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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1893
Page
1
Antwerp to host next World’s Fair with air castle exhibit
The Antwerp International Exposition opens May 5, 1894 and will feature an aerial castle designed by engineer Tobiansky. The steel and bamboo structure, covered in silk, spans 90 feet with a 200 square foot floor, suspended by a captive balloon, and capable of carrying 150 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Tobiansky
Ezeta to Wed New York Heiress Ida Wright
General Antonio Ezeta, vice president and president elect of Salvador, will marry Ida Dent Wright of New York and Atlanta native, following his role as a civil conflict general in Salvador three years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio Ezeta
Salvador
Ida Dent Wright
New York
Atlanta
Ezeta
Mander
Revolutionary Army
Carlos Ezeta
la Senora Ida
The World and Charity Critiqued in Verse
A historical verse condemns social show and organized charity, detailing a thirsty audience deceived by appearances. It mocks the pompous feast and cautious statistics, where wealth crowns authority and aid hides hardship, leaving a brother to drown in distress. The poem laments superficial aid and hollow moral posturing.
The Wreckers and a Royal Train Plot
A convict in a London prison recalls a deathbed confession of a failed plot to destroy Queen Victoria's royal train in Britain. He and his partner tampered with rails on a bridge near Scotland, causing a fatal outcome for the accomplice while the royal train passed safely. The tale ends with fallout, a misreported inquest, and the narrator’s subsequent crime and capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Paris
Europe
Great Britain
Queen Victoria
Scotland
England
Duke of
Scruggs
Scraggs
London
Scrage
Rail switch plan to derail train near bridge parapet
A described scheme involves placing special rails on the outer and inner sides of a track to act as points. The engine wheels would strike these short rails, diverting the train as it nears the bridge parapet.
Treatment For a Wild Hair Learn of a remedy from the Globe Democrat
The paper explains a sensational method to remove a troublesome eyelash like growth by destroying its sac with an electric needle. A sharp prick is felt and the hair is said to be permanently gone, though the nuisance may recur if the sac is not fully treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Two Once Happy Men and a Wealth Tale
The piece recalls W. H. Vanderbilt who, nearing death, said money is valueless without health. A friend quips that wealth can be a nuisance while Vanderbilt recalls his happiest time was earning $200000, and the happiest time of his life was working on his Staten Island farm. The report appears in the San Francisco Argonaut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Staten Island
Francisco Argonaut
Bex Bernin
Illera
Ben Butler
Butler
Washington
Harlem
Zweibeer
Nice
Luxas
The New York Times Describes Peach Basket Manufacture
The article details peach basket production using poplar gum sycamore and birch. Trees are felled and cut, bark removed, and wood boiled 24 hours before veneers are sliced and formed into baskets. Workers earn one cent per basket, with skilled labor producing about 250 daily. baskets are dried to prevent mold before shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Northwestern students rehearse Evans surfboat capsize drill
The Evans life saving station crew from Northwestern University performed an annual capsize and righting drill before about 800 spectators. The 18 foot self baler surfboat weighs 1500 pounds and was overturned and righted in roughly 65 seconds, with four capsize cycles observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Northwestern University
Chicago Tribune
Silk Lanterns for Queen Regent Birthday in Beijing
The queen regent of China marks her sixty ninth birthday with 1,200,000 pieces of red silk 40 feet by 8 feet to decorate 40 miles of Beijing streets. Provincial mandarins’ gifts are waived this year and funds redirected to aid the poor after a severe winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Nanking
Soo-Chow-Foo
Hang-Chow- Foo
Peking
Louis Post-Dispatch
Indian Drowns After Shark Sinks Canoe Off Digby
A remarkable drowning occurred Monday in the Bay of Fundy near Green Point Digby county when a birch bark canoe was struck by a shark causing it to fill with water. The Indian paddler drowned but the boy in the canoe was saved and the body recovered. Halifax Cor. Boston Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay of Fundy
Green Point
Digby County
Halifax Cor
Boston Herald
Elmira Electric Motor Hauls 16-Car Excursion Train
An electric motor in Elmira powered a heavily loaded excursion train of 16 passenger cars to Eldridge Park, covering several miles. The run demonstrates the viability of electric traction for future passenger service.
