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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1907
Page
3
A Boston Post note recalls a clever common shepherd dog in Port Jervis New York that helped a news stand owner by fetching papers, making change, and running the cash register. The dog, calm most times, lost temper when faced with a lead quarter, and the owner intervened. The dog is still living.
A young man tells Henry Ward Beecher he cannot join his church due to hypocrisy among members. Beecher agrees that such men exist in Plymouth and says the Lord allows it to keep fools like him out of the churches. The exchange highlights satire on church membership and discernment.
An English tourist in Arran seeks a horsefly lure for sport. He asks Christy, a Highland servant girl, for horseflies but she misunderstands and replies she has never seen one, joking that a Farlasan could jump over a presh spice.
A young curate visits a widow to verify her claims for church aid. He asks about death, children, and earnings, then confronts Selina Jackson who retorts with sharp questions and mockery. The terrified clergyman flees, exposing the encounter as a farce.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Ledger quotes two fashionable women debating a maid who was released after an appendicitis operation. The exchange implies the maid believed herself part of their circle, prompting questions about status and exclusion.
Morristown Pa Times reports a light hearted quip about telling a joke to an acrobat. Wisejay notes the humor in an acrobat tumbling easily. This small town item captures a playful exchange and local wit.
All Scrappers. Callahan wants to git a book to put th photographs of all me relatives In. Oi think this wan will do. Clerk says it isn t a family album, sir, that is a scrapbook. Callahan replies that all his relatives are scrap pers.
A Cleveland Leader anecdote features Cecil moved by a Sunday school teacher's plea for missions. He vows to save money to aid the heathen, struggles with temptation, and prays to resist the peanut man Jim passing by on the street.
The man who had been abroad recalls a famous clock at Strassburg and a Rhine watch, while an eager youth expresses desire to see both. The exchange highlights famed timepieces and curiosity about European sights.
Curious account traces saber toothed cats in North America from early fossil records to modern times, noting elongated canines and unique jaws. It compares field finds in Indian Territory and South American forms, linking them with human-era mammals and the mammoth’s coexistence with early humans.
The famed Grand Trunk road runs 1200 miles from Lahore to Calcutta across India. Described as level with no dust and never requiring a dismount, it is built of hard kunker with smooth pavement. A double row of majestic trees lines most of the route as travelers, including Chamberg, traverse in April and May at about fifteen miles per hour.
A manager notes audiences have improved but recalls provincial tours where audiences threw eggs cabbages and potatoes at a play. In Paint Rock a performer dodged projectiles while the manager urged him to continue, prompting a gallery auditor to launch a boot as the actor retreated.
A New York American summary explains tree growth from roots absorbing moisture to sap rising through the tree, leaves absorbing carbonic acid, and sap returning downward. It notes bark expansion, new wood deposition, and the cycle continuing until the tree dies.
A sailor at a baptism balks at feet first and spins the infant to be christened head first. The minister corrects him and the baby ends up properly baptized after several comic reversals with nautical quips and a wind it, Jack exchange.
In this dialogue from Lustige Blatter the Count seeks remedies for a fearfully bad cough. The Doctor advises quitting smoking and alcohol, resting the general health, and avoiding excitement as the main course of care.
The Virginia plover is highlighted for its remarkable migratory feat from North America to Brazil. In a continuous journey of about fifteen hours it covers over 3000 miles at roughly four miles per minute, tracing a course along the Atlantic coast.
A witty note from the Cleveland Plain Dealer reduces the lengthy subject to two words Don’t die. The quip frames longevity as a simple imperative, sidestepping medical or lifestyle complexities with dry humor.
A quirky dialogue from Stray Stories features Mrs Talkamore noting her husband’s nightly music ambitions and Mrs Chatters confirming the odd habit as they mention a baby.
A real estate agent tours a house as the buyer, old man Kidder, notes he calls it the courtroom. Kidder quips he has seven daughters, hinting at a domestic motive beyond sale. The dialogue closes with a wry moral about money becoming a god and a devilish influence.
An office boy asks to leave at noon to attend a church fair, arguing his mother bought a ticket and needs him to staff the refreshment stall. He explains he is the sole family member able to spend a dollar on the ticket, and his nerve persuades the boss to grant the request.
An American hostess offers a variety of homemade sandwiches to an English guest at a garden party. The Englishwoman, with refined politeness, declines, saying she never touches the nasty things. The anecdote contrasts American hospitality with English restraint.
A teacher criticizes textbooks while a student argues gravity is unnecessary until an apple and a ball illustrate attraction. The exchange ends with the boy predicting a "bully" chance for a home run, as the gravity concept is linked to falling and distance.
A Beecher family anecdote portrays Mrs. Stowe as an authority figure for the rising generation. A grandniece, angered at a playmate, blurts out a string of disrespectful phrases and claims the Ten Commandments were written by Aunt Harriet, eliciting her mother’s rebuke and the child’s defiant good faith.
The term poultry is defined as domesticated birds raised for flesh and eggs. Etymology traces to Latin pullus via French poule, with proximity to volaille. German term federviech also echoes feather cattle in describing poultry.
A guest quells Mr B s boastful talk of lineage with the remark that climbing higher on his family tree would bring him face to face with the monkey, a witty aside cited from Lippincott s.
Norristown Times reports a dialogue among powers about a second piece conference. The Russian Bear urges representatives to convene and partition Turkey, while the British Lion endorses the plan.
A comic quip from the People’s Journal contrasts golf with billiards as a caddie jokes about the score. The exchange ponders tallying shots, with the boy asking if it is fifteen or sixteen and the caddie replying in Scots slang about needing a billiard marker.
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