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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1908
Page
4
A historical fragment notes job roles within a U S postal framework including clerk carrier and railway clerk positions. It references addresses or locations such as Providence and stockwell, indicating a recruitment or public notice style about civil service entry points at a time when government positions were advertised to prospective applicants.
The new electric car service on the N Y N H and Hartford line takes effect on June 15, 1908, operating on weekdays. The schedule outlines weekday operations with updated routes and times for commuters and travelers.
Newport and Providence Railway Company announces timetable in effect June 21 1908 detailing train runs between Newport and Providence with stopping points and frequency for that period.
The Rhode Island Suburban Railway announces timetable changes for the Barrington Warren and Bristol line. Weekdays show City Hall Providence departures from 4:45 AM to 6:45 PM hourly, with additional morning and late evening runs to Riverside and Bristol. Sundays feature City Hall departures starting 7:45 AM with hourly to 9:15 PM, then half hourly to 6:15 PM and hourly to 10:45 PM, plus Bristol and Riverside service including late night trains.
German clockmaker LiZ Rosin in Gommer near Magdeburg built a clock in a bottle using a forty five millimeter movement with a cylinder escapement. He created a tripod support inside the bottle and assembled the movement through the neck by cutting plate segments and using specially made tools. The mechanism features a ringed neck cover, a glass dial of twenty centimeters, skeleton numerals, and backlighting to read time at night.
A New York Press excerpt argues the tongue reveals illness even when others conceal it. It notes tremor indicates nervous disease often from alcohol, warns eye cues can mislead, and asserts the tongue cannot be hidden when denying drinking.
A chemist explains turning mountains of old boots into combs. Leather is cut, treated in a sulfur bath, washed, dried, ground to powder, mixed with glue or gaurin, and pressed into comb molds. The idea aims to expose unattractive footwear to glamorous usage.
The London Lancet argues that weight and warmth in overcoats are not the same. Heavy coats tax the body’s resources, while better insulating cloth preserves energy and improves overall economy.
A dialogue between Singleton and Wedderly contrasts whether a woman means what she says. Singleton asks if a wife always says what she means, Wedderly notes the change after marriage. The note mentions Chicago News Sounds Possible but Not Likely and a Washington Herald quip about a villain lighting a cigar in a snowstorm for melodrama.
Dialogue between Mr and Mrs Younghub about baking bread and resisting heavy tasks. He cautions her she is not strong enough for such heavy labor. No further context or names provided beyond the couple.
A reader from Columbus Ohio reports relief from nervousness headaches and other symptoms during the change of life after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The letter promotes the remedy as a standard cure for numerous female ailments and invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
Secretary of Public Schools Philip Brady forwarded the annual Department of the Interior report noting 1826 pupils in town schools with 601 boys and 625 girls. Salaries paid to teachers total 15046 up to July 1. Sixty four work certificates were issued to ages fourteen to sixteen, with older students free from certificates. Distribution by grade lists totals per grade and district, including high school and ungraded sections.
In the American Review of Reviews June issue Walter Wellman argues Taft possesses the temperament and training to be an effective president. He praises Taft as a balance between McKinley and Roosevelt, with law, administration, and diplomacy forming the core of his capabilities. The piece predicts Taft would bring calm, patience, energy, and clear judgment to the White House, achieving results without forceful rhetoric.
Sweynheym and Pannartz, the first to print books in Rome, used high quality ink and paper. Despite printing pages over 400 years old with deep blackness, they complained to the pope that their house was full of proof sheets but they had nothing to eat.
The tale traces Bluebeard to France and the Romance of the Chevalier Raoul, centering on Giles de Laval, lord of Raiz, marshal of France in 1429. Described as brave yet given to vice and violence, he is linked to the murder of young women for occult rites, forming the story’s spine.
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