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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1895
Page
2
In a February 8 1895 item a patent medicine firm urges readers to “get that box” with potential family costs. The New York Senators heard a chaplain call for “making the crooked straight” a line likely misquoted as “paths straight” that risks the chaplain’s job.
A merchant threatens suit over hinges the store door, but the paper notes hinges symbolize the surge as Phoenix newsboys and girls sell nearly 400 copies weekly. The semi weekly distribution expands readership and attracts advertisers.
The Boston Transcript notes Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard has 86 of 146 residents congenitally deaf and dumb, with hereditary roots traced to early settlers. It also discusses cost and doubt in the Providence murder conviction of Keegan, suggesting hanging as punishment for deliberate murder and debating safeguards against wrongful conviction.
The sea wind and ice swept through Bristol last night and today flooding Thames Street and waterside yards. Yachts, a cat boat named Yolanthe, and several large vessels were damaged or washed away. Cranston mill flooded six feet, rationing wool stock and machinery. pumps run but mill idle. State Street wharf iced over. many boats adrift. Connery’s Wharf partly carried away. Rail and steamer service disrupted. Passengers walked from Pappoosequaw road. Richard Borden to Providence voyage canceled. Royal Arcanum entertainment proceeded with a grand march and musical program.
Bristol residents receive brief notices on mail hours and post office timing, local sales, events, and church entertainments. The column shares obituaries, Sunday entertainments, Keeley reunion plans, school activities, athletic club updates, and municipal reports on police, library, and poor relief.
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Edward Birmingham and a Hopeworth housekeeper faced a near freezing night when their sleigh became stuck in a snow drift on the Metacom avenue road. Birmingham found help, doubling the draft, but the party endured exposure of about an hour. The housekeeper suffered considerable exposure, while Robert Kirkwood and Birmingham also suffered frostbite.
A 12 year old boy Sam Milaski lost his artificial eye when the water froze solid overnight while he slept. He quickly collected funds with help from a local druggist and set off to Providence to obtain a replacement eye.
Dr. M. Y. Simmons Dental Rooms at 333 Westmeter Street advertise gold fillings from $2 and up and silver fillings from $1. Crown and bridge work is a specialty. Simmons method of extracting is described as painless and safe, recommended by leading physicians.
Justice W W J Gaynor writes to the state mediation board arguing the Brooklyn trolley strike stemmed from inflated wealth aims and not a serious dispute. He recounts the Long Island Traction Company and Brooklyn Heights Railroad split and calls actions by Wall Street elements responsible.
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