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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1894
Page
8
Tub and pot plants on the lawn offer a practical alternative to flower beds for homes with dogs and cats. The wide plant list includes crape myrtle lantana hydrangea jasmine oleander magnolia rubber plant and laurestinus. Watering must be frequent as tub soil dries quickly. Box planters and window boxes brighten urban dwellings through summer with flowering vines and evergreens in winter.
The article divides cacti into three groups: sun-loving types like Cerens, opuutia and large echinoocactua. open-air lovers that dislike cold rain such as mammillarius and woolly tufted varieties. and shade-preferring epiphyl lums and phyllo cactus. It urges growing in free gritty loam, keeping them mostly dry overhead, watering at the roots during growth and reducing water during rest.
An English exchange touts a moving glass house system on rails with optional heating. This device allows crops to be forced protected and moved, enabling quicker, economical production of fruits flowers and vegetables while shelter and temperature are controlled in climates with sudden changes.
The article argues that excessive thinning improves fruit development and quality, predicting a move toward seedless apples pears and grapes. It highlights Red Astrakhan as an early apple and lists top pear varieties Bartlett Seckel Anson Bose Sheldon among favorites. It notes standard trees overbranching and cites a Boston commission desler naming best market pears and advantages of seedling peaches for low cost rapid growth and longer life.
A quirky poem recounts Bess in a church setting wearing a jaunty straw hat and a puff of nicotine. She drafts verses for a society piece and sends them off but hides them from her mother, while a gossiping parish finds a new mischief in the litany.
A Pall Mall Magazine contributor recalls Greek laundry methods. Women ferry garments to the stream then wash and beat them dry on river shingle while children poke at clothing to keep it from drifting away. Collars vanish, shirts return shredded into linen.
The six regiment expedition from Williamsburg in February 1864 nearly captured Richmond. A bold raid aimed at freeing prisoners and disabling rail links was foiled when Confederate defenses and news of the plan forced a retreat. A Union soldier warned the enemy, prompting swift counteraction.
The Cincinnati Enquirer recounts a pine knot squirrel hunt in the southern woods where expert throwers target squirrels with knot shaped nuts as projectiles. The method grants the finder the first throw and many rounds end with a large catch, despite squirrels often staying aloft in trees.
Shoppers at a Lexington street department store watched live lambs convert a Saturday sale into comic chaos. Buyers including several women wrestled with the lambs to remove them, as many were kept as pets, according to the Baltimore Sun.
Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston of Washington stands as the sole feminine member of the local camera club. She advanced camera use for periodical illustrations and has expanded into literary work. At the 1893 World’s Fair she helped illustrate a United States government board report with Thomas W. Smillie and produced a 200 photo exhibit of cadet life at Annapolis.
Frances Willard is awarded the LL D degree by Ohio Wesleyan University during its semicentennial year. A telegram announcing the honor was greeted with enthusiastic reception in New York. The Western Christian Advocate notes Willard as the foremost woman of her time and the first woman to receive this degree from such a high ranking institution.
The Philadelphia Carpenter notes Sophie Christensen a 26 year old from Copenhagen who learned carpentry as an apprentice, joined the union after completing her training, and now seeks work in Chicago as a carpenter joiner. She has already created a self closing bookcase admired by observers.
A New York Tribune report cites a neighbor's case of a 16 year old girl who became addicted to cigarettes after a careless first try. The mother was shocked to learn the child's condition only when near ruin, urging vigilance to prevent similar tragedies.
The Baroness de Langenau of Vienna, widow of a former Austrian minister to Russia, becomes vice president of the WCTU in Austria. She funds a home for servant girls, a postmen mission, and a chapel for a German Wesleyan missionary. In Vienna the effort aims to lift centuries of prejudice through Christian applications.
Dr. Sarah Hackett Stevenson president of the Chicago Woman's Club impressed attendees at the General Federation of Woman's Clubs meeting in Philadelphia. She quipped that Hamlet might have chosen Portia over Ophelia and never wandered about contemplating existence.
A Baltimore Sun opinion argues for women not to take their husbands names upon marriage. It cites barbaric origins, notes women now hold titles like Mrs General, and suggests husbands may take wives titles. It proposes mixed surnames like Green Dunn Co and Green Dunn Brown to preserve lineage.
Mrs. Livermore spoke to Wheaton seminary graduates in Norton Massachusetts on June 27 marking the first time a woman has filled the office in the seminary's 59 year history. The preceding week she addressed the literary societies at New Hampton seminary in New Hampshire, a long established state institution.
An American woman Mme de Heger man Lindercrone was awarded by the king of Sweden the decoration hit teris et Artibus for her operetta performed at her home in Sweden. She is the third woman honored after Jenny Lind and Nilsson.
Mrs F Butler reports relief from bilious colic after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. S C Weeks of Melrose Mass recalls a lengthy diarrhea cure after a small bottle, with further use easing looseness. Remedy sold by druggists and dealers nationwide.
The article condemns irritants for nasal disease and promotes Ely's Cream Balm as a radical cure. It also reports the Ferris wheel being disassembled for shipment to New York, requiring ten weeks, five trains, 30 cars each, 8000 tons of metal, 600000 feet of lumber, and a cost of 150000 dollars.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifying tonic for children with scrofulous skin or scalp diseases and for puny or weak kids. It claims adults gain equal benefits, improving digestion, nutrition, and organ function, aiding recovery from wasting illnesses, and offering a money back guarantee if cures do not occur.
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