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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1915
Page
6
An enterprising Paris laundryman uses a captive balloon to hoist garments high for drying and bleaching away from city dust. The device frees his work from street level and showcases ingenuity in urban laundry methods.
The city name Toronto derives from an Indian term meaning a place of meeting. Before Europeans arrived, the site served as a rendezvous among local tribes in surrounding districts.
The mandolin began in Italy and cannot be dated to a specific time or place. It spread to France and Spain before reaching the rest of Europe with the Spaniards at the start of the sixteenth century.
A humorous exchange asks when to commend a newly married couple. The advised timing is after they have lived together for at least a year and remain happy. The quip reflects social etiquette in a light, playful tone.
A German officer cites unofficial armistices in Northern France where soldiers pause from noon to two, signal by rifle butt, and allow allied troops to leave trenches unharmed. French troops join in song, particularly a Heidelberg student air, while English bitterness prevents similar accord.
In Winnemucca Nevada a compromise settles the $123000 claim from the sales of 11000 sheep. John G Taylor Jr alleged the proceeds after upkeep should be paid when he came of age. The 11000 sheep sold for 143000 with upkeep costs about 20000 leaving 123000 due.
Fourteen German soldiers lie in a single grave at Charleroi. Each helmet rests on the mound to show where its wearer lies. A cross with the inscription For Kaiser and Vaterland stands atop a tablet engraved with the buried men's names.
Elizabeth Wallace seventeen left Ashtabula with her step father William H Speicher to join her mother in Jefferson after eleven years apart. Her father died when she was five and her mother, ill, placed her in Alliance. After adoption she sought her birth mother by many letters until locating her in Jefferson High School.
In Jellico Tennessee T T Hackney of H. T Hackney Co captured a large gray rat dining with several kittens in the warehouse. The rat drank milk with the kittens and showed no aggression. Hackney plans to train the rat and kittens as companions in a glass prison jar display.
Los Angeles reports E R Davis a Utah native who lost his left arm in an accident now supports a wife and 13 children on one and a half acres of irrigated land. He previously mined, bought four acres in Milford valley Utah, with over an acre under irrigation, and grows vegetables fruits and berries to keep his family in comfort.
In Prosperity Missouri a belt line car halted near Daniel Ross and several men who found a cat crouched on the forward truck. The animal appeared calm but when released it leaped to the next car’s tracks and hissed at the men who disrupted its journey.
An officer letters from the front describe a brutal action against French artillery and infantry on August 11, detailing a bayonet and pistol assault, the loss of many squadron members, and a perilous ride to join the regiment. He notes morale, fame for the unit, and personal measures of safety amid heavy combat.
North Dalton resident Bob Stinson reports a man nicknamed real mean stole the shoes from his feet while he slept in a city grove. Stinson woke barefoot and chilled, after the thief swapped a blind man’s hat quarter for change and candy.
Dr B M Hartzell told University of Pennsylvania freshmen to beware promiscuous kissing and not to take big chances even after knowing a girl. He spoke on The Hygiene of the Skin and cautioned against frequent cold showers and rubdowns.
The passage extols toil as the path to knowledge food and pleasure. It asserts toil is essential and self indulgence leads away. It claims loving work brings happiness and presents a selected quotation expressing this philosophy.
Amsterdam once led the diamond trade with focus on small stones. Antwerp has forged ahead, becoming first in Europe. Amsterdam remains strong in cutting these diamonds, though Antwerp dominates overall.
Experiments show cottonseed meal yields a palatable nourishing economical human food when blended with corn meal or wheat flour. Each pound of digestible protein costs far less in cottonseed meal, about one fifteenth the price of meat.
A young couple sits in a concert cafe listening to the orchestra. He asks what is being played and she remarks that he should recognize it. She then identifies the piece as Handel’s Tango.
In hot southern China demand grows for grape juice as a cooling non alcoholic option. Climate drives consumption while alcoholic beverages do not meet all needs. Local producers report rising sales and interest in grape juice among households.
Large fleeces from Washington sheep are noted among the biggest ever produced. Sheep on Snake River country ranges reach exceptional sizes.
An item notes a saying misattributed to Adam blaming an Apple while modern mischief is traced to a Peach, reflecting a humorous regional quip in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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