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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1894
Page
4
The Bristol Phoenix published weekly by the Herald Printing Company at 5 Bradford Street. Subscription rates are two dollars yearly in advance, one dollar for six months, fifty cents for three months, and five cents for single copies. Entered as second class matter at the Bristol Post Office.
The article notes cranberry picking will be at its height on Cape Cod with 200 Italian harvesters leaving Providence Tuesday morning. It also mentions a gala week for the Pythians in Washington and a grand parade reviewed by President Cleveland, with 8000 in line, plus political and civic notes including the death of Hon. Dwight R. Adams in Centreville after years of service in education.
An historic Bris tol Neck landmark disappears as the DeWolf homestead is moved. Erected over a century and a half ago it hosted Hessians during the Revolutionary War and later figures in Warren and Kirkemuit battles. The house's associations endear it to longtime residents.
The article notes Labor Day on the first Monday of September is a legal public holiday by a Congressional act. It compares the holiday to Christmas and other established public holidays and presents the text of the law authorizing the celebration.
A new tariff imposes two cents per card pack, though stamps are unavailable and dealers must record and certify sales until stamps arrive. The narrative shifts to Chicago’s destroyed White City at lake Michigan, detailing ruined buildings, ruined statues, and the exposed skeletal remains of Machinery and other pavilions, with the Goddess of the Republic and the broken Court of Honor amid the devastation.
Destruction floods the eastern end with a partially submerged building row. La Rabida remains intact on a rocky promontory while the Shoe and Leather building lies broken. The Manufactures building sinks in iron waves as salvage by wreckers piles up. The Wooded Isle offers pale relief with its Japanese cottages.
A tide powered electricity plant is under construction on East Providence shore at Watchemaker cove Kettle Point cove. Piles are being driven for a 150 foot dam extending with the tides and a second dam divides the created reservoir. John Wild of Providence is the inventor. The Providence English and Classical school advertises its health, study, and teaching resources for growing boys.
Mrs Fawcett of England has collected photographs of babies born to university educated mothers and presented them to Newnham College. The infants are described as vigorous and healthy, challenging claims that higher education harms motherhood and female physical strength.
Mrs Margaret Plotser of Indiana Pennsylvania celebrates her 93rd birthday with 170 descendants presenting gifts. She issues a challenge to any woman of her age to ride a race for a prize Bible, with the loser giving the book to the winner. The Bicycle World notes two local ethics could accept by meeting age and riding ability.
Rev Augusta J Chapin has accepted a unanimous call to lead the Universalist Church at Omaha. Her pastorate brought notable improvement, and she recently sailed for England for rest and research. She plans to return aboard the Lucania on Sept 1 and present a paper on Woman and the Church at Eaton Pa on Sept 12.
An authority states skirts will be cut to fit the figure with elastic bringing them in and flaring at the back in godet pleats. The designer foresees even smaller edge widths and notes the finest models lack the previously celebrated wide swing.
The Duchess of Connaught visited Aldershot to watch the army rifle meeting and the 50 yard ladies competition. About 50 women competed with small and varied caliber rifles, showing dexterity. three Indies scored 34 of 35.
An article outlines Lady Florence Dixie’s call for a national corps of women volunteers trained in fitness, nursing, ambulance work and skilled trades. The plan envisions branches nationwide with a central hall of liberty in London and a focus on technical education for working class women.
A guide for serving blackberries with cream and making desserts. It describes serving fresh berries with sugar and cream, blackberries with meringue, and a blackberry flammery with berries boiled, thickened with cornstarch, then sweetened and served with sugar and cream.
Prima donna Minnie Hauk and her husband Chevalier von Hesse Wartegg visited Singapore on a world tour and sang in Johore by invitation for the sultan his family and officials. The sultan conferred the order of the Crown of Johore on both performers, the eleventh royal decoration Mme Hauk has received from monarchs.
A yearly Decoration Day ceremony at Mount Moriah cemetery Philadelphia marked the raising of a flag over Betsy Ross’s grave. Conducted by the U S Grant camp Sons of Veterans the observance will be taken over by the group in future years.
Sarah Bernhardt appeared at a London reception on a warm afternoon wearing a sealskin coat reaching to her heels and high puffed sleeves, a sign she retains some eccentric flair despite recent changes.
San Francisco Chronicle notes families of whaling captains joining Arctic ventures. Captain Green, Weeks, Porters, and Shermans travel with wives and children aboard steam whalers to Cap Naverin for months to years, offering a rare glimpse into the whale fleet life and a child friendly voyage.
A Boots and Shoes Weekly note warns against wearing shoes that are too small in hot weather. It explains heat swells iron rails and feet can irritate easily, recommending choosing shoes at least a half size larger in summer than winter.
Fort Worth women form an auxiliary of the Texas Equal Rights Association with about 40 members. Mrs. Judge Nugent leads as president and Mrs. H. M. Price serves as secretary. A Wellesley boating scene shifts to gymnasium style attire. A Connecticut purchase funds a marble bust of Mrs Harriot Beecher Stowe for Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum. Mrs Littledale completes a rare Asia to Shanghai journey. Mrs Martha G Kimball, Philadelphia, linked to national Decoration Day observance.
A department offers a commercial course featuring Penmanship Commercial Arithmetic Bookkeeping Business Correspondence Stenography and related subjects. The new catalogue with full details is available free on request.
Listing shows items with reduced prices including cents now 19 cents and Tinted Squares formerly 20 cents now 9 cents. Single Head Rests priced at 25 cents before sale.
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