Local events and theater dates listed for January to February
Coming events include Albee Stock Co on Jan 14, masquerade dance Jan 28 at G A R Hall by Progressive Eight Club, and three act plays The Arabian Nights and David the Shepherd Boy King at Bristol Opera House with Y M C A benefits. Annual Ball of Robert Emmet Literary Association set for Feb 28 at Grand Army Hall.
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Albee Stock Co
Progressive Eight Club
Bristol Opera House
Y M Cgca
David
A H. Newton
Y M. CA
Robert Emmet Literary Association
Grand Army Hall
Rhode Island Suburban Railway Schedule Change 1907
Schedule adjustments take effect Sunday for the Barrington Warren and Bristol Line. Weekdays begin with City Hall Providence at 5:45 AM then hourly until 5:45 PM then 6:15 PM and hourly to 11:15 PM with late 11:46 PM and 12:15 AM runs to Riverside Car House. Sundays start Providence at 7:45 AM with Bristol around 1:45 AM and service hourly to 10:15 PM plus 11:15 PM and 12:15 AM to Riverside Car House.
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Barrington, Warren & Bristol
City Hall
Providence
Bristol
Riverside
Riverside Car
N, Y N
Warren
A.m
Kama — Newport & Providence Railway Company
Newport
Snuff as Medicine Rediscovered in Times Adage
A tobacconist notes snuff’s use as medicine and pleasure in social habit. He cites old craftsmen who claim snuff sharpens eyesight, wards off colds, and relieves headaches while others credit contagion protection. He finds snuff gentler than smoking but untidy and less suited to modern taste.
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Los Angeles Times
Tangled Bank Accounts and an Unlikely Economist
A bank employee notes widespread inaccuracy in personal ledgers especially among women who bring in prewritten checks. He recalls a depositor receiving regular overdraft notices, now alerted when near $100. A baker recalls a frugal shopper returning three stale cakes for fresh ones. England’s only Protestant cathedral, Truro, is discussed as the result of Henry VII’s acts.
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New York Tribune
England
Truro
St Paul's
Christopher Wren
Henry VII
Reynolds
Pinesalve Carbolized Poultice Promises Quick Relief
Pinealve Carbolized acts like a poultice drawing out inflammation and poison. Authentic healing for chapped hands laps cuts barns. Beez Laxative Cough Syrup helps coughs colds croup and whooping cough and is favored by families. Mothers should keep it on hand for children. Sold by C W Sparks.
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C W Sparks
C W. Sparks
Odd Baby Customs Among Parsees Observed
A Los Angeles Times excerpt describes birth rituals among Parsees with a priest recording the nativity, naming the child after consulting parents, followed by baptism by water and fire. In Persia a baby is laid on the floor as five name slips are hidden under a carpet or in the Koran, a slip drawn, and the name whispered to the child before its memory is tagged to its clothing.
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Persia
Los Angeles Times
Origin of His Name in a Schoolyard Mix-Up
A London Mail item tells of a pupil misnaming by a teacher who finds Tom Brown in class while Tommy Smith stands. The boy confesses the name arose from family trouble as his mother marries the lodger, changing his surname to Smith.
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Tom Brown
Tommy Smith
Smith
Brown
Tommy
London Mail
What the Cloth Got In Boston
A Congregationalist quip notes the differing rituals of meeting friends across cities. In San Francisco a weeklong stay, in Owahba a home overnight, in Chicago dinner, in New York lunch, in New Haven a good cigar, and in Boston an apple as a token.
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Boston
San Francisco
Owahba
Chicago
New York
New Haven
An Intelligent Servant and the Hanging Thermometer
A curt dialogue shows the Mistress scolding a servant for a thermometer hung too low. The servant replies I, ma am suggesting a humorous classbound exchange in a transatlantic tale frame. The anecdote lampoons obedience and domestic roles with witty banter.
A Question of Class in Grafters Debate
A Washington Star exchange highlights a citizen's claim that grafters rise constantly while Dustin Stax counters that those caught are amateurs and not the regular group. The remark underscores public concern over corruption and the perception of public graft.
