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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1887
Page
6
A brief verse by Howard C. Tripp in Current urges steadfast work ethic and resilience. It counsels rising with the sun, bearing burdens bravely, and training daily to endure life's load, promising that cares will not last.
Mary Dutton endures a perilous railroad day after bidding farewell to her parents. Her mother Mrs. Watrous slips on a station platform and narrowly escapes being struck by a train, losing the cloak that saved her as a symbol of a near-disaster. Mary, distressed, finally returns home to find her mother alive and recounts the tense ordeal.
A collage of trivia including Gustavus Adolphus nicknamed the Golden King for hair and complexion, the Venice tarocchi card game, a 200 year old wave cover erler, advances in electro plating, and the Pyramids of Giza. It also notes wood staining with iodine, Beethoven's early talents, a man losing an arm in a sawmill, a 95 year old cockatoo named Crockie Baldwin, and the bird’s journey to the Philadelphia Zoo.
The piece recalls famous wrecks and buried treasure from ships like the Lutine and Royal Charter. It cites amounts from £140,000 to £600,000 and notes recovered gold, ingots, and sovereigns found after maritime disasters.
Fragmentary text mentions Miss and distance two miles with a clarifying phrase. Names Boe Terry Cooke appear, but the context is unclear and details are missing. The passage reads as incomplete notes or a stray quote from a report or discussion.
A Norwegian engineer W C Moller notes reindeer skin and hair possess remarkable buoyancy. He says unshorn skin used as a life belt can warm the wearer in water and may protect a man from drowning better than oil skin and other materials.
In a gritty matchup Gay and Avery led the offense as the hosts trailed but rallied with five for the kill. The noisy crowd amplified the tension as the game swung on defensive stops and key baskets.
The article recounts Abdul Hamid II's fragile reign since 1876 amid plots and a Nubian guard, plus a glimpse of Constantinople's fires, police, and the three districts Scutari European, and old Golden Horn. It contrasts Turkish attire with European dress and notes veiling customs and street life including dogs as scavengers.
The maguey or American aloe yields pulque Mexico’s national drink and many other uses for Indians. It grows in barren soils, matures in five to eight years, and is propagated by sprouts costing 3 1/8 cents each. Maguey sap is collected from a hollowed stem basin using an acocote.
Captain John Ericsson born in 1803 in Sweden rose to naval rank before resigning to pursue engineering in England. He built the steamer Ericsson and the famous Monitor, and he pursues a solar engine while living in a fixed New York City home and working about ten hours daily.
In a festive board vignette a discussion about turkey carving reveals a cautious stance toward self serving. The second part recalls the 1686 Gloucester schooner Volunteer struck by a 300 pound swordfish with a harpooned blade breaking in four places and ten inch deepest penetration near the keel.
Four White men are killed along with Colonel John E. Rosser and his son Willie in a feud near DeKalb Texas. A hired man Mullins is missing. Rosser and family arrived armed to enforce a dispossession following a land sale dispute.
Ex alderman Thomas Cleary faces bribery charges following the conviction of O Neill in New York. The summary notes other items: Dennison Paper Co of Mechanics Falls Me failed with liabilities of 450000. a tar thief gang caught in New Haven for stealing over 1000 fowls since October. two colored men mortally wounded in a duel at Hoboken Ga.
A fragment notes steam powered cars may join railroading in the near future. Other bits mention a Cleveland theft, a seven year period of unrest at Mona sia, a national convention by Ohio Black men to raise a John Brown monument, breadstuffs and products aiding a canal projection, Chicago eyeing a $15 drain plan, and the death of Asbury Wankr described as the tallest colored man in the South.
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