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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1903
Page
3
A Welsh farmer uses a Welsh remark to test his sheepdog. The dog responds by leaving and returning at the door, then twice more prompts to go out. Finally the farmer doubts the sheep are in the corn, and the dog silently replies that they are not, proving clear understanding without speaking.
The article notes gray squirrels do not hibernate and venture out on mild days to gather nuts, while red squirrels stay in cedar bark nests at night. Red squirrels are hardy and store nuts in multiple hidden caches to avoid starvation if one is found. Their provident behavior makes them wary of relying on a single hoard.
The Raven Inn at Hook near Basingstoke dating from 1653 features half timbered styling and low gables. It is famed for housing James Aitken known as Jack the Painter who attempted to burn ships in 1776, causing widespread alarm before capture at the inn and eventual execution in Portsmouth.
A German magazine recounts Moltke at a card table in France asking Herr von Bennigsen about whist and spades. Moltke notes daily play with half farthing points to limit losses to a shilling. Count Berthusy joins, sparking a lesson that one plays whist by rule not by ideas, the field marshal insists.
A Brooklyn Eagle joke has a newspaper man dreaming of riches as a space rate reporter on a Russian paper. He imagines gathering names at a court ball, each name a yard long with many titles, a funny take on wealth from absurd job details.
A New York Press opinion argues that great singers such as Santley Patti Jenny Lind Campanini Edouard de Roarke and Nilsson are a divine gift and should be claimed by the government for the nation to sing for everyone, elevating spirits. Libraries aid only a few readers. the singer's influence would uplift millions.
A Chicago Record-Herald quip notes Mrs Oldcastle asking about her husband s alma mater and the hostess replies Josiah has none signing his initials plain and unadorned indicating a humorous point about lack of pretension in a husband.
An old advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a universal remedy to restore flesh and strength. It claims the product fattens and nourishes bone, flesh, blood, and nerve for invalids convalescents consumptives weak children and anyone needing nourishment.
Corrected list of games arranged by Manager Waldron through March. Highlights include Brown University at Bristol January 22 and February 28, Fall River YMC A at Bristol February 5, Brockton High on February 19, and Dean Academy at Franklin March 14 among others in Bristol and surrounding cities.
The text claims lasting health comes from keeping organs in regular action and destroying disease germs. Electric Bitters regulate the stomach liver and kidneys purify the blood improve appetite and cure kidney problems female complaints nervous disorders constipation dyspepsia and malaria. 50 cents guaranteed by J H Young & Co. druggists.
The Phoenix job department boasts twenty years of study in printing as an art. It emphasizes tasteful composition, precise type arrangement, clean presswork, proper ink use, and many fine details learned through years of training. Place your orders with Farrally Brothers in Bristol.
The Pramix Office offers shipping tags in all sizes, printed or blank, available in any desired quantity. Customers can order tags in bulk to suit various mailing and labeling needs.
A Kansas City Star excerpt reflects on how civilization reshapes art and nature. Breeding and training enhance birds and beasts, and even flowers gain sophistication without losing charm. The American Beauty scent evokes tangled vines, while carnations recall borders tended by resting hands and chrysanthemums celebrate autumn blooms.
A native in Chicago Post tales of an elderly landlord who keeps revolving doors in a large building year round. He allegedly powers the building elevators with the door energy, saving money and making tenants labor for him, even convinced heat would be wasted if anger caused it to rise in winter.
A New York registered package carrying a large sum vanished at delivery, leaving only waste paper. Inspectors traced the loss to glue odor from the post office and set watches on clerks. A suspect was caught with a portion of stolen money, tying the odor to a gluepot on the counter.
A British lighthouse sits atop Amish rock near Stornoway in Lewis. Light is produced by a beam from a Lewis lighthouse projected onto a mirror on Amish rock, effectively creating a lighthouse without its own lantern or keeper.
A New Port fashionable woman fears women speaking in public. Elizabeth Cady Stanton replies that a convention draws fewer people than a ball and a modest speech in quiet dress is better than exposing bare arms at a dance with a stranger.
In a Philadelphia Press excerpt a boy asks what “good as wheat” means and if he is as good as wheat. The father responds harshly, threatening a thrashing if questions continue, reflecting stern rural parenting and folk wisdom.
