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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1894

Page

4

A Song of Summer Time

A lyrical reminiscence of summer scenes in the country with birds songs streams sunlight and forest life. The poem evokes branches trees squirrels ferns waters and starry nights noting the pleasure the season brings. Words by Frank H Sweet printed in Donshoe's Magazine.

Frank H. Sweet Donshoe’s Magazine

Beggar girl saves aristocrat sister in Paris execution crowd

In the era of terror a beggar girl named Marie deceives Robespierre by switching clothes with Marie de Nantes to gain access to the guillotine. The sister then risks her life to save her aristocrat brother Antonio, and Robespierre forgives the pair after learning the truth.

France Paris Stucce Marie Robespierre Tam Marie de Nantes Tiia Antonio de Nantes Regophomcer de Nantes Nantes

Nervous Prostration Rumor Stirs Detroit Frese Pras

The Detroit Frese Pras comments on He-Do Freshe's lay up with nervous prostration and contrasts it with the notion that nothing on earth could prostrate that fellow's nerve.

Detroit Frese Pras

The Sixth Sense in Love and Change of Voice

A poetic meditation on a supposed sixth sense that reveals unseen changes in faces and voices. It links this heightened perception to love and a duty to discern hidden feelings, suggesting a near divine insight sparked by attentive listening and watching.

Major Teller’s Narrow Escape From a March Wedding

The dapper Major Teller retreats from a crowded street scene to a church where Miss Patience Pettigrew forces a brief ceremony. The pair wed, but he flees afterward to avoid life with her, planning escape as he contemplates drowning or a return to freedom. He resumes churchgoing, still single in heart.

Major Teller Miss Patience Pettigrew Miss Patience Somey Patience Teller Miss Pettigrew Mina Pettigrew Mra. Pettigrew Teller Eldrly Mra. Teller Tim Patience Pettigrew Sempronius Charon Styx Sexton

Memorial plate to Parr in a rural chapel near Westbury

In a north field near the Westbury Half Way House a small chapel houses a brass memorial for Parr born 1488 and buried 1686. The mid seventeenth century plaque portrays a serene farmer, linked with abbeys and shifts in religion, as discussed in Macmillan's Magazine.

Westbury Parr England Westminster Abbey Taylor Vandyke Macmillan’s Magazine

Dinner Invite Sparks Insult Claim in New York Sun

A staffer recalls a girl who refused him and insulted him by inviting him to dinner in what he describes as a cruel tease reported in the New York Sun.

Dashaway New York Sun

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