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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1927
Page
4
The text explains that the phrase Ye shall earn thy bread by the sweat of the brow does not appear in scripture. It notes Genesis 3 19 as the closest biblical line and suggests the proverb likely arose from Miltonic and literary usage over the past 250 years.
A reflective line on noble hearts shining in adversity, praising inner strength and virtue as tested by hardship.
The observation notes that increased practice in making resolutions leads to poorer outcomes, suggesting a decline in the quality of decisions as one gains more experience with this habit.
Albert Edward Wiggam argues that science in hand can end poverty in a provocative remark challenging readers to apply reason to social policy. The line reflects Wiggam’s provocative style and early 20th century reformist tone.
A patron in a downtown theater dropped two coins which rolled to the orchestra pit. He called for two ushers who used flashlights to search, and they recovered the coins, discovering a single shining penny in the finder’s hand.
A short quotation attributed to Lord Courtney of Penwith from Cornish Granite. It expresses that freedom without productive speech and action is valueless and emphasizes tangible成果 in word and deed.
An Atchison Globe item argues a boy's hunger or capacity does not prove his mother fails to feed him. The column addresses misconceptions about parental care and child nutrition with a measured view.
A statement explains that a tree can bear different apple varieties on separate branches if each branch is grafted with a distinct variety. This method requires compatible grafts and careful pruning to maintain tree health and fruit quality.
Read of a live frog found inside solid rock near Barmouth by two workers. Experts explain frogs survive in rock only by small air gaps and insects entering, debunking old tales that amphibians live centuries entombed.
Studies cited in Thrift Magazine show home influence surpasses other factors in shaping morals. The mother’s role within the family is highlighted as the strongest influence because a child’s life path is largely determined by age seven. A welfare worker notes that many New York Bowery derelicts rescued had origins in morally wholesome homes.
Popular Mechanics notes a 26 mile long cave rich in ice and grottoes with a rainbow roof and a subterranean river. About a mile in, a small lake yielded objects from Cyrus era, and nearby fortifications likely date to the fourteenth century.
Official correspondence shows the federal government imported many soldiers from Germany and Poland for U S Union army service during the Civil War. The program was widely operated with large bounties paid, and many recruits stayed after the war. It is believed the plan served wealthy Eastern interests and used substitutes for military service during the draft.
John Jacob Astor arrived in America with $75 and toiled to market his wares. He became a leading fur dealer and later his ventures spanned instruments, with the Astors in London involved in instrument manufacture. Through fur and trapping he founded Nebraska’s first white settlement and the town of Astoria in Oregon.
The text notes that ancient sages including Hippocrates and Pythagoras feared beans and their blossoms harming people. Adonis changed this by ordering beans for an altar offering to the sun god, though in parts of Europe until the mid sixteenth century communities still feared beans and their blooms.
Pathfinder Magazine cites Swarthmore reflecting on Gwinnett’s unknown burial site in Savannah. The article mentions Rev James Fyley funded funeral expenses, a vanished gravestone, and rumors of the stone serving as a tavern top. Efforts in 1848 sought Gwinnett’s remains near the signers’ monument in Augusta.
George Dilnot describes Scotland Yard testing detective chauffeurs in remote country lane runs with an official rider. A shot, a wounded flag, hay barrages, rapid orders, and wireless contact through Morse code test nerve and instant obedience in demanding pursuit duties.
The text outlines stages from savagery to civilization, noting key milestones: fire, bow and arrow, pottery symbols, animal domestication, iron smelting, writing, printing, gunpowder, steam engine, and a new era in material and spiritual civilization. It frames a progression from lower to present era.
A satirical scene shows a mixed party landing on an uninhabited stand and forming a state. Women outnumber men and seize all offices while men neglect. The first act builds a women's quarters while a male asks where the jail will be. The president says there will never be women in the jail.
The dasheen is an Araceae tuberous plant whose outer skin irritates skin and mouth when raw. Do not taste raw dasheen. soak or pare before cooking. add a level teaspoon of sal soda per quart of water. Tubers are best baked.
Five year old Margaret watches a person of notable style and imitates their pose. She asks her mother to buy silk stockings and high heel shoes so she can wear them someday. The scene blends playful ambition with a child’s imagination.
Pathfinder Magazine notes that evening hours vary by region and usage. In England and parts of the southern United States the term can extend from five or six o clock in the afternoon until dark, while strictly it runs sunset to darkness.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dolan of Nashua New Hampshire are believed to have the record for children attending college from a working parents home. They have one daughter and three sons in college. Mr Dolan is a street car conductor.
The Rocky Mountain News recounts how Sawtooth Mountain from 12 500 feet above timberline in Cochetopa forest served as a prime hunting ground for primitive people. Trails worn in granite show long use from antelope deer buffalo elk and fish in ancient Colorado, with Spaniards in 1000 and Indians later still roaming the area.
A London audience hears a lecturer claim that halos symbolize more than sacred imagery and that everyone has an aura visible to some. The parlor maid at a deanery and Baivemius Cettini are cited as examples, with Benvenuto noted for a dubious halo linked to divine approval, misinterpreted by his era.
A New York World report notes a six year study in a large manufacturing firm tying employee absences to vacation timing and duration. Health and efficiency rose after health checks and vacations were individualized by a physician.
Capper's Weekly explains ancient Scottish handfasting as a verbal agreement to live as husband and wife with witnesses. At year end partners could split, formalize for life, or simply part with a handshake, illustrating a flexible premodern union.
The article notes sea fish commonly adopt nicknames based on taste and appearance. Examples include red mullet called sea wood cock, dab known as salter, hake called sea pike, flounder called flock or fluka, and cuckoogurnard for a gurnard due to its odd sound when caught.
A lily family member, the Joshua tree, stands as a twisted desert growth. Usually found in twos or threes, it appears neither true tree nor shrub, often scorched by fire or rotted, serving as bonfires for desert wanderers amid sagebrush and greasewood.
One hundred years ago Mrs Tagg of Eccleshall England baked a gigantic savory pie measuring two yards long one yard wide and two feet deep. It reportedly contained a goose hare turkey brace of pheasants rabbits two pigeons a couple of partridges and two tongues in a culinary feat rivaling a nursery rhyme.
A fragment reflects on water as humanity’s oldest civic gift. It traces its origin to ancient times when priests and scholars prospered, parks were owned by nobility, and water drew diverse crowds from pigeons to laborers.
Traveling islands or rafts form from silt and grasses over shorelines and rise with high tides. One raft grew to 10 miles long, 600 feet wide and 8 feet thick, blocking the river’s lower area. Four years of labor were needed to remove it.
A quirky Amsterdam Notemaker item notes a professor who, recovered from water, recalls an ability to swim. The brief caption hints at a humorous reversal of memory and skill.
A Pleasant Interview notes it would have been a pleasure to interview Adam while remarking he could not boast about starting life as a poor boy, as reported by the New York Telegram.
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