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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1925
Page
4
The piece extols tin can production and tin plate as foundational to U S canning. It highlights raw fruit supplies, anti foreign prejudice against tinned foods, and the efficiency of tin coated steel in preserving kerosene, beef, salmon, California fruits, Hawaiian pineapple, and Maryland tomatoes.
In the New Hebrides at Raga, elders are kept alive in name by adopting a living child to take the deceased relative’s rank. The child is given the old relative’s name and treated with ceremony, causing confusion among kin. A visiting observer quips that Raga is where they marry their granddaughters.
Mecca lies 24 miles south of Medina and hosts the Great Mosque near the birthplace of Mohammed. Tradition says he prayed in a nearby cave where Gabriel revealed the Koran in 604, and he fled Mecca in 622, ending in Medina after a 16 day journey marking the start of the Mohammedan era.
The Star chamber was a civil and criminal court at Westminster where all cases affecting the crown were tried. It was named from the stars decorating the ceiling.
The Taos adobe home of Kit Carson, recently restored, stands as a memorial to the famed scout and statesman. Ventura legends recount his diplomacy and aid to governors, soldiers, Indians and settlers, with Taos women funding the repair and native artisans rehabbing the walls and roof.
L H Ogden of Newark cites Prudential Insurance Company as a model of youth employment noting that most new hires start in the mail room. He says the boys mature toward promotion, showing seriousness at work and occasional playful energy after hours, with only a small fraction discharged for behavior.
Australian explorer Gayne Dexter plans a new expedition to Lake Escuel in the Andes to locate a reported live dinosaur. Star shells, a motor launch, and large traps will illuminate the lake at night as Dexter continues the work of late Clement Owell from Buenos Aires zoo. Over twelve witnesses claim the monster exists despite two years of searches.
Professor Schmidt of Copenhagen tells the Academy of Science that European eels and Alert in eels migrate to a common spawning spot northwest of the Antilles between 48 and 60 west longitude in the mid Atlantic. He notes length of voyage takes about three years from hatching to shores and that European eels may cross to America or vice versa.
In Hollywood a gag about Betty Compson and Jimmy Cruze surfaces from a Hollywood hardware store scene. Friends recall Betty quipping at a lunch kit purchase for on location work, joking that Jimmie wanted a supperpail that could hold a good square meal.
Twenty five thousand miles of ultra strong wire will form the cables for the Delaware river bridge at Philadelphia. Tests show a strength of 223000 psi and the assembled cables will withstand 36000000 pounds of pull. The bridge length is 9700 feet including approaches.
The page lists a large cross word puzzle with many clues across and down. It notes the solution will appear in the next issue and references various word fragments and theme entries across numbers and partial hints.
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Fragments present a moral miscellany urging fair dealing and personal improvement. It extols timely action over future plans and cautions against vanity while praising discipline, wisdom and virtue as keys to success. It also echoes aphorisms about time, reputation, and honest conduct.
History department scientists at the University of Washington dug on an old burial ground near the lower Elwha river in the northwest United States finding a hundred pounds of colored beads and brass ornaments. Some items show early white trader influence while many predate explorers. Evidence of past war or pestilence appears in a grave containing forty skeletons prompting plans to recover more artifacts to identify the region’s first inhabitants.
Dialogue from Boston Tran script scene shows a wife playfully rebuking a husband as a “thoroughbred” joke, highlighting witty banter. The exchange centers on perception and humor within a domestic moment.
Miss Elin Johansen is the only Iceland girl likely at Celleg. She studies at an academy in Oskaloosa Iowa and attends a college in the United States.
An after the theater affair features guests wandering the hotel dining area and choosing a club sandwich from the menu as they mingle after shows.
City residents pay ten to fifteen dollars to witness a sunrise as described by poets, a single-time expense to enjoy the view.
The cottage linked to George Pullman and his dream of comfortable travel still stands near the Rocky Mountains outside Denver shadowed by the era’s travel lore.
A reflective aphorism notes that governance stems from sympathy and the reach of our sensibility, crediting Hazliet as the source.
Pathfinder Magazine notes large audiences keep theaters warm without heavy furnace use. The crowd’s body heat, about 42h heat units per person, plus additional warmth from exciting plays, creates significant heat proportional to audience size and excitement.
Bren denwood, Indiana. Little Ruth Fishback, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Fishback, sat on a toy by the hearth one night and told her mother she was on a diet. When questioned she explained she was “playing on a diet” and asked if a diet meant not eating anything, prompting a long discussion.
Oceanographers note the Pacific remains the deepest ocean with a spot southwest of Japan measured at 32 636 feet. Reports show multiple Pacific depths exceeding 30 000 feet while the Atlantic has only a few instances near 27 972 feet north of the West Indies.
A widow replies that Henry left only a half painted bers, upsetting a relative who sought an inheritance detail. The distant relative recalls the unfinished work as the widow’s blunt response.
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