Silkworm Gut Fishing Lines From Spain Described
A traveler recounts Spain’s silk-worm byproduct used for fishing lines. After feeding on mulberry leaves in May and June, silkworms are killed in vinegar before spinning. The cocoon substitute, drawn as a thick thread and chemically treated, is sold in bundles of a hundred and carried along the Mediterranean to France. The round gut is best. flat gut signals unhealthy worms.
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Europe
Spain
Mediterranean
France
Seals in Antarctic Abundant and Fierce in Legend
Antarctic seals are plentiful near the south pole per Discovery crew. They are tame enough to be clubbed with little resistance, showing vitality and resistance to capture. Skins lack market fur and many bears scars puzzling zoologists. Remains of an ordinary seal found in a sea leopard’s stomach offer clues to potential interspecies aggression.
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Discovery
South Pole
Antarctic
Scolding as a Habit and Social Impact
The text explains scolding as a nervy, irritable habit that easily forms and spreads. It notes once started a person finds fault constantly and even scolds at nothing, becoming disagreeable and contagious within a family.
Nazoraera Practice Among Japanese Buddhists
Buddhist observers describe nazoraera as imitative ritual imagination. Practitioners substitute objects or actions for desired outcomes to gain merit, such as placing a pebble before Buddha to sponsor a future temple or turning a bookcase with a capstan to wish for time to read the 6771 volumes of the Buddhist canon.
Warren District Court Hears Sole Case in Brief Session
Warren District Court held yesterday morning before Judge Bosworth. The brief session heard one case, E G Church versus Thomas Broucher, with judgment rendered for the plaintiff.
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Warren
Bosworth
E.G. Church
Thomas Broucher
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Endorsed by Iowa Dealer
Joseph McHulbiney of Clinton Iowa reports selling Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for over twenty years with complete satisfaction. He recommends it as a quick relief for coughs and colds and notes it is pleasant to take. Available from W H Baimington.
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Chamberlain
Joseph McHlbiney
Inton
Iowa
W. H. ‘BaiMogton
Indictments and Civil Docket Next Session in Warren Court
Proceedings list numerous indictments including State cases against Gaston Caron Oldra Bassing Isaiah Crowley Henry F S Rawson Timothy Hurley Mary Oliveiria Thomas Siminster John Simmons Lavinia Hazard and others. Continued civil docket entries name Charles Norton Warren defendants and town treasurer cases along with probate matters in Bristol and Warren rail line disputes and guardianship actions.
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Robert Walsh
Gaston Caron
Louis Perreault
Oldra Bassing
James Hoard, Jr
Henry F. S. Rawson
James Hoard
Jdr
Isaiah Crowley
Henry Opitz
Dennis Ryan
Peter McGeary
Hiram O. Adams
Charles H. Norton
Ebenezer Tiffany
William L. Hart
Willard Bourne
Warrren Foundry & Machine Co
Warren Steam Elevator Co
Joseph Lavengue
Annie D. Colwell
Frederick N. Fales
Rinaldo F. Colwell
John L. Sullivan
Warren
Samuel B. Taft
Albert H. Fhnt
Elmer K. Watson
Ve. Providence Construction Co
Joseph A. Simard
Elzear J. Saillant
Thomas Brocha
Samuel H. Stephen
Henry S. Walsh
Anawamscott Mills
M. Grace Rich
Henry 8
Mudge
Joseph P. Wylie
K. L Suabaurban R. R. Co. Israel
Dube Va
Ezra Dixon
Phinney S. Davison
Bristol
R. L Suburban Railroad Co
William 8
Japanese Riddle of War Explained by Tokyo Native in Bristol
A Japanese naval officer writing from Bristol explains the 1904-02 Russian war causes in clear terms. He traces tensions from 1894 Korea and Port Arthur to Manchuria, Russia expansion, and failed diplomacy, arguing Korea’s fate vital to Japan and noting American sympathy.
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Bristol
Japan
Russia
China
Korea
Port Arthur
Tailien Bay
Manchuria
France
Germany
California
Mkado
Orient
Mikado
Yellow Sea
America
Far East
Sisters Reunited After 31 Years In Bristol Visit
Mrs Susanna Gayton receives word that her sister Mrs Charles Bamford of Camden New Jersey will visit. The two sisters, born in Philadelphia, reconnected after 81 years apart sharing memories with other siblings in Philadelphia and Camden. Bamford, 66, with three children, visits Bristol after a G A R encampment in Boston. Bamford plans to return home next week.
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Susanna Gayton
Charles N. Gayton
Charles N. Bamford
Camden
N. J
Mra Gayton
Philadelphia
N.J
Bamford
Boston
Dorchester
Newburyport
Mass
Bristol
District Court Hears Larceny Case Arraignment
A special session before Judge O L Bosworth arraigned Charles J Ray on larceny of a coat from Alexander Finkelstein of Thames street. Ray was arrested by Officer Morrissey Wednesday, pleaded guilty and was fined five dollars and the coat. The coat valued at about eighty eight dollars.
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O. L. Bosworth
Charles J. Ray
Alexander Finkelstein
Thames Street
Ray
Morrissey
Strong Wind Destroys Boats in Harbor Gale
In yesterday’s harbor gale the Dardenis owned by Charles Brown sunk near the Big Rocks with mast showing above water. Black Diamond, owned by Joseph Maytum and Fred Cleaver, drove onto rocks north of the depot, breaking three frames. Capt. George Roy aided the crew, and the owners later hauled the sloop yawl ashore for the season as several other boats sustained minor damage.
