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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1896
Page
4
A mother waits by her cot with faith that her unseen son will return. A stranger brings grim news from the sea grave, yet she refuses doubt and proclaims all the world knows her darling boy. The piece, by Monroe H. Rosenfeld, appears in New York Run.
The tale recalls Fia Maord and Johannes Isaksson, a pair mocked for their shape and manners who marry plans thwarted by village pranks. They seek banns read by the pastor after a playful chase, leading to a comical baptism church scene and a finally amused minister.
A New Orleans lad Peter Sykea driving a milk cart awoke to a large rattlesnake wrapped around a milk can neck. He slashed the oilcloth enclosure with his knife, leaped from the cart shouting Whoa, and a passing policeman helped stop the horse. The tale ends with Peter measured at four feet ten inches.
A teacher explains a child's illustrated verse from the blackboard. A girl adds a circle and three buckets, one oak, one iron bound, and one hanging bucket. The dots become the loved spots from infancy, as told by a San Francisco reader.
A New York Tribune remark questions a woman's motive for marriage, debating wealth versus family ties. It notes she is heiress to 11 children and implies a focus on family lineage in matchmaking discourse.
A jagged rock pile marks the final resting place of a cavalry detachment near Fort Laramie Wyoming. An officer recounts the grave site as a somber reminder of overzealous action during an 1800s conflict with the Utes and Cheyennes.
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