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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1924
Page
6
The metric system originated in 1786 with James Watt and spread from France during the French Revolution. Lavoisier influenced its adoption. today most nations use it while the United States and Great Britain continue with other systems, fueling calls for global centralization.
In a sparsely settled Kan district a man and his wife with two children form the entire populace. The family elects themselves the three school board members each year, sets six month terms at forty dollars a month, and hires the daughter as teacher with her brother as sole pupil who attends irregularly. The scheme was uncovered.
Nature Magazine notes that maple sugar production remains a traditional, highly skilled personal craft resistant to machines. It argues the industry will never become large scale and emphasizes the central role of individual expertise in quality and marketing.
The mammoth, an extinct relative of the Indian elephant, was similar in size but had a long hairy coat and upward turning tusks. Mastodons differ mainly in their molar teeth with conical cusps or ridges and minimal cement, with some species lacking tusks in the lower jaw.
Instructions suggest hanging a tin can of water from a wire bale on a wood strip across furnace pipes to maintain humidity. A two quart can filled twice weekly keeps furniture from drying and aids family health by moistening dry indoor air.
Yellowstone National Park is largely forested with conifers. Ledgpole pines form about three-fourths of the forests, with white pine Englemann spruce silver fir cedar and cottonwood also present. The quaking aspen grows throughout the park providing food for elk deer and beaver.
Opinions clash over the origin of dun the term used for debt collection. Some cite the French donnez meaning give while others point to Joe Dun a famed bailiff in Henry VII’s era who collected many debts. The saying run him arose when debtors refused payment.
The Dead Letter Office, a division of the Post Office, handles unclaimed letters and parcels from local post offices under the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General. It processes about 16.5 million dead letters and 9 million postcards yearly, with public losses estimated at $500,000 annually. No mail is sent to the office until a directory search at the destination post office is completed and all means to locate the addressee are exhausted.
The article explains that newsprint is mainly produced from mechanically ground hardwoods which are unsuitable due to high power needs. Long-fibered balsams and spruces provide usable ground wood, but this pulp needs strengthening. Chemical pulping cooks wood chips under steam, removing lignin to yield fibers of almost pure cellulose.
The concept of Elysium shifts by author with Homer locating it west of the world by the sea and a breezy paradise, Hesiod and Pindar placing it among the Islands of the Blessed in the western ocean, Vergil setting an entrance in the underworld near Lake Avernus in Campania.
The Detroit News discusses petroleum origin as a complex issue. It notes oils share organic roots and coal and petroleum may be interrelated while acknowledging both animal and vegetable theories with evidence for multiple production paths.
A South Carolina girl prints a joke about a hospital operative sequence. The doctor repeatedly cuts the patient open to retrieve missed gloves towels and scissors prompting a punch line about sewing and future access.
An old Icelandic belief requires a bride to host a dinner at her home and prepare every dish herself. If guests are pleased, the bride earns praise for her cooking and her sisters gain a better chance of marriage due to presumed culinary skill.
Stark Young in the North American Review portrays Oedipus Rex as a tremendous tragedy. The prophet curses the land as Oedipus searches for his fate. Jocasta hurls herself to death and Oedipus blinds himself, then wanders the world in shame. The chorus amplifies the drama with widening music and universal rhythm.
Explains that proof marks indicate a tested and proven firearm rather than the maker. English and French arms usually show the maker and town. Spanish and German use seals. A government official tested by firing the gun with excess charge. marks date the arm and reveal its era.
The text recounts legends of Ptolemy Euergetes placing a huge mirror in Alexandria's tower. Arabian writer Aboolfeda claims the mirror was Chinese iron and later destroyed by Christians. Buffon and other accounts discuss steel construction and vast reflective reach across lower Egypt and nearby seas.
A humorous Richmond Times-Dispatch quip questions the government overtaxing burdens. The speaker complains that debt from past taxes forces selling his house to cover future taxes, asking how much the government owes him for what he lacks.
In a courtroom exchange the plaintiff admits a kiss occurred in a man’s arms prompting a tense exchange with counsel. The line references Georgia Tech’s Yellow Jackets as part of the dialogue.
The exchange reports that gossip about Mrs Miggs was false while Mrs Sprendit notes she passed it along though she did not fully believe it. This domestic dialogue from Women’s Home Companion captures cautious social chatter.
