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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1904
Page
4
A discussion of how no scientific data yet explains human skin color across races. It cites legends from African, Chinese, Mussulman, American Indian, and other cultures about the origins of color, including tales of Adam, a river of gold, and red kaolin as explanations.
The practice of pegging drinking cups was started by St Dunstan to curb excessive drinking by ensuring men could not take larger drafts than others. The measure backfired as it encouraged abstemious men to drink exactly to a peg whether able or not, worsening the problem.
A boy complains of toothache and agrees to a quick look from a dentist but withdraws, stating his mother told him to only have it examined, not pulled. The dentist proceeds with the plan yet the boy resists, showing fear and insistence on parental instruction.
Mamie-Florence displays a fierce devotion to truth, described as a consuming passion. She is said to push boundaries, and notes that her closest friend, Kittie-In, is younger than Mamie-Why, a fact she openly acknowledges.
A Life magazine quip questions Jones’s standing, with a remark that he could still produce poor work for life, reflecting public doubt about his literary prominence.
John Theobald of Cincinnati shares his five year struggle with stomach troubles and dyspepsia. He credits Mi ona tablets with a permanent cure and endorses A J Jasmin as local agent offering a money back guarantee with every box. The price is 60 cents per box.
An excerpt from a Bristol diary recounts Rhode Island Day at the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition on October 6 1898. The writer and Georgia obtain Rhode Island badges, tour Horticultural Hall and Music Hall, hear speeches by Governor and Col James, enjoy bands and a reception at the Rhode Island State Building, and close with a festive State tribute and smiles as they depart homeward glad to belong to Rhode Island.
A letter to Samuel P Colt extols Devoe lead and zinc paint as superior lasting for 20 years. It praises Devoe as true paint, contrasts with common paints, and notes cost efficiency by finish and year. The sender signs as 64 H W Devoe Co and mentions O Easterbrooks as a seller.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a doctor pressing to wake a patient to ask if she has obeyed orders. The husband and doctor debate whether to frame the question differently.
A brief Stray Stories exchange questions Ske’s honesty about caught fish. Y remarks Ske never lies about catches but doubts truth about fish he misses. C counters with a cautious stance, highlighting selective truth in fishing tales.
A student at a prestigious university, lauded as the world’s greatest composer, sparked attention by uttering the word Obloroform in a moment of quote mistaken certainty. The incident drew campus chatter about temperament and memory among elite scholars.
The piece argues that politicians misquote President Roosevelt to attack him. It cites his Strenuous Life passage urging brotherhood and equal association among farmers bankers merchants and workers to foster trust. The author shares Roosevelt's own example with ranchers cowboys railroad workers carpenters and other groups to prove shared American values.
The New York Globe reports Mia’s letter as a direct self portrait of a party ready to govern with conviction and courage. It rejects evasion, meets Democratic indictments head on, and treats Panama Canal policy, Goal strike, Northern Securities, and pension orders in a bold, fearless tone. The piece notes the letter echoes a clarion call sought by Parker supporters.
The piece comments that Bryan enjoys the situation, not caring about the Democratic ticket. It praises his speeches for unsettling Hippus, Wolfert's Roost, and the Hoffman House, while noting Bryan hopes to reorganize after the war.
A young woman paid eight cents a pound for twelve pounds of flesh, buying Scott's Emulsion at one dollar a bottle. Regular doses helped her gain twelve pounds by the bottle's end, illustrating value for money. Scott & Bowne chemists advertise at 409 Pearl Street and claim $1.00 is standard, with all druggists carrying it.
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