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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1894
Page
7
The New England home life drama Shore Acres by Mr. Herne opens four performances at the Providence Opera House on Monday. The play centers on Lemoine Maine with scenes by Frenchman's Bay and the Jordan river. Herne portrays Nathaniel Berry with high praise, likening the performance to Booth's Hamlet and Jefferson's Rip Van Winkle.
A reflective meditation on education as awakening to an inner light the power of the spirit animates practice in learning piano gymnastics and study. It notes spiritual unity with effort and cites Beecher and Marietta Holly in a concluding contemporary aside.
Daniel Stevens, Adjutant of Bristol Train of Artillery, departs Monday for Washington D C with the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. A mowing machine on the common hints at preparations for July 4. Saunders new marine railway spires arrived last week. Old People's Day observed at State Street M E church with a flower decorated church and 2 30 p m services.
The ad urges readers to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla, claiming it has cured many rheumatic sufferers and should be tested by those suffering from the condition.
The Bristol Female Charitable Society will hold its annual meeting at Miss C M Shepard’s residence on Thursday October 4 at 8 o clock. Babbitt Post G A R plans to attend the Advent Christian Church sermon at 2 30 p m next Sunday on Nations Hope and The Religion of Civilization. Hair care ads promote Hall's Hair Renewer and Ayer's Pills offer liver stomach and bowel benefits.
The notice describes a Participation Account with deposits on or before November 15 February 15 May 15 and August 15 earning interest from the first day of those months. Dividends occur in August and February. The account combines savings bank advantages with an additional security backed by the company’s capital stock.
A Country Gentle man correspondent argues against making uniform fertilizer at home. He says it is nearly impractical without proper machinery and knowledge, and retail materials plus freight make homemade fertilizer more costly than a properly formulated product for the crops.
A simple device using a discarded buggy wheel is described to measure level land. Attach handles so the wheel spins smoothly and mark a spoke with cloth or white paint to take measurements.
The Vermont law creating a state highway commission and town commissioners is already showing results. Colonel George W. Hooker, Brattleboro, heads the commission which seeks complete highway condition data, ongoing work details, and progress of permanent improvements. Circulars are sent to town road commissioners for detailed reports and suggestions. Public meetings will be held statewide to discuss highway questions and gather expert opinions for a town round manual.
Discussion on furnace slag and other road materials notes long standing use in Trumbull County and the poor durability of some slags while gravel and sandstone vary in quality. It also covers limestone roads in western Ohio and warns wood roads are ineffective. A separate tip explains ripening tomatoes prefer darkness and outlines a storage box with sliding shelves to monitor progress.
The number of bicycles in use has risen sharply this season and riders plan to demand better roads. They argue improvements benefit all, not just cyclists, and fear farmers' apathy will delay a hard, smooth roadway.
The article notes that on rough North Carolina roads two mules can carry a bale of cotton, while on smooth macadam roads two mules carry ten bales. It cites Alabama road law, NC farmers opposing road improvement due to cost, and New Jersey farmers recognizing that better roads reduce production costs by cutting transport expenses.
The guinea fowl is a neglected domestic breed with rich dark meat like pheasant. The Poultry Yard advises selecting 1 to 2 year old cocks for best roasting results while noting the eggs are rich but hard to locate nests and freshness is hard to judge, limiting market popularity.
The article notes crimson clover as a promising for age plant suited to southern locales. It performs best south of latitude 40 and faces winter kill in Iowa and northern Illinois. It is an annual sown in July or August and matures a crop early the next season.
The New England Homestead suggests breeding for table or market broilers with specific male crosses such as Game for table and Brahma or Cochin for market. Later mating with Wyandot Plymouth Rock White Wonder Java or Langshan males yields hardy, appealing chicks. A novel use for the hand hayrake as a corn cultivator can rake about an acre daily.
Mrs Yates, the Indy mayor of Onehunga New Zealand, reflects on months in office. The Melbourne Argus quotes her views on duties, closure of meetings, and her limited judicial experience including presiding over a theft case involving a girl. She declines attendance in an affiliation case, believing women may be harsher on their sex and that it would be unhelpful to adjudicate.
A New York physician urges keeping open fireplaces unobstructed to maintain room ventilation. She notes that removing heavy screens in summer allows a draft that cools rooms and improves air flow, recommending only a plant or palm to slightly obstruct the opening.
A Boston Women’s Journal analysis cites Ellis Island 1898 data to claim woman suffrage would double the American vote while adding only one third to the foreign vote, increasing the educated majority and not unjustly affecting naturalized citizens. Miss McCulloch tours the world, praised as a rising woman writer and noted for independent opinions and riding skill.
Marcia Hf Daniels is the first woman chosen for Danville's school board. A daughter of a Massachusetts father and Kentucky mother, her lineage includes Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Born in Indiana, she has lived in Danville nearly 20 years, taught mathematics for eight years, is married to J A Daniels, mother of five, and a suffragist.
The silk petticoat is described as an artistic article in rich brocades and moire silks trimmed with lace raffles and chiffon flounces. A black and white striped skirt with yellow satin flounce and raffles appears, while white satin with white chiffon is noted as ideal for bridal petticoats.
The article notes several oriental women doing well at the World’s Fair. Mme Hanna Korany remains in New York adopting American ways, with foreign traits fading except in her national dress. Zuleiks Sorabji-Cavalier from India, now married to a Denver man, lectures to raise funds for a hospital in Bombay for high caste women.
The Tacoma Union praises a rural housewife as the champion girl of the period. From April through June she ran a three acre potato patch, cooked and sewed for the family, milked four cows, fed calves pigs and chickens, shot three hawks and a wildcat, set the dog on 18 tramps, attended 13 dances and three picnics, read five dime novels and stayed up four nights weekly with her beau.
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