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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1895
Page
4
A public domain style verse urges conquering evil desires and burying them in oblivion, contrasting with honoring noble deeds. It frames inner battles and memory as a mausoleum of majesty built within the soul.
In a country house tale a sweet young heiress wanders woods with her servant companion and a secretary. A rescue dog and a chance meeting with Lavender lead to evolving affection and an implied courtship as the heiress nears coming of age.
In the moonlit grounds the heiress and a suitor share a dance by the sundial and a tender kiss. She confesses love to Lord Halibut while debating a prior vow to marry another, as he jokes about absolution and a landscape painter's disguise.
The essay traces poets preferring sunny climes and sunlight as inspiration. It notes Shelley exposing his head to sun near Leghorn and Byron praising sunlit days, linking light to purity. It mentions Browning in Venice and Florence, with Keats Hunt and Landor linked to a distant imperial image.
The St Louis Republic reports Herr Neesen’s invention of a bullet with a miniature photographic plate. A sensitive plate sits in a slit and records the bullet’s oscillations from muzzle exit to impact via a pinhole in the bullet’s forward cone.
A brief antiquated dialogue fragment discusses excess of good things and Matrimony. The exchange features Dakane and another speaker claiming prohibition of excess and noting legal consequences for polygamy. The source reads as a table page snippet from the Pittsburgh Telegraph.
A Boston Post piece recalls a craftsman who turns human hair into wigs and jewelry, detailing hair origins, shaping, and prices. It covers peddler harvests in Europe, the value of length, and a grand 8 by 2 foot hair mosaic, plus a nautical hair motif and a jilted lover’s serpentine commission.
A Westminster preacher halts his sermon after constant coughing from the congregation and quips about dining with the Prince of Wales. He corrects himself, saying he dined with his family instead and notes he has finally captured his audience’s attention.
Berkshire People recounts the region’s spiritual and intellectual roots with figures like Jonathan Edwards Ephraim Williams Mark Hopkins and Oliver Wendell Holmes. The piece cites Stockbridge Lenox and Stockbridge circles and notes how culture and education shaped the Berkshire hills.
Henry L. Dawes recalls a Senate encounter where Mr. Hamlin, a true gentleman, confronted a self important colleague. Hamlin declared that those who expect gentlemanly treatment must prove themselves, ending the evasive behavior in the chamber.
A fiances playful ribbing about a bicycle costume overwhelms the designer with joy. The Chicago Record notes a husband praising the outfit as the most hideous wear, prompting stunned silence and blushes. Also mentions smoothing irons first used in France as a sixteenth century invention.
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