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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1905
Page
4
A writer notes St. Petersburg sits on swampy ground with cathedral foundations sinking despite a $1,000,000 forest of piles. Winter frost splits buried waters, tearing streets, jostling carriages, and prompting travelers to grasp companions for balance.
A naturalist reports in Colonmido harbor the sea bat fish mimics waterlogged leaves both in form and color to evade predators. When caught briefly in a net the fish appeared as a sinking leaf before righting and fleeing, revealing its lifelike camouflage and synchronized movement.
The Danish peasantry favor order and symmetry in home layout placing furniture in pairs. A poor father considered buying a second piano for the opposite wall. Beds are large boxes painted red or green stacked with feathers, while cheaper setups use straw beds with mice nesting unseen. Bedding is rarely cleaned more than once or twice yearly.
In a department store waste room two middle aged women spot an acquaintance on a car below. They discuss Mrs Klink and chatter about a ludicrous separation, noting she has made an odd decision. The dialogue reflects idle gossip from a Washington Post clipping.
A curious bamboo crab trap from Pacific islands uses jointed bamboo driven into the ground. Each section bears a bow and a cord that fires a bread arrow when crabs reach the tube mouth. The arrow closes the lower opening, imprisoning the crab inside.
The article explains the origin of farm as estates granted by lords to freemen. Initial arrangements involved rents in corn and produce, called fermes or tarines. Over time these arrangements shifted from produce to money and from terms of years to terms of life and inheritance.
A clipped exchange hints at family reputations and prurient whispers as Fair Girl defends herself from maternal judgment. The Grocer’s Songood remark exposes lingering assumptions about taste and class, with playfully sharp barbs about butter and parental influence.
Milly urges marriage after two years of engagement while Tilley hesitates, hoping the fiancé will find happiness a bit longer. The exchange hints at shifting feelings and a delay in plans.
In a brief courtroom exchange, Judge notes a decided stoop high up near Jaggles-Henpeck's neck, and Waggles-Inquisitive remarks about the stoop his wife sits on, highlighting a humorous exchange rather than a formal finding.
A brief Town Topics quip notes a mother shouting about baby brother falling down a well and mentions the well not being sterilized, delivering a sharp, darkly comic image of a rural mishap.
The Jewelers' Circular Weekly describes Burmese ruby buying using bright sun, a copper plate, and a strict daylight windowed setting. Dealers lay rubies in heaps by size color and shape, then bargain by hand grips under a cloth.
A group of professionals recalls Edwin Forrest in Virginius. Forest delivers a tragic murder scene so solemn the audience is hushed. An angry miner shouts the murder occurred in the market house, branding the actor a hypocrite and villain, sparking laughter and a quick curtain.
Mrs Colburn vents about her neighbor Mrs Deacon Graves, complaining that the other woman courts attention with constant staring. She sits in her front window, scolding her husband for help with a darning accident and lamenting the social reach of the nearby couple.
A sermon at an uptown church moves a shabby gent with white hair who bows deeply during the preaching. After, the preacher boasts of impact, but the man reveals he was bending to hide his shirt from a waistcoat too short.
A tramp finds a hen feather during his wanderings and keeps it until night. He lays the feather on a pavement in an alley and sleeps there. At dawn he awakens and, laughing, asks how a whole bedful would feel, remarking that even one feather is hard to sleep on.
A whimsical exchange ends with a carrot lamenting its color and hope for kind words after death, while a beet grows red with embarrassment and remains silent. The light dialogue hints at fleeting reputation beyond appearance in a playful rural tone.
A Chicago Tribune quotation asserts that a man finds happiness only when he stops caring about whether he is happy. The remark reflects a stoic or ironic view on personal fulfillment.
A dialogue from the Baltimore Herald notes a young woman praising a man who can imitate the jingle of money, while others fail. It muses on human vocal limits versus animal and bird capacities, affirming admiration for those who extend vocal range to mimic pleasant sounds.
A fragmented Ottawa Free Press note discusses the albatross as a mysterious sea bird and the superstition around killing it. It then includes a long letter to the editor by W. L. Hoon outlining a series of Sunday evening discourses honoring local organizations and civic bodies.
At Periander’s court the six sages debate ideal rule. Bias bids laws have no superior, Thales favors a balanced wealth, Anacharsis vows virtue, Pittacus prizes virtuous honors, Cleobalus fears blame, Chilo trusts laws over orators. Solon adds that harming the weakest harms all. London Telegraph reports.
A man wore glasses that seemed to weaken after a month. He returned to his oculist, who swapped in a new pair. Trying them, the man exclaimed he could see as well as when he first wore glasses. The oculist had merely cleaned the lenses with soap and water.
A dialogue reveals an inventor claiming his genius was honed by his wife. He says her relentless questioning during late nights at the club forced him to craft fresh excuses. This necessity sharpened his ability and he soon built a fortune in business.
Words from G H Lorimer warn that worry and overwork kill more men than starvation and accident. The quote contrasts self-inflicted dangers from stress with physical peril from mountain climbing, highlighting health and safety cautions.
A light domestic quip centers on a loud talker being ignorant, as the wife teases her husband about his loud talk and his hearing. The exchange ends with a witty jab about deafness.
Team No. 5 captained by F. M. Dimond defeated Team No. 4 captained by John B Newman two strings to one. Team Five improved the single string record to 4185 and the team total to 1249. The score line follows.
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