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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1884

Page

4

Amusing Snapshots and Local Vignettes From a February Morning

A banker stares at his safe as the cashier is absent and a plea to search the river and the books follows. A barber refuses slate payment while a groom promises to pay later. A bride from the goose countries fumes over cholera infantum questions, and a puzzled student asks about the North Pole. A mirror gag at a dry goods store ends in a twins misunderstanding. A Northern tourist learns Texas weather is mostly outside weather from a colored waiter.

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Odd Advice on Ten Cents and a Corkscrew Trick

A street incident shows a tramp asking for ten cents to buy a corkscrew to open a beer bottle, lamenting that without money he must break the bottle and ruin it. Ad copy follows for patent medicines and tonics, including Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup, Burdock Blood Bitters, Shaker’s Wild Cherry, Sulphur Bitters, and Eclectic remedies.

Dr. Bull Pete C.J. Lewis Dr. Lewis Lewis

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