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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1915
Page
4
Ancient England trees Burnham Beeches near Windsor are noted as a remarkable grove. The hollow trunks suggest great age and historians recount that Cromwell's Ironsides pollarded them for gunstocks, indicating their long vigorous growth even in the Civil War era.
An American inventor claims a new torpedo uses a magnetic electric device that tracks large metal masses and steers the weapon toward a ship from several miles away. It features nickel silver arms with four inch coils that trigger relays to control the rudder as the target moves.
The American Museum of Natural History in New York acquires a new dinosaur skeleton named Saurolophus. It is about thirty two feet long and fifteen feet high and lived in Alberta along the Red Deer river region. It swam marshes and grazed on grass to escape carnivorous contemporaries. Paleontologists report hundreds of bones found in a single Red Deer river quarry and another bone set may belong to an older Saurolophus ancestor.
The report notes Australia buying meat stocks for imperial use and recalls the Antarctic frozen meat trade, now vast, dating to 1882 when New Zealand graziers exported frozen carcasses to England. It also mentions January 1816 arrivals of three Eskimos with frozen game sold at high prices in Harwich.
A humorous National Monthly anecdote recalls former President Taft in Kansas during a campaigning tour. A member of his party discarded a cigar as Taft’s special passed, and a section man joked that Taft was considerate of workers by tossing him a cigar that was already lit.
The article states that interned German merchant vessels in U S harbors are held by international law rather than U S government decree. It notes that allowing these interned ships to arm and depart for the high seas is prohibited by the same law.
Reports from England via missionary channels describe an alleged agreement to reshape Palestine after a Turkish collapse. St Sofia would become a Russian cathedral while the Holy Land gains easier travel access, hotels, and a seaport. British investors reportedly back trolley lines and agriculture, with Zionist settlement favored and Christian centers emphasized.
In the House of Commons Sir John Lonsdale questions steps to secure flax supply for Ireland. Mr. Russell reports the Department of Agriculture has engaged with the foreign office and northern flax associations, notes substantial flax seed imported for this year's sowing, and imports of more Russian seed en route, while facing Russian guarantees on shipment destinations.
Dr William H Perkin the English chemist has developed a method to render cotton cloth absolutely fireproof and it will not burn even when held in a gas flame A fireproof garment survived twenty washings and another worn for two years and washed weekly neither burned though the latter was worn to rags The fireproof material costs about a penny per yard more than untreated cloth It could be used for firemen garments and also for delicate party dresses and children's clothes to prevent accidents and preserve fabric appearance
Mothers warned to watch irritable children for fever paleness grinding teeth and coated tongue indicating worms. The ad touts Kickapoo Worm Killer as safe for delicate children and effective with laxative, expulsion, and tonic effects, urging immediate treatment at 25 cents.
A reflective poem on the death of Dr. Gooding and the living memory she left. The speaker recalls shock, sorrow, and the comfort of her kindness as two children and a letter reveal how she continues to live in hearts and good works.
In New York a young girl contemplates a future diplomatic role as women are admitted to the corps. While sitting with a peer on a park bench they argue and she quips that if either leaves the seat she will have more room for herself.
In Siam natives smoke cigarettes fashioned from home grown tobacco wrapped in dried banana leaves or in the petals of the rose lotus flower. The latter form is described as most delicious by Carl Hanson United States consul at Bangkok.
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