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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1910
Page
4
After a long attack of Grippe Mrs. Vaught grew weak with no appetite. Vinol rapidly improved her condition and health. Adelaide Gamm from Water town Wis reports strong results from Vinol aiding recovery. The Bristol HOPE DURG CO offers money-back guarantee if Vinol fails to deliver claimed benefits.
London Chronicle reports the 1831-32 cholera epidemic hit a west Ireland rookery on the Marquis of Sligo estate. Observers noted rooks vanished early, revenue police found many dead onshore ten miles away. When the epidemic faded the survivors returned, but most were too weak to rebuild, with five sixths lost.
Harper's Weekly describes Tokyo police work modeled on the French system. Three officers staff each box daily with rotations every eight hours. After twenty four hours they rest while three others take over. Off days include census tasks and compiling reports on streets bridges drains cemeteries and public events.
A tale from London M. A. P. recounts Sir Ernest Cassel known as Windsor Castle for his Windsor Castle lookalike back view matched the late King Edward VII. At a Windsor garden party a peer whispered a greeting to a chair occupant, mistaking Sir Ernest. The King, amused once informed, laughed at the mistaken identity.
The bull snake ranges along the Atlantic pine woods from New Jersey to Florida, with other species beyond New England. It is harmless but powerful, lays eggs, and preys on birds and rodents. It constricts and swallows eggs whole, using a swelling in the throat to crack the shell. Its hiss is loud due to a constricted epiglottis, resembling hot iron in water. Maximum length reaches seven and a half feet. White body with a black-spotted head and brown back.
An old superstition traces a horseshoe display to Saint Dunstan the farrier. The devil, in disguise, asked to be shoed, endured pain, and vowed that no evil spirits would trouble homes with a horseshoe.
The remark contrasts Hamlet’s line about the undiscovered country with the plot hinge on the ghost’s return from that country. The essay notes the paradox of a dead king returning to speak, prompting questions about memory and destiny in the play.
Dialogue hints at social and economic tension as a young man, single and well off, faces pressure from a rival who questions his eligibility and prospects. The exchange underscores expectations of marriage aligning with wealth and status.
The Mexican Herald reports marijuana, labeled a weed of the lower class and used by soldiers and prisoners, is severely punished when sold in barracks or prisons. It allegedly sharpens wild behavior, induces headaches, disorientation, and visions, turning people into fighting monsters and provoking panic.
The Curse of Cowdray links the estate of Cowdray to Sir Anthony Browne and Battle Abbey with a monk’s curse foretelling the family’s downfall by fire and water. The prophecy allegedly came true when Cowdray burned in 1793 and the last Lord Montague died soon after in Germany attempting to shoot the Rhine falls.
A witty exchange marks eighteenth century brevity in holiday correspondence. Voltaire wrote Borus meaning I am going to the country, Piton replied with I go. In modern business notes Victor Hugo asked how Les Miserables fared with a simple question mark and the publisher answered with an exclamation mark.
Records show on January 16 1541 the chancellor recited the king's goodness and wisdom in the house of lords. When Henry VIII's name was spoken, all peers prostrated themselves to the ground as one, in Asiatic servility.
The excerpt presents a dialogic scene with Farmer Corntassel questioned by a book agent about ownership and reading, implying the agent doubts the farmer’s time or means. It moves to quick quips about timidity and domestic dynamics among characters like Henpeck, Wigger, and Wagger, with salty asides from Miss Goodley-Bess and Miss Cutting about makeup and complexion in a bustling, humorous newspaper style.
A brief exchange shows a mother urging patience with a son who must learn he cannot have his own way. The bridge character acknowledges the long path ahead for change.
Rome Corriere notes a witty reflection contrasting quick insight into a Frenchman with a month to know a German and a lifetime to know an Englishman. The remark frames language and nationality as a proxy for understanding people across cultures.
At the masses of St Mary’s Church on Sunday morning Col Samuel P Colt announced a gift of $500 toward the new church fund. The letter from Col Colt praised the parish and urged continued support for the construction drive.
In this town on November 12 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Antone Roderick. On November 13 a son was born to Mr and Mrs Joseph Milone.
Married in New York City on October 17 by Reverend Charles Phillipa. Col. Joseph E. Fletcher, formerly of this town, wed Miss Marie Theresa Bollin of New York.
In West Barrington on November 11 Jassie May Baker wife of George Payne Baker died in her 20th year. In Warren on November 18 Emma W wife of William J MacKenzie and daughter of Ezra M and Cynthia M Martin passed away.
A western senator seeks a belt at a Washington haberdashery but balks at the price. The clerk explains belts are charged by the pound after a regular surcingle size, with the tally hitting four dollars. The exchange, recounted by the Chicago Record-Herald, pokes fun at the cost structure for large waists.
Orrine presented as a home treatment claimed to cure liquor habit with no publicity or time loss. It touts endorsements from ministers and druggists and offers two forms, powder and pill, with a $1 price and money back guarantee. In town, W. H. Boatstington sells Orrine.
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