24 Dec 1892
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1892
Page
1
Tranenda offers to executors administrators and trustees and to women and religious benevolent institutions convenient facilities to transact their banking and trust business. Interest paid on deposits subject to check at sight and monies received on participation accounts.
At the annual meeting held Monday the ninth mat officers for the year were elected. President William H. Spooner. Vice President Henry Goff Augustus O Bourn John G. Watson. Trustees Charles H. Doringh George I. Farrington Thomas G. Holmes Samuel P. Colt J. B. Pearce L. F. Williams John B. Horreshof Ezra Dixon Alfred Luther William Hodgkingon.
The Press proclaims itself as a national New York daily and Sunday paper with a large circulation. It touts sensational but high editorial quality, promising broad coverage of current topics. Advertising is a focus, with liberal commissions and agents sought nationwide.
A Rochester citizen defends Vassar women as capable home managers and cooks, citing flawless marriage records. N L Carpenter of Mississippi recalls Buffalo’s 1813 fire, New York and Chicago travel, Albany to Buffalo stages, and old city developments. A P Ordway & Co. sponsors Sulphur Bitters to a Catholic home for the aged.
Alfreds is accused after a briar patch killing of Jenkins in Norton East Tennessee. Ruth, daughter of the jailer, secretly helps secure a gubernatorial pardon after witnessing his supposed innocence. The tale ends with a Christmas reunion as the two seek a future together.
A festive note urges eight parts unselfishness and charity mixed with generosity and goodwill. It counsels forgiveness, cheerful fellowship, and smiles, warning not to balance Christmas gifts with debt. It encourages thoughtful gifts for spouses and highlights brightening others’ hearths over mere adornment.
A Pullman Palace Car Company project unveils the world’s first church on wheels. Designed with Bishop William D. Walker’s input for North Dakota rail towns with 100 to 150 residents, the sixty by ten foot car houses a chancel, altar, baptismal font, bishop’s chair, cabinet organ, and seating for about seventy. The bishop plans a ten day notice before each stop, attaching the car to freight trains to service distant villages unable to support a rector.
Taunton Mass features two memorable orators. One man, in the depot, fills a 300 foot long building with sound, reciting all state towns without error. Frank Cobb, aging yet powerful, is famed for his delivery and the impact of his “God save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts” exhortation.
A shoe-maker demonstrates a quick method to half-sole and heel shoes in fifteen minutes. He explains the process, from removing the old sole to smoothing and blocking the new one, aided by a machine that completes the task in five more minutes. A Mail and Express reporter witnessed the time-saving technique.
A compact note from Petit Parisien hints at a domestic scene where papa leaves for a dentist appointment to tend to mamma’s teeth, while mamma remains in her study. The exchange suggests a light, everyday family moment with a touch of humor.
A prosaic meditation on fate and desire. The speaker contrasts misfortune with numerous hidden advantages and warns that despondency harms the spirit. Those ruled by base appetites lack true freedom, and spiritual crucifixion is implied.
Col I D McDonald of Columbia City recounts a cow and calf story illustrating animal intelligence. During a swift river crossing the cow risked her own safety to search for and rear her calf, steering through currents, swimming and treading water until the calf was reunited and placed on shore. The tale ends with the calf clambering onto its mother’s back and both reaching safety. Also notes pennies’ disappearance and unaccounted coins.
Advert says Salvation Oil is the greatest cure on earth for pain and anodyne with no equal in the market. It claims to be the best liniment and is priced at 25 cents.
The barber pole symbolizes historical barber surgery. The gilt knob once served as a brass basin for bleeding, the notch fitting the throat. The pole stands for the staff held by patients for bloodletting, with two spiral stripes marking pre and post venesection bandages.
Kate Field argues the republic’s needs center on better cooks and kitchens. She cites widespread dyspeptic habits, poor food, and incompetent servant girls as root causes, urging women to master domestic duties.
The New York Sun reports hair in the industry largely comes from ragpickers and dust-bin scraps rather than traveling coiffeurs. In Paris ladies shed daily about fifty kilos of hair, which is collected, cleaned, sorted by length and color, then sold through masterchiffoniers to hair dealers.
An American physician advocates vinegar inhalation as a key therapy for croup and notes internal use as well. A German doctor reports etherization for a 13 month old child. The piece also gives ipecac dosing, hot baths, warmed blankets, and Steam inhalation as emergency measures, urging medical help and caution after exposure to cold.
Pods bearing plants like peas and beans rely on root bacteria that form tubercles to absorb nitrogen from the air. Each plant type has its own bacteria, and tubercle germs vary by soil. A field grown beans long may lack pea bacteria, risking poor yields unless soil is inoculated with the proper microbes.
A society woman who manages a vast estate refuses to finalize a property purchase on Friday, citing a personal superstition. The anecdote, shared in a lawyer's office, notes the disbelief of the surprised attorney and the dowager's firm stance on delaying all business until the next day.
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