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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1894
Page
2
A Brooklyn column denounces abusive probation practices in nurse training, recounting South and West entrants misled by NY hospitals. It urges avoiding costly, coercive an eight week drudgery period and calls for alternative skilled work. The piece notes a Kentucky senator joining revivalists and critiques national politics with a Moore-like lament.
The Boston Globe describes the 24 hour telephone exchange as the citys life pulse. A chart shows hourly call volume, peaking around business hours and again in the afternoon, with a steady night shift that keeps the switchboard alive and responsive.
The poem fragment from the Atlanta Constitution speaks of a lover sending a message to his lady as spring hints arrive. It mentions drafts at a door and concerns about pipes freezing and coal prices rising, with imagery of birds and uplifting emotions.
Rh ose Island Poultry Association held its annual meeting and banquet in Tillinghast's assembly rooms Providence last Thursday evening. Officers elected include President H S Babcock first vice president W M Hughes second vice president W H Congdon secretary Samuel Cushman treasurer F H Adams auditor R G Davis and an executive committee with members from Providence Bristol Ferry Liberty Appenaug Oaklawn River Point and Portsmouth.
In Providence last Wednesday the Rhode Island Horticultural Society showcased a fine flower display with cineramias callas hyacinths primroses and azaleas in bloom. Prizes of 35 went to Alfred Powell and William Hill for the gardeners and 3 5 was awarded for the cyclamen collection. An audience presented a paper on Spring Flowers and one candidate was elected to membership. The Rhode Island State Fair Association plans to double dog premiums to 3000 and expanded kennels. John Read will supervise the Kennel Club exhibition and James Mortimore and John Davidson will judge. About five hundred dogs were shown last year and expectations point higher entries this season.
Griswold resident Thomas L Lawton writes the Norwich Bulletin about a method to rid farms of woodchucks. He suggests inserting Paris green into apples and placing them in each woodchuck hole to kill the pests and protect the garden.
By decree of the Court of Probate Bristol RI an administrator de bonis non will auction on April 7 1894 at noon the Bristol Rhode Island homestead estate of John B Pearce on Milk and Byfield streets with buildings and improvements described as bounded by Milk street Isaac L Hoard Sarah H Heant Joseph N Morris and James Hoard Jr.
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