The Wearing of Hats Through English History
The essay traces hat fashion from the thirteenth century scarlet cardinal hat to the cocked hat of James II and its later forms. It notes Puritans, Cavaliers, Henry VI era popularity, and the naval full dress reliance on the cocked hat, plus the round hat worn by Ben Franklin’s era and its Paris reception during the American Revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Innocent IV
Charles I
Henry VI
James II
Frederick
Ben Franklin
Paris
Rochchambeau
Lafayette
Antiquity of the Pump and early hydraulic devices
The essay traces ancient water lifting tools from Egypt through early hydraulic concepts. It notes the bayringe as a forerunner of the modern pump and discusses whether syringes used inlet and outlet valves. It also describes leather bellows and the implied valve mechanism enabling repeated operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Orient
Girdle Known for Holding Common Day Tools in Middle Ages
The girdle carried a range of items from ink horns and pens to rosaries, knives, book accessions, tally sticks, spectacles, and trinkets. Writers note it as a bustling hub of everyday equipment, likened to a haberdasher's shop of small wares with many named examples.
Ancient Footwear: Carian Boots and Biblical Shoes
The passage notes boots as possibly a Carian invention cited by Homer circa 907 B C. It details Grecian women having twenty two footgear types, both full-foot coverings and top-foot ties, tracing shoe and sandal use to ancient times of eastern origin with frequent biblical mentions from Exodus to Acts and a shoe ratchet in Abraham's era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham
Fool and Character Diet Influence on Temperament
A scientist reports on foods shaping character. Carrots ease harshness and irritability, peas bring joy, turnips depress mood, cabbage aids lung issues, and lettuce acts as a sedative due to milky juice's opium-like effect.
A Center of Attraction
A Washington Star excerpt features a father joking that his child may become a great statesman with talent for filibustering while the mother notes the child cannot talk yet but already commands attention with his presence and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Births in town for Murphy and Bowler families
Mourray born Sept 22 is a son to Mr and Mrs James P Murphy weighing 10 pounds Bowler born Sept 24 is a daughter to Mr and Mrs William M Bowler
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mourray
lIn
James P. Murphy
Bowler
William M. Bowler
Obituary Notices from Local Towns
Deaths reported Sept 22 to Sept 28 include Joseph M Robbins 48 years 8 months 2 days, Louise Sansone 26, infant Manuel Marshall 4 months, Adelside F Graham 64 years 6 months 11 days, all noted in local obituaries across nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossins
Joseph M. Robbins
Sansone
Louise Sansone
Dominic Sansone
Marshall
Manuel Marshall
Antonia Marshall
Grana M
Fall River
Adelside F. Graham
Rhode Island Farm Products to Exhibit at St Louis
Rhode Island will be well represented at the next year’s St Louis Exposition. A commission has been appointed to collect contributions from farmers. The state stresses fruit, vegetable, and poultry strengths, notably the Rhode Island greening, Squantum sweet corn, and Rhode Island red fowls. Inquiries go to the State Board of Agriculture in Providence for prompt attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
St. Louis
State Board of Agriculture
Providence
Coming Events at Bristol Opera House and Local Halls
A list of upcoming events from September to January includes the Mystic Midget at Bristol Opera House with St Mary’s Sunday school children on Sept 28, Heart of Chicago on Oct 1, a Company C fair in Pokanoket Hall Oct 8, Y P C E supper Oct 6, Briodamonur the Magician Oct 7, a Chadwick elocution recital Oct 7, Harvest Festival Oct 8, Maud Muller Oct 19, Council Dom Luiz Felippe fair Oct 81 to Nov 9 in Columbia Hall, The Game Keeper Nov 25, Great Mormon play Utah, and The Eleventh Hour on Jan 12 at Bristol Opera House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Opera House
St Mary's Sunday School
Heart of Chicago
Company C
Second Regiment
Pokanoket Hall
Y. P
Congregational Crach
Memorial Chapel
Briodamonur
YMCA Tennis Club Col Stevens Cup Handicap Roundup
The YMCA Tennis Club Col Stevens Cup handicap event advances with first round results: Amos Gorham defeats B D DeWolf 6-2 6-4, James Salisbury over C V Perry 7-5 7-5, Frank Tucker defeats Dr Merriman 6-8 5-7 6-3. In the second round LC Bradshaw beats George Easterbrooks 11-9 7-5, Tucker defeats Farally 6-2 7-5, Gorham beats Salisbury 6-4 3-6 6-3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Gorham
B. D. DeWolf
James Salisbury
C. V. Perry
Frank Tucker
Dr. Merriman
LC Bradshaw
George Easterbrooks
J. F Farrally
Beauty of Bristol cemeteries praised by editor
To the Editor of the Phaniz are the people of Bristol aware how beautiful the cemeteries are at this time of the year The one at the neck has most beautiful views of the waters of Rhode Island The flowers and shrubbery at Juniper hill are not equaled by any burial ground in the state and should be seen at once before the frosts destroy them His Life Saved by Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy B L Byer a well known cooper of this town says he believes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved his life last summer He had been sick for a month with what these call bilious disentery and could get nothing to do him any good until he tried this remedy It gave him immediate relief says B T Little merchant Hancock Md For sale by W H Buffington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phaniz
Bristol
Rhode Island
Juniper Hill
Chamberlain
B. L. Byer
B. T. Little
Hancock, Md
W. H. Buffington
Keith's Theatre to Feature Horse and Bicycle Race Novelty
Providence stage action showcases a breakneck race between rider Bobby Walthour and jockey Kramer on a treadmill horse, a spectacle rivaling Ben Hur chariot scenes. The card includes Sagely and Gertie Carlisle, Harrigan, Mark Sullivan, the Two Tobins, and twelve Doherty canines among others for a record week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Keith
Bobby” Walthour
Kramer
Tne
Sagely
Gertie Carlisle
Harrigan
Mark Sullivan
Tobins
Coshley
McBride
Three Richards
Doherty
Cooper and Bailey
Edwin Baker
Epworth League Plans Meeting and Social in October
Epworth league held a preliminary Monday night meeting to plan a Bible class and a social for October. Members attended the sub district convention in Newport yesterday. Miss Vesta Blaisdell reported the committee’s rummage sale plans and invitation list including Babbitt Post G A R and Babbitt Women’s Relief Corps.
