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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1927
Page
5
The article provides six gallon spray schedules for apples pears plums and peaches with time based applications. It outlines mixtures including lime sulfur arsenate of lead nicotine sulfate and hydrated lime and warns that incomplete coverage leads to reinfestation and wasted effort.
A condensed note on slang history cites 1826 to 1890s as peak years for phrases such as What a shocking bad hat and Does your mother know you're out with further examples from TF's and Cassell's Weekly London noting rapid adoption and public reactions to headwear and fashion slang.
Woonsocket woman Exina Grereg, 82 Dewey Street, says she was rundown for months before Tanlac. After taking Tanlac her headaches eased, appetite returned, sleep improved, and she regained weight and strength, recommending the herbal remedy. Over 52 million bottles sold nationwide.
Principal Perley W. Lane announces a five week honor list ending March 4 with 90 percent or higher in all subjects for Joseph Margo Anthony Ponte John Victoria Raymond Makowsky 1930 Oscar Herzig 1927 Frank Corea Lester Eisenstadt Agnes Fay Hattie Manley 1928 Russell Akin Henry Mason 1929 Milton Bassing Michael Securo 1930 Mary Belrosato Virginia Benta Martin Biancuzzo 1930 85 percent or higher in every subject for Oscar Herzig 1927 Frank Corea Lester Eisenstadt Agnes Fay Hattie Manley 1928 Russell Akin Henry Mason 1929 Milton Bassing Michael Securo 1930 Mary Arruda Roberta Munro Gladys Osterberg Oscar Rische 1928 Andrew Iverson Harry McCaughey Frank Millimaggi Mary Breen Lester Bush James St An gelo Michael Pasquerelli 1929 John Barrows Paul Campanella Camilla Castriotta Harold DeWolf Muriel Hodgdon Delia La Rocca Dorothy Roberts 1930 Sybil Anderson Matthew Capone Margaret Cicherchia Nicoletta Del Toro Frank Sousa Tour Vaccara 1930
The article contrasts stature and greatness, noting biographies show mixed results. It lists short leaders like John Quincy Adams and Farragut alongside tall figures such as Charles Sumner at 6 feet 4 and Thomas Jefferson at 6 feet 2. James Monroe and Daniel Webster are noted near six foot ten.
In Cincinnati Enquirer style chatter, a couple known for church doctrine disputes hints at separation. He believes cooking requires skillets, pots, flour and more, while she insists a can opener suffices.
A Boston dealer sold a perfect copy of Edgar Allan Poe's Tamerlane for 25 000 after a sixty plus woman unearthed the attic treasure. She had never ridden in a taxi before and exclaimed she would enjoy her first ride after the sale.
The article explains diamond facet work from rough rub with another diamond to final polish. It details mounting in lead tin alloy to set the first facet and a lathe spinning at 28000 rpm, with facet counts scaling from 18 to 48 based on stone size.
The mole shows a strong storing instinct and needs large amounts of food to keep going. Every 48 hours it consumes about its own weight in food. Large worm stores are found in runs, apparently deprived of movement but remaining alive, providing a nearby food supply in dry weather when its preferred diet is scarce.
A survey of player piano rolls notes the shift from weeks to minutes for skilled players as the theme is hand played while orchestra and jazz sections are mechanically inserted. Paper composition uses 83.14 percent recycled fiber and traces the perforated roll to early 20th century innovations including a 1942 patent by a French inventor.
A husband and wife joke about buying odd ingredients while planning a bread pudding from leftovers. A reflective piece discusses the weave of society and the impact of small people. It then describes Goethe Road Made of Glass at Obsidian Cliff in Yellowstone National Park formed by rapid heating and cooling of volcanic glass to create a roadway.
Mark Twain recounts a Tangier monument with a hostile inscription claiming Jewish conquest. Roman historians noted the stone two millennia ago, but its fate is unknown. locals still mark the former site and recall the statue’s location.
The article notes Lincoln and Jefferson as not church members in the technical sense. Jefferson had Episcopalian ancestry and sometimes attended a Unitarian church in Philadelphia. Lincoln, while not a church member, regularly attended a Presbyterian church during his presidency.
The article notes two Speed Ball games in Maryland and Michigan. In Michigan, speed ball originated with Mitchell who led University of Michigan intramural sports, while Maryland’s version began in the Playground Athletic League following ideas from Harry P Clarke of Winnetka, Illinois.
The text describes Chinese quarrels as non physical battles where defenders shout and appeal to bystanders. Each tries to prove the other wrong or make him lose face through ridicule and original abusive language. When the crowd laughs, the target is said to have lost, like being knocked out.
A hostile letter from a reader denounces a nameless critic for undercutting editors and urges a direct confrontation or retreat. The tirade announced in the Red Lake Ontario publication portrays the critic as lacking public spirit and using a puerile vocabulary.
The text links the shift from hunting to farming with the rise of civilization. It notes that once nomadic peoples began to grow and store corn, they settled near fields and dedicated time to developing arts, leading civilization to advance alongside corn cultivation.
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