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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1907
Page
4
A Denver hotel clerk tells of a country couple who checked in for six dollars a day. The bridegroom revels in the joke after the bill arrives at 24 dollars. He snaps a photo to prove he was a “real sport” in Denver before leaving with his bride and their telescopes.
The first practical use of aluminium was for a cap on the Washington Monument peak in 1884. Discovered in 1827, aluminium was then expensive and rarely produced. The cap is a square pyramid, 8.9 inches high, 56 inches wide at the base, weighing 100 ounces, completed under General George W. Davis with Qemerab Casey.
Gold likely the earliest metal known to man as it is often found native. The oldest metal objects date to Nagada Egypt in King Menes’ tomb with gold beads a copper wire and a button. If authentic, these artifacts are about 6,300 years old. Ancient gold commonly contains silver giving a lighter color, sourced from Pactolus and other streams in Asia Minor.
A medieval medical guide from Paris advises doctors to greet patients humbly, control vanity, and sit as patients sit. It urges asking the patient about wellbeing, but to tell relatives after leaving that the disease is grave, arguing this honesty boosts perceived merit and eventual praise and fees if the patient survives, or blame if not.
A plain explanation describes diamonds as a mass of rapidly moving atoms and glass as slower moving atoms. When a diamond edge presses against glass, the diamond atoms push glass atoms aside to create a passage.
Professor A R Crook refutes the idea that earthquakes or volcanic activity formed the Grand Canyon. He asserts the canyon was cut entirely by the Colorado River, with quartz sand as the primary abrasive. The swift water wears away rock through repeated cuts, aided by hard sand grains.
Bristol Chapter of the D A R joined in ceremonies with about 500 attendees including 10 from Providence. A bronze tablet by Gorham Manufacturing Co. of Providence, sized 20 by 24 inches, featured an inscription noting its placement on the west side of the house and unveiling by Reynolds’ youngest daughter. Speakers included Wilfred H. Monro, John Post Reynolds, and Judge Orrin L. Bosworth.
The Rhodes Island Historical Society installed a commemorative tablet at the John P. Reynolds house in Bristol Neck marking General Lafayette's occupancy of the building in September 1778 during the American Revolutionary era.
The house, built around 1698 by Joseph Reynolds, was occupied by Lafayette as his headquarters in September 1778 during the Army of the American Independence.
The Bristol Chapter Sons of the American Revolution unveiled a tablet with Margaret G. Reynolds leading the ceremony and hymn singing. Attendees socialized with refreshments while J Louis Qoggeshall sang and Miss Catharine A. Reynolds accompanied on piano. The marking committee included Wilfred H. Munro and others. The Friday Phoenix will publish the address.
Freeman appears as a quarrelsome figure at Saturday Review dinners and in company. He contradicts others constantly yet is pleasant outdoors. In Mendip, his horse rides past, singing old cavalier tunes, recalling a tale of generosity to Carlyle.
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