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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1932

Page

3

Shift your hand value with bidding strategy in bridge

In bidding, adjust hand value against opponents bids to improve overcalls, doubles, and rebids. Over an opponent who bids no trump, holdings gain value. under a trump declaration, guard honors lose value. Rebid carefully after partner raises, showing full strength and avoiding risky game bids.

Yar Lella Hattersley WNU Bervice

Baroque splendor in Lecce and nearby Gallipoli

Lecce in Apulia earns praise as the Baroque Florence for its churches palaces and sculpted façades built in white Lecce stone. Notable sites include St Croce seminary Palazzo della Prefettura and churches of St Chiara and Caterina. A trip to Gallipoli reveals the Greek fountain cathedral of St Agata and famed can vases.

Florence Lecce Apulia Gregorovius St. Croce Palazzo Della Prefettura Chiara Caterina Gallipoli

Plant Strategy and Seed Dispersal in Nature

The text explains how seeds are spread by wind and animals with adaptations like fluff and edible pulp. It notes sycamore and other trees produce tiny seeds carried by wind, fruit trees attract birds, and gorse pods burst under heat to scatter seeds. It also mentions plant insect relationships aiding fertilization.

Drug That Impels Patient to Reveal Hidden Facts

Article explains Dr. Lindemann and a sodium amytal based method that, in small doses, makes patients unusually talkative and willing to disclose private information. The technique reportedly reduces deceit by patients with diseased minds, while normal patients may not be affected.

Egidh Lindemann Doctor Lindemann

Standard English words and what counts as standard

Doctor Vizetelly defines a standard English word as one used by a master of classic English accepted by educated writers and speakers today. Foreign terms not naturalized and printed with language labels are not standard, nor are dialects or slang. The standard Eng lish of today is English used by present-day writers who set the standard and is acceptable in polite society.

Doctor Vizetelly

The Curragh Race Course and Its Gaelic Roots

The Curragh of Kildare near Dublin is famed as a historic race course hosting the Irish Derby and Dublin Horse Fair. The word curragh stems from culrrech meaning race course and marsh, reflecting its flat open land. In the tenth century it was granted to St Bridget and has remained common land for a millennium.

Curragh Kildare Liffey Dublin Leinster St Bridget

Cobalt From Outer Realm

Cobalt is not found in pure earthly form except in meteorites. It is a tenacious metal with few commercial uses, mainly in cobalt blue and cobalt green pigments. It is used as cobalt chloride in disappearing inks, remaining invisible when moist and turning brilliant blue when dried and heated.

American Civil War Generals Noted by Foreign Experts

William Lyon Phelps notes in Scribner’s Magazine that foreign experts rank five American Civil War generals Lee Jackson Grant Sherman and Sheridan among the greatest military minds in the war between nations.

Lee Jackson Grant Sherman Sheridan Miltary William Lyon Phelps Scribner's Atipazine

Higher Things Than Money Inspires Life’s Deeper Joy

Quote extols that money suffices for physical needs but cannot buy the finer joys of life. It asserts true fulfillment lies beyond wealth, promising inner happiness as labor is valued. The message, from Grit, highlights spiritual rewards over monetary gain.

Terrific 1869 hurricane devastates town and harbor

The Sept 11 1869 issue recounts a severe coastal hurricane that struck Wed afternoon lasting two hours. Up to 200 trees toppled blocking streets. many houses and factories suffered, including chimneys blown, mills damaged, and wharves wrecked. Dozens of vessels were ruined or driven ashore with extensive property losses estimated.

Bristol Phoenix National Rubber Company First Baptist Church Mount Lane William H Card Mount Road James DeWolf Charles Barber Rock Street Thomas Martin Burton Street Hugh Young Warren Mr. Nicholas Bristol Neck Middle Road Charles Fales John S. Ingraham James FE Hace Thames Street Congregational Church John Turner Fsq Church Street James B. White Franklin Street Colt de Wolf Samuel Norns Wm McK. Chapman State Street Gardner’s Long Wharf Sprague’s Steamboat Wharf Market Wharf Marine Railway Condova Rubber Co Benjamin Butler Redwood Gardner Newport DeWolf’s Helen Carrol Rockport Maine Rocky Point Teazer Fly Diman Julia Charles F Herreshoff Poppasquash Point Usher's Cove Potter’s Cove Prudence Poppasquash Bridge Flats Wardwell Brothers Bradford Street Gladding Charles F Herreshoff, Jr Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad Durfee Providence Bristol Fall River Hayl Pappasquash Point Warren Harbor

Postage Stamps and Taxes and Educational Change

Postage stamp revenue funds postal services and maintenance. higher rates beyond costs become a tax. Education shifts to varied college entrance requirements reflecting new research guiding admissions changes.

Post Office

Paradise Case Reconsidered By Public Aid Directors

Public Aid Directors revisit the Paradise Case and warn that any director who provides any aid in the next ten years will violate state law in Rhode Island. The debate continues from the first page with legal implications and potential penalties clarified.

Rhode Island

Parrot Watchdog Foils London Home Raid

A householder trained a parrot as a watchdog. During a May raid the bird attacked the raiders, drew blood, and caused feathers and overturned furniture. The robbers were captured and testified that the parrot fought off the attack.

London Mayfair Polly

Slow but Sure or Joma Discards Myths in Testing

A summary of Johnson O'Connor's Atlantic Monthly idea that rapid test takers tend to err less. Laboratory data from the last decade show the fastest group makes fewer mistakes than those under a minute and a half. While exceptions exist, overall the slow group is often less accurate than quicker, steady performers.

Johnson O'Connor The Atlantic Monthly

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