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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1916
Page
4
The report, submitted by Town Treasurer W G Thurston, itemizes financial activities and balances for the period. It details receipts and expenditures, with notes on appropriation allocations and remaining funds.
The term mercurial derives from astrology describing a person born under Mercury rising and believed to carry mental traits linked to the heathen god. The article traces how such language entered common speech and shaped perceptions of temperament.
The famed artist Turner reportedly endured four hours lashed to a ship’s mast in a tempest before painting his renowned Snowstorm. The dramatic ordeal allegedly tested his nerve and shaped the work.
The ad promotes Hokara as the sole antiseptic massage cream that clears pimples and skin blemishes. It touts soothing, toning effects, massage use, and aftershave benefits, urging that dead skin will shed and promising money back if not best you ever used. Sold by W. H. Buffington for 25 cents.
The Providence Opera House hosts a week long run of Under Fire starting March 13 with a St Patrick’s matinee. William Courtenay leads a cast including Violet Heming and Felix Krembs. German reservists in the production spark audience applause during performances.
In Spain it is notorious that on the eve of a bull fight petty larceny cases rise sharply as penniless sportsmen seek funds to witness the spectacle. The event demands risk by a few riders, the death of bulls, and the slaughter or injury of horses, amid crowds of hopeful spectators.
Dr. C. N. Burr argues that chasing the easy life harms mental health and moral strength. He complains of excessive education without proper training and cites a surplus of readers versus quality reading as clogging the mind.
A household tip explains using cheese crumbs as bait to prevent bait theft and ensure a ready mouse capture. Crumbs require the mouse to press the trap, triggering the spring, unlike a lump which is easily stolen.
In a letter about Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens states Smike is drawn from life and mocks Yorkshire schoolmasters. He notes the rascality of those teachers cannot be exaggerated and that he added humor to avoid disgust in readers.
A reflective piece argues that conviction drives public life more than eloquence. It states many high minded men lack the power to express their feelings, contrasting conviction as the oxygen with expression as the hydrogen of public life.
Wal ter A. Dyer notes abundant drinking vessels in colonial homes. He explains social and ceremonial drinking was common in the eighteenth century, especially in New England, where cider quantities were vast and vessels ranged from tankards with S shaped handles to flagons and chalices used in services.
A meditation on the humble laborer praising his hard hands and rugged face. The speaker honors the conscripted worker bent by toil, whose body and soul bear marks of labor yet strive for daily bread and dignity.
Brown told Smith he envied his access to criminals and asked to meet a good burglar. Smith agreed to send one and was later asked by Brown to have the visitor return the family plate and Mrs Brown’s jewels for resuming social ties.
An actress who left the stage to decorate New York palaces says the American man is the most sentimental, his heart a casket opened by love. She quips that money acts as a skeleton key for the American girl, changing the poet’s idea.
The article discusses rapid adoption of hollow bricks and hollow blocks, noting their light weight saves railway carriage space. It warns hollow bricks now resemble solid bricks in appearance, making weight-based distinctions unreliable as modern hollow varieties proliferate, challenging traditional porous brick definitions.
Theodore Cuyler reflects on men's deficiency in perseverance. He notes they dash forward but falter under friction, relying on others for spirit, lacking independence and originality, and avoiding bold, fearless steps from the crowd.
The ad extols Prince Albert pipe and cigarette tobacco noting a patented process that eliminates bite and parch. It claims wide appeal across nations and ages, and credits the product with converting many pipe smokers to enjoy pipe or roll their own cigarettes without irritation.
The report notes Quebec’s fortifications are obsolete as defenses but remain a picturesque element of the “Gibraltar of America.” The citadel and walls date to 1823 1832 with a cost above seven million pounds, while three Levis side forts built 1865 1871 were never armed. The citadel covers over forty acres with no trace of the old French fortifications remaining.
A Kansas City Star reflection recalls a shabby village horseman who toiled to amass a fortune from a fast race horse that could never beat professionals. He clung to faith in his horse and blamed judges or weather for his losses until he died behind the livery stable.
The New Orleans mint operates two precision scales, one covering weights from one-thousandth of an ounce to 600 pounds and the other with agate bearings capable of weighing a human hair, both used for valuable metals valued in millions of dollars.
A North Carolina minister says cider turning suggests the devil is at work in it. He laments the devil’s grasp on the art of preparing food and drink, remarking on how common misfortune with cooking has become.
A reader note from Woman's Home Companion describes removing a blood stain from silk by placing about four inches of white sewing silk in the mouth moisten it roll into a ball and gently rub the stain until it disappears. This home remedy is offered as a quick magical seeming solution.
A wartime style appeal urges wives to try ORRINE to curb drinking problems in the home. It promises secrecy and money back if no results and offers two forms, No 1 secret and No 2 voluntary, at one dollar a box with a booklet available.
February 23 1916 notice appoints ABBIE M TURNER Administratrix of Nora Martin estate Bristol with six month claim filing. March 1 1916 Marguerite de Mudge Guardian presents eighth account of Estelle Mudge estate. fourteen day notice for publication in Bristol Phenix.
A speaker argues that true life requires personal effort and achievement rather than merely watching others work and improve. The passage emphasizes active striving as essential to meaningful existence.
Rhode Island Bristol County warning for town meeting details proposed budgets and voting on road housing and public works. Includes lines about taxing powers and proposed appropriations for schools fire protection bath houses and street improvements. Thomas E. Johnson town sergeant signs the notice.
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