Little Girl Quarrel Jolts Siblings Over Little Cut
A young girl shows a small cut to her sister who dismisses it as healing soon. The child retorts that her sister is unloving and lacking any sorrow, revealing a tense moment between siblings.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1916
Page
7
Quote on poverty and effort by David Starr Jordan
The wit and wisdom quote remarks that poverty is not the helper but the effort to rise above poverty enlarges a person. It emphasizes self effort over circumstance and the agency of individuals to transform their condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Starr Jordan
Hospital Doctor Diagnoses Sudden Shock to Wife
The Indianapolis Star reports a case where a wife suffered a sudden shock that a physician describes as likely related to an earlier incident. The husband confirms he arrived home before midnight, tying the events together in a brief anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hame
Indianapolis Star
Home of the Kashmir Shawl
The article notes Ladakh in Asia, part of Kashmir, as a soil and climate harsh region that yields wool used for Kashmir shawls. It emphasizes Ladakh as a key source of material for shawl manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kashmir
Ladakh
Asia
Do You Think Miss Oldgir Will Ever Marry
A witty remark from the Richmond Times Dispatch ponders whether Miss Oldgir will change her mind about marriage. It suggests only if a male acquaintance alters his view would she wed.
Four Hundred Thirteenth Cook Leaves Mrs Methusaleh
Mrs Methusaleh laments another departure as she notes the four hundred thirteenth cook to quit in six hundred years. The repeated servant churn unsettles her and underscores ongoing staffing troubles.
Marquesan Tattooing: A Primitive Art Examined
The Marquesans practiced a brutal one day tattooing that took six months to heal. Males bore full body designs from circles and curves to small motifs including nails and scalp. The process began at virility and often finished only after age thirty, making Marquesan tattooing highly remarkable in appearance.
Philippine Flora and Plant Diversity Upward Trend
A review by R D Merrill in the Philippine Journal of Science surveys current knowledge of Philippine flora. Over the last fifteen years flowering plant species rose from about 32 500 to over 7 000, with an estimated total likely at least 10 000. Most field work has focused on Luzon and Mindanao.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
R. D. Merrill
Philippine Journal of Science
Luzon
Mindanao
Irish Craft Imitates Turkish Rugs in Donegal
During the war Irish weavers in Donegal have begun hand weaving carpets that imitate Turkish rugs. The adaption aims to reproduce the prized enemy product, with experts finding it difficult to distinguish the two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donegal
The True Gentleman and its Ideal Conduct
A compact excerpt defining a true gentleman as open loyal true and affable in demeanor. It praises integrity toward others and fidelity to both God and man, asserting these traits as essential to honorable character.
Traveling salesman endures Georgia road prank gone awry
A Columbus salesman boasting of big orders shares a train platform incident in south Georgia. After he insults a sleepy passerby, the man pursues the train in a vigorous sprint, boards again, and triggers a rough clash with the salesman. The encounter ends with the runner injured and the salesman battered, reported by the Macon Telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
South Georgia
Macon
Predicts a Simple Religion in Postwar United Prayers
The Stepney bishop told Hyde Park attendees that a postwar faith should be simple and “without frills.” He urged a united, living religion over fragmented theology, arguing soldiers returning from war would seek firmer beliefs rather than diluted religious thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stepney
Church League For Women's Suffrage
Hyde Park
Dee
London Observer
Turtle marked with plate travels 18 miles in 2.5 years
L R Van Horn found a large mud turtle in Delmar township with a steel plate inscribed V. D. G. 415-13. He traced it to W D Gross of Tyndalgthon who says the turtle was tagged in Pine Creek and released there. After 2 years seven months the creature has moved 18 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dantz Run
Delmar Township
L. R. van Horn
W. D. Gross
Tyndaghton
van Horn
Pine Creek
North Tier
Wellsboro
New York Sun
Gift of Christ statue offered to San Francisco by Panama exposit
A marble figure titled Christianity Emerging From Paganism by a renowned foreign artist, shown at the Panama exposition, was offered as a gift to San Francisco. Women raised $4,000 for transport and material but park commissioners rejected the gift citing the religious subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Park Commissioners
Leslie
Be Sure Fire Is Out When Camping Or Leaving
Public safety notice urges campers to fully extinguish campfires before leaving woods or entering forested areas to prevent wildfires. Officials emphasize checking for embers and water or stifling ashes after use.
