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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1894
Page
1
Thousands of rods in use and rising orders for cedar picket fences with Bessemer steel wire and cedar tops. The fences offer durability lightness and strength with tensile strength 8000 to 10000 pounds. Styles Nos 7 and 8 suit lawns giving beauty and strength at low cost. Spruce fences offered as cheaper alternative ship in 50 foot rolls.
A piece by Rev. Madison C. Peters argues women should develop athletic bodies and minds with physical culture and health laws. It criticizes unwise mothers, promotes universal housekeeping, and urges girls to learn domestic duties and honest home life for happiness and social balance.
A farmer narrator argues that tariff and political promises fail to help agriculture and the common people. He cites bank failures, unemployment, and uncertain crops, listing 40 percent egg price declines and railroads in receivership as signs of economic distress. He jokes about shifting to free trade yet distrusts political remedies.
The speaker asks what part of heaven awaits those good yet not agreeable. He recalls a woman praised not for beauty or wisdom but for a smile that lit a gloom filled room, concluding with the name Mapison C. Perera.
A Chicago paper on election day mocks Rhode Island with absurd geography jokes and claims about its location east of New Haven and west of Europe. It jokes about Col Hezekiah Snort and calls Rhode Island producers state capitals and yams, portraying a tribal chiefs election.
The editor of The Laughers' Own is described as highly sensitive, unable to take a joke. A friend notes this after witnessing multiple rejected jokes in a single day, as recounted by the Detroit Free Press.
An essayish panorama from Providence describes the post office crowd as a theatre of politics and business. It notes the daily lunch group at Tillinghasts and a wedding crowd on Westminster Street, highlighting social rhythms that reveal urban life and power networks.
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