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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1896
Page
4
Poem from St Nicholas describes Mistress Morning guiding children through a day of dominos like a game. She pairs blue skies breezes sunshine and flowers with Mary Lucy Lou Josie, as kids bring sweetness to match each charm, leaving question who wins.
Ann Quinn a laundress and cook in a city home encounters a drowned lover from her past. A blackhaired man pleads for reunion as she defends herself with a knife, he dies, and she is left with a bag of rubies and a deadly secret. The milkman later mentions a murdered millionaire found near the river, and Ann discards a bloody token into the water as a lilies of the valley stem drifts away.
In a Cornhill Magazine notice from the early eighteenth century Mr Switterda advertises a rapid language course for ladies and gentlemen, charging 1 to 4 guineas monthly for a short two hour weekly session. A contrasting London area school is described, where a master educates boys and his wife teaches girls lacemaking cooking and other skills for about £10 or £11 yearly with some household items returned.
A brief New York Weekly note speculates on balloons as a wartime tool. The piece asks readers whether balloons could have future military usefulness and toys with the idea of a draft scenario.
In a woodland scene a wrinkled brown leaf spirals with the wind and keeps the poet hopeful. The writer contrasts aging with the leaf’s youthful motion, wondering if the heart can stay bright and carefree.
A Chicago Record feature recalls Colonel Joseph George Washington Mills, Georgia militia leader, who in his youth inspired a drill in Cobb County using Scott's Tactics. He later describes riding to Lost Mountain to drill a imaginary company, donning epaulets and sash, delivering patriotic orations, and facing a wary mountaineer who warns him of folly.
A city missionary asks Fyoman if she attends church. she declines citing unsuitable clothes and differing views with her husband. She explains she is a Methodist while her husband aligns with the Knights of Pythias, suggesting she would attend alone. The exchange reflects social and religious tensions among couples.
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