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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1927
Page
3
In the Gulf region of Australia drought and sudden showers mold cattle behavior. Storm cattle born in arid ranges sprint toward rain to drink, driven by ancestral instinct. A herd moved to a water-rich station fled at the first dry storm, proving instinct forged by centuries of thirst.
Dr Herbert C Hanson from Colorado Agricultural College reports in Popwar Mechanics Magazine on pasture plant competition. Tim othy redtop alsike clover and white clover fail to withstand orchard grass and red clover and will be crowded out unless enemies are controlled. Kentucky blue grass under shelter spreads and eventually displaces others. Smooth brome and meadow fescue resist when cattle are kept away.
The piece notes the rise of terms like mothercraft and mothersmith and cites Woman's Home Companion predicting a future law requiring an M. M. degree for mothers. It warns bootlegging a baby could be severely punished under this imagined standard.
A Detroit librarian says detective stories appeal to readers across backgrounds as they offer a temporary escape from self. He notes taste varies but the appeal endures, with readers enjoying a rattling good mystery every so often.
The muniment room at Westminster Abbey houses over 100 000 historical documents dating to the eighth century. Careful editing is underway to publish these papers with a precis by Dr Scott, librarian of the British Museum, covering 57 000 of the most important items.
Four occupants in a small coupe narrowly escaped injury on the Torrington road two miles from Winstead Conn when the driver trying to pass lost control. The car climbed an embankment, overturned and landed upside down in the road. A second sedan in the line continued for about twenty feet with the coupe resting on its top.
An aviator who once held a world altitude record recounts his death defying crash and the crowd that gathered. Passersby listen as two elderly figures, Enoch and Eliab, are identified by a bystander, adding a biblical touch to the tale in Louisville.
Five specimens compared with recently found dead ones show a wood boring beetle entered the tree after a lightning strike. The beetles, trapped by new growth, appear unchanged over 1,200 years matching living forms. Naturalists note beetles are conservative and Egyptian sacred species show longer stasis.
The small Grecian island Patmos is traditionally known as the exile site of the apostle John. Around the year 94 he lived there and received the vision recorded in the Book of Revelation.
A sale ad claims Vincl a compound of iron phosphate and cod liver peptone cures nervous fatigue and cross moods. The first bottle supposedly improves sleep and boosts appetite, with women like Mrs N McCall noting happier, livelier feelings.
Proprieties Manuel Machado da Silva and Albano C Vieira announce sale of The Battery Charging Up at 4 Shaws Lane Bristol to Jose Matheus Arruda. Accounts due should be paid to the undersigned. post sale bills after the date not their responsibility.
The Bristol County District Officers of the Boy Scouts of America met at Deputy Commissioner George R Fish’s home. They adopted plans for inter troop visitations this winter and approved a three month merit badge contest between district troops. A January district get together was arranged by J A S M Joseph Daignault and committee members. An entertainment was provided by J A S M Oscar P Herzig, with a collation and social hour. Beavers and Dragons from Troop 1 held patrol meetings while Beavers and Foxes, Baboons, Pinetrees and Eagles from Troops 2 and 4 hiked last Friday for outdoor test work.
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