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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1906
Page
4
Railroad announced electric car service on weekdays in effect from June 10 1906. The brief notice notes schedule change details for the N Y, N H and Hartford route, indicating new weekday operations. The fragment confirms transportation updates and line name references.
The Newport and Providence Railway Company announces its time table in effect from June 10, 1906. The schedule details routes, station stops, and operating times for trains serving Newport and Providence and surrounding towns.
Brief collection notes from Providence Journal and Cincinnati Enquirer. Describes rapid dream travel in minutes, contrasts with slow racing car chauffeur, and explains Gomera island whistle language that mimics speech and intonation.
Philadelphia Ledger contrasts Sicilian maid life with American freedoms. It cites chaperone rules for sewing maids and shop saleswomen, noting strict confinement and limitations on leaving employers. The piece highlights American girls’ relative autonomy and parental guidance.
In a brief courtroom exchange from At Second Hand, a lawyer questions a juror about knowledge of the parties Abraham and Alexander the Cetreat of Bloody Mary. The juror admits only reading about them, yet the judge excuses Simmons as unfit for jury service.
A historical recipe explains cleaning leather by mixing French chalk, fuller's earth, powdered starch, and yellow ocher, forming a paste with boiling water, adding sweet oil, applying to leather, drying, brushing, then polishing with wax melted in turpentine. Darkening is possible by adding oil to the wax mix.
Early snuffles may be alleviated by spraying the nose and throat daily with a solution of one part lis terine to two parts water. A throat specialist calls this treatment as essential to good hygiene as brushing teeth or bathing, per the New York Post.
The rector speaks to parishioners about a clothing fund collection and adds a firm note that although contributions are for garments, it is not necessary to donate buttons.
A pithy quote classifies people into wills wonts and can’ts. The will group accomplishes tasks, the wonts oppose everything, and the cant group fail in most endeavors.
An elderly Miss Hodges laments a neighbor who borrows odd items and intrudes on her records. She recalls needing her diary to note weather, hens eggs, and her neighbor’s husband’s California trip, calling it the cap sheaf in a rare, humorous exchange retold from Youth's Companion.
The text urges renewed effort after setbacks in races, business, and personal life. It argues failure comes from refusing to try again and praises fresh starts as antidotes to laziness, promising progress for individuals and firms when they begin anew.
A traveling man recalls a Berkshire farm tale where a practical wife commands her husband to darn all his stockings. When he pleads, she quips that wearing two pairs will cover all holes, and forces him to comply. The anecdote highlights stern spousal wit and household discipline.
The text notes that long before conquest Mexican fans signified authority. Upon hearing of Spanish arrival Montezuma summoned goldsmiths to craft two feather fans with gold sub and moon motifs as gifts for Cortés. Aztecs revered the fan as an emblem of power, placing it with deities Ometeuctli and Totec in mythic contexts.
A young lady asks why a ship weighs anchor before leaving port. A friend offers a muddled reply about changing weight due to buncles and things accumulating on the anchor, reflecting a humorous London News tone.
The judge asks if there are mitigating circumstances in the case. The prisoner replies affirmatively, noting this is the fiftieth appearance and referencing previous delays. He jokes about a small jubilee due to the long proceedings.
In a witty aside, a husband recounts his wife offering a kiss in exchange for two diamond hatpins seen in a jeweler’s window. The quip plays on affection and clever bargain making.
A Baltimore American cartoon caption frames a wild goose as worthy of courage beside the eagle with the joke that the goose “is sure to be game.” The quip plays on bravado and animal comparison in a humorous, period voice.
A brief verse cautions against scorn of romance and argues love should be reserved for a mighty king. It presents a moral about value and treatment of affection, attributed to Herbert, reflecting early modern moral diction.
The ancient belief that lettuce was the food of the dead is tied to Adonis who, mortally wounded, was laid on a bed of lettuce whose juice was soothing and narcotic. The herb cools after wine, with Jews at Passover using wild varieties, and Cambyses’ death linked to lettuce in history.
