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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1917
Page
6
A British officer and an English businessman perfected an olive dye for cotton that resists fading from soap or soda. After years of failed tests, a single scrap dyed in a metal dish retained color, revealing the crucial chemical combination. The discovery led to successful production and fortunes.
The piece argues that humans should adopt animal-like waking routines including stretching and yawning to improve blood flow and oxygen intake. It notes that stretching elongates veins to ease blood return and that yawning mirrors this stretch of the lungs. It urges a half hour of cheerful activity after waking.
The Bank of France is secured by daily walling of vault doors with hydraulic mortar. Masons flood the cellar each day, making burglary impossible until water is drained and walls are torn down the next morning before vaults are opened.
A look at why people believe winters were harsher in childhood. Memory favors extreme snow and cold, while normal weather is forgotten. Residence changes and regional differences influence perceptions of past winters.
A visiting minister was invited to dine by a local family. On the veranda a boy teased him by guessing the dish, finally declaring it roly poly pudding as the mother wears only one stocking, in a humorous exchange reported by Weekly Telegram.
The European war boosts attention to oil and its products, showing dependence on refined crude oil as essential as wheat. The petroleum industry benefits across production, refining, transport, and distribution, with oil poised to remain dominant in the future.
A new tree-felling machine in England boosts lumber output, claiming eight hours of work equal to thirty woodmen. It features a ground close cut, no waste trunks, removable wheels, a 15 inch cylinder, 19 inch stroke, a triangular wrought-iron frame, and a single inward-stroke saw fed by a hand wheel. The boiler is heated by refuse wood gathered at the worksite.
Thomas W. Surette argues in the Atlantic that in remote villages and industrial towns alike, children inherently love good songs as a natural inheritance. He claims this musical harmony endures despite wealth, custom, or luxury, reflecting a primitive, unwavering basis of human life that surfaces in children’s songs.
A young Canadian aviator recalls night flights as dangerous work during raids. He compares the peril of landing unseen to avoiding obstacles like chimneys and trees. He notes usual guiding flares are absent on raid nights and describes enemy fire as a constant fear.
A leading citizen in a country town after morning services praises a prohibition sermon by the beloved pastor. He urges temperance support and asks others to follow until alcohol is wiped out of the land.
During President Lincoln's first visit to the Springfield penitentiary an old inmate at the bars quips that Lincoln and he should be well posted on prisons. The inmate adds this is Lincoln’s first visit, while claiming he has been in all the rest.
A Norwegian chemist discovers a coal substitute usable for some coal. It cannot replace all coal due to limited production, but consumers want a substitute that reduces the coal bill rather than fully replacing coal.
William H. Pickering of the Harvard astronomical station in Jamaica compared tropical firefly brightness to Canopus and Orionis to estimate candle power. He found the insect’s light at 0.044 candles, about half a magnitude uncertainty, noting the Jamaican species glows brighter than familiar ones.
A historical article notes the cactus contains a powerful heart stimulant for humans but not for common test animals. It contrasts prior views of the plant as useless with its value as animal fodder and its selective human medicinal effects.
An informal census reports 2,201 Japanese worth over 250000 dollars, up 1076 since 1911. Wealth totals about 3470 million yen, with 48 over 5000000 yen and 1433 over 1000000 yen. Most come from business, land ownership, banks, and industry, with 27 percent in Tokyo and 17 percent in Osaka.
A soldier in trenches kept a small portable booklet of favorite poems to ease strain. It was a sewn collection with selections like Kubla Khan Comus Keats odes Shelley Alastor London Voluntaries and works by Francis Thompson from various editions.
An authority notes contagion rises with nervous apprehension and fear. Terror triggers changes in secretions and nerve cells, while fear weakens defenses and lowers resistance, creating conditions for illness to take hold. Excessive anger also injects a toxic element into secretions.
The dean of Columbia urges 8 a.m. classes as a sound, time saving reform noting that modern labor savers let professionals begin late yet still be productive. The New York Evening World notes stores and offices now open after nine, and many workers start after ten yet maintain high output despite increased fatigue.
In old Louisiana lottery days a German man sought ticket No 43 after dreaming seven and six. He bought it and won the capital prize when the drawing happened. The barber shop owner notes the miscalculation but accepts the luck, saying beating the game is a mistake.
A Colombo discovery shows coconut water, or coconut milk, acts as an effective rubber coagulant. After four to five days of fermentation it yields fine rubber superior to that produced with crude acetic acid. Coconut water is now shipped in bulk from plantations to rubber estates for profitable use.
Unity urges maintaining a right spirit and feeling what we should feel. It calls for brief moments of wisdom in trying times and applying it when moments arrive. Consistent effort, even after failures, leads to eventual success and conquering unpleasantness. The message links self-training to love, appreciation, and achievement.
The piece contrasts the optimist and the pessimist, arguing that optimism, wisdom, and insight create a personal heaven and influence the wider world. It asserts that each person builds their reality from within based on their point of view.
A historical summary notes Chile’s health patterns with rural living favoring longevity and urban poverty showing high infant mortality and contagious diseases. It cites prevalent smallpox typhoid pneumonia and tuberculosis and links overall population growth to birth excess despite a high birth rate.
The Spokane region reveals rock hieroglyphics north of the Little Spokane River mouth on the old Binkley place. Preservation efforts by a newly formed Spokane historical society aim to protect the markings and decipher their meaning for public access.
A reflective line about mornings when rolling over after the alarm seems the best option. The speaker relays a notion that a single small mercy can balance a rough start to the day.
Guardian Sophie J. D Wolf presents her eleventh account for James Francis D Wolf estate with a hearing set for March 19 1917 at 10 80 A M in Bristol. Notice to be published for fourteen days in Bristol Phenix. Probate Clerk John T Coggeshall.
Harold B Carey a minor announces his choice of Charley F McHugh of Bristol as guardian of his person and estate. The court will review the selection at 10:30 AM on a date to be set, with publication in the Bristol Phenix. Jesse Coghshall, Probate Clerk.
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