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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1908
Page
4
The alligator snapping turtle grows up to about 144 pounds with a 28 inch shell. It hides in Mississippi River basins feeding on fish using a moving grub-like lure inside its mouth. Its pale brown shell and mud colored habitat camouflage a deadly bite capable of severing limbs.
In New Orleans Limes Democrat an admirer recalls Kipling’s early stories with credited verse fragments that never existed. He chased the poems for a year, learned dealers’ say they were Kipling’s joke, and laughs at the illusion while praising fiction’s illusion-making.
The New York Press reports varied immigrant methods for carrying money in New York. The Irish use canvas bags crammed with notes and coins, Germans wear embroidered money belts, French and Italians use brass screw-top tubes, French gold places noted, Swedes rely on heirloom cowhide pocketbooks, while Slavs keep cash in their high chests with a fork and spoon handy.
The London Globe describes a stone forest in Vrbans Australia as petrified trees. It suggests ancient vegetation buried by earth upheaval and sand erosion, with water and wind gradually exposing the stone forest anew.
The plaintiff's attorney accuses the defense counsel of fear of loss and being unprepared to proceed. The defense retorts that ignorance of the law excuses no one, as reported by the Philadelphia Press.
A New Yorker comments on a Washington Herald piece about American character. The exchange centers on a Western visitor noting someone clinging to a strap as a symbol of Liberty and typical American attitude.
An excerpt from London Opinion features a dialogue where a trespass accusation leads to taunts about presence and threats. The Farmer challenges the intruder, promising a confrontation as voices clash over who belongs on the land and who should leave.
A brief item notes a friend who declines a small jean request, reflecting on friendship and social boundaries. The piece mentions Joseph and the News-Press context, with no further details provided.
A reflective portrait of Bristol figures from the 1860s including Honorable Joseph M Blake, Judge J Russell Bullock, and doctors Lemus Briggs and S B Drury. The piece recalls their court and community roles, home life, and the social fabric around the Mount Hope area, with anecdotes about girls like Fanny Blake and local school devotion.
An advertisement promotes Scott's Emulsion claiming it quickly fattens thin children, improves color, energy, and happiness. It lists Cod Liver Oil, Hypophosphites and Glycerine as ingredients and notes easy digestion for youngsters. Available from druggists for 50c and 1.00.
A farmer asks a medical man to visit his wife who, after a morning of chores including milking cows feeding pigs preparing breakfast and cleaning says she feels tired. The farmer suspects she needs medicine and hopes the doctor will stop by soon. This light vignette appears in London Scraps.
A compact quotation set notes that conceit is the mind’s belief of future authorship and cites Patrick Henry on judging the future by the past, framing experience as the sole guiding lamp. The Detroit Free Press attribution appears alongside the Henry quote in a brief, reflective pairing.
Rhode Island resident Oliver Dupre of Woonsocket testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills eased his back and kidney pain after cold or overwork. He praises the remedy and recommends it, noting the 50 cent price and Buffalo agents Foster Milburn.
Dust on shelves signals sick business. dusting is temporary relief. Build up the blood of your business and drive away the microbes of decay. Newspaper advertising is urged as the best tonic for year round trade and mood, to be taken regularly.
The notice states that the Hartford and New Haven electric streetcar service goes into effect on June 15, 1908, operating on weekdays with the new schedule and routes.
Rhode Island Suburban Railway announces new weekday and Sunday timetable for the Barrington Warren Bristol line. Weekdays depart City Hall Providence at 5 45 AM, hourly to 6 45 PM, then 6 15 PM and hourly to 11 15 PM with morning Bristol departures and late 1145 AM and 12 15 AM to Riverside Car House. Sundays start City Hall Providence 7 45 AM, hourly to 9 15, half hourly to 6 16, hourly to 10 45 PM with Bristol 15 AM departures and late 11 15 PM and 12 15 AM to Riverside Car House.
By order of the assignee of the Mariglias, a public auction will be held on Wednesday August 19 1908 at 12 o'clock noon on the premises in Bristol Rhode Island. The sale covers a leasehold estate with buildings described as bounded by School Street Michael O'Brien Mason Pierce and William Card, secured by a mortgage dated November 6 1889 and recorded in Personal Property Mortgage Book No 8 page 127. The assignee intends to bid. Bristol Rhode Island July 28 1908.
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