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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1895
Page
2
The school building committee and its subcommittee notified the council the northwest corner site on the common is to house the new school. They will tear down the old building within two weeks after the Masons vacate and seek funds to cover the $1 200 Mason interest.
A sweep of items from Bristol and vicinity covers post office hours, local trades, shipments, and social events. Mentions mail deadlines, Labor Day closure, local sales, an excursion to Newport, Thomas Bosworth and business moves, church socials, and a courthouse writ for damages over a sidewalk fall.
In this town on August 28 Harold son of Mr and Mrs Wm Paull aged 6 months 13 days. In this town on August 27 Henry Goff aged 79 years 6 months 13 days.
The Bristol tax books for 1895 are in the hands of the town clerk. Many taxpayers have secured a copy and, after learning their tax, have called on Town Treasurer Peck. The books were printed at ux Paani Office and present a creditable appearance, marking a local advance in printing.
George D Art a 40 year old French national employed by Israel Dube and Paul Pevin was locked up after showing religious mania and attacking a cell wall. He claimed to have conquered the world in two days and earned 18 million dollars, while imagining a protective young woman. Judge Bosworth will decide his fate tonight.
Miss Locke plans a two month visit to Bay City Michigan starting next Monday. Guests include Mr and Mrs Janes Blanding of Ilroy New York and Mr and Mrs James Leach. Also featured are travels and duties of Miss Annie Lacher, John W Mutton from Toronto visiting Samuel C Bullock, John Drury sailing to Los Angeles, and Mrs Lizzie Simmons with Mrs Emma Carey attending the National Convention in Louisville.
A meager audience endures a top heavy stage show described as a barn stormer. The villain overacts with lines about blowing a house into eternity and a flour cargo doomed for St Louis, culminating in a threat to send an innocent man to the scaffold.
The Scientific American notes new virtues of pneumatic tires with India rubber air insulation around bicycle wheels, isolating the rider from the earth and resisting electric fluid. It suggests a growing question in big cities about burying electric wires or people underground.
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