08 Jan 1895
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1895
Page
1
A light lyric from Samuel Minturn Peck in the Boston Transcript admires a lovely muse. The speaker praises her beauty and charm while lightly reproaching suitors and promising a soft farewell with hopeful skies matching her blue eyes.
Augustine Lafont, confidential agent for a Paris banking house, travels from Paris to Chaumont in spring 1882 with 1,000,000 francs in notes, hiding them in his clothing. He suspects two Parisian robbers shadowing him, observes them at a supper and stable, and plans a covert daytime departure by horse to complete the journey while safeguarding the funds.
In a Loire valley pursuit Lafont flees by Seine and Aube banks when two robbers tail him. He convinces them to carry a sealed package to Chaumont via M Augient, handing over papers that turn out to be waste. The ambushers, suspecting theft, abort their plan at Nogent.
A youthful Alexandre Dumas recalls his father’s nightly ritual during a hunting trip. The elder man endures a chronic pain, walking, reading, or writing at a desk to cope, saying he has nothing else to do and will work through the torment.
An January to February contest rewards the newsboy who returns the most cash from Puamix papers sold. The winner receives a stem-winding watch guaranteed to keep time, displayed at the office for viewing.
In a Brooklyn dispatch dated January 8 1895 the writer argues that life’s harmony underpins existence and that despair is harmful. A cautionary tale follows of a husband losing work then nearly ending his life, only to be saved by his wife’s renewed resolve and unity. The piece also touches on fashion boning and a library book list with notes on moral uplift.
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