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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1909
Page
4
A fragment from a late issue notes a postponed bowling match where Owls won three strings by default over the Yown Fathers. The piece then quotes Disraeli on imagination as the world's driving force, paired with a Browning anecdote and a Henry Drummond hypnosis tale from Pearson's Weekly.
A passage notes Hookham Frere as notoriously absentminded. While courting Lady Errol he poured wine for her at a ball, drank his own glass, and returned her supperless to the ballroom. After marriage he nearly dined with publisher Mr Murray, but remembered Lady Errol waiting for the honeymoon.
Willis reveals his wife opened a business letter marked private, prompting Harris to confess she usually never opens his letters but the private marking led to the breach of confidentiality.
A short Brooklyn Life humor piece shows a new boarder asking about fare and the old boarder replying they have chicken every morning served in the eggs. The quip ends with a motto about peace and reason guiding the mind by Collins.
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a man recalling how a single encounter altered a budding courtship. He describes lifting his hat and bowing to a young woman, only to slip into a coal hole, prompting her to lose her composure and jeopardize their prospects of marriage.
A fragmentary exchange quoted from the New York Press depicts a wife recounting a temptation to take her own life after a quarrel, while a man reflects that some wives attempt suicide to gain attention, noting that some do not succeed in reaching help.
A London Globe quip about a tramp boasting a wardrobe upgrade, contrasting a well dressed man with the speaker's own clothes. The exchange underscores social disparity and vanity in a streetwise, period voice.
An assorted fragmentary vignette describes a boy with a “green apple pain” and a quip about kindness. It continues with a misquoted line, a gout reference, and a scene donde London figures involving Pauncefote and the British ambassador. A working man offers to aid the elderly diplomat, delivering a blunt but kind reply.
A London Tatler item describes a loquacious lady in an early morning trip from Streatham. She explains she planned to go to town after hearing her husband tell the office boy he wasn’t in, prompting her strenuous, planned venture into the city.
A library assistant asks how to help a puzzled visitor. The visitor says he is seeking his wife but declines further help, replying he was only looking for her. The exchange highlights a quiet moment in a library setting.
A whispered exchange reveals a knock by Jabber, a special signal from The Artist that guards entry. The Artist insists on not opening the door, keeping attention on a mysterious interruption implied by the knock.
Dialogue fragment from a Boston Transcript piece quotes a mother’s remark about aging and sight. Johnnie wonders aloud if his mother is blind as Mrs Bowser visits and notes she would never see forty again, reflecting on aging and perception.
A brief exchange turns on accuracy as a man proclaims his aim is truth always truth. An acquaintance retorts possibly, noting he was always a bad marksman. The dialogue frames a clash of honesty and competency in a terse social vignette.
Edward Young the author of Night Thoughts and rector of St. Marys Welwyn was famed for sharp wit. While strolling in the rectory garden with two ladies a caller summoned him. He quipped about Adam and Eve, angels, and a fate harsher than his own.
The first cantilever railroad bridge spans the Firth of Forth at Queensferry Scotland. It measures nearly one and a half miles in length and used fifty one thousand tons of steel with up to five thousand workers. The project cost sixteen million dollars and claimed fifty six lives. Crews started from ends and met at the center, but a fraction of an inch prevented bolt insertion until an ingenious worker used heat expansion from burning kerosene under the girder.
The notice references the Hartford Railroad Electric Car Service in effect May 27, 1909, and Newport de Providence Rail Company. It lists travel details and passenger guidance for the electric streetcar system, noting service start and company involvement in the regional transit network.
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