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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1928
Page
4
Officials at the Boston Airport use calcium chloride to control dust from crowds during takeoffs, aiming to protect airmen and spectators. Col Lindbergh’s aviation prominence spurred safety measures as galleries gather at fields for races and takeoffs.
A company uses over 8,500 miles of brass wire yearly to make bird cages. The niche industry furnishes homes for canaries and parakeets and related birds, contributing more than $20,000,000 annually.
The Hudson Bay basin drains 1,486,000 square miles while the Arctic basin covers 1,290,000 square miles. The Atlantic basin extends 554,000 square miles and the Pacific basin 387,300 square miles.
The principal lakes of Canada span 120 400 square miles with Ontario hosting 41 173 square miles of lakes. This shows the scale of freshwater bodies across the country and highlights Ontario as a major lake region.
A spring festival in China features the devil dance directed against the Evil Spirit. Participants wear hideous masks and rich costumes as they perform.
The hippopotamus is naturally timid yet prone to panic or rage when wounded. Noted by sportsmen as possibly the most dangerous beast to encounter, its behavior is unpredictable and perilous in close contact.
A chaotic exchange unfolds as a bus driver shouts joy at surpassing fifty miles per hour and taunts colleagues about proving the bus’s speed to office staff. The overheard remark hints at reckless bravado during a transit ride.
The readable lines show scattered terms like department and pee and names, with several garbled phrases. Likely an OCR artifact from a page segment mentioning a department or person names, but key details remain unclear.
The Town of Bristol Rhode Island will hold a special town meeting on May 16, 1928 at 7:30 PM to vote on extending and improving the water supply with Bristol and Warren Water Works. The meeting will consider a commission report, proposed contracts, financing, and sale of Colt trust stock to fund the improvements.
A damaged OCR fragment offers limited readable text with several nonstandard spellings and missing context, preventing a clear identification of event, people, or place. The readable sequence hints at a technical or internal note but lacks confirmable facts for a proper summary.
Fragmentary OCR notes cite Gabriel De Felice as Realer of Weights and Measures with references to laws and amendments across a state. The readable portion hints at regulatory duties and legal codes without full context or dates.
Town Clerk of Bristol announces a canvassing session in the Memorial Building on May 12 1928 at 7:30 PM to verify property voters for the May 16th Special Town Meeting. Voters listed must pay assessed personal property taxes to qualify to vote.
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