Grand Lawn Fete at Midway Features Evening Illuminations
The Grand Lawn Fete section lists booths and helpers for dolls and toys, Japanese Tea, Ice Cream, Manuel Training, Midway acts, a Country Store, and Y M C A vendors. Entertainment includes Prof. Donald, banjo, Italian melodies, Herreshoff Marine Band, a great submarine explosion, and a canal torpedo display. The event runs 2 to 10:30 with electric lights and Japanese lanterns, gondolas, and related attractions.
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W. G Low, Jr
Lawrence Kortright
Lefferts Hoffman
Mauss Helen Wheelwright
Chapin
Weeden
Wm. H. Hoffman
LeRoy Fales
Joseph Hugh Starkweather
Margaret Shepard
Mildred Chapin
Rebecca Chapin
Thompson Ice Crean
E. G. Brownell
D. J. Wer Ats
H. Smith
LeBaron Colt
Minnie Perry
Wm. McKee
Clements
Gabot
W. Fred Williams
Charles Wheelwright
Donald
Lenz
Herreshoff Marine Band
Rufus E. Murray
It Was His Dog in a Driveway Collision
A car on a country road encounters a man with a gun and an old dog. After a tense exchange the driver pays five dollars for the dog, saying he was not hunting, while the gunman confirms they were heading to shoot the dog. The scene ends with a quiet, moral sting.
Bliss Carman on artists and happiness in life
Bliss Carman argues that artists are not inherently unhappy but fail to relate ideals to life. He notes folly indifference and willfulness as common causes of distress, while devotion to art remains the only mitigating factor in their lives.
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Bliss Carman
Craftsman
How to Quit Smoking Advice From Chicago News Editors
A young man asks how to break the cigarette habit. The editor suggests marrying a strong minded woman who objects to it, a quip attributed to the Chicago News. The remark reflects a humorous take on personal reform and social influence in a newspaper exchange.
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Chicago News
What Is a Baby
A brief aphorism from Rupert's Magazine that defines a baby as the source of greater home happiness, stronger love, increased patience, busier hands, longer nights, shorter days, and a past fading into a brighter future.
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Rupert’s Magazine
No man learns rightly until each day is doomsday
This quote attributes to Emerson the idea that true learning comes from recognizing daily life as decisive. It emphasizes urgency in thought and action and the need for constant readiness in understanding and growth.
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Emerson
Pineules for kidneys and bladder advertised
Pineules offer quick relief for backache rheumatism and fatigue. They claim to aid kidney filtration and remove wastes from blood with an 80 day course for $1.00. Money back if unsatisfactory. Sold by O W Sparks, promising strengthened kidneys and drawn poisons from blood. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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O. W. Sparks
Championship results from county Excel club tennis finals
The county tournament at Excel club concluded most events with Fischer defending his men’s singles title 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 over Duffy. Archer beat Rockwell 6-3 6-2 in ladies singles. Dimond and Duffy won men’s doubles 6-0 6-2 6-0 over Archer and Tuetzer.
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W.M. Fischer
Miss Archer
Dimond and
Duffy
Excelsior Tennis Club
Ion
William M. Fischer
New York
William J. Duffy, Jr
Fischer
Nets
Tuird
S . Duffy
Katherine L. Tucker
Florence Archer
Martha Rockwell
Miss Rockwell
Errs Archer
Archer
F. M. Dimond
W. J. Duffy, Jr
Dimond
Nelson & DeWolf
Nelson
DeWolf
W. M. Fischer
Miss Hammill
Helen Church
Madeline Reynolds
B. DeWolf, Jr
Harold DeWolf
Mrs. Chandler
HK. DeWolf, Jr
W. J. Dufty
R. W Nelson
B . DeWolf
V. Perry
James D Perry
W . Perry
C OV Perry
Pine salve and cough syrup advertised by Sparks
The notice promotes Pinesalve Car bolized as a poultice to relieve bites stings burns bruises and inflammation. It also touts Bees Laxative Cough Syrup containing no opiates for summer coughs colds hoarseness and croup, claiming quick relief and appeal to children, with C W Sparks as the seller.
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C W. Sparks
C. W. Sparks
Bristols Set for Pivotal Baseball Weekend
Next Saturday the Bristols face Phenix with Boyle who pitched for Coventry likely to start for the visitors. August 8 Bristols meet D Wolf Inn in the second game of the series. With Warrens nearly out of Inter-city League race Bristol and Warren fans hope for a 3 or 4 game series and Bristols invite Warrens to respond.
