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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1924
Page
3
The article explains the human body is 75 to 80 percent water, rising to 81.2 to 84.8 percent in old age. It notes the brain is largely water, debunks dried-up myths, and warns that a 10 percent water loss causes serious disorders while 20 percent loss is nearly fatal.
William H. Akers describes the coffee fruit as cherry like in shape with a thin skin, mucilaginous pulp, parchment layer, and a delicate bean wrapped in a silk like skin that clings to the bean through roasting and grinding.
Histories note the October 1500 Cadiz voyage under Rodrigo de Bastides with Vasco Núñez de Balboa aboard. They reached mainland South America near Trinidad and traveled along the Isthmus to Nombre de Dios. The Lettera Barissima provides the earliest isthmus account from Columbus to Ferdinand and Isabella.
The American Golfer notes no outstanding left handed player exists and that left handed players are a small percentage. It explains many left handers use right handed clubs and should switch, as about half of left handed club users are actually right handed.
In Korea natives reportedly pay little heed to time, rising when needed and eating when prepared, with no eight hour day. People work when required and quit when they dare, and wrist watches have no use there.
A recently invented instrument, the double piano, features two keyboards stacked with the upper octave higher than the lower. It is tuned as a whole and played by a single performer. A lever can convert it into a harpsichord by plucking strings instead of hammering keys.
Laura B. Starr notes that recorded history began with dolls. The British Museum houses the world’s oldest dolls uncovered in Egyptian tombs, some dating more than 4,000 years old.
A long time housekeeper Emma, faithful to a family for over twenty years, runs the house and its members. Tensions grow until the mistress protests and Emma replies with a sharp demand for one month’s notice, saying she never felt she would suit them.
A cartoon dialogue shows a tramp replying that faith in oneself attracts others who reflect one’s own qualities. He argues others won’t have faith in you if you lack it yourself, implying self-belief shapes how others treat you.
A fragment reflecting Charles Evans Hughes on court respect. The text argues for stopping needless criminal procedure hurdles without harming innocence safeguards. It urges fearless repeal of provisions hindering fair dispute resolution and judicial administration.
In a New York World item the talk focused on a harsh act by an employer who kept his stenographer after hours and charged her for a phone call to state she would not be home for dinner.
A 19th or early 20th century note lists vegetables and fruits with health effects. Spinach aids kidneys, onions garlic leaks and shal lots support circulation, raw onions aid insomnia, onion soup soothes weak digestion, lettuce cucumbers cool, beets turnips appetite, celery eases nerves and rheumatic pain, tomatoes aid liver, and figs currants cherries strawberries purify. An orange eaten at dawn allegedly cures dyspepsia fastest.
A Washington Star excerpt contrasts republics and autocracies in a sharp exchange. Senator Sorghum responds that in a republic a leader can be forced to resign or face consequences, while in autocracy a man could be shot at sunrise.
A theater manager notes the audience’s dissatisfaction with the evening’s performance. He questions why drama often ends with the couple’s marriage and suggests a different, happier resolution might be possible.
A London humorist quips about a coal merchant during a fire scare. The coal yard may be burning but the seller dismisses urgency, joking about the coal quality bought recently.
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