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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1931
Page
4
About 300 employees in the shoe department of the National India Rubber Company quit work at 8 yesterday morning. They struck for higher wages claiming more work is required and the 44 cent per pair rate is insufficient. A musical and literary entertainment followed in the Oliver School building on Friday evening to display the results.
An arranged school affair directed by Miss Elizabeth R McCotter showcased a varied program including piano solos by Catherine Connery and Margaret W Blake, violin by William H Gale, vocal solos by Pard on Kennes¢ and Mrs F M Diamond, mandolin by Charlotte Young, reading by Grace F Whiting, and a piano duet by Reba and Helen Church along with whistling by Laura J Crumbs.
A Saturday evening event hosted by Mrs A H Flint on the Main road featured a “Twenty Three Party” with all details and entertainment aligned to the 23 Skidoo theme. Guests enjoyed coordinated decor, games, and decor accenting the focal 23 motif throughout the gathering.
The Y M C A football team defeated the Hillsides of Fall River 10 to 5 on the common. Local scoring featured R Stuart twice in the first half and a second half surge by Hillsides with touchdown. Yardwork included frequent punts and limited forward passing.
Ignorance is the state of mind lacking evidence to affirm or deny a proposition. Doubt exists when evidence is equally strong for both sides, preventing a firm affirmative or negative.
Scientists in England testified to a 1918 event where a waterspout lifted a shoal of small fish into the air and a strong wind carried them to the ground, delivering a remarkable atmospheric shower observed on earth.
A man who relied on writing fortunes in sweepstakes schemes shifts to pursue marriage for money. The plan unfolds as he targets a partner for financial gain, amid warnings of ongoing deceit.
In Russell Square behind long demolished structures wild flowers and grasses sprout in the spring and summer. Observers note over a dozen species thriving where old buildings stood, suggesting seeds dormant for centuries reawakened after clearance rather than dispersal by birds. A Strand example cites willow herb rosettes appearing after a very old structure came down.
In New Oxford Street London a family firm renowned for artificial eye making for 150 years crafts realistic prostheses. Eyes are tailored to each client from Africa and the East, even supplying temple idols with matchingly fierce or sympathetic pupils and veins.
The voyage from Boston, Gloucester, and Portland aims for swordfish but only about six men per season land billfish. Billfish are larger and more perilous than swordfish, sometimes joining schools near Georges Bank. They range 6 to 20 feet long and 100 to 1,000 pounds, earning the nickname skillagelee in New England.
Science finds no method to predict when or where a tornado will strike or its path. Weather officials note conditions favorable to formation but do not forecast twisters. Many pass over sparsely settled areas unseen. only those causing city damage gain public notice. In the Middle West tornadoes peak in May and June.
The piece notes that belief in lucky June weddings stems from Roman superstition and myth. It cites a proverb about prosperity for the man and happiness for the bride when married in June, links June to Juno, and states February also has a luck association for marriages.
The anecdote recalls Thomas Sprat bishop of Rochester later chaplain to the duke of Buckingham. At their first dinner together Sprat joked that geese are placed near the clergy a remark that makes him think of the duke whenever he sees a goose.
A claim arises that the Arabian Nights and similar Eastern tales were crafted under the influence of hasheesh, a narcotic said to grant a brilliant imaginative flourish to writers. The assertion reflects contemporary views on inspiration and drug effects, without asserting proven authorship.
An opinion piece traces the origin and rise of the stage stooge from burlesque to vaudeville and Broadway. It names Patsy Kelly Phil Baker Ted Healy Lou Holtz and others while reflecting on the era's theatrical culture and social manners. It mentions a mid century setting with mentions of Empire State building and various international stage figures.
The moth Erebus agrippina with an 11 inch wingspan is described as the largest insect by span. The beetle Macrodontia cervicornis may be the largest by bulk plus length, reaching up to 8 inches.
A quotation contrasts ordinary views of spending time with a deeper view from Schoenhauser in Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life. It frames time as something to use thoughtfully rather than merely spent by average people.
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