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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1909
Page
4
In Outing Magazine a critique debunks frontier myths about rifles and six shooters. It argues treating eye shots at long distances as common isfalse, noting even expert shooters cannot clearly see targets that far.
Balzac, famed writer, strolls nightly with Mery near the Cafe de Paris to dodge the commerce tribunal. He explains he cannot be arrested until sunrise, citing an almanac showing the sun does not rise before 3 50.
A Glasgow paper notes winter milk in Siberia is sold frozen in chunks on a stick with a handle for carrying. Milkmen leave one or two chunks at homes. Children in Irkutsk crave bites of milk and cry for milk instead of a drink. The phrase broken milk is better than spilled milk for saving the price, and a frozen quart can be a weapon. Irkutskers hang milk on hooks and later melt it into pans.
In a witty exchange from a Boston Transcript column, Martha questions Mr Spooner about his awkward courtship as Nancy laughs that his rainwater drenching proof shows his love. A separate remark notes Mrs Gramercy’s reaction to an expensive gift and Mrs Park’s sly skepticism about daily effort versus worry.
A passage recounts anecdotes from Douglas Sladen’s Modern Egypt. An Egyptian menial jokes about backsheesh in legal matters. Another tale describes Luxor army recruitment, where fit youths prompt sorrow while rejected youths trigger riotous joy and public mourning.
A fragment recounts a Scottish whisky party near Arbroath. Sixty or more drinks were consumed, yet the sober host claims none. A coroner hears the tale as a bemused comparison to a Dean Ramsay story about a party where six buckets of water were drunk and a poor girl fetched the water.
An actor recalls meeting Silas on a main street in a New England town where Silas explains he married because he believed she could finish supporting him. The tale blends regional dialect and humor as the character reflects on impractical love and wit.
A four year old boy named Rollis tasted tomato soup while hungry and exclaimed that the soup is so hot it makes sparks all down him. The remark was made at the table as he hastily ate two or three spoonfuls before cooling.
An elderly Scottish lady in her final illness was cared for by a physician who never received a guinea. He warned friends of a sudden death. When she appeared unconscious he arrived to find her dead, and as he took her hand he removed the usual fee, remarking Sensible to the last.
A city newspaper quip notes the writer’s husband appears furious while the wife dedicates a new book titled Wild Animals I Have Met. The exchange turns on whether the dedication is a compliment or not in a humorous light.
A performance of Hamlet last night prompted laughter as the crowd riffed on a famous skull line. The remark referenced deadheads in the audience, turning an onstage moment into a lighthearted jab.
The piece praises Frédéric Mistral for writing in Provençal, likening his work Mireille to great ancient poetry and noting that his language carries historical weight beyond minstrelsy. It traces Langue d Oc’s decline through northern southern French rivalries and the Albigensian defeat.
This ad explains that indigestion and related stomach misery stem from fermentation of undigested food. It touts Pape's Diapepsin, claiming a five to ten minute relief after taking a 22 grain triangular tablet, and urges readers to prove their stomachs are fine after meals.
A fragment recalls Sav asking if a Plymouth Rock hen can join the Daughters of the Revolution. The exchange hints at a local curiosity about eligibility and tradition within the DAR.
The villain asks if their scheme might leak, while the accomplice reassures it cannot, recalling a prior note that the plan has thickened. The exchange hints at tension and complicity in a suspenseful plot without revealing specifics.
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