Europe Prepares for Conflict Amidst Global Unrest
The article surveys rising tensions in Europe with France unrest under MacMahon, Bismarck’s unpopularity, and looming war risks. It notes Spain’s Carlist rebellion and Cuban uprising, German and Austrian friction, and a general mood that democracy and monarchies fear destabilizing forces as publics rebuke corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
MacMahon
Germany
Austria
Marshal Serrano
England
Europe
Bismarck
Spain
The Old Masters Scam in a Rome Studio Visit
A narrator recounts a Rome studio visit offering genuine but questionable masterpieces. A German dealer hawks Titian Rembrandt Leonardo with outrageous prices and boasts priceless sketches. After comic exchanges and a sham gift offer, they decline and turn to newer art as a tastemaker tale unfolds.
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Ph&nix
Rome
Titian
J'eu
Rembrandt
Leonardo de Vinci
Leonardo
Raphael
Canova
Aaron
Diana
Andromeda
Perseus
Garden of Eden
Adam
Eve
St. Peter’s
Vatican
Iodding
Rhode Island Election and Bristol Train officers named
Rhode Island voters cast ballots for governor and general state officers with Providence, Newport, Washington and Kent counts displayed. The Bristol Train of Artillery elected officers led by Colonel C A Greene and a social event followed an officer salute at Armory Hall.
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Bristol
John H. Adams
James F. Goff
Lyman B. Bosworth
John W. Lewis, Jr
Tappan Morrill
Freeborn C. Dunbar
Charles E. Card
W. B. Burnham
James Duffy, Jr
Charles H. Y. Mayo
Pierce
Scot Howard
Providence
North Providence
Smithfield
Cumberland
Newport County
Newport
Tiverton
Little Compton
Portsmouth
Middletown
Jamestown
New Shoreham
Washington County
South Kingstown
North Kingstown
Westerly
Hopkinton
Richmond
Charlestown
Exeter
Kent
Warwick
Coventry
East Greenminch
West Greenwich
Bristol County
Warren
Barrington
Washington
Corruption Rise Warns of Hidden Dangers to Freedom
The speaker warns that long developing moral delinquencies have grown into ripe corruption. They accuse institutions of freedom of complacency and say the enemy sows danger while people sleep, requiring vigilance before a conflagration reveals the threat.
Local Preaching and Consecration Meeting Invited
Locals and Elder Augustus R. Durfee will preach in the Advent Chapel tomorrow Sunday both day and evening. A consecration meeting is set for 5 45 P M at the Y M C A rooms, with all invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus R. Durfee
Advent Chapel
Warren Lodge Members Visit Reallura Lodge Thursday
About thirty members of the Warren Lodge of Good Templars visited Reallura Lodge Thursday evening. The Y. M. C. A. Library will receive today Lena Rivers by M. J. Hales and Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates by Mary M. Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Lodge of Good Templars
Reallura Lodge
M. J. Hales
Hans Brinker
Mary M. Dodge
False alarm echoes through town as bell and engine respond
Last Thursday evening a fire alarm caused a bell to ring at one end of town and a fire engine to race from the other. No injuries. An excursion to Providence is planned for Saturday evening for the benefit of Mr. Robert N. Church.
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Providence
Robert N. Church
Church
Madame Rentz
Harrington
Providence Opera House
Bristol
Warren
Town Council and Probate Court Meet Next Monday
The regular monthly meeting of the Town Council and Court of Probate will be held in the Council Chamber next Monday afternoon, commencing at two o'clock.
Young Worker Loses Fingers in Rubber Works Accident
Charles Breen a young employee in the mixing department at the National Rubber Company suffered a crushing injury when his hand was caught in machinery. Dr. Drury amputated three fingers to save his life after the Tuesday incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Breen
National Rubber Company
Drury
YMCA Special Meeting On Refitting Rooms
A special meeting of the YMCA is planned for this Saturday at 8 o'clock in the rooms. It will consider enlarging and refitting the rooms and arranging to carry out the plan. Attendance is strongly urged.
Pleasant gathering of order members and ladies ends with cheers
A large and agreeable meeting of the orders members and lady friends was held Friday evening at the American Protestant Association rooms. Captain Richard R. Magee gave an engaging account of the organizations early history and growth. A good time was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tay
Order
Ladyriends
American Protestant Association
Richard R. Magee
Byfield School Concert Scheduled for April 10
The Byfield School Concert, postponed earlier, will be held Friday evening April 10. The program promises a pleasant entertainment with the previously well-received gymnastic displays from the High School Exhibition, now with additions.
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Tor
Byfield School
Sven
Addy
Y M C A Meetings Tomorrow at Asylum
Y M C A announces Sunday sessions at the Asylum rooms 101-2 9 A M and a Consecration gathering in the BAS P M area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M. C
Chuck
Bas
Ideography Promises Simpler Short-Hand System
The text reviews Pitman shorthand flaws and introduces Edeography a new system simpler faster and about thirty percent shorter. It claims easy learning within days and a month of daily practice suffices. The Manual of Ideography is published by T W Evans & Co Philadelphia who offer a prompt fulfillment of their advertised deal.
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Pitman
Messrs. T. W. Evans & Co
Philadelphia
Evening Schools Guidance From State Superintendent
The State Superintendent outlines evening school policy including funding by municipalities, supervision by town school committees, and emphasis on morality over punishment. Admission limits set at twelve and older, with ten week terms starting by October fifteenth and vacations for Christmas and New Year. Commissioner Bicknell warns against drawing day students to night schools and urges excluding under twelve to protect youth health and daytime schooling.
