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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1925
Page
3
The Standard Six Coach offers a one profit price with added equipment like a gasoline gauge clock and stop light. Built with quality materials such as northern white ash and hard maple, balloon tires and plate glass, it promises long life and smooth ride. Only two cars use this one profit policy, Studebaker and Ford.
A reflection on the futility of idle thinking and the small share of creative thought in the average person. It argues that most people accept beliefs, favor routine, and overlook nature’s wonders and scientific miracles.
In Justistul valley Switzerland the Kastellet marks the yearly cheese division. Homeowners bring milk to the community factory to be made into cheese stored in large houses. A milk record is kept for each patron and sums settled after summer as buyers bargain surplus stock.
The June wedding season centers on the bride and her attendants while the groom remains largely overlooked. A humorist notes the "negligible groom" who makes the ceremony possible, yet far from the spotlight.
A five year old narrator Edward tells his father that his mother ordered him not to reveal the broken window until after dinner. The boy insists he had no plan to disclose the incident at all.
Scientists say the modern microscope may have reached its limit of perfection due to physical laws. If an object is extremely small only a few light waves deflect, producing a faint or non existent image, preventing further improvement beyond current capabilities.
The text describes a centuries old belief in fire as a gift from the gods and outlines the Egyptian festival of the staff or the sun held after the autumn equinox. It explains the sun's perceived weakness in winter and the idea a staff aided its journey across the sky.
A fragmented note describes how Queen Anne era design popularized upholstery in England. It mentions the Stadtholder of Holland perceived as king of England and Dutch upholsterers arriving, shaping the craft under various influences.
The fragment notes a hospital founded in 1632 by Louis XIII near Paris. It was intended for lavalideid ti¢ers and diers and now serves as a general hospital for aged, incurable and insane poor.
A report notes germs causing fever and diseases like diphtheria cholera and chicken bacteria are used to produce a serum. The serum aims to kill bacteria that prey on man or beast but tuberculosis is excluded from the term.
A reflection notes that in earlier times people hoping for a baby often wished for a girl because girls were believed to cause less trouble as they grew up, recalling social expectations from the Ohio State Journal.
A Weekly Telegraph quotation describes a furnishing hire plan for newly married couples. The system rents furniture with monthly payments and claims ownership after payment. The exchange highlights perceived affordability and eventual ownership.
A newly built motor yacht features three push buttons to govern an electric stern motor instead of a steering wheel. The motor adjusts a new type of rudder, creating an innovative control system for guiding the vessel.
London inventor FPRU spa perfects a device to install a radio loud speaker in every hotel room and to switch it on or off like an electric light.
Iro bath court notes filing of Susan Shepi estate final account for allowance in Bristol county. Court orders publication and refers case to October 5 1925 at 9 00 AM in Probate Court Bristol for further action. Clerk John W Church filed August 18 with weekly notice in Bristol Phoenix.
Farmers confront deer damage prompting a bounty set at two shillings per head to deter herds that threaten crops. Local authorities label deer as a nuisance and urge careful reporting of bearers and counts.
A Bristol county execution filed June 1926 by Mary Perry against Soest Perry leads to public sale of multiple Bristol parcels. Property includes Coggeshall Street Lot No 5 and Wilson Homestead and Chilton Street lots, with detailed plat references and bounds. Sale set for 11 a.m. on June 26, 1925, at the Bristol courthouse to satisfy the judgment and costs.
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