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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1894
Page
1
Transacts a general Banting and Trust Business Interest paid on deposits subject to check at sight. Moneys also received on Participation account. Authorized by law to accept trustees and to act as Executor, Administrator, Guardian, etc. Trustees, Executors, Administrators, Guardians and Assignees depositing money and property of their estates with this Company are exempt by law from all personal liability.
Deposits on Participation Account on or before the 16th of November February May and August draw interest from the 1st of those months. Dividends occur in August and February. This account provides savings bank advantages with the added security of the company’s capital stock.
A roster of directors includes James M. Kimball and many others from Providence Pawtucket Bristol Newport Boston Westerly and New York with Samuel P. Volt as president Albert L Calder as vice president Cyrus P. Brown as secretary and Joshua M Addeman as treasurer.
The Chicago Tribune explains the remarkable scenting ability of well bred setters. It details how a dog can determine whether a bird is live dead or wounded while in full gallop with a dead bird in its mouth and how it points accordingly with precision.
A Broad Way car encounter reveals a shabby spinster, about fifty, a prolific contributor to sensational serials. The publisher explains she writes for the paper under a contract paying $7,500 annually, highlighting the contrast between gentility and the popularity of cheap fiction.
Professor W C Unwin argues in Cassier's Magazine that neglect of superheating ignores the large reduction in cylinder condensation. He notes engineers claim the excess heat in superheated steam is small but early experience shows a disproportionately large economic benefit from it.
A Danish lady hired Eskimo women to wash. She placed the tubs on stools to ease them, but the women still stood on the stools and stooped over the tubs on the floor, causing astonishment reported by the San Francisco Argonaut.
Workmen trenching salt mines in Prussia uncovered a triangular structure containing a white marble column and freestone tomb beside a freestone tomb with an agate slab inscribed with markings.
The fragment mentions Latin lines about Peleg the architect of Babel and divine pity for humility. It then describes bungalow construction with stud walls brick foundation and various exterior finishes. A Sheffield bootmaker displays a window notice inviting readers to wish they were in his shoes.
The text details an expired patent for a hog catching and holding trap with a lever and spring mechanism, plus a second expired patent for a cattle feeding rack. The device uses a treadle, cam latch, and pawl to secure animals, with potential for killing via sharp spikes. The feeding rack features diagonal interlocked boards on posts, creating a portable, cheap hay feeder with guards to prevent hooking and waste.
The New York Herald reports a playful exchange where English Sparrow invites Mr Swallow to breakfast with a company of gay birds for a jolly time, and Swallow counters with dinner and acceptance. The dialogue ends with a playful jab about not being mistaken for a Chicago bird.
Detroit News Tribune notes a claim that Raleigh wore the most splendid shoes ever on court occasions. They were buff leather adorned with precious stones and valued at thirty five thousand dollars.
A Brooklyn column from November 23 1910 discusses self reliance and the idea Edison has nearly perfected a thought transmitter. It also features advice on beauty and hair removal for women and a Sunday religious exhortation urging daily devotion and charitable acts.
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