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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1931
Page
4
A mother and visitor discuss training children with Rosemary scratching a chair as a case study. The adviser argues for preventive, gentle cues rather than commands, suggesting patient requests and calm tone to reduce stubborn behavior and avoid later punishment.
James E. Russell of Teachers College at Columbia University stresses kindergarten as essential to a child’s education. He urges communities without kindergartens to contact the National Kindergarten Association at 8 West Fortieth Street, New York, for information and material to start one.
Federal investigators show a thick leaf litter layer can hold vast amounts of water and reduce runoff that erodes soil. At Bent Creek near Asheville the 1980 fall litter weighed 1300 pounds per half acre dry, with prior accumulations reaching 5.5 tons per acre, and decomposition takes 2 to 3 years.
A Paris Matin note argues that modern women’s hands are larger due to active lifestyles. It contrasts today’s wearers of rings and bracelets with ancestors, noting past slenderness was linked to fashions and slower tasks. It cites hands that guide flying machines, sports gear, and oars.
William M Fischer claimed the men’s singles title over B D DeWolf Jr with a 6-1 6-1 2-6 6-4 victory as the Fischer brothers lost the doubles final to DeWolf and R W Nelson in a tight five set match. Mrs Wallis E F Howe won the women’s singles in a straight final and Katherine Tucker defeated Howe in a later match to claim the ladies’ singles crown. The mixed doubles final was scheduled for this afternoon. In Richmond, Miss Marjorie Elizabeth Potter and William Boardman Richmond wed at the Potter home with a large guest list and formal reception.
The frst automobile carriage passed along Hope street yesterday forenoon and went to the residence of W HE Knight at Ferry Fill. It was propelled by a gasoline engine and made considerable noise.
Uncle Ken laments people who dwell on their own sorrows and view the weather as a personal grievance, refusing to sympathize with others. Washington Stir
Mythic figure Polyxena daughter of Priam and Hecuba appears in early sources and later legends as the heroine of a tragic love affair with Achilles.
The article notes an extremely rare metal derived from zinc, named indium f, with value about ten times that of platinum. It requires several carloads of zinc ore to yield one pound of the metal.
The sacred Garden of Gethsemane, famed from the New Testament as Judas’s betrayal site, is now owned by the Franciscan Fathers.
The article notes poison ivy bears the name though it is not true ivy, a label coined by Captain John Smith after encountering the plant and its unpleasant effects.
A Dutch newspaper founded in 1656 is recognized as the world's oldest printed journal. The item highlights its long history and continuing publication, marking a milestone in media heritage and press tradition.
Public auction planned for Wednesday September 2 1931 at noon on the Barrington property described as Lot 14 and adjoining Lot 23 on Fales Homestead Plat No 2. The mortgagee’s receiver Arthur L. Conaty and attorney Isadore Hornstein announce the bid to satisfy the recorded mortgage obligations.
Sale to fulfill power of sale in mortgage dated December 18 1928 by Edward R Tramonti and Rose G Tramonti. Properties include multiple lots in Colonial Terrace Bristol Rhode Island with improvements and plat recorded by Waterman Engineering Co. Subject to record mortgage and 1931 taxes. Attorney I Munroe represents the owner and mortgagee. Public notice date 8-25 9-1 9-8 9-16.
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