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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1907
Page
4
The Chinese Lily procedure describes raising the Chinese sacred Hilly by removing brown dried skin and base callus, scoring the main bulb shallowly, trimming offshoots, and placing bulbs in two glass bowls with pebbles shells and charcoal to keep water sweet. Change water once or twice before blooming and store in a dark cupboard for ten days until roots start.
The piece notes General Andrew Jackson as frugal, grateful after crowds at the White House left a raw steak for dinner. It rejects claims of heavy drinking, saying he disliked excesses though enjoyed a toddy with his corncob pipe. The Home Magazine memoir paints him temperate and restrained.
George IV valued saluting all in public yet passed a crossing sweeper without notice. He explained that greeting a beggar without a gift would be a mockery, while stopping to give sixpence would seem ostentatious for a prince.
A constituent asks for a nice easy position while Senator Sorgum counters that easy posts attract many seekers. He warns that keeping such a position requires constant effort, likening it to a ten hour daily battle. Washington Star attributed dialogue.
A playful exchange asks what 5 cents and 10 cents add up to, framed as a child’s riddle. The item appears in the Denver News column, noting teacher and Johnny as speakers in a lighthearted two person vignette.
Quote attributed to St Chrysostom noting personal restraint as defense against harm.</analysis>
The document lists weekday operation details for the Newport Providence Railway and Company. It notes a time table in effect starting October 8, 1906, covering weekday schedules.
The Chesapeake shore near Crisfield Maryland rests on millions of oyster shells forming a platform for homes docks and a busy crab and seafood economy. Crabs are caught in boats and shipped from local factories while Crisfield thrives on crab and oyster trade rather than consumption.
In Country Life in America, it explains muskrats build houses in meadow at pond head to stay above rising tides. The domed bed sits on tussock grass with two openings to water that never freezes, allowing quick exits during alarm.
The term parliament derives from the French parler meaning to speak. Earlier spellings included parlement. The word first appears in English stat utes in 1272 with Westminster. Parliament traces to Anglo Saxon witenagemot, and under Henry III split into Lords and Commons with separate deliberation spaces.
The Singa pore Times describes Hindu and popular explanations for a lunar eclipse. Hindus say the moon contacts the planet Rahoo, while the masses fear divine will, noting baths before and after the event and a ban on water during the interval due to perceived pollution.
The passage notes that the Koran mentions bells hung on paradise trees, stirred by wind from God’s throne when the blessed wish for music. It connects this image to the lines in Laila Rookh describing bells on Eden’s golden trees vibrating with eternal breeze.
A man in the parquet notes three couples to be wed next month. Elsie Blugore and her fiancé nod Mazie Rich are paired, and Belle Browne and her partner complete the trio, forming a lively wedding box observed by the Philadelphia Press.
A dialogue hints Mrs. Specks served a roast when Mr. Specks arrived home late, contradicting the boys belief that the specks are vegetarians. The exchange underscores a humorous misunderstanding about meals and manners.
In a vivid exchange the lawyer warns to learn shorthand and typewriting while Bly dismisses the idea with a playful edge. The office boy chimes in with a sharp retort about flowers and candy, illustrating a brisk print-page humor segment.
An anecdote from the 1840s Maine House recalls a finicky legislator famed for neat hair. Speaker Mannibal Hamlin teased him about his polished pate, triggering a quarrel and the member’s abrupt departure. The same man later blocked Hamlin’s U.S. Senate bid, only to be elected later.
The article traces early automotive origins from 1572 with Johann Hau stack of Nuremberg to 1890s emergence of automobiles. It notes a spring powered precursor, Cugnot's 1770 steam carriage, later steam carriages by Murdoch Watt Read Trevethick, and Bollec’s 1873 modern design. It cites Paris Vienna displays and 1894 popularity spike in France.
Bowdoin College at Brunswick Maine was founded in 1794 and named for James Bowdoin senior a statesman who died in 1790. His son James Bowdoin funded the college with 1000 acres and 5000 dollars, and upon death in 1811 bequeathed more land books paintings and scientific apparatus. The institution, where Longfellow taught for five years, has kept a high standing since its founding.
A writer divides human life into stages by sevens. At three sevens one gains legal competence, four sevens brings full strength, five sevens marks readiness for worldly business, six sevens indicates grave wisdom, seven sevens reaches apogee then decay begins, eight sevens signals first climacteric, nine sevens the grand climacteric, and ten sevens completes the allotted life span.
A New Orleans man testifies that a chicken lived twenty three days without food or water after being forgotten in a box in the cellar during a family move. The chicken was found emaciated but alive when a cook opened the cellar.
A humorous exchange centers on a woman seeking divorce citing insanity as the ground. The lawyer asks if the husband was insane at marriage. she replies she was, not him. The anecdote highlights courtroom wit and mistaken perceptions of mental state.
A humorous dialogue asks how long coal will last with a witty reply that there is none left if no fires are kept. The piece closes with a reflection on reputation quoting Thomas Paine about character known to God and angels.
Excerpts from the Newark Daily Advertiser recount the third saengerfest held in New York June 19 to 22, featuring German glee clubs from abroad, a torchlight procession, and performances at the Academy of Music with 1 200 voices and 100 musicians. Kossuth attended during intermission. Hintrachts of Newark performed Wallisischer Schifffergesang and Martin Luther's Ein Feste Burg. The event inspired praise for grand religious music.
An Aesop like tale recounts Mohammed warming a cold serpent which vows to bite him. The monk stops it, but the serpent bites anyway. he defeats the venom by sucking the wound and spitting venom away. A plant grows there and is named tobacco for its venoms and mercy. Conte Arabe.
A Harper's Weekly vignette features Uncle Abe, a grizzled old negro, visiting a zoological garden. He is enthralled by a chimpanzee in a cage and, after the animal stalls, Uncle Abe tells the chimp to never talk and to keep work in mind if a white man ever forces him to toil.
A tablet at Girard College Philadelphia honors Stephen Girard for courage and humanity during the 1793 yellow fever epidemic. It notes he left business and his home to run a fever hospital, doing the duty others avoided.
They clash in a pointed exchange about past marriage proposals. She reveals she had more than a dozen proposals before accepting him. He replies he had proposed to nearly twenty women before meeting her.
The saying notes that a quarrelsome man may find work and come to meet someone stronger who repays him well. It suggests avoiding engaging with quarrels, as constant dueling leads to inevitable consequences and replacement by a stronger force. The message emphasizes self-control and prudent retreat from conflict.
A reader asks to repeat the Declaration of Independence. Another voice notes a memory slip claiming the line to be Shakespearean, quoting “To be or not to be–that is the ques tion” as if from the Declaration.
A popular soprano described as having fine timbre and a willowy figure, with cherry lips, chestnut hair, and hazel eyes, is said to have been raised in the lumber region, drawing attention among observers and fans.
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