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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1921
Page
2
The text notes Safinet regular savings banks founded in Hamburg in 1778 and Berne, Switzerland, claims Zurich hosts the oldest savings bank globally. It cites a long history in Switzerland and mentions Britain with a 107 year-old Edinburgh bank as a comparison.
In youthful minds the printed word becomes an oracle and books in early reading years shape a vivid inner world. The text argues genuine immersion in a story exceeds ordinary life and marks an undying right of the intelligent child to imagine.
A description of Macaron verse a humorous form mixing Latin with other languages. It explains the term’s origin likening language blend to macaroni ingredients and notes its long-standing use in Italy.
All animals possess a brain and nervous system. The horse and other higher animals resemble the human brain in structure but are weaker in reasoning. Their intelligence, however, is notable in other ways.
The article traces Rhode Island’s formation from Roger Williams 1636 settlement and Anne Hutchinson exile, naming Providence Island later known as Rhode Island, Aquidneck Island’s purchase, and the 1662 charter. It notes constitutional changes and Dorr’s rebellion, plus Rhode Island’s 1790 Union entry and population context with five presidential electors.
A crescent and star symbol served as an incantation or exorcism aid to expel the evil spirit said to possess the body.
The article traces Vermont’s name from verts monts and Champlain’s 1609 voyage, notes the first settlement at Brattleboro in 1724, and describes Green Mountain Boys and Vermont’s 1777 constitutional abolition of slavery. It also covers Vermont’s 1781 admission to the Union as the first addition to the original states and its size and four electoral votes.
In Constantinople the distance to the consulate is said to be about ten minutes and to Lloyd George's agency a quarter of an hour. The lower bridge is four minutes away. The joke ends with pantaloons measured in quirky times: a quarter of a minute in the legs and nine seconds around the waist.
The Ohio penitentiary warden confirms a negro inmate’s life term. The prisoner, when asked if he is in for life, replies with humor that he is “in for life from now on,” turning a grim moment into a sharp quip.
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