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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1896
Page
4
A poem from the New York Home Journal portrays a solitary swan by a northern lake. The speaker admires the bird’s sovereign grace and its mate and brood, highlighting its mastery of wind and water as it moves along the pond and returns to a reed bed.
In a seaside cottage, Nellie Thurgood nears death while her gardener Hepzibah tends her loyally. Nellie asks Hepzibah to burn letters from her lover Jack, prompting Hepzibah to plot a forbidden union with Tom, Nellie’s husband. After Nellie dies, Tom mourns and Hepzibah revels in a forbidden future, planning to claim what remains.
A long excerpt discusses Punch and Judy's Italian origins via Pucco d Aniello and the evolution of the name Punch and Judy from Italian, French, and English influences. It also recounts a Detroit Free Press note on Christmas services at State Street M E Church, praising special music, a sermon on Christ's second coming, and a medical testimonial for Chamberlain's Pain Balm by W H Buffington in Hartwick NY.
A Cincinnati Enquirer account describes a cruel Japanese dish featuring a living fish displayed on glass, damp seaweed, and shredded bamboo. Guests share slices of raw flesh as the fish remains moving. the heart and organs are spared while the body is carved and served. The scene ends with the fish watching its own fate.
A vintage guide describes using leftover pastry to make petites treats and desserts. It details wells of Cupid as jelly filled cakes, wells of Noel, marigolds with puff pastry, and king Henrys shoestrings shaped into a St Andrew cross, all iced with currant or almond decorations for festive occasions.
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