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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1895
Page
4
A verse excerpt notes that while many husbands vary in looks wit and fortune the truly angelic husband remains unseen. It suggests that no real partner is perfect and that idealized perfection may be unattainable for any man. The piece cites T B Aldrich via the Boston Budget.
A group of salesmen at a hardware store recount humorous customer misnamings and requests. They discuss corkscrews versus screwdrivers, lid lifters and stovedifers, and a nervous buyer who asked for twinders. One exchange notes a customer preferring clear tacks over tinned, highlighting playful confusion in everyday shop dialogue.
A study reports that dried sea weed steeped in air free water produced gas for ten days, yielding 808 cubic centimeters. After two and a half years a second gas emerged, now largely methane, implying slow secondary decomposition of vegetable matter may relate to natural gas origin.
A Detzol Tribune excerpt shows a playful scene where a boy mocks a baseball game and questions players at bases while a tall lady in a checkered suit sits silent beside a pretty young man with a blue veil. The piece captures casual sports banter and social texture.
Montana buffalo magnate Char lie Allard discusses crossbreeding buffalo with cattle including Polled Angus, noting high meat quality and increasing herd value while withholding market sales. Edison describes a future combined phonograph and kinetoscope device enabling simultaneous sight and sound reproduction for at home viewing of operas and plays.
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