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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1895
Page
1
The article recounts Carlotta the famed balloonist narrating a four mile aerial conversation with a novice balloonist, White, above St Louis. Using gasbags as receivers, she guides him to drop a sandbag to regain control and they communicate via a primitive aerial telephone across miles.
The New Orleans Picayune describes a vivid Senate stylized episode involving Judge L Q C Lamar and Senator Conkling. It notes Lamar's sleeping after a fiery exchange and Zeb Vance's protective instinct, with hints of a possible duel using swords and Lamar's past Paris lessons.
A brief note on persistent superstitions about toads and their supposed perpetual life. It cites Buckland’s 1825 experiments with toads sealed in sandstone, glass, or wood, all eventually dying from lack of air and food, arguing the belief is irradicable yet unfounded.
A Lewiston family with Revolutionary lineage owns a coat said to have been worn by a colonial major, its yellow blood stain proudly displayed for 50 years. A peddler visiting offered a soap claimed to remove all stains, but left without selling after sighting the coat.
A visitor questions history of a large ragged hat in a museum. The owner suggests it once belonged to a Russian general who allegedly used it to speak through. The remark links the hat to a backstory involving a powder mill explosion and famed provenance.
Eleanor Kirk argues for humane treatment of servants in both home and public life, challenging class contempt. She shares a housekeeper perspective on fairness, mutual respect, and the idea that love sustains harmony in kitchens and politics alike.
The article explains obedience to parents and superiors, and condemns contempt in actions or words toward authority. It contrasts venial and mortal sin, using contempt for court and Sabbath respect as examples, and defines stubbornness as unwillingness to yield even when wrong.
In a terse Chicago Tribune item a shaggy haired young man resists trimming his hair. He insists he only wants a shave and refuses to answer questions about being a football player pianist or vow. His barber works in silence for ten minutes. He mentions a brother with hair cut the same way.
A fortune teller laments changing times as a clairvoyant notes modern bets blur lines between romance and power. The tale hints at a young woman choosing between marriage to wealth or rising to national leadership amid shiftings values.
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