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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1916
Page
6
The New York Herald quotes Columbia State musing on the value of a kiss. It questions whether a kiss bought at 125 dollars a minute has any true worth compared with kisses given freely and priceless moments beyond rubies or life.
The dialogue sketches a tense exchange about marriage proposal as Weed reveals he will not propose. A comic aside shows a woman at home chasing a mouse with a broom, hinting at domestic distractions masking emotional stakes.
The text notes picric acid as a burn treatment and as a key explosive component in explosive shells. It emphasizes that nitrogen is essential for explosives and that nitrogen is the main component of air.
A Long Island man died after laughing during a political dinner at the Beeches. Witnesses describe the moment as the man laughed hard at a joke, collapsing soon after. Police and medical examiners are reviewing the incident to determine the cause of death. The event drew attention to the dangers of extreme laughter during meals.
An ad snippets discusses catarrh as common with a claim that every third person has it, noting science links to general body weakness. It criticizes local treatments like snudis and vapors, and promotes a medicinal tonic free of alcohol from Scott & Bowne of Bisomfield NJ as a building tonic.
A child recounts a doctor warning that pacifiers can harm teeth and cause stomach issues. The mother stops using the pacifier after the doctor’s cautions as the family travels south on a Flyer. The narrator hopes to educate other parents about dental contour and thumb sucking risks.
A class master of the Rhode Island Sons of Veterans was held at the Benefit street Arsenal in Providence. State Senator Ezra Dixon presented a cup donated by William E. Arnold to A. K. Tilson Camp of Pawtucket for past services.
At a monthly meeting a member told of selling two squab pigeons to a buyer about 200 miles away. The birds vanished then returned home within days, led by their homing instinct, prompting disbelief followed by cautious acceptance from the president.
The New York Evening Telegram urges workers to reserve a bank balance as a financial safeguard for lean times. It argues preparedness is essential for livelihood, regardless of national policy, stressing that money saved for a rainy day provides real security beyond present wages.
The description portrays a faded gold room echoing youth’s memories as walls and window crevices blur with time. A young hostess sits stiffly in a high backed chair among fragile heirlooms while past smiles look on from old black-framed portraits.
A vivid reminiscence on the pure joy of getting soaking wet, from a childhood rainstorm to the sensory rush of water on skin. The piece recalls the exhilaration of drenched clothes, boot squish, and the playful rebellion against precautions.
Guidance on weight reduction emphasizing diet and procedure. Recommends milk eggs fish fresh fruits water air sunlight and walking plus dancing. Advises light foods without fats oils starches or gravies and avoiding liquor hot drinks after five. Suggested lemon juice with Rochelle salts at night.
Budapest displays boast distinctive portrait windows praised for vivid, unconventional faces. Critics like Arthur Rubens in Colliers Weekly say Hungarian talent shines in acting writing and arts, yet lingering indolence or reluctance to push projects may limit global impact.
The Chicago American urges readers to wake up and prepare for advancement. It stresses refining business polish and new methods, staying indispensable, and fighting for personal goals without sleeping on the job.
A sophisticated widow in a New York paper argues that the popular clubable man makes the worst husband. She says such men lack self-criticism and burden their wives with financial worry while their male friends pity them for a fussy, neglected spouse.
A quip from Cartoons Magazine lampoons a man who schedules every moment ten steps ahead. He fills his vest pocket book with engagements from noon to weeks ahead, even joking about canceling a funeral if needed.
A Kansas City Star item recalls Judge Ramsbottom who, while drunk, steadies himself against a signpost and ends up under a car. He then slides on his back, studies the machine, and declares he now understands it all, leaving bystanders convinced he fooled them.
The piece cites Fenelon on harmony through simple living. It urges mutual forbearance, frequent silence, recollection, prayer, self detachment, and avoiding jealous self‑views to keep peace. It argues happiness comes from ignoring self chatter and idle talk from others.
A wife cleverly reveals she switched milk suppliers after five days of thin milk. She recalls the new milkman supplied better milk, and she had stocked a half month’s supply, awaiting her husband’s realization and confirmation.
The article details vast timbering costs in Pennsylvania coal mines. It cites outputs near 90 million cubic feet with timbering expenses around 6.6 cents per cubic foot for yard timber and 20 cents for sawed timber. Steel timbers are being adopted for longevity, raising near-term costs but expected long-term savings. most timber is yellow pine from the South.
A farm paper writer urges fathers to let sons own a lantern to ease labor and pride. The Gary school system, he argues, lights boys with purpose beyond poll parrot study and street corner loafing. It teaches talents fit to individual temperaments and turns finding work into a awaiting, satisfying pursuit.
The article surveys early warfare with traces of the first known writing about war in Mesopotamia around 3500 B C. It cites the first battle between Cath and Abel, notes Osymandyas of Egypt as an early war king who conquered Bactria in 2100 B C, and mentions Palamedes Paxis creating regular battalion lines during the Trojan siege about 2500 years before Christ.
Four porpoises largest ever housed at the New York aquarium, including a nine foot specimen, were placed in the center tank and appeared to race from left to right under the sun. They were captured at Joseph K. Nye’s Hatteras fishery aboard the Old Dominion finer Princess Amny and will eat twenty pounds of fresh herring each day. The fastest porpoise had lived 21 months and 9 days and consumed six and a half tons of herring.
A woman recalls lessons from youth to prevent faulty postures and bad walking habits. She performed daily mirror walking and held a stick behind her back guiding movement from the waist downward. She suggests mothers may revive these exercises for growing children.
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