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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1925
Page
3
A long mixed list of crossword clues presents horizontal and vertical entries with numbers, partial words, and occasional misprints. It includes references to months, rivers, states, and common crossword terms, mixed with unclear fragments and stray letters.
The article traces repeated English famines from the early eighth century dearth that spread to Ireland to the severe 11th century outbreaks after William the Conqueror. It notes wars with Sweyn the Dane, peasant famines in 1069, land wasteland from Durham to York, and reports of slavery and cannibalism amid destitution.
A method uses glycerin on a cloth to wipe glass and repel raindrops. Initial drops bead but multiply and merge, forming a smooth transparent water film that does not obstruct vision.
William Goffe, one of Charles I’s regicides, fled to New England after the restoration and participated in Indian warfare in western Massachusetts.
London humorist argues that boys are ten percent better at arithmetic than girls, reflecting gender stereotypes in domestic finance. The short piece satirizes family expectations and marriage dynamics without endorsing the claim.
The article extols the polliwog as a crucial medical science contributor alongside familiar animals. It notes extensive frog study in physiology, its rare literary heroism, and the frog's essential role in endocrine research and disease study, despite public misgivings.
An old maritime note describes a Devon shore anomaly a singing mussel that emits a long fluty sound after low tides and a hooting butterman fish heard when caught. It also mentions eels making noises during gill removal and the gunard producing a croaking grunt from the surface, resembling a crow.
Wireless typewriting successfully demonstrated in Berlin with a sending typewriter and a two frequency transmitter. A receiving setup connected to a tape machine reproduces each letter, enabling messages to be sent over several miles. Demonstrator notes distance could be extended with more powerful equipment.
The naval observatory notes a remarkable meteoric shower starting about midnight November 12 13 1888 and lasting until daybreak visible from both Americas with peak brightness near latitude 22 north. The report recalls the great display of 1799 and explains these showers recur each November with stronger activity roughly every 34 to 38 years.
Binks declares that one must tread carefully with modern women. Smith questions the claim. Binks recalls proposing to Ethel and saying he would go to the ends of the earth, only to be rebuked with two reasons showing doubt about his commitment.
The passage recalls Mary growing up in her father's car and taking her first train journey at age ten. At the first stop she asks the conductor in a mix of curiosity and concern, asking in German what happened to the engine as he steps down.
A Connecticut correspondent recalls an old family tale from the early days of heating. A man stashed cords of wood in a cellar fireplace and later found the flames frozen solid in the chimney, proving the cold state of the house.
Quote from Kansas City Star notes shift in roadside responses. It contrasts old communal efforts when a wagon broke down with today’s quicker reactions as a motorcar tire blows out.
Experiments at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research in Yonkers show that while San plants may grow under artificial light, the fake sunning method offers no profit for marketable plants including flowers and vegetables.
Arizona authorities dispute the etymology of the state's name. Some credit Spanish terms arida zona or aridaque meaning arid region, while others trace the name to arizoma meaning silver bearing.
Theodore Ruete notes in the Empire Review that gold from territories near the Gulf of Guinea funded merchant adventurers and minted coins called guineas, famed worldwide alongside the Gold Coast.
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