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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1906
Page
3
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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