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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1895
Page
4
A verse excerpt from the London Spectator comparing clover and wheat in poetic imagery. The speaker notes the clover red caps and wheat green gowns swaying in heat, admiring their allure and the promise each plant offers to a lazy lover.
In colonial New Amsterdam the Wursthaus hosts a gray cloaked phantom seen near the Bowerie road. Hans von Schweist and patrons fear a demon in league with evil, until a Boston traveler falls ill and dies. The mystery wanes after the death, with the specter never seen again. The tale ends with a note on common surnames in the fifty fourth congress.
The submarine detector tracks a sinking weight to reveal near objects such as anchors chains telegraph cables and sunken ships. It promises faster, safer identification for ships before divers dive, and could also enable safe torpedo firing when a detector finds a threat.
A dealer offers a cigar for trial and Watts rejects it, insisting it deserves lynching. The exchange underscores a tense moment captured in a Indianapolis Journal excerpt.
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