Roll Call of Those Boys in Bristol remembered
A nostalgic tribute to Bristol residents and their families, detailing generations of boys and their siblings across streets and lanes. The piece maps childhood friendships, schooling, and later careers from Mount Hope to Thames Street, naming many local figures, mills, stores, and famous houses that shaped their youth.
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Grant
Allan
San Ocoggeshas
Charles J. Eales
Nat
Jim Usher
Captain Allan
Pennsylvania
Frank Gladding
Joe Manchester
Hops Street
Frank
Jos
Jacob Babbitt
Rhode Island
Hope Street
Bill Gardner
Joe
Joseph L
Fins Old House
Colling
Will
Bristol
Prudence
Hog Island
Gardner’s
Martin Bennett
Young Mart
Hartford
Matt Bennett
Redmond Talbot
Richmond
Mose Woods
Bill Peckham
Bradford
Hope
Regan
John
Jim
Peter
Merinoville
Providence
George Brown
Joe Y
Frank Camm
Toscan Bennett
Messadore T
Regans
Fall River
Thames Street
Jim McElroy
Usher
Eatons
Sidney O’ Wolf
Bank
Dick McCartney
Fitzes
Frank Peck
Robert
New York Times
The
San
Janie Sanford
Cook Hill
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised by testimonials
The notice extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female troubles, citing testimonials from Mrs. Joseph Hall of Bardstown Kentucky and Mrs. Mary Wood of Christiana Tennessee. It claims thirty years of use and lists ailments it purportedly treats. It invites readers to write for free advice to Mrs Pinkham.
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Bardstown
Lydia E. Pinkham
Joseph Hall
Bards— Town
Christiana
Tenn
Mary Wood
R.F.D
An Awful Liar in Scottish Reminiscences Tale
In London Tit-Bits Sir Archibald Geikie recalls a farmer’s tale of a “queerest body” seen near a clough. The figure, busy with hammer and writing, argues with thorns as crowds discuss rocks and Scotland’s icy past, framed as a humorous anecdote about storytelling.
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Archibald Geikie
Sir Archibald
Caithcart
Scotland
Greenland
Woman as masterful and tyrannical in passion
A Daybook of John Stuart Blackie excerpt argues that women, driven by dominant emotion and passion, can become intolerant and tyrannical, making them ill-suited to roles like statesman or judge, though capable in many fields.
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John Stuart Blackie
The State and the Individual
The state may ease access to a small holding but cannot grant energy and industry. It can help in bad times yet cannot bestow moral character that enables men to rise above temporary disaster. This reflection from the London Strand Magazine links state aid with personal vigor and resilience.
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London Strand Magazine
Partly So Confess Then You Are Another's
A dramatic quarrel unfolds as a man accuses and she hesitates confessing. She admits to partial possession of the hair and upper teeth while insisting the rest belong to him, revealing a tense exchange over identity and ownership.
The Feminine Paradox Quote Note
A brief quotation from London Black and White praising the uneducated woman for quick perception tact and sensibility asserting she senses thoughts without words in a periodical voice.
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London
Black and White
Pa's Wallet System Admired by Judge for Winners
A judge quotes a joke about a secret wallet system used to claim credit for voting for all the winners. The line contrasts belief in learning with need for common sense, ending with a Persian proverb about education and practical application.
Starboard Light Window Doubt Stirs Artist’s Marine Error
A New York Post item recounts a shopper who frets over a ship painting mis depicting the red side light on the starboard side. He contemplates asking the shop to fix the error or patch the red with green to provoke damage and relieve his anxiety.
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Wndow
New York Post
Protective Coloring of Insects Observation
Sir E Ray Lankester recalls watching a pale green mottled moth defend itself by color. A bird chased the moth during a summer evening flight, but the moth landed on a tree trunk where greenish gray lichen camouflaged it. The bird missed the insect as it rested against the matched background.
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E. Ray Lankester
London
Telegraph
Station master seeks raise and exits, superintendent recalls
A station master demands a salary increase and threatens to quit. The superintendent answers with a tale: when he was young he asked his own superior and was refused, he left, and the railway line still runs.
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London
Pastor Announces Rural Wedding at Milwaukee Church
A rural Milwaukee area pastor announced a church wedding for two parishioners next week. He closed with the hymn title Mistaken Souls That Dream of Heaven.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Free Press
Rich man says he'd rather be poor, explains ethic
The Connection presents a terse dialogue between Scott and Matt with a Boston Transcript-style quip about wealth and humility. The exchange recalls a very rich man who preferred poverty, and a remark about how all men are harsh or hard in some reading.
