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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1935
Page
8
An OCR fragment lists a program of old time favorites including Gold in the Hills and Let Me Call You Sweetheart. It also references Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie and After the Ball, with selections like Take Me Out to the Ball Game and Daisy Daisy built for two. The text mixes song titles and stray lyrics, with mentions of classic tunes and characters, suggesting a concert or performance program from a past era.
The article notes John Howard Payne born in New York in 1792 wrote plays including Brutus and Charles II and the song Home Sweet Home first sung in 1823 in Covent Garden. It mentions his 1841 Tunis mission as American cousin and his death there in 1852, with the tune adapted by Sir Henry Bishop from Sicily.
Shad return to their birth waters to spawn and can be guided by planting in unpolluted streams. Hatchery young may be encouraged to migrate to streams never before used by their stock, by introducing them into clean waters.
The article notes persistent gaps in science for aiding taste and smell. It compares taste and odor limits to astronomy, microscopy, and amplifiers, suggesting odorous signals vary by person. It hints that bio science seeks methods like odor amplifiers or analogs to microscopes to enhance these senses.
Governor Theodore F Green proclaims a special election in August 1935 to fill a vacancy in Rhode Island's First Congressional District and to vote on multiple public works and parkland bond propositions. Town of Bristol voters are urged to hold district meetings on August 6, 1935 at designated polling sites.
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