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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1879

Page

2

Bildungs debate and figures from 19th century era

The passage discusses bankruptcy reputations, House debates as calming valves, Nasby in California, novelists’ childhood sadness, women’s education near Harvard, Colby University namesake Gardner Colby’s death, his model family, and a Boston art catalogue offer from L A Elliot & Co.

Gardner Colby Newton Mass Colby University of Waterville Maine

Taxing Mortgages Twice Decried by Massachusetts Bill

A historic political excerpt argues to end double taxation on mortgaged property and the mortgage itself, urging passage as just. It notes Southern turmoil and migration of freedmen north, calling for labor and a shift from oppressive masters. A literary ad promotes Chambers's Cyclopedia eight volumes at bargain prices from American Book Exchange.

Massachusetts House Senate Aomr Chambers Fox Penn Baxter Bunyan Locke Newton Browne Hale Walton Dryden Temple Evelyn Pepys Butler Addison Swift Pope Ramsay Cibber Steele Berkeley Defoe Bolingbroke Mary the Times Philadelphia American Book Exchange Beekman Street New York John Stuart Mill London Review Library Magazine of Bristol Rhode Island George B. Wescott Town of Bristol Mott's

Seventeen Deaths In Town In First Quarter

Seventeen deaths occurred in this town during the first quarter ending March 831st thirteen adults and fourteen children. Ten deced ents were from chronic diseases and four from paralysis. During the corresponding period of 1878 twenty-nine deaths were reported seventeen adults and twelve children. The same health conditions as prior months continue.

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Easter Moon and Bristol Town Actions in 1879

The piece blends Easter reflections across Christian denominations with local Bristol town affairs. It notes Council and Probate Court actions including administrators appointed for Isaac N. H. Congdon and Thomas Norris, guardianship for minors, estate audits, and notices for real estate sales. It reports fire department and asylum accounts, street light petitions, and town meeting tax recommendations, plus church music encouragement and a letter about an overseas inquiry into a Bristol-born seaman’s relative.

Tar Town Council Snp Court of Pro- Bate Franklin E. Congdon Isaac N. H. Congdon Henry E. Congdon Giles B. Congdon John Lake N. Cole Samuel M. Lindsey Rebecca A. Norris Thomas Norris William H. Pitman Mary F. Norris William Bradford Gilbert T. Norris George W. Simmons Michael Nixon Margaret Ellen Nixon John Connery William McCaughey James Culley James Tobin Robert Connery James B. Card James Dew Perry Joseph L. Gardner William R. Taylor Eliza B. French Emma French Margaret McIntyre William McIntyre Ira P. Slade Rebecca I. Wright Charles Fales Julia S. Perry James Dew. Perry Anna B. Manchester Fanny Reynolds Seth Paull Augustus R. Paull William Paull G. H. Glidden Fire Department Town Hall Asylum Bradford Street Hope Bristol Peter Gladding

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