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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1894
Page
4
Published weekly by the Herald Printing Company on Bradford Street. Subscription rates listed: one year two dollars prepaid, six months one dollar, three months fifty cents. Single copies five cents. Entered at Bristol post office as second class matter.
The article notes Bristol’s representation at Newport and admiration for naval reserve drills, while musing on Aquidaban incidents, 1884 May storms for farmers, and upcoming Newport festivities including July celebrations and local projections for boosting merchant returns.
The piece praises Scituate for backing new Democratic givers while distancing from Franklin P. Owen. It notes statewide relief at the end of his House leadership and calls for broad, calm intellect in statesmen amid flood and weather news from Chicago and Pennsylvania. It also urges early caterpillar control and honors Memorial Day, stressing duty to fallen soldiers.
The expulsion of P H Quinn Master Workman of District Assembly 99 of the Knights of Labor Rhode Island followed two direct causes. First he argued publicly and delivered speeches in opposition to the union leadership.
The notice accuses Quinn of political manipulation within the labor movement and alleges a conspiracy with ex General Powderly and A. W. Wright. It claims his loyalty to the brotherhood faltered after leadership ambitions and he was expelled from the General Knights of Labor.
The article profiles Mrs Frances A Goodale president of Utica New Century club, praising women’s clubs as broad, nonsectarian forums for social expansion and charity. It notes 200+ members, a 20-member board, elected officers, and an executive board guiding member elections and club business.
An excerpt contrasts Bahamian life with colonial descriptions of diet and attire, noting cement ovens at back houses, barefoot locals, and harsh beggars among Bahamans. It shifts to social critique by Sarah Grand on modern women, independence, and reforms in marriage and reading habits.
Hoard's Dairyman outlines sowing peas and oats in alternating timings, followed by corn and millet for feed, with drills 8 to 34 feet apart and careful cultivation. It also advises breeders with dairies to calf cows early to provide milk for piglets before and after weaning to encourage early drinking.
WAISTS OF India Silk, those nobby models with two detachable linen collars, the coolest and prettiest waist ever produced, in white pink blue and heliotrope, at $4.50. Also BOYS' CLOTHING full suits trousers jackets reefers offered at prices for Exhibition Day fitting. CHILDREN DRESSES white and Gingham and Guimpes. CHILDREN COATS in Pique Duck and French Flannel.
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