Bristol Probate Court Hears Emily French Estate Sale
Industrial Trust Company as guardian petitions for authorization to sell Emily French ward’s Bristol real estate on Congre gational Street bound by Morris Wardwell and Milone properties to pay debts and support. Hearing set for November 6, 1916 at 10 30 A M in Bristol Probate Court. notice to run fourteen days in Bristol Phenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Train of Artillery
Susan Wardwell
Joseph Milone
Emily French
James Elkanah French
Ward
Probate Court
Bristol
Bristol Phenix
John M. Coggeshall
General Assembly
Rson
Bristol probate investigator seeks authority to sell owed estate
Manuel Deems Jr administrator de bonis non of Joseph C Sylvia seeks court permission to sell parts of the Bristol land estate including Fox Hill Cottage Lots and adjacent parcels to satisfy debts and funeral and support expenses. The petition notes the realty in multiple lots and shares bounded by Fox Hill avenue Richmond street and neighboring parcels with prior deeds recorded from 1904 to 1912. The court set a hearing date and ordered publication in the Bristol Phenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Deems, Jr
Joseph C. Sylvia
Bristol
Fox Hill Cottage
Nehemiah Cole
R. L
J. A. Latham
Fox Hill Avenue
Frederick A. Gessler
Isabel R. Sylvia
William J. Duffy
Annie M. Duffy
Frederick A. Geisler
Willam J. Duffy
Fox Hill
Eva May Cole
Richmond Street
Fox 1
Sai Intestate
Horatio H. Halliday
Jaseph H. Sylvia
Bristol Phenix
J HN M. Coggeshall
Bristol Town to Vote on President and State Proposals in 1916
Notice in Bristol Rhode Island warns electors to meet in two districts on November 7 1916 to cast ballots for President and Vice President Senator and Representative in Congress Governor and other state officials. It lists bond and loan questions for highways bridges armory loans and state institutions. Town Sergeant Thomas E Johnson signs the notice with dates 10-24-27-11-3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
John M. Coggeshall
Artillery Armory
State Street
Town Hall
Bradford Street
United States
Rhode Island
Senate of the
Congress
General Assembly
Estate of Betsy W Munro Probate Notice
An instrument purporting to be the last will of Betsy W Munro of Bristol is presented for probate. The court receives it and orders publication once weekly in the Bristol Phenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Betsy W. Munro
Bristol Phenix
John M. Coggeshall
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Public Health Service
Scott’s
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
N. J
Philippine
Hughes—And
Fairbanks
R. Livingston Beeckman
Emery J. San Souci
J. Fred Parker
Herbert A. Rice
Walter A. Read
Etraighe
Xywre
U. S. Senator
Ezra Dixon
Henry F. Lippitt
National Senate
Walter R. Stiness
Ambrose Sennedy
Speed of the Turtle
Robate
Town OF
Otis L. Wood
Otis L. Ood
DeWolf Avenue
Northup Bros
G. M. Wilbur
Union Street
Walter H. Coggeshall
Constitution Street
State OF
Providence Plantations
Bristol, SC
House of Correction
Providence County
State Farm
County
Providente County
Almshouse
Cranston
Armory OF Mounted Commands Loan
Rhode Island National Guard
Thomas E. Johnson
William W. Franklin & Co
Wood St
Talbot & Hopkins Electrical Contractors
Conttitution St
W. Bristol
BR. I
Isaac B. Munro
Garfield Ave
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
E. L. Watson & Co
Industrial Trust Co
Providencee, & L
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