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Bristols
Phenix
Boyle
Coventry
D’wolf Inn
Warrens
Bristol
Warren
Irish Church Bells Across Centuries and Relics
The article traces early Christian bells from a few ounces to Moscow’s 198 ton bell, contrasts with the small Armagh bell known as Clogan-eadhachta Patrak dating from 562, noting its 6 by 5 by 4 inch dimensions and status as Ireland’s oldest surviving relic of Christian metalwork per W J Fennell in the Belfast Gazette.
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St. Patrick
Layard
Nimrond
Moscow
Patrick's, Well
Armagh
W J Fennell
Belfast Lazette
Annals
The Puffed Out Chest Debunked by Drill Officer
A Reader Magazine piece quotes a drill officer debunking the puffed out chest as a showy delusion. He argues deep chest strength is misattributed and that forced chest puffing and dumbbell routines hinder breathing and strain the heart. He warns knotted muscles and bound chest muscles do not equal real training.
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Reader Magazine
Cannon prank at southern plantation ends badly
A planters household signals routine is disrupted when two enslaved men John and Jim plan a prank on the cannon. Jim places a water bucket to muffle the blast while John lights the fuse. The blast sounds. Jim is missing and presumed returning head for his actions.
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John
Jim
Philadelphia Ledger
Man Zan Pile Remedy Ad Claims Quick Pile Relief
An old style advertisement promotes Man Zan Pile Remedy for all forms of piles. It asserts the product can be applied directly to the trouble area and relieves pain and inflammation. The price is listed as 50 cents. Sold everywhere.
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O. W. Sparks
District Court hears liquor seizure and domestic clashes
A full Bristol Fifth District Court session opened with the liquor seizure at Ignacio Balzano’s Metacom avenue green house. Judges heard assault charges against Mrs. Murphy and a lengthy domestic dispute in the Brown divorce case, ending with Mrs. Murphy fined ten dollars.
Brown Family Feud Ends as Court Dismisses Case
Mrs Brown pursued a divorce claim while her husband Jake Brown faced allegations of neglect and financial strain. Testimony revealed brief sums given to her, disputes over meals, and efforts toward reconciliation. The court found Brown supported his wife within his means and dismissed the action amid several adjourned or continued cases.
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Bassing
William T. O'Donnell
Brown
New York
Providence
Jake
Sam
Goldes
Ignatio Balzano
Samosi S Bowden
Barrington
Henry Delaney
Samuel F. Bowden
John Toomey
Patrick Hammill
Manuel Travers
Morrissey
Peter Gilroy
William Bowler
Gilroy
O'Donnell
Bowler
Crowley
Max Makowsky
Bazarre Shapiro
Dignity of Labor Applied to Ant Work
Henry McCook argues in Harper's that the dignity of labor applies to ants as well. He notes that an ant hill is full of workers from novices to veterans, all sharing equal respectability in their labor.
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Henry McCook
Harper's
Dudes Little Liver Pills Promote Health for Family Use
An old ad claims Dudes Little Liver Pills cure headache and constipation by keeping the system clean and stomach sweet. It markets the remedy as suitable for the entire family and sold by O. W Sparks. The second product, Zan Pile Remedy, comes in a collapsible tube with nozzle, relieves soreness itching or protruding piles, and is guaranteed with a price of 500. Sold by CO. W.
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O. W Sparks
CO. W. Sparks
Ingratitude in a Fractured Sailor Tale From Sydney
A fragmented, cryptic note recounts a wrecked steamer tale with stray phrases about a passteer, sired by pigs, a life line, bacon breakfast, and a confrontation in Sydney. The text mixes obscure names, monetary hints, and social commentary in a surreal historical slice.
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Sydney
Exvchause
No man was ever deceived by another quote origin
Local note attributes the aphorism to Greville, stating that self-deception ranks highest among betrayals by one’s own mind.
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Greville
Harmony Theme Prompted by Public Sardonic Quip
A New York Press quip comments on public taste and conscience with a playful jab about rubber necks and elastic conscience. The exchange highlights a mood of ironic harmony and social observation from an urban press viewpoint.
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New York Press
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