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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1895
Page
2
The Tamaroa Bugle editor lauds the newspaper’s all around agility from poetry to sports and weddings to fires. Dr Parkhurst’s book Our Fight with Tam many is noted, and a striking pulpit power quote underscores honest intelligent authority.
The Rhode Island division of the L A W will send delegates to the annual convention in New York on Saturday February 16. State representatives include Chief Consul Geo L Cooke and Vice Consuls Benjamin Smith Leo Kaufman Nelson H Gibbs and Howard L Perkins.
The Hope Valley Advertiser notes Providence launches the Morning Kabob, a new daily newspaper priced at three cents. A Webster definition of Kabob is cited as a mutton leg stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs.
A Maine statesman proposes a $50 state payment to any Keely care institute graduate who maintains total abstinence for a year. Providence prepares for a busy February 22 with General Booth of the Salvation Army and the Prohibition State convention in town.
The Eugenia, a new steam yacht built for John B. Herreshoff, was launched Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. The vessel, fitted with an improved boiler and siphon pump, will cruise the waters with the Herreshoff family and make trips to New York next summer. Ice hindered the launch, and she will be hauled out on the railway at Walker's Cove when the ice clears.
When times are hard and cash runs low, trade slows and readers seek relief. The poem suggests urging patients to advertise, a note on commerce revived by messages in print.
Rev. William J. Smith preach to Bristol YMCA on Run Speak to This Young Man. He argues youth supremacy over age, urges supporting the YMCA with new buildings and programs, and stresses morals, industry, and social activities to attract young men from vice.
Advertises copper plate and steel engraving services for visiting cards business cards wedding invitations announcements reception cards crests monograms and mercantile work. Clients can bring their own plate or have the shop create one.
Misses Hattie Isabel and Mattie McCaw left for New York. The harbor ice is thick with little thaw in sight. Hydraulion Engine ball set for February 25. Apollo Club rehearsals and Town Hall concert billed for Feb 19. Many local deaths, injuries, and society events noted including a poultry loft, a bicycle of news, and a Keeley Reunion event.
Traveling representative Mr Penner from a Providence firm found a valuable pearl in a plum cake at Dixon's restaurant in Bristol during Wednesday dinner. He notes this is the second such pearl awarded to patrons in the last three or four months and expects a good price.
The Town Council met in special session to prepare government appropriations for the upcoming annual town meeting. An adjourned session is planned for February 25 to review bids, including J Howard Manchester’s sewer repairs on John Street, for state payment.
The Relief Corps hosted a Wednesday evening Jubilee reception at G A R Hall. Nearly 100 guests enjoyed a grand march led by Commander Henry F. Card and Emilie F. Phelps, dancing to Miss Mary Abbott, with a plentiful late-night repast and continued dancing until midnight.
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