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Elmira
Eldridge Park
Woman Finds Quinine Remedy For Rheumatism Patent Expected
A Lawrence woman discovers a new method to take quinine avoiding its bitter taste. She rubbed quinine and lard on her rheumatic left leg, claims absorption cured the rheumatism, and she plans to patent the method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence (Kan
Indian Eating Habits and Digestion Compared to Patent Remedies
A fragment argues that Indigenous eating habits foster strong digestion while critiquing modern dieting. It references the Kickapoo Medicine Company and their claimed cures and contrasts native diets with fashionable dietary rules. The piece questions the need for strict regimens and praises natural eating as healthier.
A Life Tact and Burlesque Snippets From Life
A collection of quick comic vignettes and anecdotes from Life magazine style humor. A husband scorns wife’s sewing then learns a punchy morale in domestic labor. Other pieces include a German town sausage tale and burlesque impressions of Webster and Butler legends.
Golden wedding ages debated by children in tale
In a Boston Herald snippet, neighborhood children argue over age and when to celebrate a golden wedding. They tally ages of parents by their siblings and births, concluding one side’s father is much older while the other’s is still younger, amid humorous confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Grandma
Scent
John
Jessie
Ralph
Emly
Jimmy
Bessis
Manion
Edie
Guin
Jimmie
Boston Herald
Farmer Converts Blank Bills Into Money?
An Alabama banker recalls a farmer asking if blank treasury bills handed to him could be money. The banker confirms the sheets are read as money, prompting the farmer to exclaim after scrutiny and leave in disbelief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Treasury Department
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
A Failure for Her
Miss Elder declares marriage a failure from experience though she has never married. Mrs Fosdick reacts with surprise as the spinster reflects on dangers of flesh and the world. The message echoes caution: true fears replace vain hopes and safety lies in not being secure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bridie
Mr. Norris
Hood's Sarsaparilla Battle for Blood Health
An advertisment extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a vigorous tonic that expels foul taints and purifies the blood. It claims cures for scrofula salt rheum boils and other ailments caused by impure blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Hood's Pills Cure All Liver Ills Advertisement
Hood’s Pills promise a cure for all liver ills. Price 25 cents. Sold by mail on receipt of payment. C. I. Hood & Co., Apothecaries, Lowell Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
Curious mummy eye pin sparks wonder in Seattle tale
A Seattle gentleman showed reporters a scarfpin centered by a large amber eye said to be taken from a mummy in Arica Peru in 1842. He described digging up mummies with valuables, shipping the eye to San Francisco for polishing, and setting it in the pin despite the risk of eye irritation from the powder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Arica
Peru
San Francisco
Seattle Press- Times
Murders and Personal Crises Among Youth in France
In recent months France records nine murders of children under ten and under fourteen by youths. Personal crisis reports for youths are noted as similarly frequent, highlighting widespread danger and social strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Lawyer Cross-Examines Colored Witness in Texas Court
A Texas lawyer questioned Jin Webster a colored witness about his name and occupation. The examiner then pressed about a brother who looks like him and drives a dray, asking if he is dead and what he was before death, with Webster answering that he is alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Jin Webster
Jim Webster
Ely's Cream Balm Claims Quick Relief for Catarrh
The Cream Balm is offered as a remedy for catarrh cold in the head and hay fever not a liquid or snuff and easily applied into the nostrils. It provides immediate relief and restoring the sense of smell after one bottle. A testimonial from H L Meyer of Waverly New York states five years of head and throat catarrh cured by Flys Cream Balm with relief from the first use.
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Ely
Fly
H.L. Meyer
Waverly, N
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