Providence couple to open O'Wolf Inn June first
Men from Providence prepared the O'Wolf Inn for a June opening under the management of Mr and Mrs Reuben F Randall of Providence who are to lease the hotel for five years. The Randalls previously ran the Hygeia Hotel at Block Island for nine years and are widely known locally. The new hotel will operate on strict temperance principles.
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Providence
Reuben F. Randall
Randall
Block Island
The Cork Tree in Southern Europe and North Africa
The cork tree is an evergreen oak found in southern Europe and northern Africa, reaching about thirty feet in height. In Spain and Portugal it is cultivated and peeled first at age ten to twenty. early bark is mainly for tanning, with bark quality improving after successive peels every eight to twelve years, typically during July and August.
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Europe
Africa
Spain
Portugal
Magnetizing a Witness at the Bar Trial
Brougham once magnetized an adverse witness during practice. He seated before the man and fixed him with his eye until the witness blushed stammered and collapsed in nervous confusion, likely leaving key evidence unsaid.
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Brougham
Briefless Plans Snow and Law to Be Son-in-Law Venture
In a gossip snippet, Brifeless is said to marry the daughter of Bonds the millionaire. Reportedly he will quit the snow business and leave the law practice to enter the son-in-law business.
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Young Briefless
Its Better to Give Than Receive say Uncle Reuben
Uncle Reuben jokes about giving advice to his own men and feeling uneasy when they start advising him. He compares himself to an old hen, noting his own impatience with others’ guidance and his amusement at their chatter.
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Reuben
Detroit Free Press
Thoughts as Words in a Poet and Critic Dialogue
In a Chicago Post exchange a poet and a critic discuss how thoughts strive for expression. The critic notes that some published ideas reveal the struggle behind the lines, highlighting tension between creation and reception.
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Chicago Post
No man is a failure says what he thinks quote
A Boston Christian Register aphorism asserts that failure results not from frank thoughts but from a map mislabeling its messages. The remark frames honesty as virtue and cautions against misdirected or misguided guidance.
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Boston Christian Register
Good Shooting In Cambridge Revolver Line Echoes in Town
A quip recalling Bret Harte on Cambridge and famous residents surfaces as residents joke that firing a revolver from any front porch would bring down a two volume. The remark links Cambridge to a broader literary past and sharp wit.
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Cambridge
Bret Harte
Pacific Slope
Mr. Howells
Family scattered across the United States
A Baltimore American quote states seven in the family are spread across the United States, reflecting a dispersed kinship.
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United States
Baltimore American
Printing as an art at Farrally Brothers Phoenix office
The article extols 20 years of study and skill in practical printing at Farrally Brothers Phoenix office. It highlights tasteful composition, type arrangement, clean presswork, ink use, and other fine points learned through training. Patrons are urged to place printing orders with Farrally Brothers Bristol.
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Paoxnix
Farrally Brothers
Phoenix Office
Friengly
Bristol
Shaky Rope Bridges and Wild South American Paths
A traveler describes rope bridges in South America built from two ropes and rough mats, swinging and cracking underfoot with many accidents. Snakes eat with rapid, precise strikes, seizing a rabbit then slowly swallowing it. A Bristol church invites worship with schedule and topics for Sunday and midweek services, including a roll call supper on March 31.
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South America
Messrs. Longmans
George
Superstitions About Bread in Brittany
In Brittany households start dough with a cross from the right hand while the left rests in the trough. A passing cat is believed to stop bread from rising. Some women allegedly can multiply dough. Bakers and leavening are invoked as the dough rises. The oven is sacred and waters blessed. Bread should not bake on Holy Friday or All Saints night to avoid ghostly appetites.
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Brittany
Channel
The Forks Arrival in England During James I Era
The article recounts how forks, once unknown, were introduced in England around 1600 during the reign of James I. It notes food was cut with a knife and eaten with fingers prior to forks, a refinement borrowed from Italians. The piece highlights social contrast between rich and poor dining practices.
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England
Serpent Worship In India Survives In Modern Homes
Serpent worship, once widespread, persists in India. Hindus often reverence cobras found in house crevices, feeding and propitiating them. If fear or a death from a bite occurs, they release the snake rather than kill it. When bitten, many prefer magic spells or mantras over medical aid, even if medical help is available.
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India
Local Printing Office Keeps Cash Circulating in Town
The local printing office circulates money locally by paying wages to laborers and merchants who then spend it in the community. It emphasizes keeping cash within the neighborhood and offers up-to-date quality printing at reasonable prices.
Sleeping Beauty and the Beast at Colonial Boston Wins Wide Popularity
Klaw and Erlanger arrange an unlimited booking with Rich Harris and Charles Frohman for the Drury Lane spectacle. The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast is in its eighth week at the Colonial Theatre Boston drawing heavy crowds. Seats can be reserved three weeks in advance with matinees on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The production features elaborate costumes, electrical effects, and a varied price scale from fifty cents to one dollar and a half, reflecting broad appeal beyond Boston residents.
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Klaw & Erlanger
Messrs. Rich, Harris
Charles Frohman
Drury Lane
Colonial Theatre
Boston
New England
Klau « Erlanger
Colonial
Cure Catarrh With Hyomei Inhaler Pocket Kit
Advertising copy touts Hyomei as a natural cure for catarrh using an inhaler, medicine dropper, and bottle sold for 1.90. One inhaler lasts a lifetime, with extra bottles at 59 cents. Rhode Island Drug Co backs a money back guarantee and promotes preparation for seasonal changes.
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Nature
Rhode Island Drug Company
Paper stock room at PHOENIX office in Bristol
Visitors discover a vast stock room filled with paper and cardboard in many grades colors and prices. Thousands of envelopes are available and stock can be sold blank or printed to order in clean pew type of latest style.
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Bristol
Phoenix Office
Coming Events and Dental Ad in Providence
April listings include dances, balls, socials, and a lawn tennis tournament in Bristol County with clubs and fire engine company events at Armory and Grand Army Hall. An opera minstrel show benefits Bristol Baseball Club, plus a drama at Bristol Opera House. Also an extended dental advertisement for a Providence office offering multi speciality care, prices, and references.
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King Philip Steam Fire Engine Company
Grand A Rmy
Excelsior Lawn Tennis Club
Bristol County
St. Marys
Bristol Opera House
Our Folk
Bristol Y M CA
Canned Goods and Condiments Advertised in Local Trade Card
A local advertisement lists canned goods including Bunker Hill Piccalilli and Relish, Blackstone Valley Chili Sauce, pint bottles of mixed pickles and onions, Blue Label Ketchup, Anderson's Tomato Ketchup, Pride of R.1 Ketchup, and French Mustard. Also promoted is a laundry product described as a fine article for washing and bleaching clothes, priced at ten cents per quart bottle.
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Bunker Hill
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