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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1906
Page
6
Paragraph discusses ancient Roman gourmet practices, noting how rarity and expense defined feasts. Descriptions cover peacocks with diamond dust, parrots tongues capable of speaking, and the prized pheneceptrix likely a ptarmigan. Also mentions ostriches, buzzards, and roasted birds as delicacies.
The lid names the cigar shape and size such as conchas and reina while terms like conchas especiales indicate both shape and size. Back of the lid shows quality such as fina and superior and the right side or end states the color from claro to negro.
The Cleveland Leader argues against restricting sleep hours. It says the body does not demand sleep for tissue building, so sleep should come when there is any inclination. It cites Wetwindeud and Wetwindeud tests and notes five to six hours can leave a person alert after waking, but warns long-term strain leads to nervous breakdown.
A bayman warns that watching lightning during a storm reveals its path. If bolts drift left or right in view, the storm may pass by. If lightning strikes constantly in one place and grows brighter, the storm heads straight toward you, so seek shelter or head for home.
An Irishman defines the human head in a witty catalog of uses from hat peg to snuffbox, lampooning it as a target for helmeted soldiers and a receptacle for follies and passions, while denying any brains.
A landlady recalls waiting ten minutes for a car that passed without stopping the other day. The often quiet man had trouble with his chops. He suggests the conductor perhaps did not want her aboard, reflecting a terse exchange.
A London Tribune quote presents a humorously grim exchange. An old bachelor recalls his happiest moment as the jeweler taking back the engagement ring and giving collar studs in exchange, voiced by a sweet girl graduate.
A Mrs Uptowne wonders why only a drum arrives with her socks. The driver explains the socks come in the other cars while he is the band wagon driver, delivering the drum.
The statement asserts that an idiot’s brain has far less phosphorus than an average person, presenting a crude measurement of intelligence by chemical content. It reflects unsound eugenic style reasoning rather than scientific consensus.
The article surveys a Strome elder in the Faroe Islands who, despite a life of travel from Copenhagen to New South Wales and the Danish navy, returns home as a conservative reformer. He pioneers slate roofing and advocates outdoor fish boiling, but locals reject his ideas. He cheers bicycles in England yet proclaims the world cannot last much longer.
Martha Baker Dunn in Atlantic argues Shakespeare portrayed life as a sequence of cause and effect, emphasizing personal responsibility. The essay contends cowardice is the gravest crime, while true courage leads to integrity, echoed by lines in Macbeth and echoes of Richard III.
In a London Telegraph style snippet, Fitz-Tomkins feigns sadness as a farewell to a visiting companion. Mrs. Fitz promises comfort and company upon the return, noting dear mother will stay until she comes back. The scene ends with a guard puzzled by Fitz-Tomkins’ reaction to a final tip.
A Chinese cabinet member is described as working long hours daily. He starts at 2 AM and attends palace duties from 3 to 6, privy council from 6 to 9, war department as president from 9 to 11, board of punishment from 12 to 2, and foreign office from 2 to 5 or 6, with additional duties on special commissions.
The London Daily Chronicle lists quirky England place names with humorous pronunciations. Examples include Rhudbaxton as Rib son and Woodmancote as Uddenmuckat, among others like Sawbridgeworth, Church down, Sandiacre, and Alm ondesbury rendered into playful forms.
The piece surveys the height of sonnet writing in the sixteenth century with noted prolific poets like Ronsard and Quevedo, and lists canon composers such as Petrarch, Sidney, Spenser, Dante, Wyatt, and Surrey. It credits Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, and Rossetti as English greats in the form.
A Windsor article compares killer and orca behavior to hunters and vultures at sea. It recounts a Northwest whaler’s large whale seized by a frenzy of orcas who ripped it from ropes despite blows with spades and lances, proving orcas’ courage and quick intelligence.
A horseman bursts into Farmer Brown's homestead to announce that Jack has run off with Maud, provoking comic disbelief from Squire Tompson who recalls Jack’s earlier clumsy mischief such as breaking a shovel. The scene echoes a London Express voice amid rustic setting.
A device using over 6,000 small mirrors concentrates sunlight on a seven inch spot producing about 7000 degrees F. Iron melts in under a minute and fire clay fuses in about three. Magnesia, normally about 6400 degrees, becomes molten in twenty minutes. The instrument is named the pyrheliophor.
A note on how animal coloration links to the instinct to stay hidden. The author argues a possible theory that color changes arise from the mind in foxes seeking concealment, contrasting with blind animals that do not change color. The text cites Dale's The Fox and a basin of minnows turning pale in white wash as supporting observations.
A short exchange between Miss Sharply and Mr Boresome ends with a flirtatious banter about leaving the city. The dialogue hints at a pleasant surprise and playful guessing, wrapped in the newspaper’s light humorous tone.
A Washington Star quote contrasts philosophy and sporting life. It notes the dullness of wealth when a man can bet five or ten thousand dollars on a horse race without worrying about losing it. The exchange highlights moneyed indifference to risk.
A Philadelphia Press joke exchanges a freight rate between a consumer and agent. The agent quotes six cents per foot to transport a packing case from Philadelphia to Boston, prompting astonishment at the implied distance and cost.
London Sketch jokes about a curate, vicar, and bishop praising hens and a foundation stone laid by the father. It plays on escalating responses from a child, a girl, and church figures in a light humorous tone.
A quotation attributed to Seneca warns that those unused to hardship only know one side of life. It implies adversity reveals broader scenes of nature and experience beyond comfort.
Naturalists long puzzled how birds learn to sing. Experiments with linnets raised by skylarks and others show the linnet adopts foster song. Linnets reared without hearing any song sing original tunes. The cuckoo mostly retains its own peculiar song despite foster upbringing.
The text traces early strike funds from 1724 Paris blocking weavers where funds were pooled daily and workers boycotted blacklegs. It highlights Lyons 1744 where 12,000 workers struck, prompting the mayor to concede and the king to deploy 20,000 soldiers to restore order, marking a turning point before the 1789 supreme strike.
Edwin Wildman describes Canton shops lighting miniature side fireplaces at night. Rice paper prayers fuel incense to the bogy man to deter spirits. When smoke reveals living occupants, prayers on altar papers supposedly soften his wrath and he passes by.
A quirky exchange shows a druggist advising a precise dose by piling powder on a dime. The patient asks for a dime’s worth, but the pharmacist explains the dimeful method is to place powder on the coin so it sticks, a trusted old practice for measuring medicines in emergencies.
The YMCA bowling schedule has been rearranged to admit two star teams led by Rutos B. Murray and Aza W. Hathaway. They will debut on the alleys as contestants in a match next Monday evening.
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