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Bicknell
City of
Providence
Crown Med prescriptions and Johnsons Anodyne Lintment touted
The PHENIX column assures Crown Med products are safe and effective for all ages. Advertising claims praise Parsons Pur gative Plug as harmless and beneficial for weak constitutions, and Johnson's Anodyne Lintment for bronchitis and throat diseases. Doctor Walker's Vinegar Bitters is praised as transformative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Johnson
Johnson
Louis Napoleon
Appointments of Providence Conference District Clergy
The Providence Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church announces appointments for the Providence District led by Presiding Elder George W. Brewster. Listings cover churches in Providence and surrounding towns with several posts still to be supplied, and named agents for temperance, hospital, and Bible society work.
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Providence Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
George W. Brewster
Providence
Chestnut Street
D. P. Leavitt
Hope Street
A. J. Church
Mathewson Street
D. A. Whedon
Broadway
J. E. Hawkins
Trinity Church
E. M. Smith
St. Pauls
A. E. Hall
Asbury Church
A. Anderson
Bristol
W. T. Harlow
Warren and Barrington
M. J. Talbot
S. C. Brown
Pawtucket
J. W. Will
Westerly
F. A. Crafts
Mystic Bridge
J. F. Sheffield
Mystic
W. McK. Bray
Eastford
West Woodstock
Mashapaug
S. B. Chase
East Woodstock
North Grosvenordale
R. Povery
Putnam
E.F. Jones
West Thompson
East Thompson
N. Goodrich
R. I. Temperance Union
H. W. Conant
R. I. Hospital
Nason
R. I. Bible Society
E. S. Stanley
Whispers of a Land Through Faith and Sorrow
Poetic lines reflect on hard toil and unseen hardship. The speaker contrasts rugged journeys and hidden crosses with peace and harvests, noting the white blossoms and ripened wheat as symbol and memory.
The Phrenological Journal April issue features portraits and essays
The April number includes portraits of Cleveland Abbey of the Signal Bureau and Madame Schwartz, plus articles on vice causes and remedies, sex physiology, Mr James Parker, humorous pieces, and notices on trees, youth, and commerce. Terms $3.00 per year, 30 cents per number, address S R Wells New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phrenological Journal
Life Illustrated
Cleveland Abbey
Signal Bureau
Madame Schwartz
Spencer
New
S. R. Wells
New York
If cheek wins the day brass will be king in youth
A composite reflection on discipline, charity, cost, and consequences. It weighs childhood restraint against indulgence and warns that even small acts shape futures, while money and appearances tempt behavior.
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Cheek
Brass
SPECIAL NOTICES DR HARRISON LOZENGES AND ICELAND BALSAM
Do not neglect costiveness and related symptoms. Harrison lozenges claim laxative tonic effects to aid digestion and liver function with a trial box at 30 cents. Iceland Balsam advertised for coughing hoarseness and throat lung issues. Sold by E S Harrison & Co Boston and other druggists.
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Harrison
E.s.harrison & No CO
Tremont Temple
Boston
Schenck
J.H. Schenck
Philadelphia
Quincey House
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Ferry Hill
Davis
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General Assembly
John Turner
Samuel W. Church
Turner
William J. Miller
Benjamin R. Wilson
Miller
C. A. Greene
William B. Spooner
Joseph M. Blake
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Gilead
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Dr If Baylies
Astoria
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Literary Notices
Aldine
American Art Journal
American Scenery
J D. Woodward
C Manrand
Lake George
Thomas Moran
New World
Caldwell
Fort William Henry
Fourteen Mile Island
Long Island
Cat Mountain
A. Gault
New Amsterdam
Julian O. Davidson
Untersberg
R. Puttner
Alps
Marken
F. Widnmann
T. Beech
Rose Eytinge
Mr. Thorne
Theodore Thomas
East
James Sutton & Ces Publishers
Braiden Lane
New York City
Centaur Liniment
J.B. Rose & Co
Dr. Schenck
WM. HF. Richards
Odd Fellows Building
Bradford Street
G.P. Barnes
Hope and
Wardwell Streets
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D. Hown
D. Howe
N. C Bedell
Bradford Streets
R.I
Chambers St
Morrell
William John
John
Sarah Morrell
Wheldon
Julian Wheldon
Geo W. Davis
Kelley
Ezra Kelley
Mubbard
Watchemaker
East Providence
Sarah Hubbard
Henry C. Hubbard
R Ot
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of Gristol, R. I
Canonicus
Orswell
Fall River
Sch
Ida
Gof
Hamilton
Terry
Oregon
Wilson
Olive
Morris
Qrewell
Eli Townsend
Nichols
William H Bowen
Golden
Delphi
Allen
Supreme Court
William P Freeborn
James Coffin
Charles Johnson
Franklin Streets
Jonathan Diman
Nancy Baker
Franklin Street
H B Maconeer
Brown and van Slyck
Attys
Grand Excursion
R. N. Church
Nayatt
Drownville
Cedar Grove
Silver Spring
Earle & Prew
Byfield
A. Jantz
Byfield Hall
G. W. Easterbrooks
N. C. Bedell
Ade
Briggs & Bro
Comstock Paes. Co
Johnson, Robbins & Co
Kb. M. Man & Co
Aps A. Miller
J. A. Soluer
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