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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1904
Page
4
A whimsical essay extols manners as a universal lubricant for social travel. It praises tact, kindness, and the golden rule while critiquing public annoyances such as rude seating, tobacco smoke, and gluttony. The piece urges civility, consideration for others, and a kinder, more civilized society.
Keiths New Theatre presents The Amazons an amused comedy by Arthur Wing Pumero author of Sweet Lavender Iris The Second Mrs Tanqueray and other famous plays It features three daughters raised as boys and their comic romantic entanglements with three suitors The gymnasium scene promises laughs and the cast includes Miss Ads Levick Miss Rivers Miss Elizabeth Woodson and others for a season highlight
The piece details ancient figures such as Piso and Verres, noting Piso’s 18,000,000 sesterces taken from the public treasury for private use in Macedonia, Cicero’s alleged exploitation of Cilicia, and gifts of legacies to Cicero and the Younger Pliny. It also cites Gibbon via Olympiodorus that several senators held vast incomes, with Sicily’s gratitude for Verres’s prosecution.
Royal Ascot traces its high status to Queen Anne who ordered a racecourse there and offered a 100 guinea plate. The London Gazette recorded the 1711 announcement for a race on Ascot Common with heats and specific entry terms. Queen Anne visited to view races thrice, even accompanied by Miss Forester in a man’s riding attire, per Pearson's Weekly.
A compact reminiscence of early eighteenth century Scotland recounts two anecdotes from border life. First, Agnew orders burial of wounded “prisoners,” prompting a later counterorder to avert a deadly prank. Second, Sir William Howard’s mathematical study leads to a mistaken hangings gag when a lieutenant misreads “Hang the prisoners” as an order.
The article notes wrestling as a leading German sport with heavy athletic culture. It describes clubs and public contests, contrasting English light athletics with German heavy athletics. It mentions an open arena for world championships in Berlin where weather hurt attendance and the impresario left town after failing to pay the wrestlers.
A historical overview traces how basic math symbols emerged. It explains addition from plus, subtraction via minus contraction, multiplication as a variant of addition, division by rearranging the dividend and divisor, the radical sign from radix, and equality first used in 1557 as a substitute for equal to.
In April 1680 a letter to the Earl of Straf ford describes Captain Bally who set up four hackney coaches at the Maypole in the Strand. His men in livery carried passengers for a set rate, drawing other hackneys to the area and dispersing crowds. Shopkeepers complain that ladies and gentlemen are whisked away before apprentices can attract customers. The term cab did not appear until 1823.
A friend of Jokai the Hungarian writer recalls that he never preplanned plots. He trusted his imagination to guide characters actions at each moment and, after finishing a chapter awaited readers reaction. Jokai began his characters careers, praising them or caricaturing them, and then let them drive their destinies across the manuscript.
London Notes and Queries in 1853 debated the word picnic origins. Robespierre and Chesterfield are cited, with theories linking pique-nique to Italian nicchia and piccola, and a French encyclopedia noting pick and nick as components. The term also covers indoor picnics in France.
A Chicago Tribune quip notes a playful chess scene where a player declares mate after capturing a pawn, while Bella remarks on a bishop’s advantage. The man hints at someday mating with the help of a common preacher, ending the chess session.
The text describes flying fish forming shoals from twelve to over a hundred, leaping from water and skimming 200 yards or more before diving and rising again. Dolphins chase them as pelagic birds catch them midflight. It notes uncertainty about whether fins act as true wings, with flight limited to when fins stay moist.
The father questions why his daughter will not achieve fluency naturally, while the professor asserts it will require time and effort to become fluent despite her strong grounding.
The orange tree is a prince among trees and emblematic of genius and marriage promise. It bears fruit and blossoms together, evergreen leaves grow richer with age, and its fragrance fills the air. Its rind can be bitter, akin to Cupid’s dart, yet it stands for love gratitude and genius.
A fragment from a Philadelphia Ledger column shows a fiancé challenging his partner who calls him fickle and a riddle. She replies that since he is so stupid he should give her up, highlighting a failed engagement scene.
In a Philadelphia Press exchange a man notes he has the woman's shawl on his arm as they stroll. She coyly suggests she might slip it around her, prompting a brief, playful moment about warmth and propriety.
A French chef serving the Duc de Chartres in 1774 is described as making the snow like dish that became ice cream. Lord Bacon is noted for knowledge of salting and show as a freezing process, though as a scientific fact.
A London Telegraph piece notes that even great geniuses, including Byron, falter in love letter writing. It cites a Scotch writer who always ended letters with Yours, dearest madam, without prejudice, as a master stroke against becoming mere relics in romance.
A fragment from BExchange shows a witty exchange about speed of a messenger. One character asks how the note was delivered so quickly and the other explains taking a novel as security to secure the reply. The dialog hints at clever misdirection and reliance on a messenger boy.
