17 Jan 1896
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1896
Page
1
The store cuts prices across socks and hose including Ladies and Children's All Wool Hose 19 20 cents and 25 cent value, Gents Cashmere Socks 124 17 cents, plus Undervests and Drawers for all ages. January 20 percent reduction on dress goods and blanket options from 87 cents to 5 50. Complete line of small wares and coats offered at reduced prices.
A garbled excerpt notes a gunbeam sinking in a black pond and a white form rising with a heart of gold. The faded line hints at oil, oozing from the pond, within a marginal item in a Ladies Journal.
An essay extols Hyde Park as a quiet urban refuge in London and contrasts it with the city’s bustle, describing the park’s soundscape as the voice of London and a grand symphony of life. The item also includes a short profile of Miss Annie Dennis of Talbottom Ga, a multifaceted agricultural entrepreneur claiming numerous prizes since 1888, and ends with a faro dealer anecdote about a Cripple Creek bank hit.
The New York Sun weighs in on House beauty contest, praising Joel P. Heatwole of Minnesota but declaring Melvill Beajs of Rhode Island the handsomest man in the House or perhaps in Congress. The piece notes heatwole’s good looks and asserts Beajs’s superior claim to the title.
The New York World switches to thrice weekly publication offering three six page papers per week at one dollar per year. Subscribers receive 156 papers in four years for one dollar and each issue spans eight columns by six pages. The edition markets prompt news with daily-like frequency and weekly features. Bristol Panwix and the Thrice-a-week World offer one year for 250 in new subscriber deals.
A German doctor cites tests where only two of twenty had left sight, noting most people favor the right eye due to bodily bias and long-dependent activities. The article links eye strength to use, citing seafaring telescope use and aurist observations, and links to general handedness and ear dominance patterns.
J L Toole is hosted by Edinburgh gentlemen where after dessert he is asked to recite. He declines firmly while a baillie urges him kindly to perform, saying do not be bashful and that they are not hard to please.
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