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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1894
Page
5
The insects, called termites, are famed for enormous clay nests in South Africa. Nests rise often around 12 feet high, sometimes 90 feet, with a single entrance and vast galleries and nurseries for the queen’s big families. Some nests gather grass over time to blend with the landscape.
English painter Mr Frith recalls painting a Windsor wedding portrait when the future emperor William and other royals posed as children. The boy smeared paint on his face and, after turpentine to remove it, learned a hard lesson while the artist finished the royal likeness.
A playful ad style notice speaks of rooms to let with walk in access and airy charm. The text praises young folks literature and contrasts beliefs about global schooling including Japan India and China.
An American traveler recalls a serene visit to the Kentake household in Japan. She describes minimalist rooms, artful spaces, and a series of intimate customs from tea to the hairstylist, dress, and a beloved baby photograph collection.
The piece traces England's lace making from the 14th century birth through its shifts to gimp and modern beads. It describes lace rooms, pillows, bobbins, and patterns as well as the economic side with dealers deducting costs before lace sale profits. It ends with a nostalgic nod to home craft and a Mother’s bell alluding to rural life.
The Tattler column highlights famed society figures and events. It mentions Mrs W W Gordon of Savannah as Chicago’s first white child, dining party finger bowls replaced by rose water globes, and appearances of Mrs George Gould and Miss Anna Gould at the opera. Julia Grant figures in New York society, Sarah Bernhardt dreams of a Paris villa, and Rembrandt portraits to Boston museum. Rose Shelley deliveries mail in Oregon. A membership certificate for the International Peace Society arrives in Kansas addressed to Monsieur Mary Ellen Lease from Switzerland. Georgie Dean Spaulding places a granite bell monument for siblings Emma and William Spaulding. Eva Nansen, famed singer wife of the Arctic explorer, performs in Christiania with royal attendance. Miss Robert Ackerly becomes deputy clerk in Lynchburg federal court, Virginia. Mrs Bloomfield Moore is described as refined and sorrowful with gold hairpins. Mrs Josephine Banard McDonald, once famed as the country’s most beautiful woman, is noted for her perfect figure and porcelain skin.
A collection of curious notes reports an eel surviving at least 18 days out of water existence of South Carolina oysters on coastal ledges ten feet high an army worm line resembling a snake a 12 foot alligator about 75 years old hog hardly affected by viper bites an owl reportedly dropping a rattlesnake from height then carrying it away a 6 foot 8 inch eagle captured by a dog after attacking a gander and causing a deadly struggle with the bird's death.
The oldest clergyman in England is Rev. John Warren Hays born 1799. Dr Lawrence new bishop of Massachusetts lives on Commonwealth Avenue Boston around the corner from his predecessor Bishop Brooks. Baptists in the United States grew 1,182,758 from 1880 to 1900 with gains of 192,000 in the north 253,000 in the south and nearly 700,000 among colored. Bishop Elect Hall may be consecrated soon as consent of a majority of the standing committee was voted in his favor. Bishop Daniel Alexander Payne died at Wilberforce Ohio age noted as the oldest Methodist bishop in age and service born February 24 1811 in Charleston South Carolina.
A historical survey notes the first British infantry regiment founded in 1683 and estimates global military expenditures: Bolivia's army at 1.8 million dollars annually, cannon costs totaling about 40 million, and about 100 million guns worldwide at roughly ten dollars each.
The Texas Pacific Railway abolishes the office of general western agent based in Denver. Trunk-line records show 186 884 passengers traveled from New York to Chicago during the World's Fair season. Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe offers half rate travel to clergymen and charity workers in Texas and Indian Territory. Frank Jones, former Boston and Maine president, calls the Boston to Portland electric line a myth and says the plan is impossible in this ruling.
Louis H. Grason argues that road quality affects farming wealth and wheat pricing. He cites rail and road systems in England France and the United States, urging proper maintenance and investment in highways to lower costs, boost farm value, and counter underbidding by foreign producers.
Bapney M. Sigafoos resident near Carpenterville New York seeks 1500 damages from Greenwich township authorities after his wagon overturns injuring his arm on public roads to Phillipsburg. Ex judge Silas DeWitt of Phillipsburg to bring the test case.
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