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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1918
Page
4
A telegram from Paris cancels a religious meeting by revealing that a popular American actress will perform that evening at a nearby venue. The bishop learns the girl and the show will draw crowds, while the hut remains crowded for both faith and entertainment.
The text lists horse based omens including a neighing horse before battle as a sign of victory a plebald horse seen with a second one soon after brings a granted wish a horse with no white star is lucky while a white horse brings bad luck unless one spits at it a neighing horse opposite a house door signals illness to a resident.
The Abu Simbel temples along the Nile feature four colossal statues guarding the entrance. They are thought to depict Ramesses II with smaller figures of his queens and children beside him, watching over the river for ages.
The tango is described as a Mexican origin dance imitating certain movements. It shares rhythm with the Spanish ha banera but moves faster and builds quickly toward a ballet-like finale. The melody often has five notes against four and features peculiar harmonic progressions fueling its popularity.
A colorful Indiana Star joke item describes a man blamed for taking credit for war-related tasks. It contrasts the labor of heaping blossoms, placing domino spots, making bird seed, and stitching knitted pieces with the claim he did war work by picking up his wife’s dropped stitches.
A friend told Goethe he knew Rome well upon his return from Rome. Goethe replied he was there only seven years. The remark contrasts rapid modern stirring with longer periods of study and practice in the arts.
A wartime appeal urges saving sugar to free ships for troop transport. It argues seventy five percent of sugar is imported by ships and urges reducing sugar as a luxury to release vessels for military needs.
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