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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1928
Page
4
In Galicia a peasant girl wears a blue percale blouse and striped apron as she harvests wheat. A boy follows, tying sheaves while men study the red earth and wooden plows in a Homeric age farming scene.
A New Bedford Standard letter cites a Dublin scene where men on the street resemble a past era, while noting a fascination with old Irish dress contrasts with modern life. The author quips about revolutionary attire and preferring a gas stove over traditional cooking fires.
Dr Walter Drambert of the US Coast and Geodetic Survey notes the crust rises and falls with tides though exact measurement is difficult. Dee ter Lambert adds ocean pressure as another cause, citing Atlantic tides causing a bulge at Williams Bay Wisconsin and suggesting the effect may girdle the globe.
The famed actress Sarah Bernhardt is said to have pranked Mrs Patrick Campbell during a scene. Bernhardt slipped a raw egg into Campbell's hands, which she crushed, yet Bernhardt continued the scene without missing a beat.
In Osaka Japan Dr Imazo a devout Buddhist conducted a funeral rite for those harmed by a poison he created. He invited priests journalists and friends to read a funeral scroll seek pardon. Priests chanted prayers as mourners offered devotion and then attended a formal dinner.
Prince Arthur of Connaught recalls his time as governor general of South Africa. He traveled to meet paramount chiefs on the Zambesi frontier where one chief spoke for three quarters of an hour. A native interpreter summed it up with one line: Him say him dam pleased to gee you.
A review in American Magazine notes audiences applaud rogues in plays while real life views toward criminals remain unrelated. The piece contrasts fictional sympathy with actual judgment outside theater.
In a rural school, a corpulent teacher asked the class how she resembled a clock. A student replied you have 9: face and hands, then offered that she has no spring, ending with a quiet pause as the joke landed with the room.
A quotation attributed to Charles Bradlaugh extols free speech as essential for truth and progress. It argues that abuse of speech is better than its denial and warns that suppression cures nothing while stifling the nation’s future.
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