The Baron informs his valet Johann that he has received many replies to a rhatrimonial advertisement. He says he has selected one offer and shares the remaining responses for possible use.
A farmer describes Arkansas springs to a tourist claiming that water causes horses to grow shoes naturally. He asserts the spring near them is so strong that horses drinking it never need to be shod, as if the shoes grow on their feet. The tale reflects folk belief in miraculous waters.
The line compares laughter to opening and the heart revealing pearls and soul, a concise meditation attributed to Victor Bugo on human expression and inner life.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip features Mean Jane declaring plans to settle by age twenty seven while Mary laments the goal is beyond reach, noting past milestones already passed. The light dialogue captures urban humor about aging and ambition.
A fragment quotes the philosophy that wisdom seeks many things but love should be reserved for one, attributed to Balsac. The line reflects a concise, reflective motto on restraint and devotion.
A fragmented quotation shows a subscriber telling a provincial journal he no longer wants the paper. The editor responds with a terse retort about not making the paper longer, reflecting a public exchange in a London Globe style.
Fragmentary text references a fight between Thompson and Jimpson with Thompson being pulled off by officials. No clear outcome or context is provided beyond the incident being halted.
A Birmingham News reader recounts the loneliness of the western plains near Sangas Colorado State Line. He contrasts scarce water and sparse habitation with the monotony of trackless treeless expanses and distant towns along railroad routes. A Pullman car's comforts highlight the harshness of tramping across the prairie without sustenance.
The text defines cyclones as tor nado-like storms with rotating wind around a low pressure center and notes their prevalence with monsoons. It explains tropical storms in the West Indies are hurricanes and in Asia are typhoons, with winds 80 to 180 mph and diameters from fifty to a thousand miles. It also mentions mid latitude disturbances as storms or low pressure areas per London Answers.
The piece traces the kilt’s origins to sumptuary laws during Mary and James VI I of Scotland. It notes the tunic suppression led wearers to split it at the waist making a doublet and kilt. The kilt predates these laws, shown as a quilted garment before 1500, with Kilkerran and Kilmorie crosses and slabs cited.
In the middle of the night a London doctor received a summons via ringing bell and speaking tube. A man urged him to come to a distant house to examine a patient in a sickroom. The doctor insisted on confirming the case before deciding whether to dispatch his own doctor or wait till morning.
A compact fragment from Yonkers Statesman recalls a cautious remark on capital and fear. A young man with a cane and a companion discuss Mazie Goldroxi and a rejected request for her hand, hinting at past ill treatment and social tension.
A damaged snippet shows a timid young man and a relieved girl in a parlor. The man stammers and vows not to strike a defenseless person, reflecting a cautious confrontation reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A playful dialogue questions Mars habitation with characters Little Dot Folks and Little Dick arguing its possibility. The banter questions how anyone could reach Mars and suggests skepticism about presence on the planet.
A fragmented text presents a cryptic mix of phrases and odd spellings pointing to a linguistic puzzle. It references a friend and a globe like cipher, with stray letters and echoes of a foreign or coded message. The readable parts imply a riddle rather than a clear news item.
Elizabeth H Pitman announces appointment as administratrix of the John H Pitman estate in Bristol. She has filed bond and all claims must be presented to the Bristol town court clerk within six months from the first advertisement date July 20 1904.
Mortgagee's sale set at public auction due to broken deed conditions and recorded mortgage No 62 in the town records. Property bounds include Perry Street, a creek, and a main road segment, with description of the parcel and easements as described in the deed and mortgage documents.
The Newport and Providence Railway publishes a weekday and Sunday timetable from Newport to Providence with trips at 6.45 to 11.80 a.m. and 12.80 to 9.45 p.m., and Bristol to Newport with morning and afternoon runs. boats connect with all cars and wait ten minutes if late.
Regular weekday service runs from Dorrance and Weybosset at 5 45 a m with 80 minute gaps to 7 15 p m then hourly to 11 15 p m Terminent Br istol departs 5 19 p m with 80 minute gaps to 8 48 p m then hourly to 10 49 p m plus 11 49 p m and 12 41 a m to Riverside car house The Sunday timetable starts at 7 45 a m with 80 minute gaps to 7 15 p m then hourly to 10 15 p m Bristol terminus departs at 6 49 a m with 30 minute gaps to 6 49 p m then hourly to 9 49 p m plus 10 49 and 11 41 p m to Riverside car house Cats leave Franklin streets six minutes after terminus.
A fragmentary sales note touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a pleasant, effective remedy that cleanses the liver and bile, improves complexion, and relieves headaches. The ad claims the pills work without sickness and are sold by Ws Baffingtons, noting other pills are inferior.
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