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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1919
Page
4
An old advertisement warns that kidney disease affects many and outlines symptoms such as weariness and backache. It promotes LD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a cure and asserts rapid relief within 24 hours, urging readers to buy from their druggist and continue maintenance doses.
Daisy the war savings horse tours Boston businesses delivering literature for the War Savings Organization at $5 Milk Street. Once condemned to be shot nine years ago, she was saved by John J Bergh for $50 and now appears in parades with medals, assisting the Savings Division by hauling boxes and spreading the advantages of thrift and War Savings stamps.
A stenographer explains buying Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps as a marriage chest to fund a future home, while also serving as an emergency fund. She notes stamps can be cashed in with ten days’ notice and accrue interest, turning savings into a double-purpose fund that supports both wartime and peacetime needs.
A 23 year old Mexican named Braulio Hermandez died in a small carhouse near the depot. He had no physician, so the cause of death remains unknown according to the San Miguel Examiner.
A Greater Boston clergyman urges looking beyond immediate comforts and planning for future years. He advises thrift over hoarding, limiting present spending, and investing saved mites in Thrift Stamps and then War Savings Stamps to build a substantial future fund.
Slater Hartley Withers outlines capital as saved wealth used in production with a savage tribe example of dried fish becoming a canoe and investment. He argues capital arises from savings and urges thrift through War Savings Stamps. Marshall is cited as a strong supporter purchasing $1000 of 1919 War Savings Stamps and $1000 of 1918 stamps.
The Alps feature a single letter box near 10 000 feet above sea level with four daily collections. Several receptacles lie between 6 000 and 7 000 feet elevation.
A historical note argues Caesar landed on August 27, 55 B C based on his account of summer's end and the August full moon. It discusses landing difficulties, southern Britons’ civilization, and London’s growth a century later, with legends surrounding Venus and Gaul.
A historical overview recounts Cape Colony changing hands between Britain and Holland during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It notes British capture in 1795, seven years of control, 1802 Peace of Amiens, 1806 reversion to Holland, 1815 final British retention, and emancipation of slaves in 1834. It cites populations and financial terms of transfers.
The dangerous trade of snake catching yields venom worth about £500 per pound. Venom comes from death adders brown adders and tiger snakes. Catchers must be skilled to avoid injuring the reptiles while gathering venom for chemists. Tiger snakes remain plentiful in remote interior regions.
A Neue Zurich Zeitung correspondent recalls a 500 year old Swiss encounter when about 14 000 travelers camped near Zurich for two weeks. The itinerant group claimed Egyptian origins and impressed locals with orderly conduct and rich ornaments while paying for sustenance. After seven years they reportedly vanished back to their homeland.
A musical comedy actress and other performers use a daily suspension routine with a cord across a room to train limbs and gain strength for burlesque work. An associated Parisian beauty specialist popularized a backboard neck apparatus for round shoulders, drawing many followers to his method.
The American Review of Reviews recalls the first large scale use of chlorine gas on April 22, 1916 at Ypres. German forces aimed to end the war by terrorizing colonial troops and allies, with deadly, mind altering effects but failing to break morale or conclude the conflict quickly.
On Bastille Day in a French town near the front a giant black eagle swooped onto a barn ridgepole as American and French soldiers celebrate. Aiming to catch the bird, soldiers sling nets and scramble to roofs, but the eagle ignores them and naps. The town then endures a night of shellfire as Allied troops advance.
The text notes that animals show strong instincts and affection, seeming to sense their owner's feelings before they are spoken. It recounts masters observing their pets detect in anger quicker than other people, highlighting intuitive bonds between humans and dumb animals.
A boy explains to his mother why babies cannot speak until about twelve months old. He argues they come straight from heaven and would reveal secrets if they spoke earlier, so God delays their speech until they have forgotten such knowledge.
A philologist asserts that nine words perform one fourth of verbal work and another group of common words makes up half. The list of top nine includes and, the, of, to, a, in, is, it, you, while the frequent words such as about all as at but can not day dear for get go hear her if in me not no on that there they this though time we with write your appears.
After a fire clears wood land the coming season shows different flowers as seeds buried beneath the surface awaken. The change is not magical but ecological, as dormant seeds wait underground for fire to expose soil and stimulate germination, yielding new or unfamiliar blooms to the locality.
Frequent bathing promotes health and comfort by keeping skin pores clear so they can clear the body of excretions not discharged through other routes. A cold-water rinse and brisk body rub after bathing stimulate blood circulation.
Bristol workers endure daily strain from desk, wagon, and housework causing kidney stress. Mrs. Wallace Garvin of 12 Cook St reports backache and stiffness relieved after using Doan’s Kidney Pills from Buffington’s Pharmacy, praising their effect. Price 60c at dealers.
A group of businessmen discuss Allied progress on the western front on a city street corner. A local man voices a limited view, claiming U.S. troops revived the fight while noting merchants marines have joined frontline action.
The article notes birds as weather indicators with swans, ducks, and moorhens nesting near rivers signaling low flood risk, while a robin’s morning song is linked to coming bad weather. It emphasizes nest height as a flood cue and the robin as a predictor of rain.
Warden Otis C. Small of Hammonton New Jersey reports a young fawn approached him in the woods. The deer rubbed its nose on his body and lingered, an unusual friendly encounter. The warden jokes that deer may know the closed season, calling it the first time one held him up in the woods.
A man with a slip of paper asks where to go but declines local directions. He says he has lived in Washington all his life and suggests consulting someone who has studied the town since the new buildings rose up.
Velasquez completes Las Meninas and hosts royal praise. Philip IV asks to try the brush and, at the king's request, signs the artist through a brief gesture, painting a small emblem on Velasquez's painting. The moment reflects royal recognition of Velasquez and his work in 17th century Spain.
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