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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1921
Page
7
Col. J. T. Axton, Chief of Chaplains, U S A, outlines duties and significance of military chaplains in guiding service members through moral and spiritual welfare amid operations and daily duties.
A Delhi barracks inscription debates whether God and the soldier are neglected after war. The author argues the World War strengthened faith and national morale, citing four hundred daily enlistments and a focus on moral and educational training by chaplains and army leaders to produce useful citizens postwar.
The speaker argues that control of economic life by foreigners has left Mexicans to govern and urges reforms in schooling. The plan envisions directing youth into fifteen to thirty professions, beyond medicine law and engineering, while balancing humanities and practical training to foster good citizens.
A speaker renounces a million dollar inheritance, arguing the money is not theirs and that true good comes from giving food and aid directly. They condemn a system that starves many while preserving wealth, choosing personal integrity over property. The focus is on charity from the heart over financial wealth.
A speaker argues for improving the race by segregation and sterilization of the defective classes to reduce crime insanity and sickness within a century. Citing early 20th century laws in Iowa Indiana Washington California Connecticut Nevada New Jersey New York the piece notes states advancing sterilization policies to curb social burdens.
John Burroughs recalls his childhood sweetheart Eleanor in Dr. Clara Barrus’s John Burroughs Boy and Man. He describes a hilltop run from the schoolhouse and a playful nest of hay as a pretend egg, recalling a five to six year old moment of affection.
Joe Benard returns from four year trek along the northern coast with Franklin expedition artifacts. Relics include brass buttons and primitive instruments valued mainly for museum interest. Furs collected total about 25000 dollars and will be sold to museums and universities. Sir John Franklin and 154 companions vanished after their 1845 Arctic expedition.
An editorial digest notes that except for William H Taft, presidents Harding and prior leaders used multiple given names. It contrasts American practice with European and French naming, highlighting how foreigners shorten or adapt names and how titles would appear in press abroad. It mentions examples from Cabot Lodge and Gamaliel Harding.
Telegrams describe Bokhara as ruled in name by the amir but controlled by the Muslim clergy with strict curfews and patrols. A ruined wall encircles the capital, and reports now claim Bokhara has fallen to the Reds.
Popular Mechanics notes most western forts have vanished but a stone structure called Cove Port in southern Utah, built in 1867 during the Blackhawk Mormon war, remains perfectly preserved and serves as a ranch house and hotel today.
A fragment reports the origin of the gypsy moth problem in the United States. French naturalist Louis Trouvelot, living in Malden Massachusetts, allegedly left a box with eggs on a windowsill that blew away in the 1880s, sparking years of efforts to exterminate the pest.
The piece advises choosing reading for children by focusing on books that stimulate imagination and heart. It emphasizes home influence over attractive visuals and suggests consulting an abridged catalog to select material that conveys life truths and warmth.
A Kentucky judge fined and sentenced a family doctor to jail for speeding. The doctor vowed to serve the sentence while noting their friendship and legal roles. He warned the judge that justice would be administered in turn.
Venetian glass is famed for its exquisite thinness and quality, with Tiffany glass as its only rival. Bohemian glass, though valued for bric a brac and sometimes richer coloring and decoration, is not as refined overall.
The article notes that musicians who kill themselves are rare due to mental balance fostered by music. It references Tschalkowsky and suggests such deaths are uncommon, attributing rarity to mental composure among musicians.
A rural store displays a sign reading Trade Sere and Teach Your Dollars to Have More Cents as cited by the Boston Transcript reflecting frugal education themes.
Webster defines two weed meanings in its International dictionary. A weed is wild growth like rank grass or undergrowth and any plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of the crop or to the disfigurement of a place. The note adds that a weed is a plant that is not wilted. no species are universal weeds as a plant may be weed in one place and not in another.
The toad is unfairly disliked as ugly and linked to warts but is a peaceful trainable pet. With a few minutes of effort a toad can become a friendly companion and, after a week, as affectionate as a dog.
The article outlines a Taoist massage system that refines medical gymnastics into a disciplined practice with three postures standing sitting and lying and three breathing modes through the mouth nose and alternating inhalation and exhalation. It describes iron balls rolled in the hands to strengthen muscles and a wooden instrument with three movable wheels used to massage the stomach.
The windfall phrase arose from royal forest rules and naval needs. When estates forbade felling timber the fallen trees were reserved for the navy, yet windblown trees were exempted, creating the sense of a surprising, providential gain.
German potash occurs as rock salt in seams thirty feet or more thick. Mined ore has the same consistency as common rock salt and is easy to grind. To reach true deposits shafts reach levels up to five thousand feet below the surface.
The article warns that nettles cause itching but foreign forms are far more dangerous. After initial itching, patients may suffer sensations akin to hot irons on the flesh, with pain rising for hours or days. Severe cases resemble influenza or lockjaw and can be deadly.
The article surveys theories on billiards origins from the east with Crusaders to English roots linked to bowls, and notes a French influence via Henrique Devigne during Charles IX’s reign. It mentions paillemaille as a possible ancestor played on a table, seen by one writer as an earlier form.
A city business owner near St Pauls Cathedral fears a dream of the structure crumbling. He bought an insurance policy covering his loss if the building collapses, despite assurances the cathedral is safe.
The article notes that gazelle hunters increasingly use automobiles to chase the speedy animals across Morocco's desert. It claims car hunts yield greater results than bursts and describes the rapid, relentless pursuit across open sands.
The article explains the phrase as a misheard version of as mad as a adder not a hatter. It notes English speech shifts from patter to hatter and clarifies that the term referred to the venomous snake.
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