Pompeii a Study in Roman Life and Decline
A Phoenix letter from Amalfi to Pompeii contrasts natural beauty with a vanished city’s artificial culture. It surveys Pompeii’s rise as a Roman hub, its destruction by Vesuvius, and later rediscovery in 1748, describing forums, baths, theatres, temples, and the social life while noting enduring immorality beneath luxury.
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Pompeii
Amalfi
Ring of Pompeii
Vesuvius
Naples
Greece
Glancus
Bulwer Lytton
Rome
Gallio
Christ
Jesus
Pompsii
Forum
Stock Exchange
Grain Exchange
Venus
Neptune
J. Dewolf Perry
U. S. Cruiser for Fourth Firework Display Recital
A fragmented page describes a marine parade of dazzling effects and rockets. It lists numerous bursts and formations including color stars, crystal water, jeweled trees, and bouquets. The text ends with a dramatic exchange about a rejected proposal.
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Alladin
Manhattan Beach
Chanticleer
DeWolt Homestead
Linden Place
Tongue Twisters Challenge Elusive Speech
A fragment notes readers struggle with difficult phrases such as The sea ceaseth and it sufficeth us and reports mockery of elocution. It mentions Mithth Elithabeth contending with distorted speech while claiming to simply say it thrice.
Eskimo hunting tricks with a seal blind
The article describes Eskimo seal hunting using a miniature sledge blind with cloth screen to approach within fifty yards. Seals stay near holes. hunters aim for head or shoulder to ensure instant heart-penetrating kill, or the seal may dive and sink.
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Harry
Whitney
Kim
Ejiseeyou
Norway's Bill of Fare and a Motor Invasion
Caroline Thurber chronicles a Century piece describing an extended Norwegian diet of fish and boiled potatoes in daily meals. The narrative notes the locals’ preference for boiled potatoes, assorted sausages and seafood, bread, milk, and cheese, with supper menus featuring diverse fish dishes and dairy products.
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Caroline Thurber
Norway
Weeklong dining error in memories of fifty years
Sir William Harcourt once boasted of dining out every night for a week in advance. He only learned his mistake on the final night when hosts with long invites found him at their door a week early. He soon saw that this was the last in a series of anticipations noted in his engagement book.
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Sir William Harcourt
Sir William
Lady St. Heller
Flea Chain Lock Weighs One Grain and a Half
In 1578 during Queen Elizabeth I's reign Mark Scarlot a blacksmith forged a lock of eighteen metal pieces with a hollow key weighing one grain of gold. He added a forty three link gold chain placed on a flea which lifted it easily. The lock key flea and chain weighed one and a half grains in scales witnessed by an old writer.
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Mark Scarlot
Elizabeth
Lusty auctioneer extols cigars to crowd
A flowery auctioneer extols a cigar brand as the best, holding up a box and declaring you cannot get better. A skeptical spectator from the crowd retorts that he smoked one last week and is not better yet, highlighting the crowd's reaction to the sales pitch.
That Wheezy Sound. Say inquired the boy next door
A boy asks why the girl’s father wheezes amid a humorous exchange about his asthma. The girl jokes that one of his inside organs is playing, a quip attributed to the comic style of Puck.
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Puck
Tommy’s Back Dinner Dish With Company Mentioned
In a rustic exchange, Tommy asks for the chicken’s back when there is company, a line illustrating family dining and simple humor from the era. The dialogue highlights the child’s preference and humor in domestic scenes. The source notes a casual kitchen moment reflecting everyday life.
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Tommy's
Tommy
Paw
St. Louis Republic
Opera House film program promises continued quality entertainment
Demara assures continued top quality film showings as audiences enjoy Bates vocal selections and illustrated songs. A big night is planned with two drawing prizes at matinee and a greased pig contest on stage with a wire net to keep the audience safe. Prizes visible at Bickford's window. Matinee 10c, ladies and children. evening 10c with 5c extra for reserved seats.
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Film Service
Demara
Bates
Bickford
Star Theater brings Sherman and Rose vaudeville act to wow crowd
Last night’s program featured a high grade vaudeville comedy duo Sherman and Rose who are also strong singers and delivered a lively act alongside excellent pictures. Tonight Biograph feature and tomorrow matinee for children with prize presents a girl and a baseball glove for a boy. Matinees to all.
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Sherman
Rose
Portsmouth Coal Mine Progress Report
The Portsmouth coal mine is near full equipment. North mine buildings rebuilt in brick. The beiter room has operated for a month. South mine double tracking nearly finished and tunnels to north mine almost complete. Tenement houses occupied by miners. Breaker 700 feet high being roofed. All pumps run by compressed air, reducing steam. Rand air compressors run continuously. another similar unit to be installed. About 200 people employed. A stray dialogue line about Mrs Gaagg ends the excerpt.
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Portsmouth
Beiter
Bristol Notice to Registry Voters June 1910
Town Clerk informs Bristol residents that every eligible voter must register in person by June 30 1910. Office hours are 9 am to noon and 2 pm to 5 pm daily except Sundays, with extended hours 9 am to 9 pm from June 23 to June 3 0th. John M Coggshall Town Clerk.
Bristol Town Meeting Warns for Debt Votes on Sewers and Streets
State of Rhode Island notice from Bristol dated May 31 1910 calls electors to meeting June 14 1910 at 7 30 PM at Town Hall to decide two borrowing proposals. One to extend sewer system up to 35000 dollars and issue notes. another to borrow 5000 dollars to repair Franklin Street and part of High Street with notes issued. Town Sergeant Thomas E Johnson signs.
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Bristol
R.J
John M Coggeshall
General Assembly
Franklin Street
High Street
Thomas E. Johnson
Thomas Gayton
Rhode Island
Zebedee
A. D
Zebedee ‘Paull
Majin
Warren
Gayton
Asylum Lane
Asylum
Catholic Congregational Society
Sal Mortage
Frank H. Hammill
Julia Gayton
Clark
Bristol Asylum
William Hall
Zebedee Paull
Thomas Lindsey
Julia
Otis Munro
Soele
Valrie Dupuis Will Presented for Probate in Bristol
Probate Clerk John M Coggshall presents the last will and testament of Valerie Dupuis, deceased of Bristol, for consideration. The court orders notice published in the Bristol Phoenix for fourteen days, weekly, to June 20, 1910 at 10:30 a.m. in the Probate Court Room.
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Pribaty
Bristol
Valerie Dupuis
Bristol Phoenix
John M.coggeshall
Marie E. Lavander
Poate
Michael’Lavander Tate
Rose Lavander
Aristol
John M. Coggeshall
Louis C. Easterbrooks
Susan Easterbrooks
Clara M. McCaw
Wood Street
Bay View Avenue
Parker Borden
James S. Mason
Norgherty
George W. Easterbrooks
C. Nichols
Mary E. ‘Nichols
Bristol-Phoenix
John M
Coggeshall
Newport and Providence Railway Time Table Sagamore Schedule
The Bristol boat departs on the hour Sundays with the Sagamore as the serving vessel. Bristol departs at the other listed times.
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Newport & Providence Railway Company
Bristol
Sagamore
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B. M. MacDougall
Charles B. Rockwell
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Herman G. Thiel
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State Street
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M. Charlello
Hope
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