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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1909
Page
4
Sound Doctrine For Life Saving Guidance
A terse maxim urging adherence to tested principles to preserve life and reduce harm. The statement emphasizes practical wisdom over speculation, implying broad applicability across ethical decisions and daily conduct.
Honest Americans Incident Surprises German Visitor
A German manufacturer visiting New York saw a newsstand where customers paid later, learned this was common for weekly payers, and witnessed a restaurant check paid next day with a cashier rewarded by a gesture. The German praised the honesty with a exclamation of Grossartig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United States
New York
Chicago News
Travelers Guide N, N.H. and Hartford Electric Car Service
Railroad electric car service in effect January 18, 1909. Details outline routes, schedules, and fare structure for the Travelers Guide readers. The notice emphasizes lines operated by the N H and Hartford system and the start date for the service.
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N.H.& Hartford Railroad
Newport and Providence Railway Time Table 1908
Time table for the Newport and Providence Railway in effect November 15 1908. Details show scheduled trains, station stops, and service hours for the line linking Newport and Providence.
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Newport & Providence Railway , Company
Pate de Foie Gras and the Cruelty Behind It
A historical critique describes the torture of geese in foie gras production. Geese are restrained in underground cells with bound wings and bodies for months, then force fed with dough, chestnuts, and maize dumplings six times daily. Death is staged to determine ripe livers, leaving bodies horrifically emaciated.
Why We Sleep as Daylight Dictates Rest
A Cleveland Plain Dealer piece explains sleep relates to daylight and vision. It notes eight hours as common rest due to light limits, contrasts plant and animal rhythms, and describes sightless ocean beings lacking regular rest, while eyes drive a two-period day and night cycle.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Chinese Athletics and Traditional Exercise Heritage
The Shanghai Mercury notes that while China has long had forms of athletic exercise and stories of strong men, there was no systematized athletic training before foreigners arrived. Feats of archery and strength tests with bamboo and stone were common, but regular training remained rare outside wrestlers.
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Shanghai Mercury
Birds and stage hints in a past reunion tale
They meet recalling schooldays and careers. One asks why he left the stage. He says he had a hint he was not suited for it. They quip that little birds told him, or could have hatched if allowed, in a playful exchange.
The Hobo Teaches a Lesson for Trust
A Cleveland Leader item notes a hobo declaring he would mow the lawn in exchange for dinner, then says you must learn not to trust a total stranger as a lesson. The snippet presents a moral warning framed as a dialog with a domestic setting and a city newspaper tone.
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Cleveland
His Night Work
A dialogue from the Philadelphia Record shows a wife asking why her husband stays late at the office. He admits no gain, but repeatedly hints at nearly slipping into wrongdoing, exposing tension over late hours and temptation in work life.
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Philadelphia Record
The Explanation. Him in the surf and cold water
A brief New Orleans Times Democrat item notes the water running cold as a speaker questions why while a tall Boston girl joins the scene, capturing a fragmentary seaside moment in period prose.
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Boston
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Wealth Not His That Has It But Whose Enjoys It
Franklin aphorism notes that true wealth lies not in possession alone but in the ability to enjoy what one has, contrasting material ownership with joyous use. The saying emphasizes happiness, stewardship, and perspective over accumulation.
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Franklin
Sacking the Tuileries 1848 French Revolution Incident
From G A Storey sketches describing a chaotic scene at the Tuileries Palace during the 1848 revolution. Attacking rioters smash pictures and break costly ornaments as a small man with a large sword shatters a floor to ceiling mirror and proclaims triumph.
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France
Lal
G. A. Storey
Green the Best Color in London Health Talk
A London specialist argues green improves eyesight and mood for city dwellers. He notes that seeing green foliage calms the eyes and nerves, and cites a popular actress who found rest in a green room. The piece cites the London Mirror.
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London
London Mirror
Fishermen Report Noisy Fish With Strange Voices
London News notes that horse mackerel and other fish like cuckoo gurnard and herring are said to make sounds when handled or netted. The ham mer or hard head is famous for a buzzing vibration felt by the hand near its head, thought to stem from fear inside the large skull.