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Scott
Matt
Boston Transcript
Careless talk from patient to doctor sparks wary plan
Suburban patient apologizes for bringing others along as a doctor jokes about seeing another patient and killing two birds with one stone, revealing a darkly humorous or troubling mindset.
Doan's Kidney Pills Featured in Bristol Testimony
Bristol resident John Holmes reports kidney discomfort with frequent nocturnal urination and back pains. After using Doan's Kidney Pills, he achieved relief in a short time and endorses the remedy. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo sells the product for 60 cents. remember the name Doan's.
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Nature
Bristol
John Holmes
Thames St
R. Seays
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Minstrels Tea Party Conundrum Ends Night of Hums
In a celebrated Minstrels scene Professor Slinghele hosts a quip on labor and idle work. Mistah Bones and Mistah Tambo debate the difference between a railway brakesman and a busy man. Mistah Bones explains a switchman versus handwork. Squeekin de Throte then delivers the ballad It Would Have Been All the Same Today if You Hadn't Done What You Did.
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Mistah
Mistah Tambo
Slinghele
Mistah Bones
Mr. Tambo
Squeekin
Squeekin de Throte
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Rumors Strewn Across Philadelphia Record Page
Brief item notes that rumors spread with many tongues and that chatter moves at a price, reflecting a streetwise exchange cited from the Philadelphia Record. The remark contrasts sly estimate with blunt realism in a compact quote flavor.
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Philadelphia Record
Fortune Play Thou False Today To Morrow True
A compact adage framed as a proverb echoes in verse: If fortune plays thee false today, tomorrow she will be true. The line juxtaposes risk and renewal, reflecting a timeless outlook on fate and perseverance.
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Benjamin
To Mothers in This Town
Children who are delicate feverish and cross will get relief from Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children They cleanse the stomach act on the liver making a sickly child strong and healthy A cure for worms Sold by all druggists 25c Sample Free Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY
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Gray
Frez
Addreys
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
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Meigs
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Masons
John Rich, Jr
Broad Common
George B. Monro
Pearses
Russell
Narrows
Mount Hope
Narragansett Bay
Wat
George Gladding
Gladding
Washington
Bill
Ben
Anapolis
Alfred Lather
Alfred, Jr
Winfield
John B. Munro
Wilfred
Brown
Walter
Hbristol
Jerry
Hezekiah Pitman
Providence Post Office
Hoyal Dawley
Bill Mitchell
Don Crowley
Charlie “Goff
Ned Greene
Oscar
Teddy
McCarty
Bullock Boys
Wood Street
Towser
Taylor
High
Bradford Streets
William K
Bristol Artillery
Namaquit
Rafgs Arnold
Baptist Church
George
Henry
Wardwell
Herbert F. Bennett
Elkanah French
Hagle Bank
Wardwell’s Lane
Wallace Warren
Nathan
Fred Fales
George Coggeshall
Munro
Bill Chadwick
Chadwicks
Mount Hope House
Hasterbrookses
Hope, Strest
Thames Strest
West Indies
Steve
Roderick
Fred
Lisha Wardwell’s
Spooner’s
Bill Cushman
Ben Davis
William O. G
Dan Wilcox
Jim Tanner
Dan Tanner
Bradford Street
Dan ‘Anner
Sparks
King Philip
Sam Sparks
Oscar Gitfard
John Quincy Adams
Quinny
Ford Sweet
Charley Waldron
Ed Anthony
Charley Simmons
Eugene Fish
Jim Phelps
North Grammar
Mr. Rich
Ethan—‘Phessor
Patt
Squab
Allyn
George Gaytoo
Jim Reid
Bran Patt
Bill Allyn
Upper State Street
High Street
State
Bill Davis
Solon
Henry Smith
Messadore Bennett
Phoenix
Cataract Power Company
Stanvard
Post Garde
Daggetts
W. H. Buffington
Waldron-Brownell CO
Furnity
State St. James Tobin Block
G M. Wilbur
VY. M. C
William G- Murphy Mason
Sowamsett Ave
Warren, Rvi
John Temple Drury
Drury
Hope St
A.W. Orgelman
Igo Harpose
State Street
Trudell Bros
Wood
Wood & S
John Shepard
Emma
B. Carey
Constitution Street