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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1907
Page
4
This fragment recalls Thomas Bailey Aldrich’s anecdote about his boyish daring in James T Fields’s Old Corner Bookstore. Aldrich notes a memo book with contracts and proofs, and he writes Don t forget to accept T B A s poem. The tale ends with the poem never being printed.
A stranger accosts a passenger leaving Union station asking about an umbrella. The passenger returns it to its rightful owner, who thanks him and departs. Moments later the same man, now with a new umbrella, asks another passerby for the quickest route to Fifth Avenue.
The piece traces the origin of the phrase the Almighty Dollar to Washington Irving in The Creole Village 1887. It notes Irving’s remark that he meant no irreverence toward the dollar, then discusses the word’s long, worshipful impact and etymology from thaler named after Joachimsthal in Bohemia.
A wealthy young nun named Lean dro Triprota shot himself in the breast after a cafe visit in Naples. He left notes to the curious public contemplating metempsychosis and rebirth, saying he wished to die to see if he would be reborn as a rat or hon in the next life. He spoke of diaries and the desire to understand the afterlife.
The passage argues that even great geniuses have definite knowledge gaps and that every person contains elements of evil. It suggests that noble character can reveal isolated depravity, linking high intellect to a kinship with the broader human capacity for cruelty, as reflected in Schopenhauer.
While traveling on a concert tour Rubinstein coincided with Buarmuin’s circus on a shared route. The train carried snake charmers acrobats and clowns. A guard asked if he belonged to the show. He replied I am the show with a fierce growl.
A Cosmopolitan writer lauds old maids as essential to society noting they perform work others neglect and claiming women of this group have done more for humanity than any others. The piece singles out the old maid reformer and the old maid aunt as pivotal figures in social betterment.
A compact quotation reflects Emerson on life’s prize being to find work that brings employ ment and happiness, whether making baskets, broadswords, canals, statues, or songs. The passage frames fulfillment through purposeful labor across varied crafts.
A visitor asks William if he was ever whipped at school and he replies only by the teacher. The piece notes a grim quip about school discipline. The second sentence cites a world population statistic of 1020 women per 100 men.
An elderly woman visits a grocer with a basket and a lidded earthenware pot. She asks the shopkeeper to keep the pot and purchases inside until she returns. She leaves and never comes back, leaving the pot mysteriously empty of any identifying address.
The article notes that belief in witchcraft lingered beyond 1692 in several countries including France Spain England Mexico and Russia. It cites executions and trials from 1807 1808 1844 1874 1879 1880 1889 and 1890 highlighting enduring superstition in Europe the Americas and beyond.
A well known member of parliament told an agricultural gathering that farmers should vary crops and stop sowing wheat alone. When pressed for alternatives he suggested crops from swedes to mustard, ending with a sharp quip about the heckler, provoking laughter.
A vignette from the Saturday Evening Post recalls Chick Bruce, famed Adirondack guide who accompanied Grover Cleveland on hunting trips. He found the president sitting with a gun aimed at his chest, urged him to stop, and joked that as a Republican he could cause trouble for his boss if an accident happened.
A restaurant proprietor leased the bill of fare’s reverse side to a carriage manufacturer for ads. In a rush, a customer sat down, received a bill printed upside down, and cried for a fly, landau, two victorias, and a dogcart, asking for funeral cars. The waiter fled.
A Brooklyn Life snippet records a schoolteacher apologizing for complaints as the principal urges patience in correcting pupils. The pupil Johnnie Jones allegedly calls the principal the skinniest old maid alive, prompting a sharp exchange about respect and discipline.
A father questions school authority after taking his son out without permission. He cites being taught about measurements as a threat to his business and claims schools ruin him. The remark ends with a satirical motto and a plea to ridere.
A famous champion described as mean once gave his wife four yards of cotton cloth on their twenty-fifth anniversary to sew him a shirt. The anecdote highlights his stinginess despite prowess, contrasting public glory with private frugality.
A playful exchange shows Tommy quipping that when a person’s temperature drops to the lowest it can go he ends up with cold feet. The line keeps a light joke about temperature and feeling cold.
A quotation attributing praise to van Artevelde declares the world remains ignorant of its greatest men. The remark suggests humility about enduring achievements and fame.
An artist rooms a studio with flags from many nations and claims a globe spanning criminal career. He recalls touring continents with two partners, competing to steal towels from hotels. He says he collected 207 towels, repurposing them into watercolor flags as souvenirs of crime.
Experiments with scarlet runner beans grown in opaque cylinders show that twisting tendency is intrinsic. Beans like the scarlet runner and convolvulus differ, with runner beans tending counterwise and honeysuckle and hop clockwise. The study suggests plants possess an instinct to twist in a preferred direction and resist forcing another.
Swedenborg was famed in London for his likeness and kindness though hampered by limited English and speech. A small, dignified man with hazel eyes, he lived near Coldbath Fields, often giving children sweets. Dressed in lace ruffies and a full wig, he carried a sword and gold headed cane. He suffered a stroke on Christmas Eve 1771 and died March 29, 1772 at his self chosen home, as noted by Occult Review.
An old antiquary in New Orleans argues that tea smoking is ancient, citing a seventeenth century French print showing two men smoking from large pipes and a box of China tea. He references Blegat and Grand d Aussy describing the habit, calling it an old vice that French society abandoned for nerves.
Two friends of the Oxford bishop caused university trouble and earned nicknames Hopknn and Phinehas. In a Cuddesdon palace hall they lounged singing a Lutheran refrain when the bishop appeared. He approached softly, placing a hand on each head and lamented, Alas, poor orphans.
A Kansas City Journal note reports there are about 200 rose species with perhaps fifty clearly defined families. Only two families are of American birth, and many varieties exist. Rose growers have contributed most of the varieties, though a true black rose has not been produced. a New York florist offers a dark red rose that can look black in certain lights.
The Chicago News recalls Hiram Hardapple and Zeke Crawfoot as a parade joke. A steam calliope sparked Wheatly to leap ten feet and forget rheumatism, mistaken for a car with a whistle during a circus procession.
The Washington Star notes a clerk's reply to a landlord about guests who seem dissatisfied. The clerk says guests are not truly discontent but seek to project a favorable impression of their home comforts.
A young man slated to marry Miss Way privately asked the choir to skip starting the service with the hymn This is the Way I long have sought after a four year courtship.
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