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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1893
Page
2
Dbhe Bristol Bhoniz The Baisto. Paantx is entered at the Post Ofice in Bristol as second class mail matter with postage paid by the Publisher for subscribers in the United States and Canada without extra charge.
A reader recalls a Sunday on Boston Common with a band concert from 4 to 6 pm near a pagoda and monument. He notes diverse open air meetings by evangelists and orators, diverse groups debating civilizational topics, temperance, taxes and a single tax advocate, as well as a Virginia Sherwood School marching band and fundraising.
KG Friday reports the execution of Walter E. Shaw for murdering his mother and aunt in Houston Texas. The piece notes an extra session of Congress to address the national crisis. It also highlights demand for artists writers with Frederic Remington and Edwin Lord Weeke producing illustrated travel essays from the Black Sea to the Persian Gulf.
The article tracks Chicago's transformation from a wolvesden site to a major metropolis. It highlights the World’s Fair allure and urges visitors to see the Panorama of the Great Chicago Fire, a grand birdseye view near Michigan Avenue and Madison Street, opposite the downtown hotels. It notes the fire’s devastation and the city’s rapid postwar rebuilding.
Trae Review of Reviews for August publishes brief communications from twelve prominent professors of political economy and finance. The writers urge Congress to repeal the Sherman Silver Purchase Act in the coming extra session while presenting varied perspectives on the monetary issue. The letters feature Walker Folwell Taussig Canfield Seligman Mayo-Smith Adame Sherwood Rogers Macy Juban and Judson.
Six weeks to autumn and a mix of local notices fill the page. The Brooklyn Letter gap, Gen Lewis Richmond visit, and numerous town events including a clambake at Mount Hope Point, excursions on Steamer Planet, church services, and civic meetings are reported alongside Society notes and fair preparations at Naragansett Park Cranston.
The council approved the Bristol Hotel liquor license price at 20883 and granted Edward Quirk a sewer connection, with July police totals showing 15 arrests. The town treasurer was authorized to hire a gun for 5000, and various accounts and bills amounting to multiple entries were examined and referred for audit.
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