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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1899
Page
4
Reliable companies offer fire insurance at low rates for United States state and town officials administrators and executors. Bonds furnished by Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland.
The Bristol Rhode Island tax collector announces a public auction of delinquent parcels on August 26, 1899, at 12:30 PM at the Town Clerk's office. Described properties include Lot 61 on Cook Street with house owned by Charles L Wardwell and wife, and Lot 33 on Constitution Street. The sale was adjourned multiple times to September 16, 1899 then September 30, 1899 and October 14, 1899, all at the same hour and place.
A rambling essay traces old fashion habits and instinct from two buttons on coats to barber poles window placement and canine and feline habits. It links sartorial custom to family tradition and the notion of inherited habit across generations.
A correspondent reports on the Mountain Copper Company near Redding Colorado where roasting 1000s of tons of ore daily produces sulfur fumes. Insects swarm the heaps as gray fires the size of a horse fly inhabit the smoldering ore and attack workers, prompting protective masks and gloves at night. The fires appeared after smelting began years ago.
Dr L O Howard classifies insects by usefulness and harm, naming 112 injurious families feeding on cultivated plants and one parasitic on warm blooded animals. Beneficial groups include 79 predatory families, 32 scavengers, two pollinators, and three fish foods. Forty nine families have undetermined status and ten contain both injurious and beneficial forms.
The Rosetta Stone in the British Museum is described as the key to Egyptian decipherment, revealing hieroglyphic, Demotic, and Greek scripts. It enabled scholars to read inscriptions and settle biblical timelines, while noting the stone’s measurements and origin near Rosetta and Fort St. Julian during French occupation in 1799. The piece also comments on ancient priestly synods and taxes before shifting to a distant note on the oldest woman in the world and a long-lived California tribe member.
A catalog from Rogers Free Library lists recent religious and theological works with editions and publishing details. Items include Gems from the Sacred Themes edited by Thomas Wyate, Life of Mrs Eliza A by Charles I White, Lectures on Church Difficulties, Christian Missions volumes, Sermons to Children, The Loom of Sacrilege, Aggressive Work in the Church, Church Defence reports, Glossary of Words in N Scr, Fasting the option of the Blessed Sacrament, and related notes. Includes scattered quotations and marginal remarks.
A reporter recounts a social gathering in Poughkeepsie noting a lady in a red bombazine dress with ruched alpaca, an overskirt of rose gingham, and parsley blossom trim. Her notable coiffure and accessories include scrambled hair, nine-button gloves, six-store shoes with slashed heels, and pompadour socks.
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