop protection, detailing sparrows, orioles, grackles, bobolinks, bluejays and kingbirds. It argues removing birds would invite insect plagues and threaten crops, stressing the government study of avian diets lacks laboratory proof.
A reflective line states that martyrs to vice outnumber those to virtue, noting people endure more for damnation than for salvation. The quotation implies blindness to passions and moral risk.
The Detroit News notes Seneca in a letter recalls visiting Scipio’s villa and contrasts its simple bathing rooms with later age luxury. He cites dingy plaster walls, warmable water, no boiling facilities, no filtration, and bathwater mud when streams flooded.
A cockatoo woke sleeping residents by screeching as smoke filled a house. The bird alerted occupants and the fire escape aided their escape. Seized and removed, the bird protested loudly asking what's up with you all as it was carried away.
Bulgaria imposes compulsory labor service for all citizens. Males twenty or older and females sixteen or older must perform twelve months of service for men and six months for girls. The policy applies across genders and ages as a national obligation.
A shepherd from Chaighouse noticed his collie wandering away while recovering stray sheep. Following the dog, he found a missing boy asleep in a patch of rushes on the fourth day, after a mother had lost him during a labor. The tale describes a eerie scene with a lingering sense of strange events surrounding the disappearance.
The United States Department of Agriculture biological survey reports large flocks of pinyon jays roving between nesting seasons and damaging grain crops. Experiments in controlling these birds at corn fields in west central Colorado yielded a simple poison method, distributed by leaflet. Wheat harvests show less success as birds find ample food in large fields, reducing profitability of poisoned baits.
A minister warns about careful speech to avoid offense in church. An elderly parishioner brings sweet pea bouquets to Sunday services until the minister’s pointed remark that "God loves even the meanest flower that blows" makes her rethink her gesture.
The wren is short lived with rare lifespans. Parrots reach centenarians while eagles live about 104 years. Swans may exceed 150 years with one man claims 200. Ravens have reached 240 and rooks 700 years per Pliny.
A lettuce family plant now grown in upper Egypt and parts of the Sudan yields edible oil. Seed press yields range from 38 to 40 percent oil, with some Sudan samples at over 40 percent. Oil is odorless light yellow and taste neutral. Seeds are tiny and require new machinery to extract the oil due to handling limits.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer piece, the author extols wasps, describing social and solitary species, nest building from cementlike dust, and nests filled with living meat provisions for larvae. The vivid account covers construction, feeding, and the life cycle ending with adult wasps.
Old Zeph Dorgan sits on a log near a bridge on a Sunday morning with a fishpole and bait at his feet. A minister passes by asking if he will go to church or fish, and Zeph says he is wrestling with his conscience about the weather and his plans.
Two old bachelors discuss lip rouge among flappers on a street car and then shift back to curious market reports. The exchange hints at changing fashions while preserving the era's neighborhood tone and humor.
A Boston Transcript item recalls a young woman discarding an apple core from a car as a motorcycle cop sped by and was struck in the face. He scowled but the sight of her smile won him over and he again rode off.
A humorous exchange notes a clock running slow by twenty minutes and jokes about adjusting it to twelve, with another remark that it will realign in due course. The banter centers on patience and perception of time.
A U S Department of Agriculture study finds papain from papaya leaves or fruit powder cannot reliably tenderize meat. Tests show surface texture becomes powdery and meat flavors diminish, with bitterness and altered taste across methods including boiling frying and broiling. Green juice wraps produced only slight tenderness, while leaf sources from Miami yielded no improvement.
Artis Piebe De Kol of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture herd holds a 93.9 ton milk record with 8.19 tons fat and a daily 34.3 pound milk average since first freshening. Over 15 years her average annual milk yield reached 12 250 pounds and 426.19 pounds of fat while she consumed 65 silage tons 28 concentrates 18 hay and 17 roots and crops.
The school principal boasted swift fire drills as he inspired pupils with a Henry Van Dyke lecture. When announcing the speaker the pupils chorused how they would respond, rising quickly, clearing desks, and filing out to the street in orderly haste.
Major Burrard cites Trigonometrical Society findings that a buried mountain belt spans about a thousand miles in central India parallel to the Himalayas. Local gravity anomalies show the plumb line deflects southward north of the chain and northward south of it, indicating a dense subterranean rock mass beneath the surface.
Elizabeth bursts into class with excitement claiming a new sister. The teacher responds warmly while Elizabeth jokes that the child is a half-sister, prompting a pun about where the other half is.
A celebrated actor and his wife argued lightly as he rushed to catch a train. He declared with a generous air that she was right and he was wrong, then hurriedly left. She pondered his phrasing and its meaning.
Donna recalls meeting Jack Morton in a swell limousine and falling in love at first sight. She later learns he had only hired the car.
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