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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1929
Page
4
An elephant in a London paper exhibit caused chaos by grabbing a brown paper bag from a nun with children. The keeper attempted to intervene but the trained animal seized the bag. A sharp cry arose as the crowd witnessed the elephant mouth the package containing a prickly South American cactus, prompting uproar and alarm.
Fragmentary note discusses beliefs about mythic stories and the minds of readers. Mentions favorite heroes and the idea that imaginative tales shape thought, with hints of a broader discussion on storytelling and culture.
Old Age at the Alter records a wedding of a centenarian and four men over ninety five. Three hundred grooms aged eighty five and above are listed along with three centenarian brides in the South African statistics.
The passage notes a single food item, likely oats or another staple, would replace multiple portions due to its high energy per weight. It emphasizes energy density and the need to consider this in dietary planning.
A dietician advocates increasing raw carrot intake and reducing rare beef in the diet. The columnist jokes about giving up all raw carrots in exchange for the chef's rare steaks, framing it as an altruistic pledge from readers.
The piece contrasts grandmothers' insistence on real items like lace, real gold, and genuine jewelry with modern taste showing widespread use of artificial fabrics, faux fur, and imitation accessories. It notes shifting class signals as imitation goods become fashionable.
A Californian obsessed with the fear of being buried alive wired a radio transmitter and telephone into his coffin. Bells hung from vaults and ropes pierced casket covers once, but modern doctors and undertakers now provide safeguards against premature burial.
The French Femina Vie Teureuse prize of 5 000 francs is awarded alongside the Goncourt prize by Femina and Vie Heureuse. The award honors the best imaginative prose or poetry in French. The jury is composed entirely of French women writers.
Lake Como in Lombardy is hailed as the most beautiful Italian lake located at the Bergamese Alps' western base, about 30 miles north of Milan. The text notes its elevation, area, maximum length and width, and depth, describing how the southern part divides into Bellagio and two limbs forming Lake Lecco to the east and Lake Como to the west with Como city at its end.
A 1930s era note explains how yellow pants ants in Florida gather grubs and move them from underground chambers to upper mound levels at least a day before heavy rain. The piece attributes a mysterious, unfailing instinct to these insects and their weather-forecasting behavior.
Fishermen in Dungeress, England wear wooden foot skis to walk across the vast shingle coast. The flat boards strap to the foot, enabling easy passage where normal walking is nearly impossible.
The article lists items recovered from a Tibetan temple loot case including a jade ring, wooden comb and bowl, ivory knife with scabbard, carved wooden towers, cloth scraps, manuscripts, a silver Buddha, tiles, beads of bone and copper strips, and a sacred statue said to have arrived at the museum about ten years ago. Records tie the statue to 1916 temple looting by Chinese forces at Tsando temple in Tibet. The statue’s precise age remains undetermined.
The article recalls Thomas Beddoes experimenting with cow breath as a medicine for humans. It also mentions a Baltimore patient who cured tuberculosis by a drastic cold spring dip each morning, a tale met with skepticism by medical circles.
The piece explains the Muslim belief in seven heavens with the seventh described as divine light beyond description where inhabitants possess vast multitudes of heads mouths and tongues, all praising God. It notes Mohammed meeting Abraham in the seventh heaven and mentions Cabalist belief in seven ascending heavens with the seventh as God’s abode.
Quote from SHORTHOUSE stressing a view that all men are alike and that creeds and opinions are mere chance or temperament. It argues no party is wholly better and no creed fully captures truth, prompting pity for humanity’s disappointments and follies and fragile hopes.
Elizabeth, a spoiled girl, marries a renowned city cotton magnate. Friends say her marriage serves her extravagance. Soon the husband discovers her dressmakers drain most of his income and questions what she does with the remainder.
A scientific writer weighs transplanting large European oysters to American waters. He notes fossil oysters from the Oligocene and Miocene periods reached 6 to 12 inches and weighed up to 16 pounds. If those eras returned, a single plate of oysters would suffice.
Commissioner E Tudor Gross announces an auction of land and improvements on the eastern High Street in Bristol Rhode Island part of the Waldron Bourn estate. The sale requires two hundred dollars cash at auction with the balance due within twenty days upon deed delivery. May 5 1929.
The Bristol Rhode Island Sewer Commission invites bids for 1400 feet of ten inch pipe and 1600 feet of eight inch pipe with manholes and branches. Plans and specs available at Burnside Memorial Building Hope Street Bristol with a $5 deposit refundable upon return. Bids due by 12 noon May 23 1929. commission may reject all bids. Bernard M Callan Secretary.
April 26 1929 Probate Court of Bristol hears the first and final account of Emily A Bosworth estate administrated by Sarah D Bosworth. The matter is referred to May 20 1929 at 10 AM in the Probate Court Room for consideration with notice to be published fourteen days once weekly in the Bristol Phenix.
The Rhode Island State Board of Public Roads voted to take land in Warren for highway purposes under Chapter 437 Rev Public Laws. The act requires filing a description and plat within five months. Plat 263 and the description note center line references and parcels along Malin Street and Main Street, with land ownership tied to Conway and Garceau properties.
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