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London News
A Woman's Reason Row Over Marriage Motives
In a light exchange from the St Louis Times Miss Afternoon Tea argues that wishing for Mrs on a tombstone is silly and prefers Mrs on visiting cards. Clarice notes a friend named Jane Smiley married sooner than planned to replace worn visiting cards with her new name.
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Mrs
Clarice
Jane Smiley
St Louis
A Martyr Politician Denies Perjury Charge
The Philadelphia Ledger quotes the politician debating perjury and falsehood with languid questions and defiant claims of professional jealousy, portraying him as a victim while denying the charge.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Consolation Dialogue From Courtroom Exchange
The judge remarks on a chastised son and mercy in a courtroom style exchange. The son laments a hypothetical where Willie Simmonds would have licked him, and the judge counters that two lickings would occur in that case. The exchange preserves a period voice and a quirky moral tone.
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Willie Simmonds
The Height of Hospitality
A witty exchange about entertaining a wealthy uncle in New York with the promise that he shall have all that money can buy, reflecting social norms of hospitality and generosity in urban society.
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Hewitt
New York
Jewett
Puck
A Distinction of Terms in Political Graft
A Washington Star quip contrasts craft with graft as it redefines a politician’s reputation. Senator Sorghum is cited in a tongue in cheek exchange about political morality, highlighting the phrase grafty rather than crafty to describe corruption.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Men Earn Money or Make Money in Galveston News
A Galveston News item notes that some men earn money while others make money and some simply get money, reflecting on different paths to wealth without specifying individuals or events.
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Galveston News
Scottish golfers and high drives in wagers across Scotland
The article recalls wagers by Scots on long drives, citing a Burgess Golfing Society challenge in 1798 where Sceales of Leith and Shellie both drove balls over St Giles steeple weathercock, over 160 feet high. It notes Donald McLean driving over Melville’s monument, and Scotchmen driving from Burntsfield links to Arthur’s Seat, demanding stamina and skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tweed
Burgess Golfing Society
St. Giles
Sceales
Leith
Shellie
Westminster Gazette
A Little More Than Your Income
In Appleton's Magazine a young clergyman helps a New York family facing starvation. He gives $5 and raises $20, then later finds work for the husband. The family spends the funds on a new baby carriage and coffee, justifying the purchases as essential for daily life and survival.
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New York City
Appleton’s Magazine
A Strange Eighteenth Century Cough Remedy
In a January 1758 letter Mrs Delaney mentions a peculiar cough cure using two or three snails boiled in barley water or tea water. She notes it would be kept secret, suggests boiling fractions and refreshing the mix every few days, and wonders if the patient Mary benefited.
Misjudged Smoke Carriage Encounter in North England
A Scotsman in a third class smoking carriage confronts a fishwife at a small station. He insists this is a smoking carriage while she ignores him, sits opposite, lights a large black pipe, and blasts a cloud of smoke, quipping that she can take a draw too.
Detictive Testifies To Woman Swallowing Pawn Tickets
A detective testifying in a shoplifting case describes the suspect turning away and swallowing a purse six silk suits a silver candle stick and a chafing dish before correcting himself to say she swallowed the pawn tickets. The magistrate interrupts with disbelief.
A Little Bit Thick Fog Tale From the Sea
An old sailor recalls very thick fogs off Newfoundland. He describes sitting on the rail with backs against the fog until it suddenly lifted and everyone toppled into the water. The anecdote ends with the punchline a bit thick indeed.
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Newfoundland
National Conversations Across Nations Reflected in Talk
A Brussels Derniere Heure quip notes a humorous view: in Germany the army dominates talk, in Russia the bureaucracy, in France women, in the United States business, in England sport, and in Turkey nothing at all when three men stand together on the sidewalk.
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Germany
Russia
France
United States
England
Turkey
Brussels
Woman Advises Alice How To Cry In Public
A lady at United Presbyterian tells a sobbing Alice she can cry any way she likes, but asserts this is her own way. The fragment suggests a domestic scene of instruction and emotion with period diction.
