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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1899
Page
4
A Chicago club story recalls three bookmakers who left a large cash bundle with a hotel clerk under a joint delivery rule. One man fled with the money, prompting a $325,008 suit. A clever lawyer produced a bundle of misdirection, proving the cash was only $25,000 and that part of the trio could not be produced, causing the case to collapse.
The North China Herald reports a family in Tsing-kiangpu confronted a son whose wild life, gambling and opium use brought shame. To protect parents from loss of face, the father and uncle led him to a graveyard, bound him with a rope, and pulled to kill him, removing the threat to the family.
A witty exchange from the Chicago News has a chronic borrower remarking to an acquaintance that the man looks well. The other replies that he credits his health to recently giving up his worst habit, then asks what it was. The punchline: I gave up giving up.
The largest mass of pure rock salt sits under Galicia province in Hungary. It is reported to stretch about 650 miles long and 20 miles wide with a thickness of roughly 2850 feet.
A Berlin Maryland Herald item recounts Greens the bugler blowing into a lung tester and surpassing 600 pounds, winning a $5 prize. He notes his seven years in a brass band as proof of his lung power, amid amused crowd reaction.
The passage compares Gladstone as the fastest reader who could digest lengthy works by just glancing at pages. It also cites John G. Carlisle as another rapid reader, noting his roles as senator, Speaker, and Treasury Secretary. Joe Burnam from Kentucky praises Carlisle’s memory and ability to summarize books upon hearing the author’s name.
A West Side resident laments the neighborhood mood as his dog remains missing for over a week. The man recalls the canine returning home with a tin can tied to its tail, a curious detail that has sparked speculation and mild embarrassment among neighbors. His wife questions the cause and meaning of the odd marker.
Ohio Journal quotes Henderson calling Bilkins the most absent-minded person. Williamson asks for the latest gag. Henderson replies Bilkins went to his barber shop this morning to pay his gas bill.
A wafer voices frustration over impossible bread supply for family, while a Chicago grocer counters that hard work is required to earn it. The exchange highlights tension over basic necessities and perceived labor demands in the city.
Dr D B Cargile writes that four bottles of Electric Bitters cured Mrs Brewer of scrofula after years of suffering and ineffective treatment. The note claims it as the supreme blood purifier and remedy for eczema tetter salt rheum ulcers boils and running sores. The tonic supposedly stimulates liver kidneys bowels expels poisons aids digestion and builds strength. Sold for 60 cents by J H Young & Co. Guaranteed.
A traveler recalls hunting fish with natives using picks and shovels, discovering air‑sealed clay cases containing long eel shaped fish in dried lake beds. In India a jungle crowd chases a drying river bed, watching mud for migrating perch like fish, using their fins as feet to move swiftly ashore.
A New York Sun note recounts foot movement of fish that can travel on land, entering streams unfazed by their dry travel. It explains evolving understanding of amphibious breathers, with lunglike air bladders in lungfishes that exchange air when out of water and revert to gill-based respiration in water.
The sensation of taste from electric current through the tongue, observed by Zeynek, a German electrician, varies with voltage. Sudden shifts in current and voltage alter taste, suggesting electric taste is electrolytic in origin.
Star photography requires lengthy plate exposures with telescope tracking. Exposures for a sixteenth magnitude star may last two hours, during which the plate and telescope move to keep the image stationary. Only one star image at a time can be secured unless neighboring stars are similarly sized.
The imperial diet approved a seven year program costing 12,800,000 dollars to improve the government telephone system. Electrical engineer Rinza Nakayama has been sent to the United States to study the latest improvements and inventions. Government work will be carried out by Japanese electricians.
The advertisement extols Dr King's New Life Pills as a remedy for poor digestion and liver issues, claiming they restore appetite and a regular bodily habit. It promotes a 25 cent price at J H Young & Co's drug store.
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