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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1930
Page
4
The text discusses the distribution of the extinct in the United States lynx and compares the bobcat lynx and cougar. It notes the lynx is shy and rare where land has been farmed, the bobcat thrives near farms by stealing poultry, and the cougar is unruly and seldom trained or shown.
In Hyderabad area India a bridegroom failed to appear for the wedding of a Bania merchant’s daughter. The procession went ahead and, after searching for the groom, a reed was substituted to symbolize the absent groom and the bride was married to the reed.
The Town of Bristol announces a general election by ward district meetings on Tuesday November 4 1980 at 9 AM. Voters choose one Rhode Island senator for the Seventy second Congress and one representative for the First District, plus local governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and general treasurer, and town representatives for the General Assembly.
A compilation of election propositions for November 4 1930 including constitutional amendments and a third court house loan request. Also probate court notices from Bristol Rhode Island detailing administrators guardians and final accounts with posted publication instructions.
Philip Spencer, midshipman and son of John C. Spencer secretary of war, was hanged at sea on December 1, 1842, for conspiring to seize the U S S Somers and turn her into a pirate ship. The execution occurred 525 miles from shore while sailing from Liberia to New York. Brig commander Alexander Slidell Mackenzie faced the court martial which found him acted in duty.
Sandy learns of a wedding gift from his fond father. The father shows a mousetrap and explains its use to protect loose money from a dog under the spring, promising the contraption will be ready by morning.
The piece argues nations once relied on local timber but modern transport expands markets. It notes China imports North American timber and South Africa sources from northern Europe. It concludes the best long term policy is to grow timber domestically and exploit marginal lands unsuitable for agriculture.
The onion is a popular food since ancient times but it requires strict growing conditions. It needs fertile well drained soil and must be weed free. It prefers cold moist soil during growth and warm dry conditions at maturity.
A YMCA lesson story shows Robert He’s Learning Robert, now ten, remarking after his third lesson that he can swim about twelve feet, seven forward and five down, as he learns at the Y M C A.
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