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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1894
Page
4
Poem recalling boyhood nights in attic moonlight and dreams, reflecting on times to be and the lasting sense of peace from childhood. The piece credits Eugene Field and Chicago Record as its source, noting the emotional longing to return to innocence.
Two Irish sisters who never spoke since girlhood share a lifetime of quiet suffering on a farm and in London. Mercy nears death as Honor tends her and endures a final kiss with Mercy before she dies, breaking their vow in the room where memory and family bond them.
A brief quarrel over hat wearing in a theater erupts after Boston Gallette asks why a patron keeps a new hat on, joking that it was bought to be seen. The exchange highlights social norms and audience decorum in public venues.
A fragmented poem describes a swallow as a weather omen while a couple plans to stay together. The garbled text mentions hay, rain, snow, and birds circling poplars with repeated misprints and stray words.
In Rocky Mead near the Shenandoah, Juliette recalls the Wardens family ruins after the war. Miss Mary defies Campbells by wedding Captain Hunter, then dies. Capn Hunter is killed, and Long Jim guards Mary’s memory amid a burned estate and old Miss Mary’s sorrow.
A eastern millionaire dining western style complains the bill is too high. He questions paying $1 for two eggs and $10 for a secondhand suit. The landlord and shopkeepers reply with oblique remarks about scarcity and price.
An old classic riddle asks a man to pay a cent for the first nail, nine for the second, four for the third, doubling each time across 82 nails. Readers are invited to compute the total, with the answer described as surprising.
In a Philadelphia Times note, players join in a secret game where one person leaves the room and returns to quiz others about agreed mystifications. The game centers on identifying a right hand neighbor as the object, with the questioner amused by each answer and the group entertained by the reveal.
The speaker questions belief in fairies noting that without that belief the world would lose color and charm. The bluebells, fairies, and fair folk are invoked to argue for the reality of enchantment and imagination.
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