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Dardenis
Charles Brown
Black Dimond
Joseph Maytum
Fred Cleaver
George Roy
Collision at sea injures sloop Kismet near Bristol
On a Tuesday night the steamer Corsair collided with the sloop Kismet owned by Capt. Fred Durfee. The Kismet, 386 feet long with a fishing party aboard, was brought to Bristol after the crash as repairs were needed. Two crew remained aboard to assist reaching Bristol.
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Bristol Ferry
Corsair
Fred Durfee
Kill River
Bristol
James Carr
Frank W. Ramsey
William H. Brocklehurst
George A. Brocklehurst
Thomas Clayton
James Ainsworth
John W. Roe
Robert McFarland
Seaconner Point
Kismet
George Tubbs
Carr
George
A. Brocklehurst
Y M C A Noten Hear Hon H E Macfarland Speaker
Y M C A Noten invites men to hear Hon H E Macfarland, a District of Columbia commissioner, speak next Sunday at 4 PM. He drew 1,400 delegates at Buffalo 1904 convention and led the Fourth of July ovation at Northfield. Also notes reception for 8 E Abbott, tennis entries, and a $4,000 goal for October 8 meeting.
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H. E.F. Macfarland
Macfarland
District of Columbia
Washington, D. C
Buffalo
Northfield
Mr. Macfarland
David E. Carter
Providence
June Rockwell
Catherine Reynolds
E. Abbott
J. EF
In Praise of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
John Hamlett of Eagle Pass Texas praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after a week of severe bowel trouble. A merchant friend advised the remedy. after three doses he was cured and thanks the creators for the medicine available through W H Buttingham.
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Chamberlain
John Hamlett
Eagle Pass
Texas
A. Johnson
W. H. Buttington
Cannibalistic Scorpions from Cornhill Magazine
A Cornhill Magazine excerpt details scorpion behavior showing cannibalism among mates. Males are smaller and court cautiously. females kill courting males if disliked, yet as mothers they are devoted, carrying up to fifty young on their backs until independence.
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Amity
Cornhill Magazine
First White Person Cremated In America
The first white person lawfully cremated in the United States within its present limits was Colonel Henry Laurens. Born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1724, he died on his plantation December 8 1782. His will asked his body to be wrapped in twelve yards of tow cloth and burned until consumed, a request carried out after his death.
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America
United States
Henry Laurens
Charleston
S. C
English Characteristica: The Englishman as a recluse
Boutmy discusses the English as less social than other nationalities, noting weaker ties to humanity, limited moral formation from relations, and indifference to public opinion. He portrays the English as aloof and withdrawn, more so than any other people.
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Boutmy
Spanish Etiquette and a Royal Blunder
A curious tale recalls the Duke d Aosta as king of Spain telling a muleteer to cover himself in the heat, thereby making him a grandee. Marshal Prim, to avert a catastrophe, knocked the hat from the muleteer and some say the muleteers influenced the ensuing assassination days later.
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d’Aosta
Spain
Marshal Prim
Man Recounts Charity List Riff in New Orleans
The New Orleans Times Democrat quotes a social exchange about a relief fund subscription list. A man says he can include everyone except his wife’s mother, answering a personal question with humorous persistence.
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New Orleans Times- Democrat
Widow’s Second Husband Beat to First
Dialogue sketch shows Cholly, Algy and a widow named Cholly remarking on marriage. Cholly says he would rather be a widow’s second husband than her first. Algy quips he wouldn’t want to be a widow’s second husband.
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Cholly
Algy
Doncher
Wedding Costs Ruin Family, Says Speaker
A dramatic exchange notes that the marriage drained the bride’s family finances. The remark escalates: the wedding was so costly it beggared the bride’s father, prompting astonished responses about the true price of the union.
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U. S. Dental Association
Westminster Street
Providence, R. I
Hubert A. Lewis
D. D
Warren District Court
Common Pleas Court
Wladyslaw Kameski
Charles R. Wood
Joseph Kelly
Michele Blozia
Charles M. Callahan
George A. Liscomb
Frank E. Malier
Agnes K. Shepard
N. Y
N.H
Charles W. Blodgett
Et al
Katherine A. Hamill
Betsey &. Bent
Patrick Hammill
George H. Peck
Caroline W. Thiele
Martha A. Johnson
Loring Coggeshall
Guarian
Town of Bristol
Charle J. Christie
William Fred Walsh
BRL Suburban Railway Co
Albert H. Starwood
Thomas H. Connolly
Philo V. Cady
Abbie L. Williams
Abbie L. Wiliame
Oaroline W. Thiele
Ruth A. M. Wardwell
Emma Couilette
Joseph Beauchaine
Bome
A. J. Jasmin
the Phoenix
Tokio
Southern University
Japanese Steamship Co
England
Australia
India
Naval Rserves
Henry R. Congdon
Congdon
Robert Young
Wood
Church Streets
Mr. Young
Mr.oqongdon
Pearse Avenue
W. Fred Williams
Mr. Congdon
District Court
Y. M. C. A. Noten
Harfina
Philo Hay Co
Newark
New Jersey
HAY
Tles
Druggista
R. 1. Drug CO
Hope Street
Town OF
John J Vera
State Street
Herbert F. Bennett
David G. Lebb
GCK
K I
Burnside Memorial Building
Forge Peck
Martin V. Newton
Tate
William T. O'Donnell
Charles F. Easterbrooks
Robate
Peter Erickson
Lemuel H. Soule
Peter Erikson
Bristol Phoenix
Herbert F Bennett
Robate Court
Mary E. Holmes
Charles H. Manchester
Sai Estate
Mary McGrath
Weiting
Patrick Golden
Edward McGrath
Bristol Phanix
Isaac B. Munro
Charles ST
Franklin ST
R. I
Mrs. Williams
Chiropodist
Jake Molasey
Baker’s Barber Shop
E. O. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
DeWitt
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