Bristol Pheniex Notices and Steamship Accident Report
The Bristol Pheniex lists subscription rates and ad costs for the weekly issue. It reports the steamer Worcester breaking a shaft near Hurl Gate, Massachusetts assistance by the steamer Massachusetts and Ninird, and officers traveling to New London to replace the Cleopatra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steau
Wencester
Worcester
Hurl Gate
Massachusetts
Potter
New York
New London
George S. Kellieger
U.S. Mail
Times
Boston Journal
The Case for Fresh Night Air in Bedrooms
The text argues that small poorly ventilated bedrooms trap vitiated air during sleep, harming health. It claims air renewal is essential for lung function and mental vigor, especially for children and those susceptible to consumption, urging mothers to ensure windows or vents provide continuous night air renewal.
Asparagus Soup From Miss Leslie’s Cookery
The article details a method to make asparagus soup using four to five bunches of asparagus. After boiling meat and straining, add half the asparagus tops, simmer until green, then add the remaining tops and boil twenty minutes. Spinach juice can deepen the color, added near the end. It ends with a moral about industrious versus lazy behavior.
Horse Meat Dinner Pranks and Hog Bed Hospitality
A Worcester physician recalls a dinner reveal that the meat was horse beef and mare meat, with the guest swallowing sauce and a final confession. The tale shifts to Arkansas where a drunken man, sleeping in a wagon shed, receives hog hospitality as warmth prevents exposure. An amusing incident in the House features a bill pinned to a sleeve, and quips on agreeable humor, music in education, and marital thrift among Friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Arkansas
Hoga
Ax Uspai
John Tike
Hall of Representatives
Boston Post
Mara Adopts Jewish Child as Daughter of the Harem
Mara, a Moorish widow, falls in love with a Jewish girl in Tangier. She entreats the child to renounce her people and faith, and after a dramatic family crisis the girl converts to Islam, becoming Mara’s daughter and inheriting wealth and status in the harem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mana
Mara
Allary
Maara
Mahomet
Alon
Bors Mooress
Tangier
Zuleios
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Bristol
Pheniex
W. H. S. Bayley
Bradford Street
New Couxterre
American Bank
Providence
Boston Courier
Miss Leslie
Novi Zumbia
Luther
Saul
Ann S. Stephens
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