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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1895
Page
1
A catalog of inexpensive wares features celluloid boxes, dolls, toys, desks, and jewelry cases, alongside an extensive textiles and apparel section. Prices range from a few dozen cents to several dollars, with towels, handkerchiefs, gloves, shirts, and umbrellas highlighted.
On Westminster street entry, Elegant Neckties offers neckties 75c to 1.00, Silk and Cashmere mufflers, Alaska Seal gloves, smoking jackets, and linen initial handkerchiefs. Ladies shop for gifts for gentlemen, with a focus on winter wear and holiday items.
The poem outlines the four seasons with seed time and farming work in spring, boating and swimming in summer, harvest in autumn, and skating and Christmas festivities in winter. It attributes the piece to J. B. Greens and addresses R. Cc. in a nostalgic schoolhouse voice.
The text explains rash judgment and backbiting, using Susanna and Joseph as examples to show how appearances can mislead. It then covers census figures on adult males in the state, distinguishing citizens, aliens, and voters, and compares 1885 data with current numbers, noting shifts in nativity and naturalization.
The twice weekly World becomes thrice weekly offering 18 pages weekly for one dollar a year. Each paper has 6 pages eight columns wide. The Thrice-a-week World provides frequent news with dailylike freshness and weekly features. Bristol Pranxix offers one year for $2.50 to new subscribers.
A brief notice promotes engraved visiting cards as a timely Christmas gift. It urges readers to place orders early at the PHOENIX office, noting that the shop is always busy by the 28th.
The Dallas News praises W S Cleveland's minstrel troupe at the Providence Opera House as a premier entertainment with strong acts by John H Blackford Frank Cushman Lew Benedict and Daniel Palmer. The show features Arab and Japanese gymnast acts and runs Monday Tuesday Wednesday and a Christmas matinee on December 23 24 25.
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