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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1919
Page
4
A scientist in the Science Monitor compares a small borrower leaving a bank with looking both ways to a rival’s finding that one never sees a small boy and a brass band moving in opposite directions. The remark plays on human nature and contrasts two curiosities from long ago and recently noted observations.
Two lovers in Battery Park, New York, share a tender moment under the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. He muses on the small light and she suggests that smaller light means greater liberty, ending with a shy pause as she tries to slip away.
A damaged OCR snippet discusses excuses and treatment, suggesting that what is sound requires no ointment. The text hints at evaluating validity and implies criticism of unnecessary remedies. The fragment lacks clear context, names, dates, or concrete events.
A brief quotation from Life recounts a mother giving her son advice as he heads to camp, urging punctuality in the morning so breakfast is not kept waiting. The line reflects family guidance and daily camp routines.
Observations abroad show beet crops stimulate soil and raise subsequent yields. Wheat up 5.59 bushels per acre, rye 1.59, barley 6.51, oats 5.77. Cattle increased and net income rose as high as a notable percent.
The phonograph is presented as a powerful educational tool enabling children to explore music, learn about composers, performers, and notable figures in vocal and instrumental arts, expanding knowledge beyond listening to include context and achievement.
A reflective note emphasizes completing difficult tasks first to ensure success. It argues that delaying hard or unpleasant duties leads to personal undoing unless one stays vigilant and disciplined.
A rural summer evening scene recounts Eleanor five with parents autoing. A local broadcaster jokes about a farmer's fan and a roadmill, echoing a playful misunderstanding. The piece reads as a quirky, human moment in a community paper.
At a funeral for a famed fire insurance official disliked by his staff, many employees attended. When asked why, a attendee quipped they would not miss it to be sure he is buried.
A South Ukota builder proposes trap doors in outer walls to save grain from fire. In a blaze the doors would open and grain would pour out onto the ground, reducing losses in country deseurs.
A brief instructive note explains removing ink from fingers by wetting fingertips and rubbing with the match head, then wiping and repeating until the stain fades. The method reflects early household tricks using readily available tools.
A witty note from Jones reveals his wife eloped with their chauffeur immediately after their honeymoon and has not been seen since. The remark implies a personal scandal framed as a humorous confession.
Candidates for the Japanese parliament must be at least thirty years old. Members are allowed a salary of about one thousand dollars a year.
A brief quotation attributed to George Ellot notes that no great deed is done by those who seek certainty. The item presents as a daily thought or inspirational line rather than a news item or event.
In a London Dispatch commentary Mr Brand Whitlock, former American minister to Belgium, describes Belgian reactions to Louvain horrors as restrained and natural. He contrasts this with dramatic displays in history and notes the emotional paralysis caused by the atrocities.
A Boer in Pretoria and a Dutch girl in Amsterdam were wed by handschoen law with a proxy groom sending a power of attorney and a glove held by both. The ceremony, registered in Amsterdam and Pretoria, rests on Dutch custom from Batavian times and is now a dead letter in the Transvaal since English rule.
A Popular Science Monthly tale shows Oliver Thiford at a brook using a wrapped belt as a makeshift cup. He coils the belt into a cone with a hole, stops the hole with a finger, and drinks as early humans did using improvised tools.
September brings more than the equinox a bright harvest moon appears near the equinox rising on successive nights with little drift in time. Farmers use the extra light to gather late summer crops store them for winter.
The American Red Cross reports large stockpiles at a supply house in France including 20 thousand dozen pillow cases 11 thousand dazers bed socks and 19 thousand dozen face towels illustrating the scale of wartime relief efforts and logistics.
An exchange between a thoughtful uncle and a pianist amateur reflects on writing for a small audience. The Kansas City Journal notes the ironic pride in brevity and wit as the pair debate audience reach.
Deeply loaded with shells and TNT for Italy, the Cephalonia fought a fire near the No 1 hatch as a convoy neared London. Skipper Sammy ordered emergency maneuvers to isolate the blaze and back away from port while pondering torpedoes and drifting mines.
In 1780 Dublin a large bootblack community used lampblack and rotten eggs for polish. They sat on a three legged stool with a blunt knife, callesy, a spudd, a paint brush and an old wig. Gentlemen paid for harsh scrapes and heavy black polish that left strong egg odors in homes and streets.
A Collier's Weekly reminiscence by William Stevens McNutt explains duckboard as a wooden crosswise strip game used to keep feet from mud. It describes the slippery boards, air time for players, and the origin of the name, noting ducklike wobble of planes above trench lines.
A renowned American relief worker visits a hospital as a military car picks her up. She sees wounded soldiers and tears form from gratitude and pride. The soldier chauffeur tells her that if his service earns even one tear, his life has not been lived in vain.
To combat leather shortages a German authority proposes linden bark moccasins like Russian peasant shoes. Bark from young twigs yields two years wear, light fit, and easy manufacture. Linden forests near Laon could supply bark for 1,900,000 shoes, offering work for prisoners and wounded.
A rookie out of college informs his father by letter that his wife Marion could support herself if needed, but the father doubts the claim. Another rookie writes his mother about Frances, claiming she is an orphan, prompting the mother to recall a former fireman relative.
The article argues sleep serves physical recovery more than mental work. It cites Edison and Spencer as extreme examples of low sleep, warns against emulating them, and suggests that reducing sleep by 20 to 40 percent is possible if fatigue poisons are avoided and mental processes slow naturally.
The Prussian Guard, once the Trabant Guards of archers, evolved under Frederick William I into a premier fighting body. Frederick the Great ended height limits, modeling it for combat prowess. The guard expanded after Napoleonic influences and now forms a complete army corps drawing the year's top recruits.
A Cuban salvage company starts operations off Boca Ciega Cojimar to recover a Spanish vessel sunk over a century ago. Divers report forty two cannons in fine condition, with some still on deck and others on the sea floor, at a depth making extraction challenging but feasible.
Deep sea fishermen spotted a twenty five foot diameter floating island in the gulf stream near Palm Beach Florida. It was made of mud and muck with tangled roots and rotted seaweed and supported several trees and mangrove sprouts. Thousands of small fish covered the surface while sea birds feasted.
The records reveal Roman soldiers in Caesar's time used pipes and smoked lavender and hemp rather than tobacco, a practice they favored as a solace and stimulus. The notes describe it as serving almost the same purpose as smoking.
January 6 1919 Probate Court of Bristol hears Anna C Posytan widow seek reasonable support allowance from estate of Henry H Posytan deceased. Hearing set January 22 1919 at 9 am in Probate Court Room Bristol with fourteen days notice in Bristol Phoenix.
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