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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1903
Page
3
A terse dialogue centers on a planned marriage proposal with playful banter. G hints at a decision looming tonight, while K is pressed for a definitive answer as the couple weighs the outcome of a potential union.
An old-time advertisement promotes Electric Bitters as a universal cure for liver and kidney disorders, nervous tension, and run-down systems, claiming relief from nervousness rheumatism and malaria germs. It offers 50 cents with a satisfaction guarantee by J H Young & Co. druggists. In other news two regular letter carriers are off duty due to illness, hindering mail delivery as no extra help can be called.
Doctor Pulser rushes to reach a patient in the last stages before death in a dramatic exchange captured by the Boeton Transcript.
In Kentucky bottom lands along the Ohio and its tributaries pecan orchards replace old apple groves. Pecan tours fetes and dinners draw society from nearby towns with nut gathering rights sold to travelers. A woods dinner features bacon chicken Irish potatoes and gingerbread as roasted crabapple cider flows.
Rosa Bonheur recalled youth marked by poverty and improvised finance. The Bonheur studio was chaotic yet profitable as M. Bonheur tossed coins for luck. The family hunted for coins in stress, sometimes finding a five franc piece to stave off hunger. Rosa studied animals by visiting a slaughterhouse despite men’s disapproval.
The article explains baccarat rules with two or three cards per side and the goal to reach near nine. It discusses decisions when first two cards total five and notes French court rulings denying it as pure chance, while asserting drawing a third card can alter odds. It questions why probabilities have not been worked out given large wagers.
An aggrieved actor waited at the theater door for revenge on Suett. The rain soaked night left cloaked figures uncertain. When Suett arrived and was asked if he was the actor, he quipped that he was dripping and entered unharmed.
Laxey in the Isle of Man is the headquarters of the island's lead mines, yielding over half the ore. The town is famed for its large wheel, erected in 1854, with a 72 foot diameter and exceptional stability as it has operated essentially without interruption since its installation.
An evangelist notes a boy’s quip that whistling is quicker than thought after he was punished for speaking up in class. The child recalled whistling before thinking and earned a rebuke for interrupting.
Dialogue centers on a woman asking John if he can afford a new gown. He presses for confirmation, learns it has been ordered, and then concedes with a resigned sigh that he can afford it. The exchange reflects concern over expenditure and marital finances.
A Ruskin statement on humanity declaring immortality not in reason love or body but in dedication to the one who will raise them up at the last day.
Dialogue sketches Bertie and Appleby debating Thursday meals and Friday hunger in a playful exchange about expectations. The text then shifts to a remark on how prismatic colors in shells scales and feathers arise from light interference in thin integument plates.
The piece traces how filibuster, freebooter, and buccaneer relate, tracing their French and English adoption in sea raiding against Spanish colonies. It explains buccaneer’s shift from hunter of boucats to meat preparer, then to provisioning ships, and how filibuster emerged as a softer form of freebooter used by English and French alike.
The account describes annual boar hunts in Germany using trained hounds then spears or knives to kill boars. It also discusses the English royal motto Ich Dien and a Heidelberg professor's Welsh origin theory. The piece ends with a note from New York about London attire, silk hats and frock coats for everyday wear and on Sundays.
French vessels bear names from provinces towns victories and ideas, avoiding ordinary nationals except great men in history. German ships take names from rivers ports poets states and figures in German literature. Spanish ships are usually named for cities or renowned commanders.
A clipped excerpt from a small boy essay notes parents as pas and mas with pas talking and mas making you mind. It wryly adds a teacher question on flogging and the boy replies favoring the Italian system of handwriting with heavy upward strokes and light downward ones.
The piece notes that nine of ten people argue by saying you do not understand and questions coeducation's role in matrimony. It cites the Atlanta Globe and Saturday Evening Post commentary. The argument centers on whether coeducation promotes or hinders marriage planning among students.
The Rosey Posey Girls will play the Empire Theater next week in the Fiddle-Dee-Dee musical extravaganza. The show has a strong reputation from New York and Buffalo runs and has been re-costumed with new songs, brighter costumes, and an enhanced cast.
Very little business transacted yesterday morning. Joseph Benjamin vs John Gearns et al heard. judge Bosworth awarded plaintiff $25.89 and costs. Bridget McWay vs Thomas H Crowley and Bridget McWay vs William R Perry pleas filed in trespass quare clausum. trial set for Monday March 9. Joseph S Radovsky vs Joseph P Ponte, Fall River parties, was defaulted.
March 9 marks Jolly Eight’s social in Columbia Hall. April 18 announces two Easter Balls by Company C Second Regiment at Armory Hasbrouck block and by King Philip Steam Fire Engine Company at Grand Army Hall, with an Easter Fair by St Mary's Fife and Drum Band running April 18 to 25.
The list shows games arranged to date by Manager Waldron, with March 7 Saturday Newport Y. M. C. at Newport, March 12 Thursday Newport Y. M.C. at Bristol, and March 14 Saturday Dean Academy at Franklin Massachusetts.
Obituaries announce the passing of Julan O'Neil daughter of Patrick and Margaret Connery O'Neil at 1 year 9 months, and Katherine E Burns aged 88 years died March 2 in town. Burns obituary lists age and date.
An old dairy proverb likens butter making to a penny in the churn. The text promotes Scott's Emulsion as a cod liver oil preparation with hypophosphites for weak, pale, and thin children, noting it is palatable and well suited to delicate stomachs.
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