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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1895
Page
4
A speaker recalls fond memories of long ago as an audience member named Jones, a grocery man, asks for a twenty from a past bill. The crowd reacts violently, calling him a lunatic and removing him for thirty days in a harsh outing.
A humorous first person account of an evening bicycle ride through a hedged lane to a country village. The rider battles a failing lamp, near misses with unseen obstacles, a picnic couple, a hedge collision, and a nighttime police stop before safely returning home and noting the lamp’s temperamental reliability.
A Boston Ad vertiner note advises canary owners to mix a half ounce of ground red pepper into feed to brighten a pale coat within a week. It also recommends saffron under the wings to deter bird lice, plus daily gravel and tepid baths every other day for health and happiness.
A diminutive 8514 East Houston Street Georgia pine building houses a candy fruit and soda water business. The tiny structure fits between two brick walls along an alley, costs 150 dollars to build and rents for 200 dollars yearly. It measures 5 feet 4 inches by 15 feet by 9 feet.
Plato fines single men and in Sparta women drive them to the temple of Hercules at set times where they are drilled in military discipline as a form of public chastisement.
The New York Sun notes a two year decline in women’s wages with further drops likely. Employers hire cheap labor including foreign workers to drive pay down, using holiday surges to replace existing staff. Some women earn 60 to 80 cents per day as unemployment grows.
A forthcoming memoir by Mary Anderson recounts her life on the stage and her career’s imprint. The piece urges stagestruck young women to read her reflections and shows how Anderson viewed the moment she retired as her happiest day.
A London dialogue notes a marriage between a local man and an English woman described as a Tar tar. The exchange mentions the groom as a farmer and the couple as newly joined, reflecting gossip about social matches.
Redfield proved that severe storms feature surface winds converging toward the center. The piece notes a historical claim by a meteorologist on storm systems and contrasts it with distant asides about riverine law and imported dried currants.
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