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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1895
Page
4
A reflective poem from Spectator laments aging and lost friends while honoring enduring ties. It contrasts the vigor of youth with the slow passage of old age, noting both memory and the value of companionship as years advance.
In Printing House Square a plaster image vendor is knocked over by a rough passerby. A crowd collects coins for the woman while Broughton contemplates the fragility of mundane work and the replacement of workers in a city of poverty on Mulberry Bend.
Broughton chases a Naples craftsman through a filthy alley to a doorway where the man and his wife Marianna mend and break plaster icons. The wife pleads innocence, the man confesses and offers comic banter while a nurselike scene unfolds with their four children watching. Broughton, recognizing no real villain, tips a dollar and leaves.
The piece notes Bonaparte's bold march to Malta and Alexandria after misgoverned Malta’s fortifications. It cites French agents and timid monks, then describes the rapid seizure of Malta and the fleet’s movement toward Alexandria with intention to curb the English.
To make a waterproof treatment mix one pound of sugar of lead and one pound of alum ground separately. Pour over two quarts of boiling water, let stand six hours, then bottle. Apply with a sponge until wet, then iron and hang to dry.
Locomotive engineers prefer occasional heavy rain to wet the rails so wheels gain traction after dry spells, likening it to a knife grinder needing a wet wheel for proper grip.
A fragmentary dialogue between characters includes doubts and a prompt to wait at the front, suggesting a tense or confrontational scene. The material hints at a staged exchange or dramatic moment without clear setting or outcome.
Beatrix Evesham discovers a forged intrigue plot when two letters threaten her marriage to John Viscount Evesham. Rupert Leighton is exposed as the letter writer after a dramatic cafe room confrontation. John forgives and vows lifelong trust, and the pair depart together.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions an inch divided into three barleycorns and mentions a tenth of something dried braid of plant. The garbled text references old measuring conventions and unclear measures.
A roster-like excerpt lists individuals including Dirk James M Kimball Albert Scalder Hezex Ki ahconant Sam l Colt John P Campbell Henry R Barker Henry B Winship William R Dupee Kk A Robertson William T President Samuel Vice President Jo Tranen.
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