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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1923
Page
5
A traveler laments a 15 cent dining car meal with pithy grapefruit and cold potatoes and ham. The Optimist smiles, while the Philosopher argues one poor meal creates a lasting deficit that cannot be made up by future meals.
A reflective note from the Birmingham Age-Herald on living once and avoiding past mistakes. The piece argues that even with a second chance, different errors would arise, shaped by luck rather than choice.
A brief editorial praising individuals who enhance local stock and crop variety. The note credits W A Lloyd and honors those who improve community prosperity through better agriculture and practical progress.
A New Zealand crow known as Hura shows a rare female driven change with a longer curved bill. The male keeps a stout crowlike bill suited to tapping trees while the female’s elongated bill lets her reach insect burrows. They cooperate to extract grubs and share the spoil.
The Atlanta Constitution quotes a preacher's quip about why the devil roams. The remark links Satan's restlessness to the world’s loneliness when not wreaking havoc, reflecting a humorous take on evil and human longing.
The exchange asserts that annual addition of onetime luxuries to necessities drives up living costs both directly and indirectly, making everyday goods more expensive and stressing household budgets.
Quote by Beechet on true cultivation linking sympathy for all life to successful work in its advancement.
A Detroit Free Press column argues that perfect telephone manners are unattainable yet worth pursuing for social gains. It notes the nuisance of unexpected calls and invites, the ease of hanging up, and the telephones’ ability to reveal falsehoods, while praising ready made responses as handy as canned sardines.
The Vikings are praised as maritime explorers and bold shipmen who navigated with sun and stars, finding their way across oceans despite lacking modern instruments. Their open craft and aquare saile carried them north and west, inspiring later seafaring nations.
A concise guide advises applying ordinary varnish to shoe soles to extend life. Apply multiple coats on new or resoled shoes with drying intervals, ensure the varnish sets before wear, and touch up worn spots after a few days. Varnish hardens faster on leather, adds water resistance, and can be applied at the upper sole junction.
Jefferson Boyce, famed locally for large appetites, agreed to a $5 wager to eat 36 doughnuts at Pete's Original Coffee House at 6 pm. Around five, Jeff sought his challenger and claimed a recent test gave him the edge.
Palm trees planted by Jesuit missionaries in 1720 still bear fruit in Lower California with about 2 percent of a million pounds shipped annually across Mexico. Small groves dot Sonora communities aided by water, including Guasmas where one tree yielded 1000 pounds in a season. Most Mexican date crops are sold through Chinese merchants and shipped to Sonora and Sinaloa.
A fragment reflecting Wordsworth’s belief in poetry to console the afflicted and brighten life. It urges guiding the young and gracious to think and feel deeply so they grow more virtuous, active, and secure in character.
Twenty miles from Albuquerque a cluster of ponds and lagoons lies mocked by bitter waters. The accursed lakes, once fishable, are now lifeless and undrinkable except one saline pool that supplied salt to the Pueblo Indians. The tradition speaks of Salt Old Woman, Salt Mother, and divine largesse bestowed through the salt lake.
The imperial encyclopedia cites Winthrop and others arguing blue laws were likely overblown myths from New Haven and Connecticut colonial era. It notes Funk and Wagnalls defining them as severe moral regulations with questionable foundations.
A brief natural history notes the caddis fly eggs hatch at the river bottom, the larvae cling to breathing threads, then emerge with wings on land. The adult caddis fly has a brief, active life along the riverbanks before fading.
Decorative design covers phases from ornament on surfaces to painting on pottery and tattooing. It notes mummy case decorations, Indian hide patterns, Japanese prints, and stencils, with wallpaper as a key modern surface enrichment introduced to Europe via the Moors.
A clipped quotation from the Boston Transcript argues that women should laugh at their husbands faults rather than cry. It contends a cheerful wife earns a husband’s regard, while a tearful one appears selfish and less appealing.
A scientist defines a blush as a temporary redness and heat of the face caused by the sensing brain in a situation of shame or anger. It describes a reaction of facial blood vessels losing elasticity, leading to a radiance emanating from an affected chest region.
The piece traces the phrase mare's nest to the demon mara and explains how the term connects to nightmares. It discusses whether mara existed and asserts the demon influenced speech through the idea of a nest of jewels and gold guarded by a malevolent spirit.
China’s mail system shows diverse methods. In Auhwei traffic uses round tub conveyances with postmasters aboard. Chinese Turkestan relies on pony-drawn four-wheeled wagons. Shensi employs mule lifters and bullock carts. Manchuria uses horse sledges and the Kalgan Urga route features camel trains.
A New York paper reported on a tale about Napoleon writing a letter to Austrian General Mack after Mack's defeat on August 18 1805. Napoleon gifted a gold clock and a letter of appreciation to Mack. The clock and authenticating letter passed through several hands, then were bought in Berlin by an American collector who lost the wallet containing the letter on the way to San Francisco. The Outlook notes the collector’s loss.
Firemen in a New York aquarium respond to an ammonia gas leak with gas masks. Sea lions seals alligators and turtles resist submerging while keepers attempt rescue. Leak stops and animals resume normal behavior. refrigeration plant mentioned for fish storage.
An Irish lawyer Keller known for wit lags in his career while sober Mayne becomes a judge, prompting Keller to remark in court about Newtonian gravity versus levity and pondering what Newton would think of the scene.
The tale recalls John Scott of 1581 who, after losing a legal case, reportedly abstained from food for 30 days. King James VI ordered confinement at Edinburgh Castle with bread and water. After 82 days no food had been eaten, yet Scott’s release saw him proclaiming to the awaiting crowd, suggesting little harm from the ordeal.
A historical anecdote recalls Napoleon studying a map the night before the Battle of Austerlitz. He points to key positions and predicts enemy moves, claiming the next day the French will defeat them. The forecast proves accurate as allied plans collapse and a decisive French victory follows.
An English scientist, addressing the Royal Society, suggests sun spots arise where despite very high temperatures the surface layers have liquids formed by elements liquefying under high pressure. These liquid masses float in denser gas and appear darker on the photosphere. when the liquid re-evaporates the spot vanishes.
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