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Dustin Stax
Washington Star
Proverb Variant: One Cannot Be And Have Been
A concise old saying notes that one cannot both be and have been at the same time, reflecting on identity and action with a paradoxical tone. It emphasizes self awareness about past and present states.
Reassured. Mistress-Did anyone call while I was out
Dialogue reveals a caller, Mrs Green, and a housemaid named New Girl. The mistress asks if the visitor seemed disappointed by the absence and the maid reports the visitor looked queer but was told the patient was not at home this time.
Blanked Remark Sparks Wit Between Two Women
A sharp exchange occurred when Blank was accosted by a colleague who praised one wife’s diction but challenged her power of contradiction, highlighting a witty clash over public speaking and argument.
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Blank
Pineules Kidney and Bladder Cure Promised by Tex Patient
Mrs. Jon King of Woodland Texas writes of four years of suffering from kidney and bladder trouble. A druggist recommended a 30 day Pineules treatment for $1 and she claims one bottle cured her. Guaranteed sale by O W Sparks. A King's Dyspepsia Tablet offered after meals with a two day free trial.
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Jon King
Woodland
Tex
O. W. Sparks
Kit Carson the Frontiersman and a Comic Illustration
A reminiscence recounts Kit Carson's fair dealing with Indian tribes and a humorous incident from Captain Henry Inman's The Old Santa Fe Trail. The author recalls childhood fantasies of Carson as a giant, then meets the real, quiet man who jokes he has no recollection of a sensational forest illustration showing him rescuing a damsel and fighting Indians.
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Ixii Carson
Daniel Boone
Carson
Henry Inman
Santa Fe Trail
Kit Carson
Kit
Harvard Lampoon Pranks Crimson on Memorial Day
A 1901 hoax saw Harvard Crimson publish a fake issue on Memorial Day. The Lampoon had printed a spoof Crimson with sensational items and a “Lampoon Celebration at 7 Tonight.” The prank echoed next year as editors vowed not to repeat the joke.
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The
Crimson
Harvard
Lampoon
Sle ES Saomab
Wellesley
Lampy
B. Townsend
Bohemian
Mississippis Mighty Men of Jasper Eloquence
The Mobile Register cites Jasper county that is famed for public eloquence. A Jasper leader appeals to voters saying if he can help add jewels to Mississippi’s crown, his life’s ambition will be fulfilled.
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Mississippi
Jasper County
Jasper
Commonwealth
Readers name beauty in Swedish contest winners
A Swedish newspaper asked readers to name the most beautiful thing in the world. The top prize went to an anonymous reply, The eyes of my mother, while another noted The dream of that which we know to be impossible. A humorous answer claimed The most beautiful thing in the world is to see a man carrying his mother-in-law across a dangerous river without dropping her.
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East Side
Columbus Disputch
Proved Useless. A Father Son Exchange From Old Paper
In a brief exchange, a father recalls being spanked as a child to discipline his son. The son challenges that if punishment did not make him good, it won t make the father good. The remark appears in a San Francisco Call clipping.
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San Francisco
A Visitor Comes While Mrs Dodge Is Out
A fragment from London Opinion depicts a scene with a nervous narrator seeing a visitor peeping through a curtain as they approach the path. The tone echoes social observations and personal restraint.
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Sloan's
Earl $.Sloan
Mass
Rhode Island Suburban Railway
BY Robert W. Chambers
Berger, Ryder and
Jones
Fifth Avenue
Trick
Jenner
Parker
Walter M. Lowney Co. Makers of Cocoa and Chocolates
George W. McGann
J. H. Wall & Co’s
Hope Street
John Shepard
Easterbrooks
Paull
James Dixon
Ghareh Street
Church Street
Reineet
B.1
A. W. Orgelman
State Street
Isaac Peems
R. P. Smith
D. William Street
Goldes
Hope St
Young's Drug Store
G M. Wilbur
Y. Mlo. A
Waldrons Brownell CO
Bradford Street
Merchants & Miners
Norfolk
Baltimore
Fall River
Philadelphia
A. L. Bongartz
Fall River, Mass
James Barry
R. I
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