Creosote Paint Demonstration Runs Moderate Cost
A brief item notes a CREOSOTE PAINT demonstration promising effective results at a moderate price. The snippet suggests showing sample cards to explain the concept and value.
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18 Oct 1895
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Bristol Phoenix in Bristol, Rhode Island
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1895
Page
1
Local Underwear Deals Highlight Value and Selection
Dozens of men's underwear in white and gray mixed regular 6ac quality offered at set prices. Fine all wool underwear in 75 cent, $1.00, and $1.25 ranges touted as top value. Ladies urged to shop heavy universal underwear and attractive wrapper stock newly arrived with right prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asc
Abele
Masqueraders at Providence Opera House Next Week
The Bristol Phoenix notes that Mr. Frohman brings Henry Arthur Jones's drama The Masqueraders to the Providence Opera House for the week starting Oct 21. Walter Remon, an astronomer, loves Dulcie Larundie, a bar maid, as a kiss sold at auction funds a widow, Lord Skene wins the kiss and marries Dulcie, Remon grows rich, a banked fortune prompts a dangerous stake involving Remon's money and a gambler's wife and child, ending with Remon winning amid curtain calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Remon
Lord Skene
Skene
Walter Remon
Liberty Hall
Perpetual motion schemes exposed by a critic
Professor Coleman Sellers in Cassier's Magazine argues perpetual motion claims rely on deceptive exhibitions and fraudulent devices. He notes water pressure demonstrations and harmony of sound as false precursors, while promoters profit from credulity and investors seek unwarranted large returns.
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Coleman Sellers
Cassier
Queer Financial Methods in a Crowded Bank Hall
A narrator describes navigating a large crowded room to cash a check. Clerks, porters, and numbered disks govern the process as money is dispensed in unfamiliar local forms, requiring multiple teller steps and note exchanges.
Four Aces Streak in Summit Poker Pot Win
A group of four players at a Summit New Jersey gaming room locked in a record pot by a four handed draw poker game. Each card ran four to eight in a straight flush with all suits. The $40 per player pot marked an unusual high stakes moment in local poker history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit
Old Jim Crow Trick Leaves Rice Fame in Louisville Debut
A Boston Herald writer recalls how Thomas Dartmouth Rice watched a deformed slave named Jim Crow outside a Louisville theater. He copied the figure and routine, performing as Jim Crow to humorous verses, drawing repeated cheers. The act launched Rice into enduring fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Dartmouth Rice
Boston Herald
Louisville
Jim Crow
Rookin de Heal
Rice
Impossible Sacrifice Story Arises from Hungarian Statesman
A Hungarian paper recounts Francis Deak telling visitors a tale where Napoleon uses a hospital scene to test a veteran. The armless yet determined soldier would sacrifice his remaining arm to prove devotion to the emperor and homeland, ending with the punchline about the impossibility of such self sacrifice.
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Francis Deak
Paris
Napoleon
Austerlitz
Deak
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