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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1886
Page
2
Reports indicate the government of the new city of Pawtucket will be inaugurated on Monday next. The event signals the start of municipal administration in the upstart Rhode Island town.
Reports describe a November 27 meteor shower observed at favorable sites with about one meter per second and roughly 3600 per hour rates. The shower confirms predictions that dense meteoric material travels in the orbit of the lost Biela's comet.
A Salem inventor develops a system using fans beneath railway cars with axle gear to force air upward through seat pipes with bell shaped vents. Air is dust filtered by water before entering cars. The device is being tested by the Boston and Lowell Railroad.
The Challenger expedition, returning in 1876 after three and a half years, revealed thousands of new deep sea organisms and wide adaptation to extreme conditions. Deep waters show reduced light, heightened pressure, and varied life forms including eye changes, elongated fins, larger eggs, and phosphorescent organs.
Mang H Woon announces the Pra nix American Exhibition for May 1 1886 in London inviting applications from inventors and firms. He offers representation for exhibition competition patenting and sales and urges mechanics to seize the European market. Funeral notice for Judson DeWolf Dimock 25, Brooklyn. final rites at Greenwood Thursday.
Mrs Jusson Heap wife of Constable Heap of this city suffered rheumatism for five years and could not ease her arms. Four doses of the Athlo phoros cured her. D R Smith druggist 136 South Main street Fall River Mass.
A December 28 1885 column notes New York’s holiday bustle with theatre profits and crowding at Delmonico's Delmonico's and Bijou theatre fame mark the season. It highlights a five hundredth performance of Adonis and plans for a Metropolitan Opera testimonial ball. It mentions the Mikado craze drawing Japanese workers to Madison Square Garden and Rhode Island's Mark H Wood pushing an 1886 American Exhibition in London to showcase US industry.
Epiphany next Wednesday and Happy New Year wishes appear among local notices. The port reports 607000 feet of lumber landed in 1985 while 420 residents registered to vote this year. A baking powder illustration appears on the page. San Domingo, a horse valued at 2000 dollars raised by Major Raymond H Perry, died from internal inflammation. The Town Council and Court of Probate meet Monday at two o'clock in Memorial Building. Watch services and a sermon by Rev. E D Hall were held at State Street ME Church Thursday night.
The New Year's issue showcases leading Civil War features by Goss and Mills, portraits of Smiths, Logan on slavery, and discussions of Washington's campaigns and New Year origins. With maps, frontispieces, and reprints, the issue blends serious studies with humorous verse and reader notices. Price $5 annually.
The ad argues blood becomes impure and unhealthy when thick or thin. It links this to boils headaches rheumatism and other disorders and claims Ayer's Sarsaparilla makes blood pure rich and vitalizing.
The Congregational Church will observe Monday next as a day of fasting and prayer in keeping with a long established custom. Services are set for the Memorial Chapel.
The National Rubber Company plant, shut down Thursday night and only partly active since, is expected to resume operations next Monday morning.
The Week of Prayer will be observed during the coming week at State Street M E Church. Services will be held each evening except Saturday in the vestry room with preaching at each meeting.
The port recorded 1 015 vessel arrivals in 1885 excluding small craft with 739 steamers 199 schooners 58 barges 17 sloops and 1 barque The 1884 total arrivals were 994 highlighting modest growth year over year.
The December death toll in the town was 13: eight males and five females. Ages ranged from 24 days to 86 years 8 months. Five decedents were over 70 years old, with six adults and seven children.
The installation of officers for Reba Lodge No 12, Daughters of Ruth, will occur Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. It is expected the M W Grand Master William R Datemple and R W Grand Representative Lindsey Anderson will attend.
Promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla calendar for 1886 as a superior, artistic, convenient calendar. Encourages readers to ask their druggist or mail six cents for one copy or ten cents for two to C. I. Hood & Co. in Lowell, Massachusetts.
The Christmas festivals by Sunday schools from Baptist Church State Street M E St. Michael's Town Hall Congregational Memorial Chapel and Trinity Church were held on Christmas week evenings with large attendances and highly interesting programs.
A suggested dessert guide titled Household Receipts offers seventy two pages of simple palatable recipes. It will be mailed from Boston to subscribers for five two cent stamps. Also featured is Br Eddy a leading patent solicitor noted for advice on American and foreign patents and securing proper patent filings and foreign patents.
The 1885 port records show coal cargo totals of 22 579 tons from 68 vessels with 10 121 tons for domestic use and 12 458 tons for manufacturing. The largest load was 757 tons. smallest 191. A separate commentary discusses The Eastern Question and Russia's bid for Constantinople, touching on Balkan states, Berlin treaty effects, and rising Bulgaro Roumanian tensions.
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