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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1895
Page
4
Poem fragment notes a romance misread as a mere gift as a lover laments that a heart is the rare offering received. The speaker, torn between desire and restraint, acknowledges they cannot let go and resolves to love in return. Arthur Symons cited from Academy.
Leander Clarke seeks wealth for his wife Mabel Thorpe amid a gifted diamond dowry. Their marriage strains over luxury and trust as burglars steal the gems, revealing Mabel’s resolve to abandon riches. After a burglary scare and a bank shipment, the couple moves toward fortune, while Leander questions his fate and conscience.
Mme Ida Lane Ney of Vienna has created a dress from cigar ribbons. For five years she collected the narrow yellow silk bits and joined each with a strip of black dress silk. Now 8,000 cigar ribbons form the completed garment.
A fragmentary poem recalls farewell moments and memory. The speaker bids goodbye with emotional lines about parting and clinging to a loved one in darkness and hope for the future. The piece names a lingering knell of sadness and a request to remember fondly.
Naturalists find fish swim bladders contain oxygen, nitrogen, and carbonic acid in varying, non atmospheric proportions. Depth does not determine oxygen amounts. experiments from the Princess Alice show deep and shallow dwellers share similar levels. The unsettled questions offer young naturalists chances for discovery in science.
A man on a Broad Street omni bus shakes his crying baby to keep her awake after claiming she swallowed a drug that could kill her if she slept. Passengers react with glances and whispers until the bus stops at Broad and Thompson and the pair exit for the Children’s Hospital.
A Washington writer notes one neighbor’s famed hospitality. Lucy visits Mrs Long and stays for dinner. beef steak is praised as ideal. The father cheerfully discourages his son from asking for more, saying there was no extra as they did not expect guests.
A dialogue fragment shows a request for a temporary loan as a setup to explain the expression pulling your leg. The Boston Transcript voice uses a playful tone while noting humor in the phrasing and the implied joke.
The passage notes the saying attributed to Napoleon about French party differences not becoming public scandal. It then describes a sea bladder with a parent animal and 1 to 600 attached offspring moving together. It lists variant spellings for Appalachee Bay Florida and etymologies about Bolivia named for Simon Bolivar.
A Detroit lawyer recounts a Missouri case from twenty years ago where a farmer's horse theft led to a conviction despite probable innocence. He explains how circumstantial proof and misdirection can convict an innocent man, and notes his advice to the imprisoned man to stay silent.
A retired captain recalls a voyage where a ventriloquist passenger staged a dramatic man overboard hoax. The ship halted engines and searched for a drowning victim, only to uncover the joke after a delay and a threatened legal restitution demand of about 60,000 dollars under a government mail contract.
Daudet in a New York Tribune excerpt laments English women as lacking handsomeness and allure. He contrasts Parisian ladies with Englishwomen met in salons and society, noting flattened hair and large feet as English fashion flaws. He expresses preference for Parisiennes and their alluring attire.
The excerpt contrasts a practical radical who speaks openly with others who hide thoughts in public and private, noting the London Telegraph quote. It mentions Francia not painting until age about sixty and producing a long series of admirable works over ten years.
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