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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1925
Page
4
The rainbow turning to stone bridge in Utah rises 300 feet above the water and spans 278 feet. Its symmetrical arch and curved top resemble a rainbow and are set within red and yellow canyon walls. An Indian tale ties the arch to a rainbow turned to stone saving hero gods from flood waters. Locals call it Nagee lid Non ne soshi, “The rainbow turned to stone.”
The Kansas City Star reports that a youth named Ireland claimed to uncover Shakespearian autographs private letters and plays he forged. One piece titled Vortigern appeared at Drury Lane on April 2, 1798 and was judged vapid. Ireland later confessed and published his Confessions in 1805.
A humorous obituary-like note tells of a rich eccentric man dying and a young clergyman visiting the widow. He consoles her saying the body is only a husk and the nut has gone to heaven in a toastlike quip. Pickup.
A Montreal Herald report notes Irish proverbs blend poetry philosophy satire and wisdom. Highlights include The silent mouth is melodious Our eyes should be blind in the abode of another God never shuts one door but He opens two Hope is the physician of every misery Look before you leap and A heavy purse makes a light heart.
A report highlights the global orange trade supplying England, noting origins from India through Europe to California and Queensland. It describes productive orchards, long-standing European cultivation, the practice of replacing old trees, and vast arrivals at London docks from Azores, West Indies, Tangier, Malta, Brazil, and other regions.
Jenkinson suffers severe toothache and calls a dentist who pulls the tooth with forceps. The extraction appears to succeed but a fragment remains in the gum. The dentist jabs around without success, muttering in exasperation as Jenkinson trembles.
Chronic gout or poor man's gout involves urate deposits in joint cartilage and often the ears, with oxalic acid salts in the blood. It causes severe joint pain during deposit formation and can affect the eyes and internal organs. treatment is typically dietary and should start promptly.
A southern correspondent recounts an old colored preacher in a Georgia settlement praying for a divine blessing on stepping a thief named Sam Johnson who fled by train with the church collection. The plea asks the train to derail harmlessly, sparing passengers while removing a leg.
Henry Holt recalls figures from five decades ago in Garrunteries of an Octogenarian Editor where a dinner moment captures William Dean Howells denying genius and Saint Gaudens asking what you call it when you see it.
W. J. Healy reports in the Winnipeg Tribune on Jean Baptiste Lagimoniere a Fort Garry resident who carried a 1800 mile warning letter to Lord Selkirk in Montreal during the 1815 Hudson Bay versus Northwest Company crisis. He was captured briefly by Indians near Fort William and later released after Seven Oaks. Lagimoniere died in 1855.
Detroit Free Press reports a colporteur arguing race shaped sacred images. He presents Chinese and Congo holy families, claiming depictions reflect those who study them and challenge white depictions as alien to believers. The piece notes astonishment and calls the concept a blasphemous innovation.
Theodore W. Martin of the international divorce commission spoke to the W. C. U. of Richmond. He warned that seven marriages yield one divorce and urged couples to keep their original resolutions to share joys and sorrows, otherwise divorce will persist.
Nature Magazine lauds a six ton boulder memorial near McVeytown Pennsylvania bearing a bronze bas relief of a hunter figure on a rocky ledge. It honors Dr Joseph Trimble Rothrock for forestry public service and patriotism.
Railroads used more steel and iron than any other sector last year, with construction and building work claiming the next largest share of demand. The report highlights the railroad’s major role in driving steel consumption.
London Times reports a green apple tint seen in the water by Buckingham Palace near the Victoria Memorial. Workmen reportedly used a sack of an unknown substance to suppress weeds and color the water, drawing it through the basins.
A description names the lion as the noblest jungle beast and a mighty hunter whose ferocity affects both animals and humans. It notes the African buffalo can master lions and the tiger family, while elephants sometimes overpower them all.
A military court scene shows Private King accused of mutiny after a corporal, unsure of the word insubordination, misreads the charge sheet. The corporal admits the error while the court questions the grounds for the accusation.
The text argues that nature designs for combat and defense across species, not only advancing animal and plant strength but also equipping them with armaments. It notes biology works abundant with examples of Mendelian heredity mechanics and evolutionary change.
The article defines skilled laborers as those needing formal training and apprenticeship for a trade. It calls unskilled laborers those who do not require an apprenticeship to learn a trade.
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