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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1933
Page
5
An overview of eye protection from bony sockets to brows lashes and eyelids. It explains the cornea iris retina and visual purple, reflexes ensuring rapid blinking and protection from light and injury, and stresses rest proper glasses and breaks during intensive work.
The article notes a time before stamps when postage was paid in cash at the post office. The postmaster or clerk marked letters with the amount and the word Paid so they could proceed. Without Paid, recipients faced collection at the far end, forming the basis of postal accounting.
The Department of Forests and Waters estimates private landowners received enough trees to reforest 100000 acres over the last twenty years. A total of 110000000 seedlings and transplants were provided for private use.
Sing Sing Prison began as Mount Pleasant prison and was bought in 1825 to replace the New York City jail. By mid century the site’s name changed to Sing Sing, with the new institution built on a hill above the former low land riverfront prison.
A historian states at least 19,000 leper houses spread through Europe and England during the peak years of leprosy. The first English leper house began in Canterbury in 1096 and the last at Highgate in 1472.
Investigations trace public swimming pools to Mission San Jose in San Antonio dating to the early 1700s. Authorities reportedly built two pools for Spanish soldiers and for Indians attached to the mission, marking an early U S aquatic site.
The Maltese government employs specially trained cats to guard underground granaries from rats that threaten the store. In the past, many cats were imported to protect the city from a rampant rat plague. Cats must be well fed and cared for to perform effectively, as a hungry cat is not best suited for this work.
A large painting of Saint Sebastian’s martyrdom, stored in a Leeds cellar for over 4500 years, was found during renovation. Believed to be by a Spanish master of the 17th century, it was shown in Leeds in 187Q before being donated to the city.
A calorie measures heat to raise one gram of water by one degree Celsius. The British thermal unit equals the heat to raise one pound of water at maximum density by one degree Fahrenheit and equals 0.252 calories.
A Rochester item reports figures from the Steithsonian Institution meteorological tables showing the noon sun at 0.600 foot candles at Earth’s surface and the full moon at zenith delivering two hundredths of a foot candle. Moonlight remains far weaker than sunlight in this comparison.
The passage argues a tiger fares worse in clashes with lions when in a group, noting lions receive help from peers, while other tigers stay disengaged. It portrays a social pattern of cooperation among lions and apathy among their rivals.
A medical note rejects the idea that sighing causes blood loss, explaining sighs are deep breaths expelled to express fatigue or emotion. The statement clarifies sighing has no measurable blood loss or harm.
The bank discount is the deduction from a note's face value when cashing it before due date. It is computed like simple interest but taken in advance from the discount date to the note's maturity. If the discounted note is further sold to another entity before maturity, it is re discounted in the same manner.
The text describes fur processing from sea fur starting with heavy coats and dark guard hairs. It explains plucking to remove outer hairs, leaving woolly under fur, followed by dyeing and shaving to reduce weight. The result is a flexible pelt with rich color and sheen.
Pathfinder Magazine notes an early will written on papyrus in ancient Egypt about 2500 B C. It records a priest bequeathing his property to another priest, illustrating early testamentary disposition on papyrus from the Nile region.
The tiny European state Liechtenstein was made a sovereign principality in 1719 by Emperor Charles VI. It comprises Schellenburg and Vaduz with about 65 square miles, lying along the Rhine from Switzerland. Vaduz is the capital. towns include Schaan Balzers Bendern and Ruggell.
A Florida Times Union note discusses happiness for a girl as not always getting the man she wants but sometimes the man another girl desires. The remark reflects social norms and romantic expectations of the era.
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