A witty item notes Miss May, once ill tempered, has married. The punchline reveals Pred as the groom, considered the lucky man since she once discarded him. Chicago News style.
The Atchison Globe comments that four of five bluffs are called and a full hand rarely occurs, underscoring streetwise poker insight and caution for gamblers.
An old newspaper ad claims kidney and bladder trouble afflicts both sexes and children. It touts Swamp-Root by Kilmer Co as a remedy with delayed and immediate effects, offering a free sample and a pamphlet by mail from Binghamton NY. It urges readers to mention the paper and bottle branding.
A series of listed socials and entertainments across January to April at venues including Grand Army Hall Pokanoket Hall Hasbrouck block and Opera House. Entries include a Jan 26 Subscription Social. Jan 22 Ribbon Party by Ladies Auxiliary. Feb 4 Trinity Choir reunion. Feb 9 Home for Working Boys mini recital. Feb 18 Centennial Social Club. Feb 23 Washington Ball. April Easter Ball and St Marys Band Fair.
The Empire Theatre presents the southern play Under Southern Skies with Grace George, by Lottie Blair Parker. Produced with William A Brady scenery last season, the show features a strong company and vivid heart interest scenes including a celebrated Hallowe en party, promising a standout event of the dramatic season.
The timetable announces the electric rail service effective August 18 1902 between Bristol Providence and Fall River with northbound weekday departures from Bristol at multiple morning hours and southbound departures from Fox Point Providence, plus Sunday schedules and Providence arrival times, detailing express options and daily frequency.
Regular Providence to Bristol electric car service issued with weekday and Sunday times. Weekdays begin at Dorrance Weybosset corner 5 45 am with 30 minute intervals to 7 15 pm and hourly to 11 15 pm. Bristol terminus departures start 5 19 am with 80 minute then hourly runs, plus 11 49 and 12 41 am to Riverside car house. Sunday service starts 7 45 am from Dorrance Weybosset with 30 minute intervals to 7 15 pm and hourly to 10 15 pm Bristol departures begin 6 49 am with 80 minute and hourly to 9 49 pm, 10 49 pm, Riverside house only. Cars leave Franklin street six minutes after terminus.
A St James Gazette reflection on Big Ben and the law courts clock. It notes dramatic misperceptions of size and distance, from the dial to the dome, urging that foot rules and authority reveal what sight misleads. It questions public belief about clock dimensions and timing.
An old assertion argues that newspapers must profit yet serve the public. The piece notes the demanding, public-facing work, long hours, and the need for judgment and patience. It defends journalism by citing the public good and the publisher’s willingness to invest without direct remuneration from readers.
A West Indian Santo Domingo city found salvation when fireflies in surrounding forests lit up the approach of buccaneers led by the infamous Thomas Cavendish, who planned a massacre and theft but fled after seeing the glow and believing Spaniards knew of their approach.
The article notes red as the prevailing mourning color in Europe through the Middle Ages and beyond, with black only gradually replacing it by the fifteenth century. It adds variations by region, including Abyssinia red brown, Turkey violet, and among the Maoris of New Zealand red as sorrow color. It also mentions bodies and graves once daubed with red and resting places colored red.
An Irish clergyman on his first curacy found the parish ladies too helpful. He soon left. Meeting his successor he asks about the ladies. The successor says there’s safety in numbers. The reply: I found it in Exodus.
A humorous Atlanta Constitution quote features a Georgia man asking how much a marriage license and a divorce document would cost together. He jokes that combining the two would be cheaper, reflecting racial and social attitudes of the era in a terse, period voice.
In a brief dialogue from the Washington Star, Mrs Torkins urges her husband Charley to vow never to gamble and defines gambling as betting money and losing it. The exchange reflects a moral stance on gambling framed in a domestic setting.
Jinks mocks a museum in a Baltimore American quip arguing it lacks Napoleon Bonaparte's skull while recalling a New York museum that reportedly had two. The remark uses humor to compare exhibits and elicit a laugh.
The note contrasts false statements with the claim of truth by emphasizing intent to deceive. It suggests that falsehoods may be presented as truths, while lying hinges on deliberate intent to mislead. This distinction clarifies ethical boundaries for reporters and editors.
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