Why Not It Softens Bold Time Defacing Marks
The verse explores how softness tempers harsh truth and shadows bold moments. It reflects on time erasing lines of age, frowns, and folds, implying gentleness can mask severity and preserve memories.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1895
Page
4
Outwitted by Robbers in a Rural Flight
Joe Harris, an only son spoiled by family, bravely pursues two masked robbers who steal a bag of money after a market day. He chases them from a cornfield to a river, dives to recover the clothes and bag, outpaces a pursuer, and finally returns the money to his father after a long 18 mile trek and a night at a friendly farmer's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Joe
Ylan
Andrew
Gemini Poem About Lost Stars and Leda
A whimsical poem from Granite Monthly laments the return of Gemini the twins missing from fields of gold. The speaker, Clem and I, mourn the vanished stars and dream of their playful presence, imagining a Milky Way path home. The tone blends playful imagery with wistful longing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leda
Heaven
Gemini
Clem
E. A. Jenks
No Heaven For the Unmarried and Chinamen in Asia
A fragmentary composite notes customs and satire from various sources: a misanthropic view of arranged marriages in Fiji and Australia, a satirical complaint about chastity and beauty standards for a hypothetical Chinaman’s wife, and a quip from Figaro about reconciliation. The pieces mix cultural stereotypes with colonial humor.
The Press as News Merchants and Public Health Warnings
The article argues newspapers are more accurate than rumors and editors refine reports before publication. It compares news to goods on sale, notes the cost of suppressing items, and highlights the need for careful public health, warning against typhoid and weed-borne disease during this season.
Sharpers Target City Restaurants With Elegant Card Scheme
A well dressed man uses a restaurant ruse to borrow money by asking for a business card and then menacingly tries to retrieve it later. He deceives patrons at St. Nicholas and Burdick's, prompting police search for the sharper after numerous victims fall for the trick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas and Burdick’s
Cincinnati Post
Ethiopian King Menelik Claims Victory Over Italians
Missionary Flad reports from Abyssinia that King Menelik surrounds himself with French and Russian courtiers and boasted of a coming march from the Tigre to Jerusalem. He claims descent from David and Solomon while targeting reporters and promising booty to resolve war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flad
Wurttemberg
Abyssinia
Goban Desta
Basle
English Bible Society
Harrar and
Shea
Europe
Menelik
Jerusalem
Holy City
Russia
David
Solomon
London News
Marshal Ney Devours Half-Raw Pork at Campfire Feat
During the 1812 Russian campaign Ney passed a campfire where a soldier roasted pig meat he had shot. He accepted the piece and ate it on the spot, praising the meal as excellent with an appealing aroma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Ney
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Foot OF State
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Hope ST
Lb, Bosworth, & Pension Agest
Samuel C. Easterbrooks
Franklin ST
Isaac B. Munro
A A. Greene
Real Earate
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R. TL
Fred H Hoar
Bristol, R. I
F.T. Remiereds
James F. Scanlon
Bradford St
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Albert LO Alder
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P. Colt
John P Campbell
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Henry B. Winship
William BR. Dupee
Rr.a Robertson
William T
Samuel
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Gro. L. Littlefield Sterns Hutchins
George T. Bliss
Horack M. Barns
Leander RB
Peck
Olney T. Inmangko
P. Wetmore
Warren O. Arnold
J. M. Addeman
C. Wardwell
Mre On
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3Hua M. "Addemaner
Cyrus P. Brown
Waldo M. Place
T. P. Morris
Bristol Tea House
J. J. O'Donnell
State Street
J. Howard
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Tam
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N. Cole
Hoff
Weyeth
Fine Cigars
LA Romeo
J. N. Morris’ Best
Ceneral Grant
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