Moving Pictures That Move at Bristol Opera House
Peter J. Lannon hires W H Smith to supervise current motion pictures and illustrated songs for the season at the Bristol Opera House. Smith, a veteran exhibitor with a Rhode Island Connecticut and Massachusetts circuit, promises up to date films with clear images and no objectionable content. A selection of the latest pictures and songs will be shown to attract crowds, with listings in a forthcoming column.
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Peter J. Lannop
Bristol Opera House
W. H. Smith
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
DeWitts Little Riser Pills Offer Quick Constipation Relief
Obstinate cases of constipation and nasty headaches promptly disappear when you take DeWitts Little Riser Pills. Sold by W.H. Buffington.
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DeWitt
W.H. Buffington
Coming Events in Bristol Wisconsin October to December
Tuesday Oct 29 military drama A Soldiers Honor at Bristol Opera House. Oct 30 social at Naval Reserve Armory by First Division Rhode Island Naval Battalion. Oct 30 Rammage sale Kunze block by Mite Society Baptist Church. Oct 31 Hallo ween dance at G A R Hall by Defince Hose Vo. Nov 2 Portuguese Hall Wilsons Lane dance for Joas P Da Silveira. Nov 12 Bristol Dramatic Co Moonshiner Daughter at Bristol Opera House. Nov 26 to Dec 8 Fair in G A R Hall by Rhode Island Company Uniform Rank No 1 P.
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Bristol Opera House
Naval Reserve Armory
First Division
Rhode Island Naval Battalion
Hallowe
G. A. R. Hall
Aupices
Defince Hose
Wilson’s Lane
Joas P. da Silveira
The
Bristol Dramatic Co
Fairin G.A. R. Hall
Rhode Island Company
Card of Thanks to National India Rubber Co. agent
Benito Marchardo expresses gratitude to Mr LeB Colt, agent of the National India Rubber Co., for permitting friends to solicit aid within the factory during his severe illness. He thanks the mill for its noble response and says he will remember their kindness and thank them many times.
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Leb
Colt
National India Rubber Co
Benito Marchardo
Ancient Bows Shape and History of Arrows Across Nations
The piece traces archery from Scythians with C shaped bows to Tartars, Greek short bows, and Roman adoption in Britain. It notes English longbows and arbalests, their use in major sieges, with arbalestiers bearing fifty arrows in the van.
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Britain
Creecy
Poitiers
Agincourt
Train Talk Turns To Throat Trouble And Ties
A Paradise Hills commuter, wearing a bandage around his throat, shares a quiet ride with a curious young man. The stranger reveals he is newly married and has a polka dotted tie. The dialogue leads to a joke about throat trouble and a shared, unspoken bond.
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Paradise Hills
Scientific nose blowing urged for hygiene
Medical experts warn that blowing one nostril at a time is essential and should be gentle. Blowing both nostrils or with force can push air and mucus through the Eustachian tube into the middle ear, risking serious harm. London Mail notes a renowned authority once forbade nose blowing during a cold.
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London Mail
Spinach and Egg Dinner Provokes Professor’s Outburst
After dinner the professor rails at Amelia over an empty plate,怒 declaring he cannot eat spinach and egg again. The scene, captured as a theatrical line, hints at a domestic or comic conflict referenced in TFilegende Blatter.
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Amelia
Do you believe any plant would stick to man
A quoted line from the Baltimore American ponders plant and arboreal loyalty to humans, joking that dogwood might cling. The fragment suggests a whimsical reading on trees and human bonds without a clear event or person.
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Baltimore American
New Zealand Magic Power of the Tohunga Tale
A Chicago News reprint describes a Rotorua incident where a tohunga allegedly summoned omens from a dead chief. In war for the Arawa, villagers gathered around the bier as the slain warrior blinked or shifted, interpreted as a sign of future victory. The tale attributes such feats to ancient tohunga.
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New Zealand
Rotorua
Chicago News
The Old Masters Wages Compared Across Centuries
A Minneapolis Journal piece notes famous artists earned meager sums by today’s standards. Michael Angelo reportedly made $40 a month for early battle cartoons, Leonardo shared the same rate, while Correggio earned $7.25 for Christ In the Garden and Carracci $6.50 for Resurrection. Rembrandt's top price was $475 for Night Watch, Velazquez averaged $35 per picture, and Durer preferred in-kind pay like flour and oysters.
