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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1895
Page
1
Ladies may buy Capes and Reefers for children with savings on price. Lining Department stocked with top materials at rock bottom prices. Gentlemen can find neckwear collars cuffs and shirts with good style and a large stock at low prices.
The Craig & Richards Granite Co of Quincy Massachusetts advertises a wide selection of granites including Red Peterhead Gray Rubis Kenney Dyce Persley and Dalbeattia. It promotes sixty new original monumental designs with orders payable at various contact points.
An 1895 notice explains The Easel Monument Association has bought rights to publish 10 000 copies of J W Carnahan's G A R Key a Civil War reference work endorsed by Grand Army leaders Prices are 80 cents at the paper 1 00 by mail plus 20 pages on The Easel Monument project and the offer lasts while stock remains
A 1826 account portrays Chicago as dull and unattractive with few features worth noting. It describes Fort Dearborn, the Pottawatomie Indians, cannibal legends, and a town of only a few huts dominated by a miserable populace. The piece questions Schoolcraft's praise and notes Chicago might grow as Illinois banks fill and the Illinois prairie population expands.
A dated letter from September 22 1775 reports a well soldier at Prospect Hill near Cambridge enjoying good health despite a cold. It mentions intrenchment between Prospect Hill and Plowed Hill, cannon fire from Regulars, and two wounded with no deaths. It asks to send a white bride and sends greetings to family and friends including Polly Bowen and Nathaniel Bowen in Warren Rhode Island.
The article notes Rohmberg, a Bavarian hofmaker in Louis XV era Paris, famed for concealing figure flaws in ladies habits and amassing a large fortune before dying at 40. It also mentions Leroy who dressed all imperial court princesses in the First Empire.
A terse exchange hints at a failing marriage and a wife's recurring headache described as a nervous tension. The clipped dialogue suggests social pressure and a drifting relationship, with a lingering note of humor in the reference to hats and fashion.
A correspondent recalls submitting Spring's Advent under the pen name Yblirt. The editor, wary of readers bored with Trilby, returned the piece noting potential subscriber loss. The exchange highlights editor bias and readership fatigue in a late 19th century paper.
A garbled note urges sweeping moral reform to enforce debt payments, arguing a strong collective resolve will compel people to settle obligations promptly. The fragment hints at public frustration and a demand for stricter fiscal behavior across society.
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