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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1930
Page
2
Home economics guidance from Josephine B Gibson of H J Heinz outlines using fresh produce and prepared dressings to create quick, tasty winter salads. Recipes include variations of cole slaw, devilled egg salad, and a frozen cheese salad with practical serving ideas and substitutions.
A New York Sun item recalls a woman and her three daughters passing a dairy shop as a pale child extols a gifted golden bedspread. The vivid image contrasts sunlight in luxury with a back apartment where such luxuries seem unreachable. The window display becomes a focal point for yearning.
A Hygeia Magazine article by James D. Weinland praises slogans to boost a healthy outlook. He cites sayings like Those who try and fail are better than those who do nothing and succeed and notes proverbs and poems hold mood shifting power. He says slogans can penetrate mood and marshal resolve.
Paris correspondent of the Sunday Observer reports more than 10,000 fishermen participated in a Vichy event blending competition and congress. The piece notes French passion for sport, especially game shooting and fishing, portraying the middle aged Frenchman as universally fond of fishing.
A stout man visits a boot shop in London to buy square toe shoes. He resists fashionable pointed toes and explains he still wears last season's feet, leaving the shop apologetically and unsatisfied.
A late night mistaken call from a stranger replaces a wrong number with a surprising reply. The householder notes the error and a feminine caller insists she is Lillian, prompting a bemused exchange.
A farmer’s son returning from the university claims three fowls exist at supper. He identifies one, two, and then both as three. His father grants the mother the first, the son the second, and the third for the son to eat.
The use of paper money began about 600 years ago in Italy with bullion deposits receipts circulated as currency. All original states issued paper money in Colonial days. The first federal paper money was issued in 1775 under authority of the Continental Congress.
A correspondent describes a psychologist asking a group to name numbers and colors on request. Most respond with seven or blue while ten and orange appear less. Of twenty people, only two gave the expected normal answers, suggesting bias toward certain numbers and colors.
The famous Venice bronzes are believed to originate from a Graeco-Roman triumphal quadriga. They were brought to Venice by Doge Enrico Dandolo in 1204 and have a history of adventures. In World War I they were removed from St Mark's Square and hidden for safety.
The current French term for a dollar remains pistole an ancient French coin once worth ten francs now nominal in parts of France for horse buying and selling.
The quote contrasts past fussiness over public speaking with modern ease of changing a dial. It reflects a view on communication shifts and efficiency. The speaker Atcehison Gloha is referenced as a figure in the discussion.
Practical tips from Jane Rogers advise using tomato or lemon juice to remove vegetable stains from hands and warn gravies gain a golden brown color when burnt sugar is diluted in water. Emphasizes water as essential, recommending one glass per fifteen pounds of body weight daily.
Execution issued from the Providence County District Court for Willan McSolen against Mandel Ho Silvia alias John Dee. Public auction to satisfy debt interest and costs runs at Bristol Town Court House on March 22 at 11 AM. Property described as Lots 27 and 28 and improvements in Bristol designated Terrace Road. Town Clerk records referenced in Plat Book No 4.
Town Clerk notice details canvass session in Bristol to review property voter lists for the Financial Town Meeting on March 17. Tax on personal property must be paid to qualify to vote. issued by John W. Church Town Clerk.
Notice from Bristol Town Clerk warns electors to assemble at the town hall March 17 1980 for a town meeting. Items include tax levies, budget appropriations for schools, highways, public safety, utilities, and various capital projects, plus several specific bond and project votes.
Notice of probate admission for the last will of Murray Lake and the qualification of the executrix Mary Eryer Lake by bond. Probate Court of Bristol Town requires all heirs and interested parties to file claims with the clerk per law. Clerk John W Church signs, dated February 17 1930.
The State of Connecticut notice states Catherine McPlevey late of Bristol is deceased and a probate will is admitted to prove. The executor must qualify by bond in the Bristol Probate Court, with the filing date February 21. William Tydonndell is named as executor.
Grace D Siegel of Bristol has qualified as Administratrix of the Oswald R Siegel estate. Creditors must file claims in the office within the legally required times, beginning February 21, 1930.
The passage explains aeronautics as the science and art of flying machines. It distinguishes aviation as the branch dealing with airplanes and heavier than air craft, and aerostatics as the branch covering balloons and lighter than air craft.
Report highlights child marriage in India with over 8 million child wives. Among them nearly 4,000 are under five, about 80,000 girls under five are widows, and some women become grandmothers by age twenty two.
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