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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1903
Page
4
The Assessors have set a Poll Tax of 31.00 for 1903. It becomes due September 1 to October 1, 1908. Collector GEO H PECK will collect daily at Insothee office hours 9 am to 12 pm and 2 to 5 pm, including Sundays and holidays. The Town Clerk may also receive payments. August 3, 1903 bristo R 1.
The collector of taxes for Bristol County announces readiness to receive 1903 tax payments at Burnside Memorial Building daily in August and September from 9 to 12 and 2 to 5 excluding Sundays and holidays. From Sept 21 to Oct 1 evenings 7 to 9 will be added. A 5 percent discount applies if paid before Oct 1. Taxes paid after Oct 1 and before Nov 1 incur 6 percent interest from Oct 1. Tax bills issued on request.
Trade pitch offers bulk wrapping paper rolls to Bristol merchants with cash purchases. Claims large stock, low prices, and savings on express charges. Encourages inspection when out of paper to review stock and potential savings.
A W Hartmann notes in Nineteenth Century that north Sleswick’s population is quiet and peaceful with exceptionally low crime. He cites Prussian crime records showing half the theft and violent crime average, attributing it to disciplined middle and lower classes and strong Danish family life. He praises orderly social interactions in theaters, inns, and between masters and servants.
Journal notes a late evening bell ringing in London churches as youths ring for exercise and wagers. Parishes seek superior bells while the aging queen approves as a sign of public health. When death nears, bells toll to summon prayers and communal distress.
A scientist studying personal crisis reports finds that more women die by own action on Monday than on any other day. Monday, known as blue Monday, marked by wash day, early breakfasts, hurried school runs, and meals picked up, is described as the week's most trying day for housewives.
The study notes that flower opening hours shift with air moisture to shield pollen. The pimpernel closes its petals near rain and acts as a weather plant. It opens in the morning and closes at 2 pm, while goat's beard operates from 3 am to 10 pm.
In a BMJ item the comma creates a comic scene as a driver finishes milking and his cow offers to take the narrator into an adjoining room where the milk was cooled, while he fetches the manager.
In a playful exchange Mr Grubbins questions Miss Gushleigh about keeping time, remarking that some women lack sense of rhythm. She responds with surprise at the sudden moment, noting her familiarity with the wedding march.
R Gd Lehman recalls a childhood memory of Dickens at St James Hall. He describes Dickens switching from Mr Pickwick to Mr Justice Staveleigh with a striking transformation from a stage presence to a pompous small man. The vivid contrast between prior warmth and the judge’s hard expression is noted.
A sleepy five year old, Harold, son of a Presbyterian minister, resists a bedtime prayer. His mother urges him to thank God for home and family and to think of hungry, cold boys. He protests that they are the ones who should say the prayer.
The Baltimore Herald contrasts photographers and artists noting artists can alter a model’s height, shoulders, nose, and teeth, while photographers only capture what is present. Retouching cannot fix an awkward pose, and cameras cannot create beauty from flaw.
Max O’Rell rose to fame as a lecturer while his mother, who had never left her village, deemed public speaking unsuitable. She initially opposed the move, but after he signed a contract to perform she replied that she remained his loving mother and would say nothing to anyone in the village.
A German legend says Frederick Barbarossa lies in an enchanted sleep within a Harz cavern his long red beard growing to the table as centuries pass. He remains bound until a future century when he will be freed to lead knights to a glorious victory.
A narrator recalls a preacher’s warning from over thirty years about addiction rum and money ruining the country. He scorns rich college men who blew funds, questioning who among them is a “pure man” like the speaker.
A humorous quote from Chicago Record-Herald recalls a man sprinting down Main Street after a hot bet, claiming he drew every man, woman, and child in town as witnesses to his moment of spectacle.
A dialogue shows a applicant seeking a cure board while declaring vegetarianism. Mrs Slimdfet reassures that meat will not be required as others do not eat it.
A witty exchange from Ban Francisco Wasp features a wife chiding her husband over dressmaker bills and his salary. The husband asks if he knows it takes three fourths of his pay for her fashions, while she replies about the remainder of his money.
The office boy reports the editor is away today as the poem left yesterday prompts questioning if the editor has read it. The exchange suggests uncertainty about whether the poem was reviewed.
The term average traces to the old French aver meaning horse and the resulting horsage. In medieval Europe a tenang bound to horse work determined shares in yearly accounts, linking equestrian toil to the common word average. Burns poems and Scotch dictionaries echo horse meanings, tying averaging to horserelated labor.
A London writer notes tamers sometimes wield a second whip in the left hand, never used, symbolizing the unknown terror to the beast. The unseen whip represents fears from which the tamer has not suffered, yet it may save lives in critical moments when raised above a snarling tiger.
Miss Balfornx traveled in western Ireland studying conditions of the people. In a village an elder remarked that they would be starving without the famine, revealing the hardship faced by locals during the period referenced by John Bull.
A exchange in a medical brief notes Slowpay-Doctor suggesting a tailor recommendation, with the doctor replying that the requester must obtain another endorsement to connect with the tailor. The dialogue highlights caution in professional referrals.
Senator Hoar compares gunnery to advertising focusing on hits over metal. Phenix emphasizes 18s judicious ads that reach Bristol's top homes and merchants, claiming readers are buyers with money and that the field is open to those who target the right audience.
Train timetable shows north bound and south bound electric car service between Bristol Providence and Fall River effective May 17 1903 with weekday Sunday and express times from Bristol Fox Point Providence and arrival times at Bristol and Providence including numerous morning afternoon and late night departures and arrivals.
Regular service operates weekdays from Dorrance Weybosset corner at 5 45 a m with 80 minute intervals until 7 15 p m and hourly until 11 15 p m from Bristol terminus start at 5 19 a m with 30 minute intervals to 8 48 p m hourly to 1 49 p m and 11 49 p m and 12 41 a m to Riverside car house only Sunday service starts 7 46 a m from Dorrance Weybosset with 30 minute runs to 7 15 p m hourly to 10 15 p m from Bristol 6 49 a m with 30 minute runs to 6 49 p m hourly to 9 49 p m 10 49 and 11 41 p m to Riverside car house only Cars depart Franklin street six minutes after Bristol terminus.
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