Noted vaudeville bill features Han sell and acts in Boston
The program arranged for Keith patrons next week showcases Howell Hansell in The Man Up Lies, with Augustus Thomas plays and Moto-Girl novelty. Prolific acts include LaMar and Gabriel The Five Juggling Johnsons Haines and Vidocq and Ada Arnoldson. Donations to Children’s Home listed in detail. Epitaphs note Barrow and Hank Monk.
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Albee
Keith
Howell Hansell
Hansell
Providence
John Alden
Fine Ellster
Priscilla
Augustus Thomas
Arizona
Colorado
Mizzoura
Hoyts Theatre
Charles Frohman
Boston
Mary Ambark
LaMar
Gabriel
Johnsons
Haines
Vidocq
Alcide Capitaine
Will Binns
Binays
Ada Arnoldson
Nightingale
Tom Brown
Milo Nevarro
Barry
Halvers
Wood
Ray
Nevins
Arnold
Ozay
Delmo
Bucklen Arnica Salve Offers Quick Comfort
Millions discover Bucklen's Arnica Salve for quick relief from burns, scalds, cuts, bruises, and fever sores. It also aids eruptions, salt rheum, boils, felons, corns, and warts. A 24 cent bottle is sold at JH Young & Co.'s drug store.
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Bucklen
JH. Young & Co
The Anatomie of Abuses on Football as Fight
Philip Stubbey in 1583 calls football a bloody and murderous exercise rather than recreation. He warned it risks broken necks backs legs and arms, facial injuries, bloodshed, and rampant quarrelling as a dayly experience.
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Philip Stubbey
Chinese betrothal case ends in death sentence
The China Times reports Mr Jen paid for a betrothal with Miss Han, learned she was promised to another, and attempted to abduct her. The magistrate sentenced the woman to death, arguing wickedness at twenty will menace the empire. The method resembles kua-ing, similar to ling-chih.
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China Times
Jen
Han
The Population of the Moon
The article surveys beliefs about beings on the moon including Cain, a man seen there, and various authors from Dante to Shakespeare. It notes Chaucer and Shakespeare linking moon figures to theft and thorny punishments while mentioning German additions of a woman and Sunday burning as part of lunar lore.
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Dante
Cain
Chaucer
Shakespeare
Man explores false beards in hair store display
A clerk recalls a man who browsed, tried on, and studied various false beards for over an hour. He questioned how different beard styles would look on him and weighed whether to grow one.
Conceited Drummer’s Lunch Quips Stir Country Hotel
A boastful drummer at a country hotel talks endlessly during a group dining episode. He boasts about cheese, likening his impact to Sampson slaying by the thousand. A quick diner retorts using the same weapon, sparking amused tension among his drummer friends.
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Samson
Idea of knowledge and ignorance sparks a student exchange
A professor asks for plain words on understanding a question. The student hesitates, then jokes that he cannot state his knowledge exactly and instead offers to describe his ignorance in any old words. The Philadelphia Press quotation captures a witty exchange on epistemic certainty.
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Philadelphia Press
Conversation Between Alice and Uncle Gabe on a Million Dollars
A humorous exchange features Alice asking about a million dollars and Uncle Gabe replying that with such money he would repair his worn shoes, revealing a folksy view on value and thrift. The brief vignette captures dialect and social tone.
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Alice
Gabe
Missy
Puck
The Struggle For Office Quote by Lincoln
A concise quotation by Lincoln warns that the struggle for political office corrupts free people and government, framing the pursuit as a means to survive without work and to undermine public virtue.
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Lincoln
Tricky Firecracker Warns of Hidden Dangers
A Saturday Evening Post note warns that a cheap firecracker can explode after seeming to fail its effect, risking injury to the person who set it off. The caution highlights the hidden danger of such devices and the need for prudent handling.
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Saturday Evening Post
The Japanese Fan and Its Symbolic Meanings
The article explores how Japanese fans serve as art and language. From tea ceremony and geisha to dolls and war fans, each fan type carries specific symbolism, colors, and flowers. White storks signify longevity, while mourning uses a colonel design.
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Japan
Fang
History of sitting postures across civilizations
The text traces how seating postures varied by era and culture, from ancient Egypts' formal upright stance to Greek and Roman stooping, Chinese wide knees and feet, Saxon norms, and late medieval to early modern royal habits of stiffness on thrones, transitioning to standing in modern times.
Illustrating the Solar System with scaled solar distances
A historical description explains a model of the solar system using a two foot sun globe and scaled representations: Mercury by a mustard seed on a 164 foot circle, Earth by a pea on a 284 foot circle, Venus by a pea on a 430 foot circle, Mars by a pinhead at 654 feet, asteroids by sand grains 1,000 to 1,200 feet away, Jupiter by an orange at half a mile, Saturn by a small apple at four-fifths of a mile, Uranus by a cherry on a 14 mile circle.
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Mercury
Earth
Venus
Mars
Asteroids
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Love, Courtship and Marriage Lecture Provokes Kiss Joke
Rev John De Witt Miler of Philadelphia urged men to kiss their wives as in early marriage. An old man later tried the advice at home and told the lecturer it failed because his wife exclaimed Vat's gone wrong mit you you oult fool when he kissed her.
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Lebanon Valley College Chapel
John de Witt Miler
Philadelphia
Prussic acid poisons with rapid deadly action described
The text explains prussic acid as a mixture of animal refuse and Blood shirts? sol ids with oil of vitriol and notes the smell causes throat and heart pain. It says antidotes are rare, the poison acts almost instantly, and inhaling ammonia promptly may offer relief and reduce death certainty to a grave probability.
