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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1925
Page
4
A missionary returning from Siam describes a local dish called Ree bread made from wild beef and larvae. The preparation is broken up and cooked into a pulpy mass. He says it is really quite delicious with a sweetish flavor, though unaware diners might be surprised by the ingredients.
Dr Lyman Abbott praised Jenny Lindsey for her performance saying it made the Resurrection seem undeniable while she sang the aria I Know That My Redeemer Liveth. The remark highlights the emotional impact of her singing and the spiritual resonance of the piece.
A reflective line by I. Stevenson laments how allowances are made for youthful illusions while the disenchantments of age are mostly ignored, highlighting a thematic tension between youth idealism and aging reality.
The Rogland peerage comprises five ranks Duke barquis earl viscount and baren. All holders serve in the upper house as lords temporal. Archbishops of the established church are lords spiritual with seats in the upper house.
Scholar Josephy Hraun notes the earliest known use of tiara to denote the papal head covering appears in a medieval document from the Tiber Pontificates. The finding highlights a historical timeline for papal regalia language.
Fragmentary quotation discusses wealth and risk with unclear attribution to Johns Hopkins Blaet ene Rlne Jay, offering a wry take on fortune and persistence.
A humorous obituary note describes the late Gineotmas Puceiit endlessly hunting for his eyeglasses. His wife helped by supplying new pairs across rooms in the house, with glasses reportedly found on a desk, near a fireplace, on a bookcase, and on a kitchen rack.
An iron bound chest opened after years reveals the corpse of St Edward the Confessor and early English jewelry, with the body reportedly intact among the relics unearthed at Westminster Abbey.
A 125 pennyweight pumpkin grown in a California field yielded dainties after processing. The unusual yield highlights a local agricultural experiment.
The g scene of the operetta in the newspaper describes a beautiful Japanese garden setting and stunning colors worn by maidens who carried banners and parasols. Miss LaRocca directed with fine taste assisted by Miss Lena Abanante at piano and Miss Julia DeFelice with careful prompting.
The article outlines two jellyfish reproduction methods. One begins with an egg on the bottom forming a tree-like growth that buds into jellyfish which then lay eggs again. Large species release an egg that becomes a pear-shaped larva before settling, splitting into discs that become jellyfish.
The passage notes Arabs first valued horse intelligence and treated horses well, keeping horse histories on ivory tablets and tracing lineage to pharaohs. It claims kindness and companionship made horses fearless, brave, and obedient, with intelligence varying by cultivation and nature.
The ad notes that a French house in Bishopsgate street Queen's Head alley offers chocolate for sale in ready form or unmade at reasonable rates. It marks chocolate as a new arrival in England with ties to France and Spain, reflecting its early introduction to the English market.
Local police seized a business on Wood Street after a raid. Chief Hugh Kelley reports James L. Bullock and an unnamed defendant charged with assaulting Mrs Margaret Collins. case delayed four weeks pending hospital confinement. Other cases include Ros ie Morris vs Joseph Fragas and Zeferinia Carvalho, assault on her husband Serafino Morris, discontinued on complainant’s request with costs. Several other assault and civil matters noted with costs.
A sequence of fundraisers and entertainments runs from April through June in Bristol. Items include Boy Scouts suppers, Trinity Parish House plays by Excelsior Tennis Club, a school pupils’ performance, a recital by Sarah D Bosworth, a Pastime Theatre benefit, a Bristol Chapter D R food sale and card party, a final supper with Walter Gile impersonations, Trinity Men’s Club musical comedy Chimes of Normandy, a Strawberry Festival at First Baptist, and a Masonic Ball celebrating St Albans Lodge’s 125th anniversary.
Fifteen skeletons unearthed at Solutre near Macon indicate prehistoric people suffered rheumatism tuberculosis and dental troubles just as later generations did. The find suggests old age complaints were common long before modern times, challenging the notion that today’s world is less healthy.
Article discusses a new microscope by Doctor Sledentopt of the Zelen iris line, certified by Ni D Chopra, said to prevent corrosion in tram rails. It claims immense magnification with a tennis ball appearing over a mile wide, promising world savings on machinery costs.
A legendary musical memory marks Mendelssohn as the great pianist who rarely used scores. It is said he once played Beethoven's Ninth from memory before death and corrected a Bach Matthew Passion chorus during rehearsal noting a C sharp versus C natural in bar twenty three.
Color blindness is not curable and can exist in otherwise normal eyes. It occurs in about 8 to 4 percent of men and less than 1 percent of women, and is especially important for railway and marine workers as safety depends on accurately distinguishing red and green signals.
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