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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1884

Page

2

July debt drop and 1880 census figures featured

Public debt declined by 5 852 243 in July while the 1880 census valued 1879 orchard products at 50 876 164. Farra gut prize money to 5 000 claimants totals 143 000 to be paid within four weeks. Bedloe's Island corner stone ceremony for Bartholdi statue. Lieutenant Greely may join Signal Service as major or colonel. Prominent scientists urge an international scientific association. Sunset phenomena echo 1883 noted from 1570 Flemish work. Portsmouth commemorates Greely survivors. Mareena Munson Jr sunk near Beaver Tail. crew rescued. Large Republican meeting at Block Island with Hawes, Sheffield, Barnum, Hollis, Butler, and others.

Block Island Granville P. Hawes New York W. P. Sheffield Newport P. T. Barnum Frederick W. Hollis John M. Butler Indiana

Ex-Gov St John Addresses 8000 at Silver Lake Camp

Ex Governor St John of Kansas spoke to about 8,000 people at the Silver Lake camp meeting near Rochester N Y on Sunday. He urged forcing both parties to nominate and back candidates pledged to total abolition of liquor traffic.

St. John Kansas Silver Lake Rochester

Springfield Bicycle Club Announces Annual Tournament

The Springfield Bicycle Club schedules its third annual Bicycle Tournament at Hampden Park in Springfield on September 16 17 18 and 19. The event drops sensational races and features a refined public bicycle entertainment for ladies and gentlemen.

Springfield Bicycle Club Springfield Mass Hampden Park

Holyoke and Heidelberg Tour in 1884 by Bristol Phanix

An extended travel sketch from Holyoke to Heidelberg and beyond, praising Holyoke's brick streets and river power, detailing its paper mills led by Whiting Paper Co., and describing canal life and the city’s civic buildings. It then tours Heidelberg’s castle ruins, the Konigsstuhl view, Baden Baden and Strasbourg sights, with notes on the university, dueling culture, and a Swiss lake journey ending with cholera remedy lore.

Bristol Phanix Holyoke Mass Hprror PHNIX Pacirr Connecticut River Springfield Bristol Dwight Street Windsor Hotel Maple Street Hampden Square Goddess of Liberty Canal Street Whiting Paper Co

Paper City Holyoke Mills Power and Production Stats

Six hundred workers in two Holyoke mills earn eighteen thousand dollars monthly as fourteen tons of daily output. The paper making process is complex, from rags to pulp to finished sheets. Cotton and woolen goods are produced, with Geo W Prentiss Wire Works among iron mills, plus rubber goods in a small local factory.

Holyoke Geo. W. Prentiss Bristol Valley

Wheat fields of Columbia Basin subject of Harper’s paper

Ernest In ernell plans a September Harper's article on the wheat fields of the great basin region along the Columbia River. The Blaine and Logan Cavalcade charters the steamer Massachusetts for a Providence Bay and Ocean excursion to Gay Head and back next Wednesday the 13th. The boat departs Fox Point at 10 AM and returns around 4 30 PM with White's Military Band providing music.

Great Basin Columbia River Ernest Inernell Harper's Blaine Logan Providence Massachusetts Gay Head Fox Point A. Wu White

Community Notes From Bristol Town Weekend Schedule

Rev Calbraith B Perry of Baltimore Md visits Bristol on his summer itinerary. Three new members join State Street M E Church. St Michaels Church clambake at Fox Hill draws good patronage. Barn project by Seth Paull on Bristol Neck east side of Main road. Davitt Branch Land League delegates to National Land League Convention in Boston. Ibis steam yacht repaired at Herreshoff Works after tow from Boston. July town deaths total four with ages ranging to 88. Palliser Co seeks an agent to distribute new carpentry and architecture publications statewide. Henry R Beatty hurt at National Rubber Co cutting die accident. State Street M E Church vacation coverage by Rev E D Hall. temporary pulpit rotation announced. Rogers Free Library weekly additions list. Ex-Rector John H Converse moves to New Hamburg. Bristol Corner Bann holds annual meeting with officers elected. Envenore Looter entertainment planned at Baptist Vestries with envelope reading fundraiser for renovation debt.

John H. Converse Trinity Bristol Fall River Stage Providence Stage Pappoose- Squaw Point State Street DeWolf Mary Susan Telegraph Mammoth Rubber Works Academy Byfield Burnside

Bristol Town Council and Probate Court Meeting Minutes

The Bristol town council and court of probate held a regular session noting accounts of Samuel M Lindsey and Daniel R Ballou examined and approved. Will proofs for Eliza A Simmons and Philip B Bourn recorded. new executors and guardians appointed. numerous bonds, appraisals, and petitions considered. Juries drawn for September term. various notices, repairs, and financial items discussed.

Couxem Samuel M. Lindsey James B. White Daniel R. Ballou Joseph M. Blake Eliza A. Simmons William H. Simmons Loring Coggeshall J. Everett Coggeshall Wm. Y. Easterbrooks Wm. Howe Church Lewis H. Church John F. Warren John M. Warren Orrin Wilson George B. Warren Philip B. Bourn Adeline D. Bourn Almira B. Tweedale Ambrose E. Burnside Howland & Aspinwall Sarah J. Borden Ella W. Borden Ward John W. Eddy Eliza Borden Henry Goff William Bradford Julia M. Warren Sarah D. Allyn Betsay T. Bourne Bristul Bristol Enid Executrix

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