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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1876

Page

2

Centennial year foretold and Park lease noted

The text references a Centennial year, a new School of Scandal in Washington, and Massachusetts leasing a Pond for fifteen years. It also mentions Winslow's motto distance lends enchantment to the view from London, and the week ending April 8th saw 1074 Fairbanks scales including 45 hay and 4 track scales. A Foreign Relations committee fears appointing a gentleman and scholar as ambassador.

Winslow London Ellen R. Luther Stockwell Philadelphia Rhode Island John B. Pearce

Seine Floods Bring Widespread Loss and Paris Wedding News

From Our Paris Correspondent we learn the Seine has risen to about 23 feet flooding basements and affecting hundreds of homes with boats used for transport as villagers endure extensive losses mainly borne by the poor. A Rothschild wedding is noted as a symbol of wealth, while American readers are urged to watch the Brooklyn situation and domestic politics in Washington.

Paris Maron Panwix Seine High Street Mount Pond Tan Yard Pond France New York New Republic of France Washington Capitol Brooklyn Bowen Mr. Beecher Jesus God Jesus Christ Earth Zion’s Holy Hill

New England Out in the Cold and Open Letter Critique

The piece critiques New England's stance as possibly restrained yet notes lingering influence of progressive ideas. It mocks Grant's house selling criticism and urges simple civic-minded action. It ridicules the Senate's dignity in the open letter dispute and compares brains shown in both cases as lacking.

New England United States Senate

Bristol Town Meeting Opens With Finances And Appointments

Town meeting roles named from 1860s Bristol list of officers including Superintendent of Public Schools Robert Andrews and various town offices. Reports note receipts of 60,869.80 and expenditures of 59,922.99 for year ending April 8 1876. Citizens discuss sewerage law and highway funding, plus a July 4 1876 celebration plan.

George H. Reynolds Peter Gladding Gladding William H. Spooner Samuel D. Wardwell Solon H. Smith Samuel M. Lindsey Thomas C. Church Nathan Warren Bristol W. H. Spooner Bennet J. Munro James Lawless Silas H. Munro John B. Taylor James Hoard, Jr John H. Gladding Benjamin M. Lincoln John A. C. Gladding Henry Goff William R. Taylor James M. Gifford Gideon Gifford Parker Borden Charles V. Perry John 4. Miller Henry BR Manchester William H. West Wiilliam Peckham Loring Coggeshall George L. Locke Isaac F. Williams Parmenus Skinner, Jr John B. Munro William Williams Edward W. Brunson Howard M. Jones James P. Lane John Turner Jonathan D. Waldron William B. Kimball Charles J. Rogers Robert S. Andrews William J. Miller William Manchester Beth W. Thayer Robert 8. Andrews Samuel Lindsey Isaac Liscomb James A. Miller Philip B. Bourn Wm. L. Thatcher John F. Munro Eugene A. Fish Josephus Gooding William P. Monro Culler Hoops and Staves Robert J. Fitch Steve Pipes J. Howard Manchester Elnathan P. Brownell John Gladding Commissioners of Asylum, Public Schools General Assembly Peron Board of Fire Engineers Richmond Manufacturing Co Court Street Seth Paull

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Che Bristol Pheniz School of Scandal Bay State Kar A. B. Warner Providence Advent Chapel Samuel W. Church Walter B. Stanton Spooner J. P. Lane P. Skinner, Jr G. L. Locke H. M. Jones W. B. Kimball B. 8. Andrews Rhode Island Historical Society United Brothers’ Lodge I. O O. F Byfield Hall A. P. Baxter Hope Bradford Streets Trinity Church Odd Fellows Hall Pp. U Frederick S. Fisher Supreme Court For Bristol County Providence County Matteson and Siiness Commercial Bank Paine William Coughney James Lee Jeremiah W. Munro Lydia B. Munro Grant North Burial Ground Fund Labor &O N. Bunal T. Treas Wood and Franklin Streets Bay View Avenue Juniper Hill Cemetery Lane Caroline M. Tiffany First Baptist Church Tiffany Dean James Burr Baltimore Bur Hédris Heaven House of God A. M North East Friends of Education Jas. P. Lane R. 8 Anpgews Schenck Scienck J. N. Schenck Sixth and Arch Sts Hunt Seth W. Fowle & Sons Harrison Avenue Hoston Pyle Universall Zames Pyle Jel Battev Mommy M. Quad Taylor Thames & Talbot Hawley Street Geo. A. Pike Hope and G. P. Barnes M.D G. W. Easterbrooks Hope Street T. French Mount Hope Building WM. H. Richards Odd Fellows Building Bradford Street Wever Morris N. C. Bedell Jal-Lyeow Dimond Tunbridge Wells England Samuel Norris Maria E. Dimond Francis M. Dimond Terry Fall River Benjamin F. Terry Phoenix Marine Journal Port of R. I Canonicus Orswell Fall Kier John M. Broomall Douglass J. Connery Ella Baker Wickford Wm. Miurvel Dyer Border City Brightman Wm F. Mitchell Verity Whale Edwards Fm Prudence Orawell Ida Goff North Kingstown Portsmouth Orewell Phoenix Knight Gibbon Rome Hume Taine Smith Farrer Christ Abraham Lincoln W.H. Laman Pulte Herring Warren Macaulay Carlyle Little Folk G. H. Farrington Tibbitts & Randall Westminster Street Robate Lucy M. Relles Lucy M. Relle Bristol Phenix Brist Elijah Geray Walter C.F. Barker Elijah Gray Peter “Gladding Bristo Henry G. Coggeshall Ellen M. Sanford Philip D. Easterbrooks Ellen A. Sanford Constitution Street E. W. Brunson Thomas J. Thurston J. A. Miller Burton Street Lewis B. Waldron George D. Rogers A. Ludlow George L. Rogers County of State St Robert Rogers William Handy State Street Conacre Street William Han Y John Gray Wm. J. Bowen Henry B. D. Coggeshall Elizabeth UC. Lindsey Congregational Street Elizabeth C. Lindsey Wm. DeWolf Wm. Fules George M. Richmond Richmond A .T T J. Usher Wolf Chiarette D’walf Lsu Newport Yewell William Hathaway John Stephen Shearman Joseph Osborn Thames Street Mary Street James Birckhead James H Middletown Arnold Wilbur H. B. Rogers George WD. Rogers Daniel Rogers Annie, Davis James M. Davis Rehoboth Mass TIE Ersons Antonio G. Lotestofrank John E. Terry Henry Clifford Emily D. Hatch Ruth A. Maxfield Annie Heflin A. G. Ingalls Etta Mackenzie Joan BR. Pearch Gardener’s Wharf Pure Franklin Lykens Valley Aps James Connery Brittania GEO. Tilley F. Read & Son Westminster Dormuance Streets Broad Street Providence, R. I Cheney Brothers TOR Cheney Scribner's Arly Jersey WM. H. Pearse, & Son Swansea
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