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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1894
Page
4
A nostalgic verse recalls the Pickayune days at Pin Oak School on a hillside graveled by sand. The speaker remembers the master who opened doors and pulled up students by the hands, contrasting old rural schooling with modern university studies across continents.
A 17 year old Philadelphia socialite recalls a spectral assassin in a mirror during a ball season. A next door debtor forms a plan to steal her $10,000 in diamonds, enters via a window, and is captured after a struggle with her cousins and maid. The tale blends superstition and danger surrounding wealth and Regency style intrigue.
The Calcutta gambling craze has men and women betting on rain and duration. Clerks head to offices, women pawn jewelry to fund bets, while bookies take a small commission and risk none of their own money. Pittsburg Dispatch.
A reflective verse recalls the mystery of early childhood by Ethelwyn Wetherald in Youth's Companion. The speaker muses on roaming tall grass, moonlit skies, and simple joys while contrasting with grown life. The poem laments that one can never regain a childhood mowing moment.
An elderly woman leads police to 118 Wernham Road where a master, found dead in his room, died from a thigh vein wound. Inspectors find the supper eaten, door locked, and a blood marked dictionary hints at a linguistic clue as investigators pursue the mysterious case.
Inspector Bevis reports a coded blood-mark clue in a dictionary used by Richard Mayne. The suspect Jasper Whitelaw is captured at the patent office while filing a dynamo patent and later confesses to stabbing Mayne after learning his invention details.
A native of the Emerald Isle meets a former boon companion from a powder factory blast. Pat asks if he is glad to have left the arsenal. The reply jokes that if he had stayed, he would have met the explosion a year sooner, in the humor of London Tit-Bits.
Capes priced from 14 to 160 dollars showcase Black Coney Wool Seal Astra Chan Mink Electric Seal Plain and Martin trims. Alaska Seal Garments offers capes and gloves with Eur neck scarfs from 1 to 15 dollars. Special Mackintosh in all colors with silk lined cape priced at 10 dollars and fur warrants guaranteed in every detail.
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