First Judicial Honors For a Woman in Tudor Era
Henry VIII grants judicial rights to Lady Anne Berkeley of York allowing her to sit as judge and pass sentence on men who killed her deer and despoiled her park marking a rare early instance of female judicial authority in Tudor times.
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Henry VIII
Anne Berkeley
York
Married Blanche de Smythe to Walter Wellington Beere
Mr Younghusband recalls old memories as Blanche is mentioned. Mrs Y expresses surprise at engagement to Walter. He hints the remark was about Blanche. The exchange reveals past connections and unsettled recollections.
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Mr. Younghusband
Blanche de Smythe
Walter Wellington Beere
Mrs. Y
Walter
Mr. Y
Blanche
Social and club notices fill Bristol town schedule
A sequence of social events at local venues includes Jan 26 Monday Socials at Artillery Armory Grand Army Hall and Columbia Hall, Jan 30 Friday social for Company C, Feb 4 Annual rempteo at Trinity Church, Feb 5 New England supper at MoFE church, Feb 9 Opera House minstrel show, Feb 18 Centennial Social Club entertainment, Feb 20 Robert Emmet Society ball, Feb 23 Washington Ball for Bristol Train of Artillery, and April 13 Easter Ball at Armory. Book donations and subscriptions listed for many local individuals accompanied by engravings of the Old Brick School House on sale at Stevens & Co and the Philax Office. Artillery Notes report Bristol Train of Artillery drill and a chowder after the meeting next Thursday. basketball team to play Naval Reserve Steam of Newport on Jan 31.
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Artillery Armory
Peerless Club
Grand Army Hall
Jolly Eight
Columbia Hall
Company C
Second Regiment
Pobanoket Hall
Hasbrouck Block
Trinity Church
New England
Mofe Church
Epworth League
Home For Working Boys
Centennial Social Club
Opera House
Robert Emmet Literary Society
Washington
Bristol
Bristol Train of Artillery
Col. Bailey
Naval Reserve Steam of
Newport
Puacix Ad Offer Promises Wide Publicity At Low Cost
An advertisement urging business owners to place ads in the Puacix notes two inch and one inch card options with three month runs, claiming 26 650 copies circulated for six dollars and asserting newspapers reach households more effectively than dodgers. It invites readers to place orders and offers help crafting a catchy ad.
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Puacix
Egotism Spat Follows Foolish Marriage Remark
In a Chicago News exchange a husband accuses himself of folly in marriage while the wife retorts that luck makes a fool of him and her. The light exchange underlines a playful domestic dispute between spouses with a sharp punchline.
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Bpeminine
Chicago News
Fraudster’s Past Deceits Revealed in Quote Exchange
In a terse exchange the speaker recalls how the con man had previously fleeced multiple men before the right opportunity surfaced. The dialogue illustrates a pattern of deception and explains the trust broken by the scam.
Actors Acting Like Actors Versus Real People
Quote from Ohio State Journal noting many actors mimic stage personas while few display genuine human depth. It contrasts performative behavior with authentic, relatable character in the craft.
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Ohio State Journal
Old Brick School House Prints For Sale
The Old Brick School House prints on heavy 19 by 12 inch paper are now available for framing. They cost 16 cents each and can be purchased at Stevens & Co or the Phoenix Office. Postpaid delivery on receipt of price.
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St Alban’s Lodge
Stevens & Co
Phu
Phoenix Ofice
Probate notices from Bristol 1903 1908 estate accounts
Probate Court of the Town of Bristol publishes notices of executors guardians and administrators presenting accounts for allowance. Listings include estates of Sarah H Hoard Rogers Scott Farrally Michael Christie Eva May Cole Henry Goff and related guardianships with dates for February 1903 and 1904 and publication requirements in the Bristol Phoenix and Bristol Herald.
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Rorale Courl
Bristol
Sarah H Hoard
Frederick R Hoard
William Williams
Sarah H. Hoard
Topcheck
Herbert F Bennett
Rogers Scott Farrally
Joseph F Farrally
Michael Christie
Bristol Phoenix
Pry Court
Eva May Cole
Frank M Dimotd
Eva Mays Cole
Ar Winor
Bristol Phorsix
Preece Court
Henry Goff
Haan
Herbert F. Bennett
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Newman Bros
B. K Smith
Barrington
Ira Shepard
Bell
H R DeWolf
E G French
Joe Herreshoff
S P Colt
S.a.tas- Taylor
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Daniel Barrow
Sacramento
Hank Monk
Horace Creeley
Jeff Morris
West
Piano Ivers & Pondec
Boylston Street
IR Credit
Wm W Chase
Potters Ave
Bert Kenyon
Wilson St
H. P. Allebaugh
Barnett St
Elizabeth Yates
Wood St
Mildred Hanna
Burgess St
Robt. F. Wilcox
Walcott St
Pawtucket
James Moorehead
Rowan St
F. Munroe
Carpenter St
John Ml. Dean
Westminster St
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Justice
Luxury
Jr Romoc Man
National Light-House
Nature
Romoc Remedy Coo
Providence, R. 1
W.H. Buffington
George Adams
G T. French
S A Taylor
Jobo Eck
M.A Dew Howe
G L
Mary DeWolf
Jennie Briggs
James Robinson
Misses Bourn
Carl Rockwell
William McKee
Natl Gladding
James Dixon
Benjamin MacDougall
Manila
Phoenix
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