31 Jan 1896
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1896
Page
1
The store promotes a large selection of Ladies chemises drawers skirts night gowns and corset covers in fine cotton and lawn cambric. Prices are advertised as substantially lower than usual with many items under typical market rates and many pieces marked well below regular prices.
Geo. T. Bousne urges Phaniz readers to publish more reminiscences from Bristol’s past. He recalls the Darr War, Goree, the town bridge incident, jailbreaks, the Fales and Wardwell houses, and Hope Street highlights, hoping old friends will contribute memories of "ye olden time."
A gabby lecture reminiscence from Sala in Australia recalls a cheeky interruption by a buxom old dame during his coronation anecdote and a long digression about public diction. The piece segues into notes on tool juggling in English needle factories and a London child’s heaven question to novelist James Payn.
A Reading Clerk selection story from the opening of a new Congress. John A. Reeve, a Cairo Illinois politician, recounts his unorthodox win with a bold reading of long words and a German poem, outshining elocutionists. He notes a terror of a bill with Spanish names and his quick surge to the post.
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