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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1894
Page
6
A detailed rustic guide describes honeybee comb construction and queen rearing with worker roles and the dangers of queen loss. Interwoven are practical horse care tips addressing bit warmth, teeth, harness wear, and signs of stress. The piece also notes fashion trends in ribbons and silks for spring attire.
Prison Mirror reports a shift in staffing with two new waiters replacing the resigning colored gemmen and a pair of new tables in the second grade dining room. The piece notes a play at the Grand Opera House and a prison camp supervisor Captain Alexander praised for his reform efforts lifting seven inmates in the sixth range last Friday.
Readers across major papers reflect on the 1893 Worlds Fair fire at Jackson Park. Opinions span sorrow and relief that damage came after the exposition, noting lost beauty, the mayoral assassination, and the ironies of triumphs and calamities surrounding the Columbian Exposition.
A fragment from Texas Siftings collects pithy phrases on politics, labor, trust, poultry theft, timing of death, gambling, tariffs, gifts, zoo animals, telegrams, delirium, and a note asserting the piece is reliable.
Professor Hough notes Jupiter's Great Red Spot as a vast floating island about 80 000 miles long and 8 000 miles wide, maintaining its shape for years. Dr Ernest Hart predicts cholera extinction within 80 years due to sanitary progress. White lighthouse lights reach farther than colored lights. Red and green beams require four times the luminosity of white to penetrate as far. Gas can polish, scratch, bore, and pulverize rock under high pressure, then recompact into solid mass.
The giraffe has a tongue nearly 18 inches long. A seal can be trained without punishment. Amanda Connelly of Fowling Creek Maryland keeps a hen laying an egg daily for four years with two missed days. The albatross, up to 17 feet wingspan and 20 pounds, often trails ocean steamers from the Cape to Melbourne over about 5500 knots without resting.
The article reports Neptune’s long year of over 60 000 days and cites a British Indian leprosy commission view equating leprosy with tuberculosis. It notes caffeine and tea theine are identical and mentions experiments with surgical removal of a diseased lung apex in tuberculosis.
An Ohio farmer describes two portable fence designs with zigzag panel connections. The first uses unequal posts and rails to form a firm, lift resistant panel system, while the second employs beveled boards, battens, and a wedge lock for quick assembly and disassembly. Both aim for neat appearance and low cost.
Description of fritillaria imperialis varieties with colors and forms, notes on foliage, care, soil, and planting depth. Includes guidance on grouping bulbs, avoiding disturbance, and ensuring bloom after the first season. Also announces a Memorial Sermon at State Street M E Church by Rev W J Smith with G A R post and auxiliary units.
Professor J B Smith of New Jersey reports that soils with heavy chemical use show fewer soil insects. Kainit and nitrate of soda prove most effective against plant lice root trees. wireworms, onions, and cabbages respond well to these solutions, while phosphates show no insecticidal value. He notes peaches show near universal success with kainit.
The article discusses Ampelopsis tricuspidata as a hardy substitute for English ivy, noting that wall attachment is unreliable. It explains variability in tendrils, with some climbing trunks but not walls, and describes a variety whose branched tendrils end in disks that adhere firmly to smooth surfaces.
A scientific note describes how plant longevity depends on nutrition. Annuals cut from maturing seeds may become perennials as buds form at the base, enabling the same plant to persist across years. Potatoes and strawberries illustrate how most of the plant dies each season, with only certain parts surviving or regrowing.
The clippings note f om Reed resuming smoking after four years abstinence. Abel Head of Boston mentions two brothers. President Harper of Chicago University questions Cain and Abel as myth. Senator Hoar directs senate correspondence. Judge Frank Doster of Kansas replies to a school letter with Which licked. Charles L. Fair, ex Senator’s son, settles in Paris and marries in San Francisco. Abe Slupsky, once a second hand furniture dealer in St. Louis, becomes a feared political figure after media exposure.
In a May 26 1894 Brooklyn letter a writer denounces male domination and praises women who work for independence. She criticizes a minister’s view that women are bound to home and argues for women’s equality and self support despite social pressures.
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