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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1918
Page
4
The bobolink or ricebird winters in Central America and the West Indies. Irrigation expansion now allows it to inhabit near the Pacific, though its return migration still follows the eastern route, as the birds have not learned a shorter path across New Mexico.
Bristol residents report kidney relief from Doan's Kidney Pills with quick results after cold-induced symptoms. Mrs R H Anderson credits the remedy for regularizing irregular kidney action during illnesses. Price 60c at dealers. used by Hope Drug Co customers.
In Mexico the hat signifies a man's rank in society, a custom rooted in old Spanish privilege where grendees wore large hats to display status, influencing common people to imitate. The hat thus rivals the mantilla in prominence for both genders.
The article notes General George Washington received no French noble title but near war's end was commissioned lieutenant general of the French army and vice admiral of France to command united forces. It discusses the shaky alliance and the political context of his honorary French commands.
The eleventh to thirteenth centuries marked a golden age for recital singers. Troubadours trouveres and minnesingers roamed Provence, Northern France, Suabia and Aragon, touring castles and rose gardens as they performed. Records of their premieres are scarce, reflecting a careless era unaware of posterity.
The article explains olive oil can lift sea fog by preventing direct air water contact and hindering condensation. When spread over calm water fog banks dissipate with clearings seen up to a mile away, though wind counteracts the effect unless aligned with the wind.
The text extols cheerful resilience under hardship. It argues that true virtue is maintaining cheerfulness despite money loss bad business outlooks and illness. It praises self denial and frugality as daily tests of character and calls cheerful endurance a heroic trait exceeding battlefield bravado.
Sea going steamers condense steam with seawater in surface condensers, discharging heated cooling water. Intake ranges 32 to 88 F, outlet 80 to 120 F, causing hundreds of tons of warm water to be dumped daily. Some warm water is reused for deck scrubbing and passenger baths.
The text presents competing claims over the authorship of Listen to the Mocking Bird. Negro investigators credit a wandering black minstrel, while white claimants say Septimus Winner wrote the song and George Melburn composed it, with Winner profiting from the work.
A sharp exchange frames a mock romance as Bess rejects Ferdinand with a witty constraint about affection and a monetary offer. The dialogue highlights social witty repartee and humorous insistence on limits in a domestic scene.
The quote argues that education and dignity matter most, more than social status. Chesterton says children should respect kind capable women of lower classes and that true class distinction is overcome not by denunciation but by treating others as children deserving respect.
The Kansas City Journal cites a wry note that the Delphi oracle might be a grocery sage with wider renown than ordinary. This humorous aside reflects local wit about oracles and everyday wisdom.
Herbert Hoover calls on all able Americans to avoid wheat in any form until the next harvest. Rhode Island’s Food Administration creates a No Wheat Till Harvest Club to pledge restraint, aiming to ease shortages and support Allied needs amid a severe wheat crisis.
Food Administrator Coats at the request of Herbert Hoover urges all Rhode Island citizens to abstain from wheat in all forms until Sept 15. Campaign is national in scope. Membership cards available at grocery stores clubs churches and at Mr Coats' office. The need is great.
The Ohio State Journal urges discerning good from doubtful acts by conscience not intellect. It warns against gray areas in morality, condemns moral compromise, and argues true direction comes from a right heart and loving intent.
A medical authority states sugar provides rapid energy, cheaper than most foods, with cereals in coarsest form offering more nourishment per cost. Sugar units convert to body energy in under thirty minutes, aiding athletes and marching soldiers. Pound for pound sugar delivers higher fuel value to muscles than beans peas or cereal breakfast forms.
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