A Boston Transcript contributor finds a charming Cape Cod house by the roadside and learns it is the town poorhouse used seasonally to host and board an elderly matron with overseers housing her from Boston residents, amid summer impressions and local humor.
A short excerpt from Good Living outlines a method for boiling water. Use fresh water in a clean kettle, heat quickly, then remove from heat before steaming to avoid taste and health issues. Lemon juice can flavor the water, a practice Delmonico recommended to stimulate appetite and command prices.
A London Tatler joke recalls a doctor declaring a wife ill from excess blood and recommending a leech remedy. The husband Geordy admits he could not obtain a leech and instead put a ferret in bed with her, leaving the doctor bemused at the morning update.
The Linkeys in the Arctic Ocean off Siberia’s Lena mouth are frost bound barren but hold vast fossil ivory. Though uninhabited and unable to sustain life, they generate an annual revenue of about £1,000,000 for ivory diggers, per the London Queen report.
A doctor comments on Bengal hospital misjudgments of disease. He notes a man frets over three months without sneezing while ignoring early leprosy signs, highlighting skewed sense of proportion in illness perception.
A Cleveland Leader item notes Kjones, though country in upbringing, displays flawless manners and fashion. His chancy moment exposes his origins when he rises to offer his seat to a woman on the streetcar.
A compact reflection on daily duties shaping the larger course of life. It notes patience in routine tasks and steady resistance to small temptations as the path to personal strength and understanding. The quote attributes the insight to Phillips Brooks.
A dialogue fragment from the Pittsburgh Gazette asks Jim how he fell in love with her. Beth replies she is pretty rich, sparking a concise social snippet on romance and wealth as reported in the paper.
A saying about humility describes a man who, when feeling self important, looks for his place in the vast universe using a map to find himself.
A London Spectator passage argues that belief in or consultation of wizards correlates with favoring occult figures who are racially or socially inferior. It notes exceptions like Paracelsus and Bacon, but claims most “wise” figures show gypsy blood or other marked differences, while Indian wizards are seen as naked and savage, and white clients dress in muslin.
A Cassier's Magazine summary notes the ideal cement for solid emery wheels must bind firmly to resist 5000 feet per minute centrifugal force, avoid softening or glazing from heat, prevent rapid grain release, and allow even mixing with grain to handle hard or soft spots and balance. It should be temperable for different metals, demanding pure strong chemicals and careful selection.
Hipparchus, an aged martyr of Samosata, refused to recant under torture. Maximian mocked him by nailing a goat skin to his head, claiming the vow was kept. The steadfast saint died on the cross, a tale recounted by the London Chronicle.
A humorous tale from Exchange about an absentminded man who drops his watch into hot water while timing an egg. He reads while waiting, misplaces the time, and only discovers the watch boiling hours later in the kettle after a frantic search. The cook finds it next morning.
The text explains that whales are mammals adapted to aquatic life and distinguishes two true whale families. The spermaceti whale has teeth in the lower jaw, while the whalebone whale has none. It notes two species in the sperm whale group, the cachalot and the sperm, which reach seven to eighty feet when full grown, and mentions greater capture danger due to the formidable teeth of the spermaceti whale.
In a crowded sale an auctioneer asks for a start on antique candlesticks. A bidder shouts a dime, the room gasps, then the bidder quips that the bid should give him a start, sparking laughter at the auction.
A doctor informs the wife that her husband will be dead within twenty four hours, while she hesitates over ongoing medical expenses and the cost of five days of prescribed treatment. The exchange underscores urgent tragedy and financial concern surrounding a terminal prognosis.
A brief dialogue from the Catholic Standard and Times features a hostess offering cake to Johnny and his request for the largest piece. Johnny explains his mother advised against asking for a second piece, highlighting a simple domestic exchange.
A Bill Nye anecdote recalls a man who after eight hours of work on a country daily was fired for incompetency and then toured the country giving lectures on journalism. The tale illustrates Nye’s critique of media and the craft.
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