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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1879

Page

4

RISIBLE READING AND CURIOUS TALE SNIPS FROM 19th CENTURY PRESS

Rhapsodic fragments from the Rome Sentinel and other papers recount odd reflections on wealth fate and a cautionary courtroom scene. A mother fearing whooping cough overinfluences her child, who then alarmingly proclaims the illness is coming.

Admiral Goldsborough and the witty card exchange

An amusing tale recalls Admiral Goldsborough, blunt and practical, snubbing affectation. A stylish diplomat leaves his card with E. P. for en personae. The Admiral returns a card with S. E. N. and, when asked its meaning, mutters Sent by a nigger, illustrating his blunt humor and the era's rough wit.

Admiral Goldsborough E. P

Magnificence of Ancient Rome and its Luxuries

A sweeping portrait of Roman wealth and taste detailing lavish homes, jewelry, furnishings, banquets, and public monuments. It describes gold tables, silver beds, jeweled outfits, gilded chariots, vast slave fortunes, and the epic scale of luxury across art, glass, textiles, baths, and dynastic wealth.

Rome Italy Japan China Alexander Severus Nero Tiberius Drusillus Drusus Paulina Babylon Bythinia Numidia Corinth Athens Paula

Ingenious Russian wartime expedients detailed in foreign journal

A foreign journal reports Russian wartime tactics across the Lower Danube. Vessels hid in Ibraila and Galatz used casks as ballast to survive cannon fire. Double walls filled with earth and iron protected crews. loopholes allowed firing. Guns were moved by a tree trunk lash and thirty-two carriers. ammunition rode with Cossacks and horses. Deep dug shelters with fires dried troops and created warm huts quickly.

Lower Danube Ibraila Galatz

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