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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1906
Page
4
Wonders of Baalbec and its giant building blocks
A ruined ancient city near Damascus known as Baalbec Baalbek or Baalbek is famed for enormous granite blocks in a temple wall. The three largest stones measure sixty four sixty three and sixty two feet long and thirteen feet thick, positioned twenty five feet above ground. Their method of raising remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baalbec
Baalbek
Coele-Syria
Damascus
Baalbee
Mecca
Temple of
Baal
Inferior Masculine Mind Joke At Breakfast Table
A Kansas City woman narrates a kitchen tale to illustrate men's thinking. The husband claims they are late, while the wife reveals the clock stopped at 5 and she started it by guess. When asked if she was up at 5, she says no, yet knows the time. The puzzled husband says nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Dangers of Cocaine Revealed in Early History
Cocaine, an alkaloid from cocoa leaves discovered in 1859, rose to notoriety by 1884. In minute doses it excites and recreates youth like health, yet its cumulative nature secretly binds users to ruin. First warnings emerge as fatal chains begin to rivet upon use, leading to comprehensive decline.
Foreign Flags In America Through the Centuries
The article traces flag history in the United States from Isabella’s royal banner to early Castile and Leon standards, then England and Venice influences after Columbus. It notes how various flags such as French, Spanish, English, Mexican, Russian, and Confederate have fluttered over territories now part of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Isabella
Castile and Leon
Columbus
San Salvator
Cabots
England
St. Mark of Venice
North America
Texas
Louisiana
France
California
The Cocoanut Tree Uses Across the Tropics
The cocoanut tree is described as highly useful in tropical regions. Its seed provides food and an intoxicating drink. shells yield cups and polished vessels. trunk wood serves for houses and boats. leaves supply cloths cords and ropes. bark and nut fibers make matting and carpets. buds yield a succulent vegetable. a palatable liquor is drawn from the trunk by incision.
Sailor’s toast echoes sea life vows and fates
In a humorous London Answer, a sailor asks what life means after marriage, while replying to a messmate with a tall tale of disasters and ailments. He lists yellow fever, cholera, frostbite, drowning, burns, a shark encounter, an explosion, and cancer surgery as a catalog of perilous experiences at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
London
Love Letters Sent to Lawyer Frame in Scandal
A clerk questions the value of a package labeled Fair Damsel as $25,000 while a clerk agrees they are love letters from old Bagsocoyne. The exchange appears in a Cleveland Leader item, implying a legal or scandalous context with mail and letters destined for a lawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Bagsocoyne
Cleveland Leader
Translating the Definition of Precocious Terms
A dialogue where Johnny asks what precocious means and Papa explains it as a term for children who know more than usual for their age, noting it can imply a fresh kid. The exchange clarifies a child with early knowledge or insight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Papa
Awfully Slow Love Confession in Old Dialogue
A playful exchange reveals familiar affection as one character chides another for delaying a declaration of love. The dialogue hints at a long-standing bond and lighthearted reproach about timing.
A Man Should Be Upright Marcus Aurelius Quotation
A concise reflection attributed to Marcus Aurelius urging personal integrity. The aphorism emphasizes self-reliance and moral steadiness rather than dependence on others for support. It conveys a Stoic ideal of inner strength and responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Aurelius
Luncheon Privilege For Congressmen Exposed
A Baltimore American tale explains how visiting women once dined with a wealthy congressman in the congressional restaurant. The bill surprised them as the congressman noted paying for lunches is a pleasant privilege allowed by an indulgent government and enjoyed by all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Baltimore American
Contagion and Infection Distinctions in Mycotic Diseases
A historical text explains that contagion and infection are not identical. It divides diseases into three classes: noncommunicable spread via invasion, nonperson carriers like soil and water, and direct or indirect transmission by people or carriers. Examples include malarial fevers, yellow fever, cholera, scarlet fever, measles, diphtheria, influenza, and varicella.
Courting customs Across Siam Calabria and Siberia
The article describes arranged betrothal signals by lighting or sharing tobacco items. In Siam a lit cigarette or flower exchange prompts dowry talks. Calabria and India use a lit taper or pipe to mark acceptance, while in Siberia a suitor is greeted with cigars and slippers upon acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siam
Calabria
India
Siberia
Belew House
Pancake Women Sell Treats On Japanese Streets
In Japan, a familiar sight is the pancake woman with coal brazier, frying pan, batter, and a waiting crowd after school. Children pay a small coin to fry their own cakes or buy warm pancakes, enjoying the aroma and a simple snack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Happy
Postmaster Sends Quirky Note From Billville Headquarters
A fourth class postmaster in Billville, not residing there, writes to Washington to explain his absence due to a bad leg and self inflicted wound while attempting to shoot a squirrel for breakfast. He notes he does not get much holiday anyway, in a blunt, humorous confession reported by the Atlanta Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billville
Washington
Atlanta Constitution
Scotland Yard City Palace Link Through History
Scotland Yard, famed as London police HQ, is noted as a palace site where Scottish kings were hosted in London. Located near the banqueting hall at Whitehall, it housed Scotch monarchs from 959 until William of Scotland’s rebellion. Notables Milton and Sir Christopher Wren are linked to the Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland Yard
London Police
Scotland
London
Whitehall
William of Scotland
Milton
Sir Christopher Wren
Wanted experienced business woman for hairdressing staff
Advertisement from Harper's Weekly seeks a capable female manageress floorwalker and supervisor, not required to have hairdressing experience but must be tactful and reliable. Born about September 22. London newspaper notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Two Kinds of People in Social Happiness
The piece contrasts two promoters of social happiness: cheerful people and reticent ones. It argues the reticent, who avoid heat and animosity, are more secure benefits to society than the openly cheerful, and notes they act as non conductors of social friction.