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Epworth League
Newport
Vesta Blaisdell
Social Department
Babbitt Post
Babbitt Women’s Relief Corps
Indigestion Behind Most Heart Troubles, Claims Ad
An advertisement argues that non organic heart disease stems from indigestion. It cites a Nevada Ohio case and promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as the remedy, claiming it digests all foods and relieves stomach and heart pressure. Bottles cost $1, with a trial size available, from W. H. Buffington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. D. Kandle
Nevada
G. O. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
W.H
Mystic Midgets Opera at Flouse next Monday and Tuesday
The Mystic Midgets operetta will be staged at the Opera Flouse for two evenings at 8 oclock. The cast includes Prince Oudms Commodore Reliance Uncle Sam John Bull Terrence McGinty Carl Von Kraus Major Dolittle and many more with 150 others as butterflies and insects. Miss Mary Hackett will read after the first act and Goulette and LaMaire will perform specialties. Seats remain at Cr Sparks drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Oudms
Joseph Duffy
Reliance
Robert Newbold
Uncle Sam
America
Angie Pierce
John Bull
England
John Mack Terrence McGinty
Ireland
Hugh Murphy
Rob Roy
Scotland
William Tubin
Carl von Kraus
Germany
Violet
Margaret Morris
Georgianna Reese Goldenrod
Kathleen Christie
Buttercup
Helena Connery
Mary Hackett
Neighbor’s kindness saves Daugherty from illness
D P Daugherty of Mercer and Sumner counties West Virginia nearly died from diarrhoea. Two doctors offered little relief until a neighbor delivered Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, which cured him in under a day. For sale by W H Bouffington.
Record of Lucius Hittenden as name signer in 1862
The Washington Post reports Lucius Hittenden, then registrar of the treasury, set a record by signing his name 124500 times in seven hours during 1862. He claimed speeds of ten signatures a minute, aided by an army surgeon after the first twelve hours, and did not stop to eat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucius
Hittenden
Treasury
England
Charles Francia Adams
United States
Chittenden
New York
Washington Post
A Nice Little Task in Card Distribution
An expert mathematician explored the number of ways to distribute a deck of fifty two cards among four players with thirteen each. He notes that even a vast imagined effort by the entire earth for 100000000 years at one deal per minute would not exhaust one hundred thousandth of the distinct distributions.
Which Was the Guilty Onef Shortly before Major J B Pond
Major J B Pond, famed for the lecture bureau, entertained three friends at the Everett House when asked which celebrity he found most alike. He quipped that one lied only when necessary while the other lied whether he had to or not, a playful jab about Talmage and Mark Twain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J B. Pond
Everett House
Talmage
Mark Twain
Major
Break In a New Pipe Guide from a Street Conversation
A passerby explains to a companion how to break in a new pipe. He says start with a small pinch of tobacco, gradually increase, smoke to the muzzle, clean, then repeat until the pipe smokes clean as a whistle.
Parliamentry “Popping” Ends With Amended Vote
A congressman courted a young woman during the session. On the final day he offered flowers and asked to present his hand full. She moved to amend by omitting all after the word hand. He accepted, and the amendment passed unanimously.
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Congress
Genuine DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Beats Counterfeits
W S Ledbetter of Shreveport says after trying many remedies one box cured him. The salve is praised for blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles. Sold by W H Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
W.S. Ledbetter
Shreveport
W. H Builington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Keith’s New Theatre
Epworth League Doings
Mystic Midgets
J. Gregory Duffy
Thomas Dwyer
Corella
Spain
James Connery
G. Banranio
Italy
Joseph Maytum
France
Alfred Duboc
Major Dolittle
Thomas Byrnes
Ivan Panhof
Russia
William Sisson
John Vera Hop Sing Washee
China
Fred Foster
Japan
John Coughlin
Charles Connery
Quimbo
Wifred Hamill Oglio
The
Ogre
James Conley Pick
Charles Scott Nick
Felix Conley Tick
Charles McHugh
Robert Mott
Stick
Cletus Hamill Quick
William Wright
King of
Insects
John Head
Queen of the
Fairies
Catharine Connery
Isabel McLean
Tiddlewinks
Veronica Brown
Butterfly Guards
Elizabeth Keegan
Laura Dabuc
Nellie Mott
Mary Leahy
Flora Rappino Archer Guards
Silverwing
Bluespray
Lightfoot
Tippytoes
Psyche
Sparkle
Everbright
Spartilla
Rainbow
Silverleaf
Ada Wells
Malvina Rappino
Bella Murphy
Bridget Breen
Nellie Holmes
D.P Daugherty
Mercer
Sumner Counties
W. Va
W. H Bouffington
CTHE
Bill
Bradford St
R. I
Empire Theatre
James A. Horne
Hearts of Oak
Shore Acres
D.D.D
Daniela
Winchester
Rhode Island Drug CO
Bristol, R. I
Deane
Cay
J A Deane
Kingston, N
Dr. Deane
J. H. Young & Co
Republican State Central Committee
Infantry Hall
Cit
General Assembly
State Central Committee
Nathan M. Wright
R. J
F. E. Holden
N.M Wright
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