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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1896
Page
4
A Maine shore fragment from Atlantic quotes John Hall Ingham’s reflection on dawns and landscapes. It presents poetic lines about fields, willows, sea forms, and the belief that transient events hint at eternal, divine tides. The piece features vivid imagery of York Harbor surroundings.
John McLennan, long bedridden, rises before dawn in August to play a round of golf with his son Bobbie. Despite tremors and fatigue he hacks through seven holes near Inch and the Tay, finishing with a 23 after an exhausting march. A church sermon later hints the golf episode may have been noticed.
In a report from Edinburgh, a young man named Tom Huxley rose at a meeting in Lesser Queen Street hall to pose a question to Darwinian critic Lord Moncrieff. Moncrieff admitted not reading Origin of Species but had seen reviews, prompting laughter and a dramatic reveal by the visitor.
Geologists note vast fossil fish beds in Colorado joining earlier Wyoming finds. The beds span hundreds of square miles in the northwest, stretch about 100 miles toward the Green River and another 100 miles inland, with thicknesses of 150 to 200 feet. They lie roughly 8,000 feet above sea level, puzzling scholars.
A Congregationalist recounts a Sunday school concert where Johnnie, preparing to recite a simple first verse, says aloud that his mother is the light of the world after his mother helped him practice I am the light of the world. The tale emphasizes a child misquoting or twisting a familiar line into a tribute to his mother.
The Antananarivo police are famed for constant sleep by day and night, with a single sentry awake at the palace. Curfews are strict, streets lack lamps, and no criminal code exists as robbery is rare and crowds sometimes execute culprits on the spot.
The article compares Earth's 24 hour rotation to a cannon ball’s speed, noting equatorial velocity about 1507 feet per second. It then describes the Rosy granite obelisk at Heliopolis, built by Userkare I around 2800 B C, surviving 47 centuries with its shaft mostly above ground at 68 feet tall and its base buried by Nile silt.
A Washington Star quip notes Mr Hunnicane approves a recipe as his partner jokes about Welsh rabbit. The exchange hints at taste and indigestion concerns while highlighting domestic kitchen banter and a lighthearted tone.
A doctor returns from a month off to find his practice ruined after leaving it to a new graduate. A friend notes the fault lies with the new physician, not the patients, while a classical quote on eternity reflects on desires and well being. An editor cites Poe criticism and misreadings of a poet's name. Roy recalls a gargling quip about chickens at grandma’s farm.
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