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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1893

Page

2

Barstol Penix Entered at Post Office Bristol

Post Office Bristol lists Tap Barstol Penix as second class matter with postage paid by the Publisher. Gap Secretary Carlisle appoints Frank D Schuyler of New York as Chinese inspector. Lowell butchers bakers and grocers offer credit while possible. Locomotive engineers arrested in Toledo for violating smoke ordinance. Forty thousand Chinese needed in Northwest to clear timbered land.

Bristol Matt Mater United States Canada Gap Carlisle Frank D Schuyler New York Toledo

Illi nois factory inspector and pension notices reported

A daughter of the late Judge Kelly, Florence Wischnewetsky, is identified as an Illinois factory inspector. Seventeen excursionists drown when a boat capsized crossing the Shannon in Ireland. The Commissioner of Pensions will publish post office addresses of pension recipients. Meanwhile the steamship Saratoga is to be commissioned as the Philadelphia schoolship at Gibraltar and will sail to the United States.

Kelly Florence Wischnewetsky Illinois Shannon Ireland Commissioner of Pensions United States Saratoga Philadelphia Gibraltar

New Hampshire Reader Supports Free Press and Libraries

A New Hampshire resident, William C. Todd, funds extensive newspaper access for libraries, including Boston Public Library and Newburyport. Harper's Weekly recounts his view that newspapers educate the public via free reading rooms, despite critics noting his substantial fortune and quiet past.

New Hampshire William C. Todd Boston Public Library Newburyport Whch Atkinson Harper's Weekly

Reminiscences Highlight Paris Journalists Realms

A reminiscence portrait of Paris Times correspondent De Blowitz and his elaborate Madrid style newsroom. It recalls colleagues like Mr Alger and Richard Whiteing, their duties, salaries, networks, and storied journalism careers spanning Paris, London, and the Continent.

de Blowitz Paris London Times Thunderer Rue Vivienne Bourse DeBlowitz The Times France Continent Vienna Rome Naples Constantinople St. Petersburg Berlin Printing House Square London Mr. Whiteing Wendell Phillips Pars Whiteing Kingdom of Heaven Willie’ Wilde Oscar Frank Leslie Harry Welcome Marylebone Road Willie” Wilde Whitehall Review Harry Meltzer N. Y. Herald Paris Star John J. Ryan Meltzer Gemin Bost Daudet Joe Prest Lincoln Ft. Lafayete

Gas price cut in Cambridge per thousand cubic feet

The Cambridge gas rate has been reduced to 31.35 per 1000 feet, affecting local customers and energy bills.

Sage Cambridge Mass

Breakwater under construction at Squids Ledge Point Judith

U S Engineers continue a harbor breakwater project at Squids Ledge in Point Judith. A red tripod beacon at the southern angle marks a shallow area near the water surface and is visible from Point Judith Light twelve miles to the east northeast. A red bell buoy lies about 100 yards east of the beacon.

U. S Squids Ledge Point Judith E.N

Mrs S W White Praises Vegetable Compound Blessing

A Philadelphia reader shares a family use story praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for ten years of female ailments and severe back pain. She claims recovery for herself and her two daughters aged 14 and 16, calling the remedy a family blessing. A pharmacist note and old advertising text accompany the letter.

S. W. White Lydia E. Pinkham Holly Sit West Philadelphia

Local affairs notes early August events and News

A crowded local column reports a mix of events including church services by Rev D. Moxley and Rev W J Tilley, a Providence Opera House engagement for Tuxedo, a funeral at St Michael's for Jonathan Waldron, naval training on the Monitor Mutantonomoh, and town council actions granting a license, plus details on electric cooking exhibits at the Rhode Island State Fair and a Bristol Winthrop coaching parade invitation with route, judges, and accommodations.

Jonathan D. Waldron St. Michael's Church Geo. L. Locke D. D Messrs E. S. Babbitt H. F Bennett W F Williams H. H. Cabot New England Food and Health Exposition Providence Tae Coachina Parapr Winthrop’s Bristol Winthrop Mass Boston Atlantic Revere Beach Lynn Winthrop Steamboat Company Yacht Club THS Charles H. Taylor William M. Bunting William H. Stacey St. Michael’s Church Jonathan D. Wadron Bristou Prasix

Riddle, schools, and a seaside death animate old notices

A fragment riddle about a whale and souls is paired with editorials on education funding and a seaside death. Obituaries honor Jonathan D Waldron of St Michael's, detailing his long parish service and humble character alongside school committee motions and repairs.

Shippee and Buckley Obituaries in Town

In this town on the 18th inst George Flenry Shippee aged 1 year and 14 days, son of George H and Jennie Shippee. Also on the 13th inst Thomas Buckley aged 30 years.

Bernary Walter E Bernard Joseph Bernard Shipee George Flenry Shippee George H. and Jennie Shippee Buckley Thomas Buckley

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