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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1926
Page
4
A reader explains a barter like arrangement involving two payments. The speaker agrees to take a hat for 50 francs and requests an invoice for her husband at 100 francs plus another to show friends at a place named WO frances Rov Blas Par.
Handy Bathtubs advertises in the Globe showcasing bathtubs for all shapes and sizes from a local plumbing supply dealer in Atchison Kansas.
A Swedish baby ceremony uses money poured over the infant during a baptism like bath to symbolize future wealth and prosperity for the child. The ritual reflects cultural beliefs about financial fortune tied to early blessings.
Stoic disciples of Zeno the Greek philosopher taught in Athens during the second century BCE. The term Stoics derives from the porch or stoa where they gathered to listen to Zeno’s ideas. Zeno held that human happiness rests on living in accordance with nature and reason.
A compact reflection on deeds and chance attributed to Voltaire. The line notes mischance and the rare chance to do good, framing human action as repeated small chances and a yearly peak of virtue.
A fragment urges self seeking as self defiling, warning that selfishness leads to loss and ultimate poverty. It invokes the Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards to emphasize moral consequence and spiritual judgment.
Swiss Matterhorn slopes undergo rapid erosion as thawing temperatures trigger avalanches of dirt and rock. Slopes shed thousands of tons daily, threatening areas below.
A man named Latimer rents an office above a bank and discovers a vault holding about 1,090,000 dollars. He later places a second-hand safe over the vault and jokes he may possess over a million, surprising a skeptical former friend. The scene unfolds from the Battery to Fifty-ninth Street with encounters in the banking building.
A Rochester church women society proposes a novel fundraiser. Each hostess invites seven friends to a luncheon with guests paying 50 cents, then expanding to 42, 210, and 840 in successive invitations. The escalating plan aims to raise thousands of dollars through a sequence of hosted luncheons.
In a village a tourist questions a guide about a noted crime. A rival was said to have planned and attacked fifty with a flamefist gust, a tale framed by a townspeople as a remarkable but dubious feat. Witnesses confirm the escape route pointed toward the current location.
A garbled passage discusses a worker and a carder plot with misread terms. It references theories and perceived sound, noting a direction in Whireots and Cobbstaties context. The text remains unclear and reads as an unfinished, overheard field note.
Anonymous dialogue from a woman's companion notes that two income households strain relations as wives grow financially independent. The wage earning wife argues the key is for husbands to insist on shared payments, saying bluntly that expenses like the kitchen ceiling must be split and accounted for.
A joint University of Pennsylvania and British Museum expedition finds 5000 year old Ur of the Chaldees artifacts challenging views of ancient life. Flint blades the size of safety razors remained sharp without honing and a temple sewerage system for animal sacrifices matched modern systems, suggesting life then was not greatly different from ours.
The Waterloo bridge traffic strain highlights Somerset House storage pressure. Vaults overflow with births marriages and deaths indexes dating back to 1837 and millions of wills. Over 150 million names in the registers and many famous wills including Shakespeare Johnson and Newton are accessible for a shilling.
An exhibition features a giant Canadian moose head, the third largest ever shot. The specimen weighed 1,500 pounds at kill, with antlers 64 pounds total and spanning nearly six feet.
A naval officer credited with inventing a clock that uses a single hand after surviving a shipwreck. He observed that without a second hand to mark minutes, the single dial could still measure time effectively, inspiring the design of a marine clock with two hands to serve its purpose.
DM Solomon Strouse in Ely webs Magazine notes several people misread leg and back pains as flat feet or broken areas. He recounts escorting a lady to a theater aisle where Mitch fears serious rheumatism. A physician later finds flat feet and proper shoes improve his condition.
The message emphasizes that many desire worthy aims but lack the effort to pursue them. Making an effort is essential, and trying and failing is preferable to not trying at all.
Saint Barbara, revered saint of the Middle Ages, daughter of Dioscorus, embraced Christianity after being confined by her heathen father. While he was away, she had three windows added to a bath house in honor of the Holy Trinity, was condemned as sacrilege, and beheaded by her father upon return.
A new cavern system named White Scar Cavern is found near Ingleton in the Yorkshire Dales. Two hikers uncover a roaring river flowing through limestone fissures, with lofty chambers and orange and white stalactites and cascading water.
Path finder Magazine explains collective bargaining as group action by workers through a union to reach an agreement with employers. It contrasts this with individual bargaining where each worker negotiates separately.
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