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Michael Angelo
Pisa
Leonardo
Correggio
Carracci
Albert Durer
Marriage Fiction and the Manna Myth in American Views
Dorothy Dix in Alinslee's argues the polite fiction that marriages are made in heaven persists in America. She notes parental restraint and girls' propriety, but points out unequal chances as some women gain multiple husbands while others get none. The piece mocks reliance on divine providence and urges self-positioning to receive life’s blessings.
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America
Dorothy Dix
Alinslee’s
The One Sided Humor of Spain Hat Commentary
Louise Closser Hale in Harper's notes that the Spanish peasant is the most polished gentleman while the provincial dandy is not pleasant. He mocks one another, even a lady hat, but the Spanish provincial headgear feels no offense since it is worn by a Spaniard himself. A foreign city hat laughing would provoke resentment.
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Spain
Louise Closser Hale
Harper’s
Bunions Grow From Too Short Shoes Says Cobbler
An old shoe maker explains bunions form when shoes are too tight. He describes growth of tissue bone and flesh diverted into the toes as the foot cannot follow natural growth. The Philadelphia North American notes this analogy.
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Philadelphia
North American
Willie's Wisdom Comic Classroom Exchange
A humorous classroom exchange where a teacher scolds Willie for uncombed hair and wonders why he cannot borrow a comb. Willie replies that his mother would have to buy him a comb, implying he would then need to keep it combed. The judge narrates the punchline.
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Willie
Better Left Unsolved
Parke-Tell me, old chap, honest, now, do you permit your wife to con trol you. Lane-To be honest with you, that's a question I have never dared ask myself.
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Parke
Lane
Syracuse Post- Standard
The Other Woman's Opinion on Youth Preservation
A Chicago Record Herald fashion note discusses how women maintain youth through weatherproof facial products. The piece highlights popular cosmetics and routines, citing social attitudes toward aging and beauty in contemporary urban life.
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Chicago Record-Berald
Animal Intelligence and the Difference Between Instinct and Reasoning
An essay-like passage discusses instinct versus reasoning in animals, noting most have limited self consciousness and low-order reasoning. It cites a Palo Alto university campus rabbit that chose a novel instant path between two hunting dogs, illustrating a moment of reasoning.
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University
Palo Alto
Plant Oddities Show Plant Eyes on Leaves
A Chicago Tribune report describes how nasturtiums and other common flowers bear eye like protuberances on their leaves that focus light to a tissue patch, forming many tiny images of surrounding objects. The article notes plants may have light sensing organs and even response to electric stimuli, with ferns mosses and seaweeds at early life stages capable of swimming.
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Chicago Tribune
The Lady In the Moon Inspires an Amateur Astronomer
An amateur astronomer describes the moon as a face in profile titled the lady in the moon. He notes a beautiful lifelike outline with a chin near the terminator when the moon is half full. He likens the hair to orange blossoms framing the left eye and connects features to the man in the moon.
Unhappy Comparison From Pearson's Weekly
A minister's wife shares glad tidings of his first church call with a farmer's wife. The farmer's wife replies she felt the same pride when her pig won the gold medal at the cattle show, illustrating a wry domestic contrast.
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Close
Pearson’s Weekly
Ain't He Plain Hippopotamus Steals the Show
A mother and daughter visiting the circus for the first time are awed by the menagerie. They pause before a hippopotamus, and the mother, after a long silence, asks in plain speech if the animal is “plain.”
Exchange Sparks Parental Reminder About Discipline
A mother warns Tommy to profit from a spanking and avoid being a little savage. Tommy laments, wishing to be a savage whose mother does not wear slippers, in a terse exchange that captures childhood grievances.
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Tommy
What if a Dreamer Became a King for a Day
A practical man asks the dreamer what he would do as king for a day. The dreamer answers that he would borrow money to live on for the rest of his life, revealing contrasting ambitions and humor in a brief dialogue from the Trollograph era.
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Lorgion Telegraph
It is easier to praise success than pity misfortune
A Chicago News observation notes the challenge of offering comfort after failure, contrasting celebratory congratulations with sympathetic support during hard times. It emphasizes human reactions to success and adversity.
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Chicago News
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