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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1907
Page
4
Elizabeth H Wilson is appointed administrator of the estate of Jolio Warrers late of Bristol deceased by the Probate Court. Six months from first advertisement to file bonds and qualified as administrator at the clerk’s office.
English churches in Suffolk and Doncaster area feature bell towers distant from the church. East Bergholt in Suffolk has bells hung in a shed miles from the nave, worked from above. Wormsworth near Doncaster claims a twelfth century tower placed to let locals hear bells before services.
The Kansas prairie era left bones scattered as settlers hauled remains to railheads over long distances. Horns fetched the most value, bones later, with small profits of five to eight dollars per load. These bone trades barely funded basic needs for homesteaders.
A speculative piece imagines humans evolving into insectlike pygmies with head middle and hind sections, breathing through mid body holes and eating via distributed apparatuses. Even tiny, a single kilogram weighs and consumes immense amounts, suggesting how many grasshoppers threaten crops and moths ruin fruit.
E S Martin argues in Harper's Magazine that natural development in children thrives when adults respect the child's mind and provide a sympathetic atmosphere. He praises the unperverted child's peaceable nature, openness, and tolerance as a Christian ideal and notes wise elders are scarce.
A long German legend from Freiburg tells of a shoemaker buried by a cross near an old chapel. His wife quickly remarried, and a priest sees the ghost point to a nail in the temple of the skull at the grave. Exhumation proves the crime. the wife confesses and is executed, the skull kept as a warning.
The passage argues the Chinese flag embodies anti Japanese sentiment with a pale yellow field a small sun and a dragon mouth motif. It recalls a legendary invasion attempt by China against Japan ending in disaster and notes recent events have not confirmed the flag’s correct conception.
The late ameer of Afghanistan Abdur Rahman displayed sharp humor when a distraught man interrupted a durbar claiming Russians would invade. He calmly ordered the man to be shown to a watch tower and warned to watch for the Russians before he eats, a wry remark on vigilance.
A veteran chef from a longtime restaurant warns that cooks over season dishes seeking stronger flavors. He notes many chefs chase salt pepper and spices, risking meals that patrons cannot eat. The remark appears in the New York Press.
In a courtroom exchange a defendant argues the blow was accidental while admitting the act to strike was intentional though not aimed to break the chair. The judge probes intent as projections into the incident with the wife. The exchange highlights disputed mens rea in a domestic incident.
An Atchison Globe excerpt notes a humorous Irish quip about a slow horse. A man taps the poky horse with a whip and tells it to pick up its feet or they will fall themselves. The anecdote hints at rural wit and practical joking in prior eras.
A terse aphorism attributed to Demosthenes, emphasizing self-correction as the swiftest method to dispel critics. The note frames prudent public virtue as measured by accountability and reform aimed at reducing censure.
The Pall Mall Gazette notes the phrase side whiskers appears in Mrs Craigie's The Dream and the Business and in works by Meredith Dickens Richardson Bronte Calne Corelli Sims Shorter. It argues that readers would assume whiskers grow on the side of the face and discusses Americanisms for mustache and beard.
The Rev Walter Colton, author of Ship and Shore, used a forcible illustration of ship officers. He described a meddling ensign who is rarely in his own place and becomes unpopular with the sailors. One sailor quips that at the general resurrection the lieutenant will be seen emerging from another’s grave.
A Chicago News brief recalls a stern parent scolding and a sharp comeback from a child. The exchange shows a humorous generational clash at mealtime, highlighting the boy’s lack of remorse and his hopeful view of future parenting.
Goodman Gonrong wakes Tufford Knytt from a nightmare about missing work. Knytt rubs his eyes and laments a bad dream of securing a job and performing the mani curin’ fur a proper wage. The scene echoes urban worries over employment and livelihood.
The note quotes a dialogue between Gerald and Geraldine about love and loneliness, reflecting a dramatic plea from a New York newspaper page. The brief exchange underscores a tale of unshared affection and personal sorrow.
A brief quote notes that overly cautious people even look before they creep, attributed to Abigdon Kodak, highlighting prudence as a humorous trait.
The ocelot is a light, agile jungle cat of the Americas that hunts parrots by day in tropical forests. It climbs trunks with ease, pouncing from lofty perches to reach prey and follows parrots to ground along streams, earning its reputation as a remarkable jumper rivaling the mountain lion in length, weight, and leap.
An advertisement touts Hollis Terr's Rocky Mountain Tea or tablets as a time saving health aid for modern women. It claims 99 of 100 young women are too busy for other pursuits and favors this product, priced 35 cents, sold by W. H. Buffington.
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