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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1896
Page
4
A reader quotes a New York Herald piece by Walter Fletcher lamenting gossip and hypocrisy. The poem casts a moral on harsh judgment, urging mercy and chance for atonement, citing a struggling boy jailed for crime driven by drink and a grieving mother’s plea.
A Colorado border tale recounts Old Jones and his nephew defending freighters against Indian threats and an agent. After the nephew is killed by Utes, Curly Bill hires to kill the agent, but Jones shoots Curly Bill in a saloon and is acquitted by a citizens’ committee under a mock verdict.
A Milo Maine farmer jokes about feeding his pig on time prompting a telegram asking whether to feed on focal or standard time. A Boston Herald item then shares a quip about new congressmen seeking fame and a wife’s wry remark about a hero who avoids getting in the way.
In St. Charles county a large Democratic meeting featured Champ Clark among the speakers. A young boy recalls Clark’s tale of a possum dinner and how the crowd’s reaction grew until applause echoed miles away. The account appears in the St. Louis Republic.
Stanley reflects on the Kongo River voyage and the potential great enterprise of Africa. He notes few Europeans possess inland equatorial Africa and that only at the river mouth did traders reside. The African climate frightens many minds and stifles exploration.
The Philadelphia Times notes that soil carries constant electrical activity unseen beneath three feet, fueling plant life. It describes blue spark demonstrations from polluted water in a bottle and foresees a future catastrophe when earth’s electrical charge ignites, consuming the world.
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