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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1892

Page

4

Legal Complications and Quirks in Rural Tales

A jumble of light anecdotes and mock legal talk features Si Jackson asks for law on a neighbor’s knot in a horse’s tail, while other snippets joke about courtship, memory, and theatrical quips. The piece blends humor with brief vignettes from Harper’s Bazar and Household Monthly noted alongside local whimsy.

Si Jackson Gouge Halim

Question of a Name and a Proposal in a Blush

Chapple asks Miss Higgins to marry after a playful chat about changing names. Higgins blushes and hesitates before answering yes. The lighthearted exchange captures a courting moment in a social scene.

Chapple Miss Higgins

Various Quick Jokes and Snippets from 19th Century Papers

A collage of humorous lines and dialogues from Chicago Tribune Chicago Mail Chicago News Record and Boston Globe style columns. Jokes cover engagements marriages asides and stage kissing with playful exchanges and light gossip.

An Old Oaken Bucket Birthplace and Other Tales

Notes trace Samuel Woodworth birthplace Scituate January 18 1785 his printer training in Boston and his New York career with the Mirror and Columbian Sentinel The piece cites his poem The Old Oaken Bucket written 1817 and mentions his death in 1842 with later burial changes. It also covers feats of strength by Sullivan and snippets from Harper’s Young People and various miscellany items.

Scituate Samuel Woodworth Benjamin Russell Columbian Sentinel Boston New York City George P. Morris the Mirror Woodworth Duane Street Wall-street Selim Pacific Ocean Morrell New York San Francisco Garden and Forest Landon Sampson Sullivan Sthenos London Anlephant Harper Joseph Pulitzer City Hall Park Pulitzer Politzer Dor Lew II Taree Das Lewis

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