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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1884

Page

2

Connecticut Morning News Roundup of August 30 1884

News briefs from the era cover President Arthur's Newport visit Barnum's Block Island cottage plans cholera reports in multiple countries a European rumor on Queen Victoria and maritime disaster findings eucalypt tree watering theory regional climate shifts in Russia and a Cottage City carnival with bands races and parades.

Sam Cottage City Ocean Park Sea View Avenue Sea View House

Rome’s Eternal City Explored From Forum to St Peter’s

Our Rome correspondent describes the Forum’s ruins and monuments from the Capitoline Hill to the Colosseum, detailing temples, arches, and the Vatican’s vast precincts. He notes St Peter’s grandeur, the Pantheon’s dome, and the city’s ancient aqueducts and catacombs, alongside Rome’s fading splendor and enduring history.

Rome Palatine Hill Romulus Republic Italy Tiber Palatine Capitoline Esquiline Coelian Aventine Quirinal Hills Palace of the Vatican St. Peters Castle of St. Angelo Janiculum Hill Corso Porta del Popolo Capitoline Hill Roman Forum Guiscard Europe Vespasian Saturn Septimius Severus Cicero Cataline Julia Phocas Byron Castor Pollux Jalius Cmsar Antony Casar Forum Via Sacra Titus Gracchi Marius Marc Antony Augustus Tiberius Caligula Nero Jerusalem Roma Corad Ara Coli Jupiter Conservators St. Peter’s St. Angelo St. Peter Julius II St. Peter's Heliopolis Peter Baptistry St. Paul's London Vatican Palace Sistine Chapel Michael Angelo Raphel Pantheon Agrippa Christ Victor Emanuel St. John Lateran Vatican Judgment Hall Luther St. Paul St Calixtus Appian Way Paul Mamertine Plutarch Bcarcely Marcellus Anta Maria Maggiore Santa Croce St.ecilia Borghese E Barberini Rospigliosi

Fair opens Sept 3 for exhibits and representation

The notice invites inquiries for full particulars from the general manager and states the fair runs from two o'clock Wednesday afternoon September 3 until ten o'clock Saturday November 1. The rest is a poem contemplating hope and the life beyond.

Public notices and local social events page

The itemized notes cover school term start, upcoming town meetings, religious services, a clambake at Bristol Ferry, a firemen excursion, a health relocation of Capt Easterbrooks, and a refined concert at Julian Herreshoff's residence. Names include Rev Crocker and Captain West among others.

Bristol Young Men’s Christian Association William H. West Bristol Ferry

Chace and ShermanThreshing Grain at Herreshoff Farm

Mr John F Chace and Mr Charles Sherman of Swansea Mass operate Gray two horse threshing machine at Poppasquash Herreshoff farm. They thresh 410 bushels oats 40 bushels wheat and barley in one day, 198 bushels in two and three quarter hours, and 80 bushels of oats in one hour.

John F. Chace Charles Sherman Swansea Mass Gray Herreshoff Poppasquash

Visiting clergymen occupy town pulpits on Sunday

This report lists visiting clergy by church and time. Reginald Howe from Cambridge preached at St Michael's morning service, Blakeslee from East Greenwich spoke at State Street M E Church, Rhodes from Brooklyn preached at First Baptist in the afternoon, Ensley from Rodney preached at Trinity Church in the evening, with Calbraith Perry of Baltimore assisting W B Trotter at Trinity.

Reginald Howe Cambridge Mass St. Michael’s Professor Blakeslee East Greenwich State Street M. E Christopher Rhodes Brooklyn N. Y First Baptist Church N. H. Ensley Rodney Calbraith B. Perry Baltimore W. B. Trotter Trinity Church

In Foreign Lands a Newark Valley Writer Reports

This eleventh installment in OC L N s In Foreign Lands features Charles L Noble describing visits to Naples Venice Mont Blanc Paris and his observational notes. Four more letters remain in the series promising further travel sketches and vivid scenes.

Poenix OC. L. N Charles L. Noble Newark Valley Naples Venice Mont Blanc Paris Reedery

Mrs Reynolds Injured In Accident At State And Thames

KG Mrs Jonathan A Reynolds of the State and Thames streets area suffered a knee injury when a cat startled her as she began to sit. The knee pan on her other leg had broken in a prior accident. Dr. Sweet of Wakefield treated her.

Jonathan A. Reynolds State and Thames Streets Dr. Sweet Wakefield Lake Anthony Light Long Island Sound Seaconner Rhode Island Campbell Lonna

Kickemuit Notes On Captain Simmons and Local Industry

The article surveys Kickemuit area including Captain B M Simmons residence near Kickemuit Spring, its reputed medicinal waters, and nearby Dartmoor Lot linked to Rufus Burr. It notes Joseph Munro’s cider mill farm progress, Metacom avenue, and historic ties to Dartmoor Prison. The piece mentions the Narrows, seventeenth and eighteenth century events, and a sunken gunboat relic.

Mr. Borror B. M. Simmons New York Fall River Kickemuit Hugh Cole Dartmoor Rufus Burr Joseph Munro Metacom Avenue Munrotown Myngotowp United States

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