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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1906

Page

3

4 pound box 4 pound box. 1 pound box

A brief item notes multiple sizes of boxed goods, listing four and one pound options. The text presents a concise description of available box weights without context or further details.

McClure's 1907 to feature Mary Baker Eddy tale and Schurz reminiscences

McClure's January 1907 issue will launch a yearlong Life of Mary Baker G Eddy and the History of Christian Science by Georgine Mil miner and a team of writers, aiming for a complete, impartial history. Carl Schurz reminiscences continue, with Memorial Meetings and a $260,000 drive for a Carl Schurz Memorial. Notable contributors include William Allen White Hopkins Adams Hendrick Kibbee Turner Keenan Terry and many fiction writers and illustrators adding stories and pictures.

McClure Mary Baker G. Eddy Christian Science Movement Mrs. Eddy Georgine Milminer Eddy Carl Schurz William Allen White Samuel Hopkins Adams Burton J. Hendrick George Kibbee Turner Que United States George Kennan Siberia Russia Ellen Terry McAluares Joseph Conrad Mary Stewart Cutting Perceval Gibbon Viola Hooseboro O. Henry Myra Kelly Rex Beach

The Inferno of Horses and a Bluebird Tale

A collage of old quotations and reflections on urban life, nature, and human folly. It juxtaposes Paris cabmen’s brutality with a description of the male bluebird’s azure plumage and a Seminole legend. It ponders civilization’s flaws, progress, and the value of struggle, ending with a witty Jewish widow joke about age.

Paris Barger Thorean John Burroughs

Into Each Life Some Ruins Must Fall Rally Voice

A terse aphorism style item notes that wise people avoid dwelling on ruin and defeat, urging action over despair and contrasting clever decisions with futile retreats in a brisk period voice. The piece emphasizes resilience and pragmatic choice in adversity.

Season's Best Wishes From a Christmas Hymn Card

A festive blessing labeled as a quotation from M A DeWolfe Howe in Youth's Companion, wishing a merry Christmas and a happy New Year to solitary dwellers, families, the rich and poor, workers, and both young and old, noting health, faith, and love as true riches.

Bethlehem M. A.dewolfe Howe

Upcoming Local Events In December and January

December 18 a Tuesday evening features entertainment in Pokanoket Hall by Oliver School pupils. December 19 a Wednesday hosts a subscription dance at G A R Hall by Walter E Oliver and Eugene Ryone. January 1 a Tuesday evening presents Uncle Silas comedy drama by Bristol Dramatic Company at Bristol Opera House. January 9 two events at Bristol Opera House include a dance at G A R Hall by St Marys T A Society and the three act comedy Our Boys by local talent for Y M A A. January 19-28 marks the Eighth Annual Fair of King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co No 1 Artillery Hull.

Pokanoket Hall Oliver School G. A. R. Hall Walter E. Oliver Eugene Ryone Silas Bristol Dramatic Company Bristol Opera House G. A. KR. Hall St. Mary’s T. A. Society

Uncanny Plant Found by Lake Nicaragua Bears Band Octopus

Dunstan, a naturalist, discovered a new carnivorous plant nicknamed the band octopus along Lake Nicaragua. The plant forms black sticky bands that ensnare and injure animals, secreting a viscid fluid and lacking leaves. The natives call it the devil's noose and the cries of the dog drew attention to the trap.

Nicaragua Dunstan

Not Responsible Wages and Married Man Plea

A worker asks for a small raise after marriage. The employer replies he cannot help. The note states the company is not responsible for accidents to workers outside the factory. Fliegende Blatter reports the exchange.

Brown Fliegende Blatter

Time Shall Be No More Explained As Clock Stoppage

A Sab bath school teacher asks Tommy if he understands the phrase time shall be no more. He replies yes ma’am it means when the clock stops.

Tommy

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