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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1906
Page
4
Test nontargeted buyers by using a glass bottle to check urine sediment for kidney trouble. The ad claims Swamp Root cures rheumatism back pain liver and urinary issues and offers free sample bottle and book by mail from Dr Kilmer and Co Binghamton NY.
Desert dwellers other than camels survive long stretches without water. Sheep in southwestern deserts endure forty to sixty days in winter by grazing green vegetation. Peccaries in Sonora endure months with no water, surviving on roots and cactus fruits. The pocket mouse reportedly drinks nothing for years, surviving on dry food and moisture from prey. Scientists note captives avoid water, yet the mice show no health decline. Brooklym Kinsle
A fragmented Vineland item reports a colloquial exchange between a man named Shay offshore the aman and a police officer. The dialogue centers on houses running by the tide and a lighthearted response from the officer as a sense of local color emerges. The Philadelphia Ledger is cited as the source.
The quote stresses duty as near and clear, urging a listener to hear a woman's voice and welcome her as a ready guest, anchored by Francis Peabody's sentiment on moral obligation and immediacy.
A cryptic reflection on how even the smallest creature unsettles the mightiest with a single word. The text hints at mind sensitivity and the far reach of minor remarks in human perception.
A brief note outlines the days of operation for the Y N H A Hartford Railroad electric car service. It lists schedule windows and potential service pauses, signaling riders to plan ahead for travel on the line. The notice stresses adherence to posted times and seasonal changes.
The Essex Gazette article recalls Amos Track in Danvers selling chocolate with a guarantee of quality at a cheap rate. It notes chocolate then being expensive and unaffordable for many, contrasts with modern cheap packaging, and mentions Cortes and Montezuma receiving the drink in gold cups.
The piece surveys chewing substances from spruce gum and chicle to coca leaves in Peru and betel nut in the East. It notes the leaden bullet once chewed by English soldiers to curb thirst and hunger during long marches, and mentions current jacketed bullets.
An exploration of how lunch evolved from lump to a meal word, notes on luncheon and noon related terms, and a glance at French borrowing where sponsors shorten polysyllabic words. Also mentions steeplechase usage in French sports parlance and the phrase smoking jack et.
Hesler of Chicago inspired Longfellow to write Hiawatha after a minnehaha falls daguerreotype won a prize medal at the 1851 London world’s fair. Longfellow later sent Hesler a bound volume of his poems with compliments on the fly leaf.
Deep sea herring from northern waters show remarkable migratory habits as they move to Newfoundland shores to spawn each year. They are captured in large numbers only during a few months, then retreat to waters whose exact location remains unknown.
The Doctor-Yes labeled man Bejings faces neighbor claims of gas-tap deception and falsified children ages to avoid schooling, while the Professor is accused of sinning against light and knowledge amid local talk.
The secret of many a man's success lies in an affable manner that puts people at ease, dispels fear and timidity, and draws out the finest qualities in others.
A Providence Journal reader laments daily sameness and routine. He recalls how people react with fits when plans derail and argues that nine out of ten share the same tedious pattern from morning paper to night.
In a passage from an account of Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife, Sis Robert Louis Stevenson describes family prayer in Samoa. She notes the daily devotional routine, the inclusion of retainers, and a war coach’s summons during the service. A faithful servant withdraws, saying he is not ready to utter the forgiveness in the Lord’s Prayer.
The London Chronicle notes that piano organ is a misnomer not fitting either piano or organ. It is not an arrangement of pipes, bellows, keyboards, pedals or drawstops. The term may mix pianoforte and barrel organ, but cannot be called barrelforte.
In imperial Germany a dispute over the Kaiser's title split the court into three camps. Bismarck, at table during the discussion, asked for the Latin word for sausage and replied that farcimentum or farcimen meant the same to him.
A grocer displays a sign reading If You Don’t See What You Want, Ask For It. A man requesting payment of a six month old bill was shown out the front door. He now believes grocers are not consistent.
A visitor asks a child if she will marry when grown. She answers with a thoughtful line from the Chicago Post display, saying her mother says papa is more work than the children, so caring for her own children will suffice without a husband.
The Philadelphia Ledger recalls a tale that Woodly claims his grandfather descended from a premier English noble family. The old man reportedly fell from a roof he was repairing for an unnamed lord, a story linked to long heritage.
A compact quotation from the Loulaville Herald stating that a hero or two geniuses, or both, win by guessing right most of the time and then acting. The line underscores clever foresight paired with decisive action as the mark of merit.
At a New York meeting on the 10th, Frank A. Kennedy was elected a director of the National Biscuit Company. Kennedy, a pioneer in the biscuit industry, built major plants in Cambridgeport and Chicago, later acquired by the New York Biscuit Company and then by National Biscuit. His leadership reinforces the company’s long standing liberal policy and status as a model industrial corporation.
Cuban diarrhoea is dangerous like mild cholera, but Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is praised in a Houston, Texas testimonial. Minnie Jacobs asserts one bottle cured her husband after doctors failed. For sale by W. H. Buffington.
Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts schedules its thirteenth annual commencement for June 9 to 12 with prize essay readings, a baccalaureate address by President Butterfield, cantata at the village church, preparatory and senior class exercises, military drill, and a conclusion by MIT President Henry S. Pritchett. Governor Utter and President elect Howard Edwards will attend. meals to be offered on grounds near Lippitt Hall.
Real estate records show Robert F and Ethel M Munro conveying interest in Mount Hope Farm to Samuel P Colt. Charles B and Eleanor B Munro also transfer interest in Mount Hope Farm to Samuel P Colt. Annie F Munro transfers a lot on Malt House Lane to Seth Paull Orrin L Bosworth transfers a lot on Malt House Lane to Seth Pault.
The article explains older usage of hurricane as a long continued wind of extreme violence and presents the Beaumont scale from light to gales. It traces wind strength through light gentle fresh strong stiff gale and finally hurricane, outlining the progressive categories.
A fragment discusses how a sick dog recovers by resting the stomach and cautions against overworking digestion. It mentions a product named Dyspepsia by Ko dol and notes it is sold by W. H. Buffington. The text stresses that you cannot feel well with a disordered stomach and frames the product as aiding digestion.
June 8 Friday evening Bristol Opera House hosts two act comedy Mr Bob under suspice of plans of 06 B H 3S. June 13 Wednesday evening Strawberry festival at home of Mrs George Marshall Pleasant street by one Auxiliary of Burnside Lodge. June 18 14 15 and 16 Artillery Armory Grand Fair for benefit of Bristol Train at Artillery. June 14 Thursday Piano recital Miss Mabel Salisbury and Pupils in Grand Army Hall. June 19 20 Tuesday and Wednesday Lilipatians in Fairy Land Bristol Opera House benefit of Hydraulion Fire Company. June 25 Monday evening Entertainment under auspices of Bristol Commandery No 821 Odd Fellows Hall.
A brief ad promotes Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Tar Syrup claiming relief from constipation with a non opiate formula. The notice emphasizes no opiates and positions the product as a cold remedy aid.
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