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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1928
Page
6
A vintage menu notes a budget dinner for four costing 93 cents with salmon croquettes and tomato aspic. It lists ingredients such as chicken broth milk eggs canned tomatoes gelatin rolls sweet potatoes apricots coffee and butter, plus steps to make croquettes and the aspic with details on soaking gelatin and garnishing with lettuce and mayonnaise.
A Smithsonian note states the shrew, despite its small size, consumes a large share of concentrated foods and would die of starvation within about half a day if deprived of sustenance.
A patent for the manufacture of metal burial caskets was granted in this country about the year 1840s and the first metal caskets were produced in Cincinnati Ohio and Providence Rhode Island.
The readable portion shows garbled text with no coherent events or identifiable entities. It mentions external matters and eggs hatched in a silk hot Pharm but lacks concrete facts or names to summarize into a proper news item.
The Insurance Company of North America formed in 1792 in Philadelphia. It was the first joint stock company in the United States with a capital stock of $600 000.
An Arts and Decoration Magazine piece by Walter Rundell Storey surveys Colonial clocks as cheerful, quaint wall and mantle pieces. It traces tops from plain to domed and arch styles, notes square metal dials likely earlier than 1700, and mentions early calendars showing month and day to inform families.
The passage argues Shakespeare drew on dead life to shape living character, giving voice to past figures. It cites examples and interspersed names such as Podkace, Peter Hale, and Grant White while musing on how memory and time infuse art.
The excerpt critiques self styled sincerity and distinguishes a deeper, unconscious sincerity in truly great men. It cites Edward Everett Blute as a voice on genuine sincerity versus boastful pretense, arguing true sincerity eludes self proclamation.
The piece presents Mr. Cato Ninetails discussing tact as a peacekeeping skill. It contrasts saying and doing the right thing with restraint, notes the harm of bluntness, and recounts a humorous memory of tight trousers and a barbershop reunion. It reflects a period voice and light social observation.
Dr. F. Cook of the U S Department of Agriculture notes the Madagascar rubber vine is a relative of milkweeds with about four percent rubber content. Exported rubber from Madagascar is of decent quality but inferior to cedar or other trees. current methods limit commercial use. The vine grows in southern Florida and could extend northward with frost-free conditions, though scientific cultivation remains limited.
A disjointed report recalls a con man accused of theft and copyright issues amid noisy chatter about law enforcement. The piece then hints at a risqué anecdote involving a married man in Coral Cables attempting an unwelcome kiss, met with sharp rebukes and a wry exchange about marriage and fidelity.
Two French scientists report a method to extract energy from near surface waters by boiling tepid water in vacuum. Steam produced in a deep vacuum condenser could run turbines, with work comparable to water falling 125 yards.
A Kansas City Star piece notes that Hero of Alexandria in ancient Alexandria devised early steam power ideas including a door-opening device and a reaction steam engine akin to modern turbines. The article suggests his invention could spin a vessel using steam jets and may be the precursor to reaction turbines and other devices in the steam power lineage.
The article argues married women balance home duties with work outside. It questions the strain on mothers and suggests day nurseries as poor substitutes. It proposes women pursue partial careers in social work writing teaching theater and music instead of full-time domestic focus.
Reported in a magazine article the World Series clash between the New York Giants and Yankees was halted by darkness after ten innings. Umpire Bally Evans faced criticism for his call as night fell, and discussions spread about future lighting for outdoor sports. A charity effort followed as the day’s events shifted from play to philanthropy.
The trustees discussed a move toward simplified spelling at Connacht University. A philological exhibit showed old spellings such as fysche for fish and dogge for dog, noting etymologists challenge the practice. The New York Herald Tribune covered the discussion.
In mountain regions prone to slides the Southern Pacific installed a warning system using insulated wire along tracks. If earth or rock moves onto the rails the wire breaks the circuit and block signals switch to danger, stopping all train movements automatically.
The text urges thrift as a means to ease distress, noting even small savings can comfort a worried heart. It argues that possessing capital gives a man a steadier step and a more cheerful heart, framing thrift as a primary personal duty to elevate oneself.
The Colorado Museum of Natural History finds suggests Native American presence far earlier than believed, dating relics to the Pleistocene with glacial coverage and mammoth-era humans. Arrow heads and tools show advanced culture for the period, with finds near Trederith Ohio indicating great antiquity.
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