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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1929
Page
5
The article notes Maya descendants on Cozumel five miles off Yucatan for centuries with features reminiscent of Aztec legends. They still speak Maya amid a Spanish dominated region, preserving a language and culture long before the Mexican conquest.
From Parents Magazine this excerpt urges keeping fairy tales alive for children and growing up as a climb rather than a straight road. It argues parents should not dismiss a child's understanding and that mutual wonder prevents complete adulthood.
John O Great’s house sits on Duncansby Road at Scotland’s northeast edge. It marks the end of roads and the start of Land’s End rides, 984 miles from Land’s End Cornwall. Tradition says an eight sided house with a door and window on each side housed eight brothers at eight tables to dine together.
The first canal boats carried freight and crew only until passenger demand led to two cabins for passengers, one at the bow and one at the stern. Freight boats then hauled cargo while fast passenger expresses operated separately. Horses pulled the boats along a towpath, averaging about 4 miles per hour.
A friend proposed using an amanuensis for Oliver Goldsmith to ease writing. The author tried it but could not dictate smoothly. finally he paid the agreed fee and declared the head and land must work together.
A French confectioner creates a parchment clock whose hands are large bees and hour marks are flowers. Each hour shows bees alighting on a bloom, evoking a gathering of sweets the craftsman specializes in.
The Association of American University Women forms to promote welfare and advancement of college women. Active members must be university graduates, while associate members face looser requirements.
The piece observes gray’s many revisions to Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard and contrasts Poe’s To Helen with its final form, noting that the line about Greece and Rome did not appear in the earliest draft.
Irving, a diligent writer, enjoyed the study’s calm and never found any pleasure outside his writing desk. While in Madrid working on Life of Columbus he spent about 12 to 14 hours daily drafting.
In a London Passing Show sketch a groom recalls his wedding anniversary and pleads for his father’s blessing as a police officer helps settle the matter. The brief act captures a comic domestic quarrel with a festive backdrop.
The text recalls ancient Finnish tricks for hiccups using tree bark clumps and bark stripping, and a peculiar lionized goat greeting during attacks. It reflects quirky folk logic and a playful didactic tone from Gas Logic.
A parson delivered a sermon drawn from MacCabees. At luncheon a wealthy parishioner complimented the address and mentioned her MacCabean sideboard at home in a flippant remark.
The public health service reports at least one million Americans have speech defects. About five hundred thousand are schoolchildren who stammer. Most defects are functional and correctable.
In fashionable Mayfair London hairdressing is done by contract. Clients pay a set yearly sum in quarterly installments and receive weekly service including manicure. If client is absent or out of town, service is lost.
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