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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1895
Page
1
The Bristol business pledges a record year with aggressive pricing on men’s and ladies socks and underwear. It touts 5c per pair socks 10 dozen, merino and wool socks at 12 1 4c, ladies hose 12 3c, and a wide range of dress goods and undergarments at reduced prices. The ad emphasizes large stock and low prices to attract customers.
The notice lists good values at 4 6 7 8 9 10 12 and 16 cents and invites customers to view the entire linen product line, highlighting a crash for 60 18 inches wide.
In this department our stock is complete with Grass Cloth in all colors Silk Crinoline Linen Canvass Chamois Fibre hair Cloth and the best Selissa Cambxia varieties. Includes Dressinghams in fast colors newest styles 6 and 8 cents a yard, valued at 10 cents.
A Georgia Girl seeks bread making pupils while Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly March highlights Thomas A Edison and the Tyrrell life. The piece argues inward beauty over outward age, warns against worry, and urges self salvation alongside community help from skilled women bread makers.
Agent Sparke lists February events at the Bristol Opera House with Keeley Reunion Dram atic Entertainment on Feb 18, Apollo Club Concert on Feb 19, High School Course on Feb 21, and Elocutionary and Musical Entertainment on Feb 26. An article in Babyhood highlights diphtheria cures, children’s health topics, and nursery tips for mothers.
W Peters & Co advertises a successful January cotton sale with a 25 percent sales gain and promise to surpass all records in February 1895. The notice highlights Ladies Cotton Underwear, laces, linens, damask, denim and assorted textiles, with cash-card savings and a wide array of fabrics, garments, and corsets.
An American playwright plans a drama titled Blaine a Tragedy with a former statesman as the central figure. He argues Shakespeare used contemporaries and that such material can succeed here, though critics doubt New York managers would stage it and fear a public backlash. The Sun outlet notes disinterest from managers and potential city-wide failure.
The New York Times reports a Paris sensation over Kwik the family dog. After illness, Kwik was treated at a private dog hospital, an oak casket and lead-lined grave prepared, a three-car funeral cortege formed, and a $90 bill issued with $40 added for gravediggers.
Kitty Tirrell fainted during a pantomime performance at a London theatre after delivering lines in Dick Whittington. She died of heart failure caused by tight lacing, doctors testifying at the inquest. Harry Ewins, her husband, continued on stage as King Rat.
James Hartman, son of farmer John Hartman in Indiana, lost most hearing after meningitis. He learned to understand speech by feeling vibrations at the speaker's throat and now can converse by placing his fingers on the larynx.
A fragment from Florence A Joncas in Minneapolis House acper presents a poem about a small cloud or mist hiding the sun. It notes the sun remains behind clouds and promises brighter days as winds return and shadows fade.
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