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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1894

Page

6

Boots For the Cow and The Dog Kindergarten

Two humorous items from Our Little Ones. Boots for the Cow features a six year old boy Tommy Ryan who suggests boots for cows after seeing hoofs on a country farm. The Dog Kindergarten previews four puppies learning basic barking and mischief as they roam with their mother Flossie.

Tommy Ryan Darby Tommy Floss

Random Book Word Puzzle From Home Magazine

The prompt describes selecting a word from the first ten lines of a random book page, then performing a chain of arithmetic steps. The result yields numbers for word position, line, and page, labeling a playful puzzle called Now double the number of the page and multiply the cum by 6.

Home Magazine

Sea King Champion Pony Sold to Young Driver

Sea King the champion trotting stallion was sold from George Bixby of Boston to Edward Jo Davis of Woodbury. The 13 hands high horse has a trotting record of 2 24 and has defeated 220s several times last season driven by Janes Galvin. This season he will be exhibited driven by 14 year old Master Edward Lynn Davis.

Sea King George Bixby Boston Edward Jo Davis Woodbury Janes Galvin Edward Lynn Davis Clayton Dispatch

Doc Challenges Ned in California Trotting Match

Brayton Ontario February 23 Sporting Editor of The Chronicle receives a challenge from MVP Kerenum A for Doc the trotting dog. The owner claims Doc will meet Ned, saying Doc has earned eighty thousand dollars and held the championship for five years. A forfeit to bind the match will be covered by telegraph as the owner eyes a California audience.

Brayton the Chronicle Sik Ned Doc McCue America California Kerenum Ketchum San Francisco Chronicle

Selections of grasses for pasture and hay

Guide outlines grass mixes for hay and pasture in southeastern New York and Vermont. Recommends timothy, redtop, meadow foxtail, red clover for hay. orchard grass, redtop, crested dog's tail, meadow foxtail, English rye grass for permanent pasture. Kentucky bluegrass on limestone. Discusses seed timing, harrowing, rolling, and avoiding grain, plus potato blight control with Bordeaux mixture and lime sulfate.

Bay Country New York Hancetone Rock

How Many Hens For a Bone Cutter

Rural New Yorker states 100 hens plus young stock are needed to sustain layer numbers and make a bone cutter profitable. Fewer hens fail to yield good returns, making animal meal a better option for a small flock.

New Yorker

First New Jersey Woman Applies To Be Admitted To Bar

Miss Mary Philbrook of Jersey City Heights filed the first New Jersey application to enter the bar through Corporation Attorney James F. Minturn. Justice Depue signaled possible admission after a strong self prepared argument on equal rights to practice law. Philbrook, 28, trained as a typewriter and amanuensis, vowed to practice anywhere, not Hoboken alone.

New Jersey Mary Philbrook Vroom Street Jersey City Heights James F. Mintarn Hoboken Justice Depue Supreme Court Miss Philbrook Parsons Minturn Philbrook New York Sun

Canada Woman Suffrage Seen as Inevitable Change

The Telegraph argues that woman suffrage is coming in Canada as surely as the seasons. It may be unclear when or how it will arrive, but eventually all adults will vote for the House of Commons. Opposition is mild, mainly among a few men like Goldwin Smith who doubt women should vote.

Telegraph Canada House of Commons Goldwin Smith Don M. Dickinson Blount Cockrell Missouri William Bismarck A. M. Coffee Kan Board of Health of New York Philip D. Armour Chicago Cyrus A. Bartol Boston Emerson Earl of Ancaster

Rights and women’s political power urged worldwide

A statement from Effingham Illinois advocates relentless effort by women to secure political rights, challenging discrimination and comparing opponents unfairly labeled as criminals or idiots. The message calls for continued work until equality is achieved.

Effingham Ils

Iowa Women Push for Vote with Tax Paying Mothers Petitions

Proceedings from the Iowa legislature note numerous signed woman suffrage petitions presented with growing frequency. A new feature this year is petitions circulated for signatures by tax paying mothers, reflecting strong support from Iowa women seeking voting rights.

Iowa

Fashionable Draped Cravat Trends Mentioned In Fashions

A column highlights bold fashion notes from practical to extravagant including black velvet waistcoats and a new large cravat knotted under the chin. It mentions prominent figures and items from health to industry and a famed rejuvenation claim.

Cream Balm touted as best cure for chronic catarrh

The article extols Ely’s Cream Balm as the best and only cure for chronic catarrh with ulceration and discharge causing bronchitis and lung disease. It advises readers to ask their druggist for it. A hawk captured and killed a carrier pigeon in Druid Hill park after a protracted chase, witnessed by onlookers. The pigeon bore a metal band marked A B S H C with numbers 291 and 86 on its leg.

Ely Druid Hill Park Cassell H. C Baltimore Sun

How He Was a Malade Imaginaire Comic Exchange

A malade imaginaire character notes his daily doctor visits and a friend finds humor in the absent physician as Grillon recounts the scene with a morning greeting. The exchange centers on anticipation of the doctor and the patient’s self deception.

Grillon

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