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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1873
Page
2
A Globe Bristol Phaniz editorial denounces Captain Jack and the Modocs as savage and barbaric. It argues for immediate capture or extermination to deter future outrages and to protect frontier settlers, while condemning civilization’s failures to reform them.
A critical examination of market speculation during a financial panic. The piece warns that selling gold at inflated prices harms consumers and risks lives as profits drive higher prices. It predicts future obituaries for those exhausted by speculative pressures and calls out bulls and bears for their ongoing robberies.
The gas men threaten a citywide strike to injure nearly a million residents and force stockholders to concede terms, inviting crime at a carnival to pressure labor demands.
The New York Mail compliments fashionable youth in the city noting absinthe has become a popular beverage among younger men. It claims the drink causes a universal softening of the brain among the social set.
The article criticizes White Star Line for incomplete ship appointments and unsafe design of boats. It notes the captain and chief officer failed to save lives, coal bunkers were poor, and no woman and only one child survived. The passage calls the history sad.
A puzzled citizen urged Uncle Sam to increase railway funding, arguing railroads sacrifice profits to carry the mail. The author contends railways deserve more money, noting plenty of wealth and parallels with congressional members’ pay. The piece concludes with a call to pay the railways to prevent theft of rocks.
The New York Herald reports Communist leader Honette was arrested in Paris after over a year in the Ministry of War. A policeman identified him as the man who sentenced him to death before national troops entered Paris. An agent saw Honette entering General Reason Chief de Cabinet’s room crying It is he and fainted.
An American exchange cites a cascade of catastrophes from Halifax to Iowa and New York. Sinking steamers off Holland and Hell Gate, tornadoes in Iowa, and major floods in Rochester and Genesee River areas kill and devastate. The piece urges better building, shipping, and cautious foundations to reduce such losses.
The brigantine Ottawa, 160 tons from Miramichi owned by Read & Co. of Boss bn and Rockland New Brunswick, loaded with grindstones for Boston, was salvaged after being frozen in ice. Disappearing from the slip, it is believed a tow out to sea was arranged by the owners with a steamer. Eastport is named as a forthcoming destination.
Captain S H Mills fell overboard in the Delaware river and was presumed drowned. His body was placed in a coffin and sent to New York. A hospital examination revealed life, and he is now at Bellevue Hospital, recovering with a bright outlook after 35 hours in sealed cases. The ordeal shocked friends who had prepared obituaries.
The New York World compares widespread deception to a practiced craft before the Erie Investigation. It cites East Indian and Turkish anecdotes to illustrate political and social mendacity, noting believers in intrigue and exaggerated claims across regions.
The article notes the country’s spring business is unsatisfactory with excess imports, weak wholesale trade, slow merchandise sales, and tight money. It warns gamblers in gold and aggressive financiers menace metropolitan commerce and the broader continent's trade.
A brick building under construction in Middletown Connecticut collapsed last week trapping workers. Six or seven were killed with many injured. The structure had a visible crack and settled two inches at a corner. The owner had reinforced the wall and removed portion of it after advice from experts. Builders were reconstructing from the foundation when timbers supporting the wall presumably slipped causing the fall.
The article states as fact that the railroad gross receipts tax funds the entire state government expenses, yielding about $750,000 annually to the treasury. The claim presents the tax as the sole revenue source for state operations.
Dr Thomas, killed by the Modocs, stood as a top Methodist divine on the Pacific coast. He served as a senior church official and for a period edited the Advocate in San Francisco.
General A E Burnside Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic urges departments and posts to secure clergy cooperation for Memorial Day by arranging sermons on the Sabbath before May 30 to heighten the observance.
Wasu MacTon reports on reactions to the Modoc killings. Gen Sherman and Secretary Delano defend the peace policy, insisting hostile Indians must be checked by the military while praising Canby and Schofield. They blame treachery, emphasize deterrence, and discuss Klamath Modoc tensions and flawed funding.
A terrible riot in Grant parish and Colfax, Louisiana led to the courthouse being set on fire by white mobs. Between two and three hundred Black men were trapped inside and died, with reports of them being roasted alive as violence raged.
The O. M. G. Club held a masquerade ball in the Armory on Wood Street last Wednesday evening. A considerable rain shower accompanied by thunder and lightning passed through the area Thursday night.
In meetings of the Christian Association tomorrow Sunday the morning assembly will be at the Asylum at 10:30 a.m. The evening session will be held at the rooms at 5:45 p.m.
A large number traveled from here to Providence on Thursday evening for the last grand excursion of the season. Reports say a good time was had by all. Mr. Church is praised for running excursion trains comparable to Perham.
Rumor circulates that United Brothers Lodge plans a third anniversary celebration on May sixth with wide invitations. The writer asks for reliable information from the lodge guardian, seeking details about the event.
Dr William WW Richards of Phenix Rhode Island a Harvard Medical College graduate and experienced homeopathic physician will permanently locate here opening an office in Odd Fellows Building Bradford street on the 25th instant with strong patron recommendations.
An adjourned meeting of the corporators of the Bristol Fire District will be held in Town Hall next Monday evening at eight. A committee of John Turner William J Miller and Isaac F Williams will report on a code of by laws and the finance committee will reveal the appropriation for fire purposes the salaries of officers and other distributions for the year. The meeting is important and a full attendance is urged.
A city newspaper copied a Danbury News item and labeled it simply country in a critique. The writer mocks urban editors for misnaming papers and questions their understanding of rural life and commodities.
The Bristol Coet Band expresses heartfelt thanks for support at the March 25 26 and 27 fair. Grateful to ladies for cakes and dainties and to others who served meals and volunteered, enabling a successful fundraiser per the committee chair AvsgrT TV. Davis.
The club plans a discussion next Tuesday on overpopulation. The article reviews Y M C A lecture committee reports, re-elections except Rev Lane, and aims to secure a popular lecturer for a first class course.
Mr Edward Hoffman announces weekly piano lessons in Bristol starting Monday April 28 with early hours for desirous learners. His first class promises rapid progress to fine players under his tutelage. Masonic Temple Chapter No 3 Royal Arch Masons held their election and installation with a full list of officers for the coming year and a supper at Cole's Hotel afterward.
A compact listing of curiosities for daily life. Kerosene used to start fires and as a remedy for bad servants appears alongside hints for dressing quickly after waking and fragrant smoke from coal oil as an evening scent.
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