Reminiscences of Bristol from the Phenix
The most powerful elevator, used in Washington monument work, will move 10 tons to 500 feet and convert to a passenger car later. The Dexters of Providence and Bristols played baseball on the Commons, Dexters winning 11 to 2. Billings Waldron, aged 90, will celebrate his birth on Friday at Col. T. F. Usher’s residence. Visiting clergymen preached in town churches: Rev. Edgar Clarke, Rev. Thomas Fales, Rev. Harris. Hundreds with the Bristol Cornet Band attended the Democratic ratification at Rocky Point.
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Washington Monument
Dexters
Providence
Bristols
Billings Waldron
T. F. Usher
Mr. Waldron
Edgar ‘¥. Clarke
Warren
State Street M. E
Thomas Fales
Waltham
Burnside voyage to Europe and drought news from New York
General Burnside and Mrs Burnside sailed for Europe from New York on the Cuba last Wednesday. Eastern states suffer drought with only light showers since May while many areas remain dry. Immigrants per day settle in Minnesota as heat damages apples to half an inch. General Brayton offers Rhode Island Grand Army of the Republic as escort to General Grant on September 17. About 3.80 Tuesday morning last.
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Rhode Island Grand Army of the Republic
Grant
Fire destroys barn and crib at Samuel I Martins Bristol Neck
A late winter blaze at the barn and adjoining crib of Samuel I Martins on the Main road at Bristol Neck destroyed 15 to 20 tons of hay, tools, and 20 bushels of corn. The adjacent dwelling, owned by Samuel D. Wardwell and occupied by William O. Peckham, narrowly escaped. Logs valued about $2000 with $1150 insured. Fire began in the barn with help from the Hydraulion company and Steamer No. 1, while incurring damage to nearby structures previously burned in 1866 and 1869, likely arson. Col James Fisk Jr recently presented a $10,000 life insurance policy to Capt. Benjamin M. Simmons of the Bristol. Charles A. Waldron declined the post of Collector of Customs for Bristol and Warren. Bristol Train of Artillery, with Bristo Cornet Band, left for New Bedford camp, receiving a salute in Providence and arriving to New Bedford's City Guards. Prof Ridgway visited town. Burnsides Zouave Base Ball Club lost 32-39 to the Bristols. notable plays by Kendrick, King, Crowley, and Devoe.
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Samuel i Martin
de Main
Bristol Neck
Hydraulion Ice Company
Hydraulion
Horace Peck
Mr. Martin
Samuel D. Wardwell
Wlliam O. Peckham
James Fisk, Jr
Benjamin M. Simmons
Bristol
Charles A. Waldron
Porte of
Bristol and
Warren
Bristol Train of Artillery
Joseph B. Burgess
Bristol Cornet
Thomas Moore
New Bedford
Providence
United Train of Artillery
Corporal Matthewson
Canal Street
Nason
Butler
Pope’s Island
Thomass. Ridgway
Boston
Burnside Zouave
Bristol Nine
Bristols
Burnsides
Kendrick
King
Crowley
Herreshoff
Devoe
H. L. Richardson
E. W. Gould
Eight Cents a Day a Good Wage in 16th Century England
The article cites Henry Smith Williams on cost of living in England four centuries ago. A manual worker earned 8 cents daily, artisans 12, women 2 in field tasks. yet food and board costs meant 8 cents could sustain a family for a year, making 13 cents in harvest time seem fair.
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Henry Smith Williams
McClure
England
William Fis Passes. longtime civic figure obituary
Obituary details William Fred Fish a local auditor and former Prohibition candidate who sang in church choirs, chaired music committees, and participated in Odd Fellows and temperance groups. Survived by two daughters and five grandchildren, with funeral at First Baptist Church led by Reverends Stowell and Locke. Interment at North Cemetery.
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Fish
Prudential
Finance
General Assembly
Odd Fellows
Revella Lodge
Independent
Order of Godd Templars
Bristol Loyal Temperance Legion
Mr. Fish
Sarah J. Burnham
Anson Bf
Mdria Burnham
Nannie D. Maxfield
Albert Maxfield
Joseph Mitchell
First Baptist Church
Alfred S. Stowell
Dr. Locke
St. Michael’s Church
North Cemetery
Tragedy at Reno: Johnson Jeffries Fight Weighs on Race
Rex Beach’s critique quoted in Hampton's Magazine calls the Reno bout a tragedy born from public sentiment and racial tension. The piece argues Jeffries was pressured into fighting, slow and overwhelmed by Johnson, with white sentiment shaping the outcome.
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Rex Beach
Harris Merton Lyon
Reno
Hampton’s
Mr. Lyon
Jeffries
Bertillon
Jeff
Jeffries En R
Johnson
United States
Bennie
Rhode Island Anti-Tuberculosis Work Expands Statewide
Wallace Hatch of the Rhode Island Anti Tuberculosis Association outlines plans for a town by town anti TB campaign in Rhode Island. Eleven local associations have formed, with Pawtucket piloting an aggressive two year plan under Edward Hochhauser to educate, prevent, and care for patients while pushing sanitary housing and healthy workplaces. The group is also studying milk legislation to curb milk borne TB and other diseases, surveying stables, ventilation, water, and cleanliness as it advocates certified milk and legislative action.
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Rhode Island
Rhodes Island Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Wallace Hatch
Hatch
Pawtucket
Edward Mhochhauser
Association
Rhode Island’ Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Witty exchange on gifts and finances in marriage
A humorous dialogue reveals a husband boasting he bought his wife expensive furs for Christmas, while his wife recalls only two times she cried since marriage. The punchline turns on the cost and the sentiment behind gifts.
Whale and Elephant Meat Rumors and Experiments
An odd discussion notes that whale meat is edible and palatable, with campaigns to win European taste. It cites canned whale meat distributed by whaling firms and positive descriptions. It compares whale steak to Frankfort sausage from an elephant, with a Belgian butcher turning Ghent zoo elephant carcass into sausage sold at good prices.
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Japan
Frankfort
Ghent Zoological Gardens
Vacation Tales From the Shed Coast
A lively exchange recounts perilous mishaps during a vacation. Johnnine jokes about being drenched after a shed collapse, a beehive spill, a cow encounter, and a pair of slips from Jim Spindles leaving two stone bruises and a stiff neck.
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Johnnine
Jim Spindles
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