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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1906
Page
4
Newport and Providence Railway Company presents the time table in effect June 10 1906 showing weekday schedules for trains. The document lists arrival and departure times across routes serving Newport and Providence with noted service intervals and potential seasonal adjustments.
The Hargreaves circus drew good afternoon and near full evening crowds with orderly unloading and tent work. Miss Mabel Hall’s elephant training earned high marks. Two intoxicated Bristol men were ejected, returned, and fought. a manager escorted them away. A physician treated one injured man after a street confrontation near the trains. A boy’s barn-yard prank ends with a joke about Maud kicking him.
The snippet names Mrs S B Paull and Mrs E G Spooner as assistant. No additional context or events are provided to establish date, place, or actions.
A readable fragment lists individuals including Philo Ef Thayer J Milton Payne Philip C. Sheldon Jamesl Jenks Edwin A. Perrin. The brief shows names likely tied to a public or legal notice segment without full context or actions detailed.
A quip about Lord Noodle trading his title for an heiress, with a line about serious souls believing in immortality beyond grounds. The exchange notes Miss Gusher and Miss Slusher discussing a matrimonial line and wealth via trade.
A reflection on table manners condemns cutting salads with a knife and fork as a rude practice. It notes that salads should be broken into bite sized pieces or trimmed with a fork, preserving the greens rather than shredding them with a miniature mowing machine.
The text urges a definite personal aim as essential to meaningful life. It argues that life gains value only with a clear programme and specific goals. Without a defined objective, education talent and effort fail to yield lasting results.
A proud father cheers a boy’s sharp sense of proportion as he spots the largest piece of cake. The man trying to escape responds mechanically, while the father extols the child’s quick perception.
A columnist muses that Bragley restaurant waiters could be strong political candidates if they entered politics. Wig questions the premise while Bragley notes that waiters carry everything before them, implying crowd control or influence.
A guaranteed cure for piles promises relief from itching bleeding and pain with a refund if treatment fails within 14 days. Advertisement notes that drug stores are authorized to refund money if results are not achieved. The claim targets sufferers seeking a quick cure with a money back assurance.
The article contrasts Johnson’s narrative biography with Boswell’s dramatic approach that lets the subject reveal himself. It argues Boswell shifts from character exposition to a living portrait of personality with the author’s commentary subordinate.
An aging man jokes that his wife, certain she will follow him after death, should not hurry him to die. She offers consolation, saying she will follow him, to which he replies that she need not be in any rush about it. The exchange preserves a humorous, earthy tone.
Dialogue reflects a quip between Mrs. D Vorcee and Mrs Oldun about forgetting the past. They caution to live in the present and look to the future, highlighting the tension between memory and forward focus. Life.
Suburbanite welcomes a visitor into a home and mentions a watchdog bought that morning, teasing the dog’s bite as the test. The brief exchange highlights suburban domestic humor and a light practical joke about guarding.
The second burglar pleads guilty after a prior burglary yields little value. A college president notes that culture erodes as what is learned in college can be forgotten.
A. R. Ross in Atlantic argues old morals fail amid credit trusts and fiduciary ties. He warns of bogus diplomas, fake testimonials, and financial predators prefacing a need for an annual moral supplement. He laments how banks, loan sharks, and corrupt officials threaten livelihoods and democracy.
Mozart socialized with friends at midnight and slept until five. He then rushed the Don Giovanni overture, drafting sheet after sheet and sending them to copyists. By seven, he was at the podium with ink barely dry on parts.
The English island of Thanet in Kent is almost entirely chalk. It measures about ten miles by five and holds at least 42 billion tons of chalk in sight. British geologists estimate moving it would require 10,000 men and 5,000 horses and carts for 20,000 years if prepared for cartage.
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