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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1893
Page
1
A cardboard double leaf folds a four pointed star cutout to project two stars on a screen. By rotating the leaves and aligning shadows a combined eight pointed star forms, with color filters creating a tricolored effect. A wine glass of colored liquids can substitute the glass.
A Popular Science Nova report contends the camel’s hump is not a deformity but a fat reserve. The hump stores energy for long exertion when food is scarce, and its size signals the animal’s condition after rest and feeding.
In Stony Lodge the Demorest estate heirs quarrel over a will that makes Margie Vane the heiress to a ruby cup treasure. Will Demorest, Margie’s suitor and cousin, unites romance with greed as the ruby treasure unearthed ignites disputes amid talk of a future for old maids.
Rural New Yorker extols a Columbus gooseberry variety as the best yet offered in this country or abroad, noting its overall superiority and superior fruit quality. It emphasizes the fruit’s vigor and adaptability for home gardens.
A guide from Golden Days explains crafting a perfume sachet from a muslin handkerchief with a silk pad and powder filled inner. It covers cutting edges, assembling a silk inner pad, turning and inserting the pad, and finishing with feather edged ribbon knots. Total cost about 73 cents.
The 8-year-old chestnut hackney stallion Ottawa took first prize at the Columbian Exposition, praised for greater spirit, action, intelligence, and endurance. Owned in Bowmanville Ontario, Ottawa defeats rivals from the United States and will be shown at Madison Square Garden in New York in November. His sire Lord Derwent II carries strong hackney lines.
An article notes Southern New Mexico developing into a strong horse breeding region with dry stimulating climate and irrigation, praising Cleveland bays in Pecos valley and predicting growth to rival California. It also mentions dairy and clover forage, and remarks on Puritan church customs with a humorous tale of a milk pitcher and a dog in a 17th century gallery scene.
A Vermont township reports a series of bear depredations. Adam Johnson and a French Canadian named Joe dug a covered pit to trap a bruin near a barn. Johnson fired a loaded flintlock, fell into the pit, and Joe plunged in to help, but the bear fled leaving Johnson bruised and the trap useless.
An excerpt recalls a summer royal visit by the Danish king and his son as they shelter during a storm in a woodman’s hut in a remote province. A provincial couple teases them, joking about the king’s identity and noting the wife’s playful smart remark.
A pension attorney Henry Billings from Washington testifies Ely's Cream Balm cured a ten year catarrh. Elman Meyers from Winfield New York says the product relieved his chronic nasal condition after trying many remedies.
Fragments suggest a literary line or poem fragment noting the notion that ownership diminishes certain things. The exact source context and author remain unclear from the brief excerpt.
The London comedian George Grossmith, recently back from the East, aids a forlorn street performer at a seaside resort. He signals the audience to stay, offers a humorous sketch, and collects the hatful of coins the fellow entertainer had earned.
A writing master reviews two pupils work. One boy presents a torn tear stained effort and pleads for pity while the other offers a flawless blank page. The master compassionately guides the struggling student’s hand, encouraging his progress.
Hood's Sarsaparilla claims careful preparation from sarsaparilla and herbs including dandelion mandrake dock pipsissewa juniper berries to deliver curative powers not possessed by other medicines. It asserts remarkable cures where others fail.
Paul Gore of the Grand Pacific Hotel became trapped for half an hour inside a fireproof vault after a prank involving a gas stove. Col. Parker and staff failed to locate the keyholders, and relief came when Parker produced keys and freed Gore amid shivers over a freezing telegram from Helena.
The text contrasts independence with churchishness, likening the difference to that between almonds and aloes, suggesting a nuanced distinction in personal or communal attitudes. The statement uses a metaphor to emphasize divergent approaches or beliefs in a faith or civic context.
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