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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1903
Page
4
A London News critique argues that overornate language spoils style. True effectiveness comes from clear thought, strong argument, vivid imagination, and fluent, correct English. Grammar, diction, and style distinguish good from bad writing.
The Punznix offers print in a two inch space with a 26 650 circulation for three months at a small sum of 85 A one inch card costs 3 for three months Larger ads are cheaper per size The note argues dodgers cost more and are less read than home newspapers and invites orders with help in crafting effective ads to boost business.
The passage notes that bagpipes are made with sheepskin and tartan, while the wood ebony or cocus comes from Africa or Jamaica, ivory from Africa, horn from Australia, and reed cane from Spain.
Mrs N A Webster of Winnie Virginia reports Dr King s New Life Pills wholly cured her two year struggle with sick headaches. The advertisement urges curing headache constipation and biliousness at 25 cents at J H Young Co drug store.
A Washington woman visits New Orleans during peak river shipping and witnesses a steamboat crewman brutalizing a Black roustabout. When she asks why the man tolerates the abuse, the worker grins and explains that the mate’s blows are paid for, just as his own pay is for working.
Large Bristol paper stock room shows shelves piled with varied grades colors and prices of paper and cardboard and thousands of envelopes. Stock sold blank or printed to order from clean new type in latest style.
Senator Hoar compares gunnery to advertising saying hits matter more than scale. Phenix promises 18 judicious ads that reach one thousand top Bristol homes, linking with leading business men. Readers are described as moneyed buyers who spread messages to neighbors.
A Minneapolis Journal item recounts readers mailing questions to a weekly paper. J Paul Smith asks where is the universe with illustration while Frankeaton seeks difference between a corpuscle and a germ. Clara E Jones asks for listed functions in an exam question.
A. J. Stone in Outing notes wild sheep rely on climbing to evade predators. Wolves, wolverines, and eagles threaten lambs, with older rams using rocky ledges to hurl wolves from heights. Summer hunger curbs wolf predation, while winter brings lower altitudes.
A local pair, Brown and Black, prominent clubmen, meet a hostess at a social reception. Brown quips about visible colors, the hostess retorts about fast colors, and Black adds a remark about Brown's washing habits, creating a lighthearted bonmot.
A Belgian paper recounts a widow receiving 10,000 francs after her husband’s railway death while a traveler with a lost leg got 20,000 francs. She demanded equal compensation, and the company explained that 20,000 francs won’t replace a husband, but 10,000 may provide a new one.
Talmudic writers recount a celestial staff gifted to Adam. It moved down through Enoch, Noah, Shem, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, to Joseph in Egypt. At Joseph's death, Pharaoh claimed the staff as a treasure from the line of Adam.
A dialogue about endings in novels. Helen asks why most nov els end well. Sue recalls a book she read yesterday with a bad ending as their mother burns it. The Philadelphia Record is cited.
A Detroit Free Press item recalls Kidder telling his wife she would receive a surprise if she learned to cook. She complied and learned, and Kidder then surprised her by firing the cook. Slimkins wonders if she learned to cook. Kidder confirms.
In Harper's Bazar, a quip depicts Harkins aggrieved not by the jilting itself but by the revelation that the ring Miss de Riche returned was bought at her father's store and paid for, a detail he finds vexing and witty.
An epigram notes that a man who cannot blush and feels no fear has reached the height of impudence. The remark highlights relentless audacity and emotional numbness as a defining vice.
Heinrich Heine on a travel with wife to Paris shared a Lyons sausage gifted by a German violinist. As hunger grew they tasted it step by step until only a thin slice remained. Heine mailed that tiny portion to a Paris physician with a playful homeopathic note claiming the slice mirrors the whole sausage in effect.
A London Spectator essay argues vulgarity stems from two main causes. Either an undue love of conspicuousness or an undue fear of it. The voice reflects this through self appetite for attention or imitate upper social ranks. Sincerity in art and life is seen as fundamental to genuine expression.
A street car philosopher notes how speed feels linked to mood, claiming cars seem slow when rushing to a train and fast when running to catch it, as quoted from the Baltimore Herald.
A shopkeeper who complains that business is not what it used to be does not believe in advertising. He is dead and doesn't know it, as noted by Advertising Experience.
Handwritten and printed items including invitations, tickets, dance programs, pencils and tassels showcased in a single Phoenix office window. The display highlights handsome 1902 styles aimed at social events, with emphasis on decorative stationery and party goods.
Wright Huntington leads a strong Keith's vaudeville lineup this week featuring Florida Kingsley and Charles J. Bell in roles from Huntington's earlier success. Charlie Case returns as monologist, with the Brothers Freyda, Leona Bland in a new sketch, and Bert Howard alongside Bert Howard and Leona Bland in A Strange Boy. Additional acts include Fletcher, O. K. Sate, Baker & Lynn, World's Trio, Rice & Walters, Brothers French, Golden Gate Quintette, Trask & Gladden, Nellie V. Parker, Skatanelli, and the Biograph.
Editor O H Downey of Churubusco Indiana proclaims Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption the most infallible remedy for coughs colds and grip. He says it helps people with weak lungs and that with this medicine no one need dread pneumonia or consumption. J H Young & Co guarantee each bottle 50c and 1.00 and offer free trial bottles.
In district court before Jadze Bosworth, Locolof and Perkins of New York City sued Max Makowsky for 78 dollars 15 cents and a bill of particulars was ordered due by Jan 26. Thomas F Burke pleaded guilty to being a common drunkard and his case was continued two weeks with a warning of possible sentence if he fails to reform.
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