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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1908
Page
4
P Skinner Jr. agent on Hope Street advertises to insure dwellings household furniture barns and contents along with stores business buildings schools houses churches and farm property, advising telephone contact 116-1.
Service begins June 15, 1908 on weekdays. Details outline electric car operations for the N H and Hartford Railroad, indicating weekday schedules and applicable routes.
Newport and Providence Railway Company issues a timetable in effect June 21 1908 detailing train schedules and service hours for routes between Newport and Providence and related stops. The document preserves historic timetable data relevant to early 20th century rail operations.
The Rhode Island Suburban Railway lists weekday trains from Providence at 545 A M with hourly service to 445 PM then 615 P M and hourly until 115 PM. Bristol departures at 535 A M with hourly runs to 745 PM and 945 PM. Sundays show City Hall Providence service at 745 A M then hourly to 615 P M, with Bristol trips starting 715 A M and continuing hourly to 1015 A M and half hourly to 4 15 P M followed by hourly to 1015 P M. additional late trains at 1115 P M and 1215 AM to Riverside Ost Honussg.
Copy of Capt R Norver's bill filed at Bristol town meeting 1908 seeks signatures, records access, and costs for removing obstructions and investigating town actions. Includes references to ex-attorney general Slayton and Govs Utter Higgins, and cites Chapter 1106 actions. Also quotes Charles F Dole on gambling as a social harm and moral issue.
Capt Turner argues he acted for Bristol residents by drafting and promoting a resolution to open streets, though not hired by the town. He says a petition signed by 518 property owners authorized his efforts, and that laborers deserve pay when services are rendered in response to a majority demand.
A terse office scene unfolds as a gruff man, Mr Prater, questions a young man about several bills for hats, dresses, and shoes tied to his daughter. The exchange ends with an abrupt simplification as the man exhorts, Take her, young man, and take her quickly.
A New York Press remark contrasts Chinese phrases with American slang. It explains that a true paper tiger is a harmless bluster, and likens a boastful person to a rocket.观察 notes critiquing Americans who support missionaries while neglecting families at home.
The waltz is not modern in origin. It spread from Provence to Henry II’s court, reached Scotland via Mary Queen of Scots, and moved through southern Germany and Austria by the late 1600s. It did not appear in England or the United States until the early 1800s, when poets alternately denounced and praised it.
A Columbus man famed for hunting quail and a superb retriever lends the dog to a friend who lacks experience. After a morning of finds the dog returns home. The next day the master and friend fail to hit birds, and the dog, upset by poor shooting, trots home while the men miss repeatedly.
Seventeenth century Puritan preachers spoke for hours by the hour glass not by the clock. One used a comic reversal of the glass to joke about drunkenness, while Sir Roger L Estrange recalls a parish clerk who waited as hearers left and asked the minister to close the door and push the key under it as the remnant prepared to depart.
The Philadelphia street plan was created by Thomas Holme, surveyor general of Pennsylvanian. Though known as Holme by many, the land and city lots he mapped are long gone from his family, with descendants still living in the city.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer blurb jokes about a wife seeking divorce after her husband bought her only hat in twenty five years. The piece playfully questions if any of the hat remains to straighten things out.
Georges Touchard argues in La Nouvelle Revue that social duty dominates modern life. The idea permeates current debates and shapes the collective conscience, surfacing amid ironies and controversies as the era’s urgent aspiration.
A benevolent woman questions a long searching tramp about persistent unemployment. He replies it is sheer luck, and the exchange hints at the social dynamics of chance and kindness in a harsh jobless life.
A brief fragment notes a male caution to think before speaking and a female caution to sing, attributed to Harper's Weekly. The odd pairing reflects period voice and gendered aphorisms without further context or events.
A writer's friend seeks a public post in a small Scottish town and tries canvassing councilors. He first visits Councilor Bisset the treasurer in a blacksmith shop, then Maitland in a joiner’s, and finally meets Councilor Gray who turns out to be the cab driver. He pays and leaves, deciding to let fate decide.
The piece notes 223 capital offenses once punished by death under old English law and observes that abolition of the death penalty for most crimes worldwide reduced executions. It recalls Edmond Burke claiming Commons assent to bills upholding capital punishment and lists various acts once leading to hanging, including disguise, tree cutting, petty theft, and returning early from transportation.
A St Louis railroad man recalls loading freight cars in Mississippi using a deck of 52 cards as labels. White supervisors issue orders to black workers who strap and load each car with card names like king of diamonds and ace of hearts. He notes these men know the card symbols from games and that gambling is a major pastime among southern colored workers.
In a village hostelry a lively exchange on goats shifts from vegetable oddities to a tale of a stubborn goat bought last Christmas. The animal reportedly ate nearly anything until the spring season killed it, prompting humorous misstatements about clocks and seasons.
A brief exchange from the St. Paul Pioneer Press notes a speaker urging disclosure to Jinks about a highly important matter. The responder commits to mentioning it today, citing an obligation to meet or encounter Jinks as a reason. The remark implies a personal debt driving the meeting.
A dialogue from the Sydney Bulletin describes Mistress threatening wage deductions after Sarah Jane claims to have fallen and broken her neck. The exchange shows harsh discipline and a stern response to the injury in a bleak vignette.
A humorous item from Town Topics features a short dialogue where a request for a five dollar loan is met with comic indecision about will power. The exchange highlights a playful look at self restraint and generosity in casual urban chatter.
A brief London Opinion quip contrasts motoring as poetry with the mishap caveat that a smashup leaves blank verse, hinting at car culture wit. The snippet reflects light, humorous commentary on driving and its mishaps.
A Louisville Courier Journal feature quotes two lines musing on why real men differ from novelists’ depictions and why real girls do not resemble illustrators’ drawings. The piece juxtaposes literary fantasy with social reality, prompting reflection on ideals and representation.
A Toronto visitor back from England recalls tipping across the country and recalls a Liverpool landing stage placard that read Please tip the basin. He laughs at his own failure to tip the English water basin and says he tipped everyone from the house of commons owner to a luggage hander.
Dr Grifin I laments the world’s ingratitude toward physicians and notes how seldom a public memorial is erected for doctors. Mention of Mrs Golight ly highlights the regret and reflection on cemeteries.
A Washington Post item notes that some men, even with a loaded gun, may still risk perilous bets by examining a mule’s heels to settle a dispute, illustrating unpredictable dangers in human gambles.
A playful Chicago Tribune quip compares a man to a phonograph, noting that his speech lulls the listener while another character argues the device wears down when it runs out of juice.
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