05 Jun 1896
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1896
Page
1
A Bristol store markets a brisk sale of ladies bicycle sweaters at 150 dollars for two dozen items, hosiery priced 10 to 50 cents a pair, underwear and Jersey vests, shirt waists, wrappers, belts, skirts, capes, jackets, neckwear, and men’s bicycle stockings, highlighting quantity discounts and half price on spring stock.
A collage of 19th century reflections includes a June 1 1896 Bristol letter longing for pure motives and faithful friends, an 18th century Boston Courier quip about a man without a past, and notes on ancient Egyptian landscape gardening. The piece mentions Nile water, Karnak lakes, and Egyptologist Mr de Morgan planning to expose sacred lakes at Assuan.
A large audience enjoyed a complimentary musicale by piano pupils of Miss Mabel Salisbury with vocal solos by Mrs N McCarty Miss Lillian Wilson and reader Miss Louisa Chadwick. A long program featured many pieces and an encore for Chadwick.
Science reports Earth population around 1.2 billion with about 34.2 million deaths yearly and 36.8 million births. Mortality ages show many die young, lifespan near 38 for both sexes, 1 in 100,000 reach 100, 6 to 7 in 100 reach 60.
A Goethe countryman recounts using blooming kindness as a charming phrase misread as slang by English ears. The anecdote shows how language shifts in social settings and jokes about courtly manners versus rural behavior. Also notes lines from Addison and Shakespeare on perception and manners.
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