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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1910
Page
3
In the Y M G A Bowling Tournament the Twenty Threes won two strings and the total over the Hustlers. On Monday the Mellifiients took three strings from the Hayseeds and captured two and the total. Tuesday saw the Mysteries win two strings from the Dingbats with a roll off for the total, the Mysteries prevailing. Wednesday the Combinations won two strings and the total from the Matts.
An advertisement touts Dr Howard's specific for constipation and dyspepsia at 25 cents for sixty doses, claiming quick relief and permanent cures. W H Burlington offers the half price deal with a money back guarantee, promising proof of effectiveness or refund. The product, small granules, is sold in New York hotels and can be carried in a vest pocket.
The New York Sun ponders whether the calm man or the ever alert man wins a seat in a moving car. It notes both are the same age and distance from the seat, then concludes the quick, vigilant man often gets the seat first.
A London lecture on clothes explains the meaning behind three marks on the back of gloves and the clocks on stockings. The marks and clocks once hid seams from fabric and braid or cloth construction. A leather bow inside a hat band survives from hatmaking methods.
A Wide World Magazine note describes Borneoan fashion shaping limbs by winding brass wire around ankles wrists knees and elbows of children. It mentions a headdress cap, a neck bridegroom to be, bangles of fiber, and cowrie shells used as currency with shells valued like a penny per yard or per twenty to thirty shells.
The American Hebrew notes a lack of authentic Jewish lullabies despite deep maternal love and devotion. It claims that existing lullabies are of recent origin, highlighting a scholarly view on the tradition's origins.
A compact item from the Princeton Gazette recounts a daughter asking her mother if she ever gambled and the mother replying that she did so only when she married her husband, highlighting a playful family exchange captured in print.
From Phenix Saturday October 9 1880 reports the Western Union Telegraph Company is building a new transatlantic cable line. The Niagara River suspension bridge has been reconstructed with iron and steel without interrupting trains. A new Warner observatory at Rochester features a 22 foot telescope with a 16 inch lens, the third largest built to date. Captain Charles Hosmer of the U.S. Coast Survey departed for Mississippi River duties. The Garfield and Arthur campaign club with the Bristol Cornet Band traveled to Providence for a Republican demonstration. Delegates elected at the Court House caucus include H Norrrie Wardwell Monro and Williams French Simmons for state and district conventions. Bristol YMCA held its 17th annual meeting electing Usher as president and officers. A closing collation at Mrs Spooner’s followed with remarks by several ministers and officials.
The Phenix issue notes Boston’s population at 253,924 and previews fall fashion with a tunnel-shaped hat. It reports Herreshoff laying a keel for a yacht in New Bedford, a free concert in Warren, and growing interest in the Metacom Debating Club. Drought sharpens water needs as wells dry and prayers for rain are offered. Edward L Thompson and wife celebrate 25th anniversary. Bristol and Brown University nines play, Brown winning after a late surge in innings.
Bristols beat Narragansetts 40 to 33 in a decisive Thursday game at Dexter Training Ground Providence. Lineups include Reynolds, Talbot, Herreshoff, J. Tucker, Edwards, Fitts, Lewis, Crowley, and Sullivan amid a large town crowd. Mansfield defeated Bristol 49 to 14 with Herreshoff causing batting highlights.
Coming social events announced include Oct 23 social and dance in G A R Hall by Social 2, Oct 29 masquerade in Penance Hall, Oct 31 Halloween dance in G A R Hall by Coggeshall Springer and McMahon, Nov 14 to 19 Bristol County Fair and Poultry Show in G A R Hall, and Thanksgiving dance Nov 24 from 2 to 6 pm in G A R Hall by East Side Base Ball Club.
The article reviews estimates of total starlight from northern and southern skies, listing figures by Argelander Agnes M. Clerk William Abrey and Professor Newcomb. It notes uncertainties from atmospheric luminescence and questions whether the sky would be completely dark without stars, citing Harper's Weekly.
A description of Scheveningen near The Hague highlights its impressive Dutch fishing fleet. At night the boats line the shore with large painted numbers readable from afar. Village women in wooden shoes greet returning fishermen, knitting in hand, reflecting Holland’s industrious culture.
A mistress instructs Mary the servant on two strict qualities truthfulness and obedience. Mary asks which to choose when asked to lie about the mistress being unavailable, highlighting tension between honesty and subservience in a cold household.
A playful scene where a parent explains humbug to a child, noting it as the moment when the mother pretends affection while neglecting practical care such as buttoning a shirt. The dialogue reveals family dynamics and humor through a simple domestic exchange.
The Rexall Store promotes Rexall Orderlies as odorless tasteless colorless laxatives that regulate bowels without habit formation. They are described as gentle, non griping, and sold at The Hope Drug Co at 297 Hope Street with a money back guarantee if not effective.
Reverend Charles D. Aked voices harsh views on graft in U S cities from his Fifth Avenue Baptist pulpit. He urges replacing appointive posts with elected chiefs, cites inflated municipal costs, and predicts a future anti graft victory as a major political triumph.
A humorous exchange shows a man misreading a setup as a marriage bureau while another clarifies it is an intelligence office. The dialogue highlights mistaken intent and situational irony.
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