A Mean Instnungtion Miss Ingenue and Miss Passay at Ball
Dialogue clip from Cleveland Leader features Miss Ingenue urging Miss Passay about going to the ball. Miss Passay delays, questioning if preparation is needed. The exchange captures social pressure and indecision among debutantes in a genteel setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Ingenue
Miss Passay
Cleveland
Proportion of Mate Drinking Compared to Tea in Asia Americas
In proportion to population, mate drinking is more common in those parts of South America where the lant grows than tea drinking in the ea districts of China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
China
De Cosmus Delivers Record Twenty Six Hour Speech
In the British Columbia legislature a minority member named De Cosmus spoke for twenty six hours to block a land seizure bill threatening settlers. He began at 10 a.m. and continued through the day into the next, reading a heavy bundle of evidence and refusing to yield despite exhaustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Cosmus
British Columbia
de Cosmos
The Banana Plant Facts and Cultivation
The banana plant is not a tree it lacks woody fiber and grows as a large fleshy plant with tall leaves. It reaches ten to fourteen feet or more and each plant yields one bunch of fruit after twelve to fifteen months. Suckers produced from roots form a continual succession of fruit. planting any season yields year round ripening.
Dorset's Curious Wooden Watch From Bristol Tennessee
A nineteenth century timepiece crafted by Victor Doriot of Bristol Tennessee features a brier root case and most of the interior works carved from a boxwood rule. The open faced watch with a cow shoulder blade dial was praised as an elegant relic by East Tennessee watchmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Doriot
Bristol
Tenn
Dorset
East
Tennessee
Hortensius the Roman Orator and His Remarkable Memory
The great Roman lawyer Hortensius could recall and repeat speeches verbatim after composing them. He once attended an all day auction and, for a wager, wrote a list of sold items with prices and buyers in order of purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hortensius
Linnets In Africa from The Source of the Blue Nile
Dr. Arthur J. Hayes describes linnets visiting the Atbara river in great numbers. They arrive with a rushing wind like thunder, their small size contrasted by the darkening flock overhead, bending branches to reach the water below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Arthur J. Hayes
Blue Nile
Atbara River
Why do yak achit your children to recite and sing
A practical woman explains a method to engage visitors so they remember the moment rather than staying too long, noting there must be a clear start for guests and a moment to go home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atéals
Washington Star
That Surgeon’s Towchet Issue Quoted in Press
The Baltimore American quotes local chatter about a surgeon facing a “remarkable towchet issue” and a bold claim to show the doctor the effects of the operation. The column reflects sensational phrasing and public curiosity about medical claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trispele Presse
Bill
Baltimore
Coming Events at Bristol June 19 20 and 25
June 19 and 20 Tuesday and Wednesday Liliputions in Fairy Land at Bristol Opera House for Hydraulion Fire Company relief. June 25 Monday evening entertainment under Bristol Commandery No. 821 Odd Fellows Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Opera House
Hydraulion Fire Company
Bristol Qgommandery
Odd Fellows Hall
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A. W. Orgelman
STALE
G. M. Wilbur
Y.M C
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Hristo
N.H. & Hartford Railroad
Electric Car Service
Li B
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Darling
Harper’s Weekly
Schenck
J. H. Schenck & Son
Phila
Excelsior Tennis Club
Nyal
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Epulit
John Lake
Said
Augusto S. Aepitas
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Henry D. CG. Dubois
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Betsey G. Wilcox
Ellen M. Jameson
Emily A Kenyon
George H. Peck
Bristol Phoenix
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Edward J, Quirk
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Spring Ave
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Market Square
Anthony
Keene
E. Avigell
Bristol- Py
Hope Brug Co
W. M. Connery’s Clothing Store
Waldron-Brownell CO 49
Bradford St
Sarton
Wright's Church
Hasterbrooks
Ank Petticoat
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S. B. Paull
Eespoon ER Keser
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Frank Jones
Kennebec
New
East River
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aTaté Street
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Randall, .Proprietors
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