A wife finds a teenage sweetheart letter among old papers and reads it aloud to her husband. The man recalls it as “the real thing” while the wife regrets passing it on, revealing a moment from his youth and their shared past. The incident unfolds with quiet reflection.
The article explains that metals and glass differ in thermal expansion, causing leaks after sealing. Platinum previously solved the issue due to matching expansion, but is costly. Engineers now seal copper to glass by using very thin sheets with knife edges, reducing stress and maintaining a vacuum.
Miss Mary V Dempsey junior statistician oversees 250 clerks sorting census returns in 1920. She notes humorous misclassifications such as pigs feet singers listed as musicians and odd occupations including assembler of gravity and instructor in a school for brides Niagara Falls.
Raggedy Ann the Battery F Twelfth Field Artillery burro died at Fort Houston Texas. Soldiers gave the mascot a burial with full military honors on Pershing field. Guns fired a salute and taps played as a headpiece bore testimonials of affection. An alfalfa tribute lay beneath the grave.
A lighthearted quip from a talented composer nicknamed Jiffers notes that many great composers share names beginning with Me. He jokes that Mozart Mendelssohn Meyerbeer Muszkowskil all start with Me, suggesting a playful pattern spotted by friends.
Experts from the United States Bureau of Fisheries say scientific propagation could make rivers yield vast pearl harvests. Pearl fishing already occurs in some rivers and last year over 15 million dollars worth of pearls were found in mussel shells at river bottoms. Black and White rivers are singled out.
A stout man explains he cannot play golf because sight and reach conflict: when he can see the ball he cannot reach it, and when he can reach it he cannot see it.
The column recounts the origin of the phrase three tailors of Tooley Street used for groups claiming to voice the people. It notes a comparable French anecdote with the deputies of Vaugirard presenting themselves to Charles VIII and an usher replying there was only one. The piece cites the Detroit News as the source.
The narrator recalls a clipper at sea with full sails set under moonlight. The course is described as south and by east with half south as the horizon glows. A forward look from the bowspoit reveals a ship like a white cloud rising and falling with the waves.
An employer explains a peculiar hiring method noting two doors in his office marked Push and Pull. He states only applicants who use the Push door after an interview are considered for final decision, illustrating idiosyncratic personnel practices.
The oldest microscope on record uses a quartz lens found among Nineveh ruins and now rests in the British Museum. By the Middle Ages simple lenses grew common, and a Dutch spectacle maker in Middelburg created the first compound microscope about 1590 for Archduke Charles Albert. Robert Hooke later improved the design.
Fuller's earth once used by weavers to absorb oil in woolen cloth is now largely supplanted by other processes. It remains valuable as a toilet powder and is in strong demand for clearing mineral oils and in soap manufacture.
A fable describes a monkey using a cat's paw to pull roast chest nuts from the fire. The tale popularized the phrase cat's paw to denote a dupe or a tool used by another.
The Army Recruiting News notes that while 1000 mph travel is mechanically possible, physiology may prevent it. Animal experiments in France show brain anaemia, insensibility, or death at such speeds. An aviator recalled turning the pylons and briefly losing consciousness, but recovery is uncertain at higher speeds.
Current History Magazine argues that seismic waves and tidal data imply a dense iron core beneath Earth’s crust. Drilling reaches only shallow depths, but vibrations from crustal slips reveal rock properties to about a hundred miles down. The article speculates vast gold and platinum deposits at the center.
The most northern part of the United States proper sits about 100 miles in Beltrami county Minnesota on the Lake of the Woods shore. It is separated from Minnesota by the lake and cannot be reached by land without crossing Canada. It was acquired by a geographical error in the 1783 Treaty of Paris with original surveyors misplacing it north of the forty ninth parallel.
A reflective excerpt contrasts human petitions with divine will. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow laments wasted prayers and urges submission, comparing fearful clinging to relics with clinging to gods governance. Thanksgiving inspires gratitude while remaining silent before the divine plan.
The American Tree Association of Washington DC says small trees need proper care to thrive in compact soil. Properly pruned, these trees add a dignified decorative touch to streets with upscale shops and solid-warms houses in orderly rows.
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