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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1907
Page
4
The St. Louis Republic quotes a humorous exchange where a child asks about the phrase hack to nature and imagines it as a man lying under a car to diagnose a failure, while a facetious father compares it to a man falling from a balloon.
A quotation from F Hiller argues that the core evil in music is the need to reproduce art through performance and that if music were as easy to learn as reading, Beethoven sonatas would rival Schiller poems in popularity.
A London writer notes that a ten pound note can buy a man’s life in the city dangerous streets. The piece recalls a famed playwright who entered a high class den of thieves to study a melodrama plot and befriended its occupants.
A dramatist outlines to financiers a scheme to remove a key financier for forty eight hours while manipulating stock prices. He proposes using a yacht and an attractive woman as cover with a skipper and crew ready. The audience agrees until a spokesman privately suggests the financier be killed to avoid questioning.
A fond mother asks how many acts of kindness her son Tommy has performed. He replies he has given away a new hat to a beggar woman, the cook’s shoes to a girl in busted rubbers, and a lame shoestring seller’s worn evening suit, the open front one he rarely wears.
London Tit-Bits quotes a photographer and sitter exchange about camera mood. The photographer urges pleasant expression while the subject frets about bowlegs and kneecap visibility, noting the tension between smiling and posture.
The tale recounts Katherine Hollingsworth and George Robinson as they seek marriage within Quaker grounds. Robinson converts after careful questioning by elders, choosing truth over convenience. Their union, begun in 1688, becomes a long, devout example of fidelity to the Society of Friends.
A Nantucket man hires Daniel Webster for a Nantucket docket week by paying an upfront thousand dollars and negotiating to handle all cases. Webster comes to town and appears in every hearing, effectively profiting the plan as the client charges others for his services and nets a profit.
The Youths Companion notes most people wear two sets weekly but should rotate them on alternate days. Biweekly changes limit airing to seven to eight hours daily and miss sunning. With two sets, one can air two nights and a day, ideally in direct sun, not a dark closet.
The Iguazu falls lie near the tripoint of Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil and are described as the most wonderful cataract in the world. The first drop stands at 210 feet, with two more falls of 100 feet each, and the network includes numerous cataracts and rapids across a wide, picturesque area.
A hostess asks a guest which portion he prefers. The guest asks for the left wing, joking that it is sound military tactics to bring the left wing of a veteran corps into action, reflecting a humorous wartime theatrical quip.
A Philadelphia grocer quotes six cents a pound or two pounds for the dear rice sought by a haughty lady for a fashionable wedding. The exchange highlights social pretensions and cost as the centerpiece of a humorous vignette. The buyer insists on the most expensive variety, while the seller offers the item for sale with a straightforward price.
The majority clings to truths that have aged poorly, for even a truth so old can become a new lie. This reflection echoes on how time distorts certainty and challenges enduring beliefs.
In Langtry Texas Roy Bean famed Justice of the Peace ran a lawless post office town West of the Pecos. After three Chinese workers were killed during a railroad episode cowboys faced trial but Squire Dean ruled the statute unclear on white men shooting a Chinaman, and discharged the prisoners.
A Cat's Boarding House tale from the Philadelphia Record describes a woman asking for special Sunday meals for her cats. The proprietor resents the request noting many clients demand holiday fare, risking digestion but citing contract clauses.
A local solicitor hit a ball into the river Devon on the Newark golf course and killed a two pound fish. The ball and fish were recovered together, the fish bearing marks of its injury.
Those with stomach trouble should aid digestion with a natural preparation like Kodol For Indigestion and Dyspepsia. Kodol contains vegetable acids and the same juices found in a healthy stomach, and it digests what you eat. Sold by W. H. Buffington.
A timetable update from Newr Company announces effect starting June 15 with changes on weekdays. It notes 907 service details and mentions leaving Bristol.
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