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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1895
Page
1
Local business in Bristol declares 1895 the most successful year ahead. Advertises socks, underwear, skirts, dresses, drawers, corset covers, plaids, serges, tricots, and silks at deeply discounted prices. Highlights 5c per pair socks and low per yard fabric rates to attract customers.
The notice promotes linen crash pricing with a range of 4 to 15 cents and advertises an 18 inch wide all linen crash. It requests viewing the full linen crash for 60 and 18 inches wide options and invites readers to inspect the product.
Our stock is complete with Grass Cloth in all colors Silk Crinoline Linen Canvass Chamios Fibre hair Cloth and top makes in Seligian and Cambria Also dress Ginghams in fast colors newest styles priced 6 to 8 cents per yard worth 10 cents.
A poor boy named Laddie, caring for a sick mother, cannot buy a valentine. He earns 22 cents carrying luggage, meets a stranger who turns out to be his long lost father returning home. They reunite at last with the mother, joy replacing worry as a heartfelt Valentine is secured.
The excerpt recounts Valentine's customs in the 1660s with Samuel Pepys noting gifts and their hefty prices. It cites a wife’s valentine costing £5, duchess Miss Stuart’s jewels valued around £800, and other lavish presents, illustrating affection and obligation tied to Valentine gift exchange in that period.
Advice to a young man on pursuing love and writing art despite obstacles. Encourages self expression, not overthinking, and to take chances this Valentine season. Highlights that homes and comfort are scarce and urges action over hesitation, with a playful nudge about bulls eyes and effort.
A garbled society directory note claims Chicago has 80 000 people in its Four Hundred, implying a social strata guide. The fragment references a pauper or poverty angle amid the era's social listing.
The article traces Saint Valentine’s Day origins from Roman feasts and early Christian adaptation. It explains the shift from name drawing to a church festival, notes regional practices in Lorraine Maine France England and Scotland, and describes Valentine cards and midwinter romance traditions in America.
In the piece Mrs Wigglestein James notes an evening program featuring a monologue by Miss Durafew. The dialogue prompts the question what a monologue is and reflects a playful exchange about listening time and matters at home.
Jenny Lind, initially bound to sing only at the Royal Italian Opera House, visited Buckingham Palace to explain her inability to sing at the queen's concert. The official rejected her card until a higher authority intervened. the queen welcomed her, charmed by her natural manner, and promised friendship.
A reader notes finding gray ash-like dust in the kitchen flue under the oven. The smoke deposit, finer than flour, is described as excellent for polishing tinware, outperforming commercial powders and pastes when applied with a damp cloth.
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