Bristol Train of Artillery's 6th Anniversary Gala
A Bristol salute marked the 6th anniversary of the Bristol Train of Artillery with speakers from the Ancient and Honorable Artillery, a display of veterans, and reflections on the unit's Civil War service. The event featured Lt Col Stephen Bourn, Col. Nelson R. Hall, Judge O L. Bosworth, and numerous veterans including 78 year old Sgt Lucas, plus escorts and a Colt Memorial High School tour. The gathering wrapped with a performance of America and a farm-club bake at Col. S. P. Colt's Poppasquash estate and a school tour by John H. Bailey Jr.
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Cape Cod
Stephen
Bourn
Bristol
William McKenna
the Ancient and Honorables
Cnl
Cheesman
Providence
Colt Memorial High School
Bailey
Lucas
Ancient and Honorables
FY. L Green
Boston Fusiliers
Nelson RK. Hall
Warren Artillery
O L. Bosworth
California
John Marshall
U. S. Supreme Court
Benworth
Burgoyne
Bradford
George Washington
United States
James Munron
Knight
Gibbs
George O’ Wolf
Andrew Jackson
William R Taylor
Dorr
King
Dexter Training Ground
Lake Erié
Bristol F Artillery
Sprague
Rhode Island Regiment of
Warren Artillery Company
United States Service
Rhode Island Volunteers
Nathan Goff, Jr
George W. Weeden
Lewis H. Bowen
Ambrose K. Burnside
Lewis Richmond
Jacob Babbitt
Raymond H. Perry
Allen G. Wright
George T. Easterbrooks
James FE. D’walf
Frank S. Halliday
William J. Bradford
John Turner
Charles A. Waldron
Thomas F. Usher
Grant
Judge Bosworth
Mr. Bailey
America
Suicidar Col Cheesman
P. Colt
Poppasquash
Stephen T. Church
Phineas Europe
John H. Bailey, Jr
Boston
The Military Salute Through History
The article outlines why salutes exist from removing hats to presenting arms. It notes raising the right hand to the head echoes medieval knights in courtly tribute to beauty and explains the sword salute as oath and fealty, with variations signaling submission or friendship.
A Toothsome Revenge In Charles II Era Taverns
During the reign of Charles II gentlemen toasted a lady’s health with a ruse that ruined a necktie. Sir Charles Sedley’s companion set his tie alight, prompting Sedley to retaliate by similarly burning a guest’s sleeve. The tale illustrates the era’s gallantry and counter tricks.
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Charles II
Charles Sedley
Charles
Grachevsky’s Self Immolation Reported From Fortress
A fragmentary account describes Grachevsky, deemed insane to avoid punishment, killed himself by burning after being kept under strict guard. Witness Ludmilla Volkenshtein recalls a terrible shriek, smoky flames, and the discovery of his body burning in his cell.
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David
Soakie
McCinte
Grachevsky
Mezbuti
Ludmilla Volkenstein
Stone Age Customs Endure Among Roumanian Peasants
Ancient habits traced to the stone age survive in rural Roumania says Dr Emil Fischer in Umschau. Over 54000 cave dwellings house about 250000 peasants. millet was ground by hand in the eighties and granaries imitate African forms. Peasants still use old plows and at funerals eat a coliba repast of soaked corn. Crabapples and wild pears are the only fruit. vegetables are wild herbs boiled with oils. Medical men are known among peasants as wizards.
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Emil Fischer
Bucharest
Umschau
Central Africa
Europe
I learned it after all
A father in his office forgets his five year old son Willie is listening as he swears into the telephone. He condemns the language and hopes his boy will not use such dreadful words. Willie quietly replies that he learned it anyway.
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Central
Harper’s Magazine
The Pun in Britain During James I Era
The golden age of the pun under King James I known as the Stuart Solomon, famed for gravely delivered quips from the pulpit and council table. It notes puns were common in serious works by great authors and in merry speeches prior to this era.
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Britain
James I
Stuart Solomon
London Globe
Misquoted exchange stirs chat on pets and marriage
Baltimore American cites a fragment where a doctor confronts a heated remark about dogs and a husband. The passage shows abrupt dialogue with signs of misread text and emphasis on domestic relations.
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Baltimore
Legal talk hints at fees in Cleveland lender case
A fragment suggests a lawyer discussing fees in a lender case based in Cleveland. The source text is unclear but implies a client question about charges and the attorney’s modest response.
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Cleveland
Unclear Passage Fragment From Boston Transcript
Fragmentary text shows disjointed phrases about docking and a passageway near Brown, with references to dining room terms and the Boston Transcript. No coherent event or person details appear to form a complete news item.
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Brown
Beott
Boston Transcript
Ambiguous fragment hints at mischief and betrayal
A cryptic excerpt references mischief among strangers and friends and mentions Twitch and Lytton in a puzzling tone. The readable text offers no clear event, people, or place to anchor a full news item.
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Twitch
Lytton
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helped Bloomdale Woman
Bloomdale Ohio resident describes years of backache headaches and fatigue eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges other women to seek the remedy, noting back pain signals female weakness and promising root truth relief. The letter claims vast testimonials support the product and offers confidential, free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Bloomdale
Ohio
Lydia Erinkham
Mys
BE. M. Frederick
Lydia E. Pinkham
Norway's Many Meals Among the Well To Do
Caroline Thurber in Century notes Norways affluent socialize around fixed meals with breakfast at 9 dinner at 3 tea at 3 30 English style dishes at 4 30 supper at 7 and late night nourishment at 11. She links long bright nights in Christiania to dissipation and immorality, contrasting with winter gloom.
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Norway
Christiania
Caroline Thurber
Stage Fright Banquet Quip Sparks City Laughs
The New York Journal quotes a playful exchange about a husband who becomes a popular after dinner speaker yet fears eating before every banquet. The wife jokes she must host a good dinner after each engagement to keep him ready for his performance. The quip highlights public speaking nerves amid social dinners.
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New York Journal
Wrong Method and Heart of Hearts Quarrel
The exchange centers on a vow and a clash over voice and breathing. He asserts his sincerity from his heart of hearts while she challenges him asking where he learned to breathe from that source rather than from the diaphragm. The scene is spoken with sharp reproach and a dash of wit.
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Puck
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised for foot relief and cures
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to shake into shoes, relieving hot tired aching swollen feet and sweating. It claims to ease corns and bunions with over 30 000 testimonials and is sold everywhere for 25 cents with a warning against substitutes.
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Allen
Ea&e
Dorr
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