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Alice
United Presbyterian
Life Is Measured by Experience Not Years Proverb
A Latin proverb states that life is measured by experience rather than by the number of years. The quote emphasizes experiential value over longevity and invites reflection on personal growth through lived moments.
Termites Devour Island in Unending Battle for Survival
The Agricultural Journal of Ceylon Botanic Gardens notes two thirds of Ceylon is undermined by white ants. Adult winged insects face fierce predation by ants birds lizards and many others. Humans also eat termites with a note on taste resembling mushrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceylon
E. H. Green
Agricultural Journal of Ceylon Botanic Gardens
The Warning Signals In A Household Medicine Chart
A Boston physician recalls a case of a sick child after a strenuous vacation. The father leaves a dosing chart with the mother who forgets to fill it. She claims she never missed a dose by telling the boy the hours and hearing him halloo before each dose.
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Boston
Mary
Philadelphia Ledger
The French Are Good Travelers
Miss Betham Edwards notes in the London Chronicle that the French travelers are unfailingly amiable and uncomplaining. She observes they make the best of any situation, accepting discomforts without grumbling and deriving pleasure from new scenes and companionship.
What He Would Keep In Banville’s Silv er Salver Joke
When Francois Coppee was elected to the academy he told Theodore de Banville he wished to be in. Banville refused to canvass and imagined a nomination arriving on a silver salver. Banville said he would keep the salver rather than the nomination.
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Francois Coppee
Academy
Theodore de Banville
Banville
Father warns son after a $5000 bank loss
An old citizen speaks bluntly that a man who kept money in a bank lost $5,000 and advises Bill never to risk funds. He urges burying money and guarding it for life with a shotgun, echoing his father’s wary approach to savings.
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Atlanta Constitution
Verbal Bracer From clubmen
A light quip from the St. Louis Republic noting a husband who returns frazzled to a wife who mixes cocktails while a second clubman jokes he only gets a chin fizz at home. The brief exchange captures social banter on everyday comforts.
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St. Louis Republic
Heart Fails From Rheumatic Poisoning Cure
Pain in chest signals uric and rheumatic acids threaten heart function. Cure touted as inside attack with Urio-0, claimed to cleanse deposits, boost kidneys, and neutralize blood acids. Sold by J. B. Young & Co for ten or one dollar a bottle. trial bottle offered by The Smith Drug Co of Syracuse, NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Young & Co
Smith Drug Co
Smith Bldg
Syracuse
N. Y
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Vienna Woman
Mrs Exan Wheaton of Vienna West Virginia credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing years of illness after prior medical care failed. The ad highlights the product as made from native roots and berries, free of narcotics, claiming widespread cures of female ailments and offering free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Vienna
W.va
Lydia
E. m
Lydia E. Pinkham
Exan Wheaton
W Va
L Mass
Tafts Cabinet: Lawyers Lead the New Departments
A survey of Tafts cabinet selections notes an emphasis on eminent lawyers as department heads with only two non lawyers, Wilson and Meyer. The piece praises the high professional standing and patriotism of figures like Knox Van Devanter Dickinson Wickersham Ballinger Nagel Hitchcock and argues they will serve the country faithfully. It highlights the Roosevelt standard and suggests the new heads will be hard to surpass.
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Taft
Knox
McKinley
van Devanter
Dickinson
Wickersham
Ballinger
Nagel
American Bar Association
Wells
Hitchcock
Wilson
Meyer
Uncle Sam
Roosevelt
American Review of Reviews
Star Theatre Delivers Record Crowds and New Lens Feature
Star Theatre drew record crowds on Friday and Saturday with feature pictures like Old Sleuth and Wrongfully Accused. A new patent lens lets audiences see scenes life size, and Mondays showcase two top features plus comedy and drama. Tonight, with Qhanga tomorrow, and extra strong shows midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
Rex Cotton‘ Co
Kodol for Dyspepsia ad claims digestion cure
An advertisement explains sour stomachs sour disposition and promises relief by taking Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indigestion. It claims the product digests any food any time and urges purchase through Y. H. Buffington.
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Y. H. Buffington
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Bristol Ar
Newport
Olka
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Lydia E.pinkham
Star Theatre
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