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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1918
Page
4
A rustic recount describes a U S Food Administration figure urging changes in eating habits to save wheat for soldiers. He jokes about fishing a big dish for the crowd and mocks wasteful cooking while urging use of corn meal biscuits and simple meals to conserve resources.
Sir Joshua Reynolds visited Oliver Goldsmith while he wrote The Traveler He found Goldsmith lecturing a small dog balancing on its hind legs The ink on the last line was still wet suggesting a dog can inspire a poet
The chow dog is a small Siberian sledge dog type refined in China and then imported to Europe and America around 1900. It has the coat and build of sledge breeds, a compact sturdy frame, and a lively disposition. Colors range from all black to white and red or yellow. It first appeared in American shows at Westminster in New York in 1901.
Cement entered English markets and was imported to the United States through 1875. Portland cement then emerged in commercial prominence amid competition with English and German imports. Excess supply led to price cutting and a major shift in the market.
Americans note seashells used by locals as window glass. A native bivalve yields shells seven to eight inches wide, thin and transparent, abundant and free, while glass remains costly.
Knitting was a popular pastime for male farm workers in Wales. Fifty years ago shepherd boys in Cardiganshire received wool for two pairs of stockings, and sixpence was paid for each additional pair beyond that number.
The buzzard sustains long air periods with minimal wing motion due to its large wing surface. Smaller winged birds compensate with quicker wing movement to stay aloft.
A fragmented note describes Japanese superstition and curious orations, referencing traditional beliefs and folk sayings. The text hints at cultural practices, language play, and mystic phrases shaping regional storytelling across communities.
A commercial moving picture device projects scenes by daylight and night. The system includes a miniature theater for display in a window and a moving picture machine that can run on direct or alternating current. After showing a sequence, motion reverses and the reel rewinds for repeated displays.
The passage muses that a tunnel view, even a simple stretch of track with scrubby trees and sky, can inspire aesthetic pleasure. It contrasts beauty with calm health and happiness, suggesting sensible people appreciate life’s blessings without deprivation.
The original Gotham was a Nottinghamshire parish famed for fooling King John to avoid his visit. New York earned its Gotham nickname from Washington Irving’s Salamagundi 1907, likening it to pretentious wisdom.
The cusk, a cod family fish, shares habits with cod. It frequents rocky ledges in the north Atlantic near Newfoundland and Scandinavia, is more common in northern Europe than America, and is sold in large quantities at New England fish markets.
The piece grew from an incident in Oliver Goldsmith travels in Ireland. He found himself far from home and asked for directions to an inn. Misled to a private residence he ordered supper and acted haughtily until discovering the error the next morning as he prepared to pay.
A discussion notes shorebirds are valuable allies in controlling crop pests and warns against persecuting game birds like quail grouse and pheasant as well as hawks and owls which are generally misunderstood.
A retired soap maker left about eleven hundred dollars to establish a home for homeless cats and dogs but warned the money must not be touched until 2163, when it is expected to grow to two hundred million dollars.
A brief observation notes differences in grooming habits among students, contrasting girls who spend time on checks and lips and eyebrows with boys who neglect basic hygiene such as washing behind the ears.
An overview notes a global linguistic estimate placing around one billion speakers of a major language, with about 664 languages spoken worldwide and a growing diversity of linguistic families. The discussion highlights the rich tapestry of human communication and the challenge of documenting all tongues.
Alfred Grunberk notes Matt Brush values initiative as essential for workers. A crane operator off duty acted quickly after a five ton girder blocked a track, calling the round master to request a crane. The track was cleared in an hour, avoiding hours of delay.
Drs Victor C Myers and Anton R Rose report in the Journal of the American Medical Association that ripe bananas are essential for full health value. They note most sold bananas are not ripe and describe indicators of ripeness in the fruit.
Andover academy used basement rifle ranges for years and housed 400 boys in prewar military drill. Now military training dominates, with parental objections minimal, and Andover ahead of others in rifle shooting amid war prep.
Sir Edward Brussell of the Liverpool Daily Post questions Lord Davenport food controller about employing the American ambassador as a vegetable cooking demonstrator. The piece notes the ambassador’s disdain for English vegetable handling and his readiness to share practical vegetable recipes focusing on draining water from dishes.
Common coarse salt applied to dirt roads with a lime spreader keeps surfaces dust free in dry periods. Calcium chloride in salt binds moisture, lowering dust at a low cost when mixed with dirt before heavy rain, requiring application about every six weeks.
In a Washington Star fragment, three young women at a cafe debate motherhood and independence. They mock mothers while defending women’s rights to work and self-rule, contrasting widows, underpaid chores, and the pull of female autonomy.
Prof Charles Greenway, head of the Institution of Petroleum Technologists, argues that war awakens England to petroleum's strategic role. He cites its infancy in Britain, the need for secure supplies, and the expanding uses from fuels to chemicals and explosives, forecasting limitless demand for by products.
A man and a woman debate the impact of the war on employment. He predicts fewer male clerks and a shift toward scientific work, while she suggests men may seek broader roles after returning from conflict. The exchange hints at gender and labor tensions in wartime.
The text notes peat's diverse by products including acetate of lime for cordite, sulphate of ammonia, naphtha and paraffin oils, carbon for pencils, alcoholic spirits, animal feed additives, whisky flavor, and fertilizer. A large company with experts forms to promote Irish peat by products amid reduced German exports.
The American Medical Association at its sixty ninth annual Chicago convention urged early adoption of universal military training as a permanent national policy and even as a prerequisite to suffrage. It argued training improves health and sanitation and would raise citizen efficiency, despite pacifist opposition and constitutional concerns. The piece notes the postwar vote and the likely influence of returning soldiers.
Public auction to be held on August 10, 1918 at 2 PM for parcels 66 and 67 in Bristol Rhode Island as secured by a mortgage dated November 22 1911. Bidding by current mortgage holder represented by William M O'Donnell with description from the Fox Hill Cottage plat and bounds by Fox Hill Avenue Eugene LeClair and neighbor lots.
In the fourteenth century gloves rose from mere utility to a visible fashion statement for women. Gloves were worn on hands or carried in girdles. they featured extended finger stitching, elaborate embroidery, and sometimes jewels, with the entire glove perfumed.
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