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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1881

Page

2

Paris professor unveils ultra sensitive room thermometer

A thermometric device by Professor Dufour of Paris is claimed to detect the temperature change caused by a person entering the room. A SGA steel steamboat was built in New York and shipped to Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, for transporting coffee and other goods on Zulias and nearby rivers.

Dufour Paris SGA New York City Lake Maracaibo Venezuela Zulias

Nevada’s Hardy Silkworm Yields Superior Silk in Open Air

A newly discovered silkworm in the Nevada mountains is claimed to produce silk of peculiar and superior quality. It is raised outdoors, and is said to be hardier than the prior variety, needing neither care nor shelter.

Nevada

New York to paving with trains on Broadway cars

City authorities plan a novel paving scheme on lower Broadway and feeder streets. Two complete track sets and varied gauges would allow all kinds of vehicles to run, easing crowding and reducing blockades by speeding traffic with less interference.

Wendell Phillips New York City Lower Broadway Macmillan & Co London Saara F. Roger Scribner & Welford New York Paynter Edward J Head Percy R Square Granville J. Mortimer E. Cassino Salem Watts Richard Grant Houghton, Mifflin & Co Boston Barcnay Robert Philadelphia Friends’ Book Store Saerman Gen Williams D. Appleton & Co Trevelyan George Otto M. P Charles James Fox Harper & Bro’s Hayes

White stone quarries near Knoxville shown superior to all

Vast quarries of beautiful white stone near Knoxville Tennessee are praised as superior in quality to any similar material in the United States. Competent persons say it rivals Italian marble and the U S Government is already mining this stone, with plans that its development will create a major industry in an otherwise little known region.

Knoxville Tennessee United States Ballour Greece Thames & Talbot Hawley Street Boston Mass Doctor Bush Wm. H. Buffington I.L. Cragin & CO South 4Th St Philadelphia Mhoé Crawford Munro Bristol

Fever tree tested against fever in malarial districts

BG scientists report the eucalyptus can banish malarial fevers in Southern Italy Corsica and Algeria where fever-plagued regions became healthier after planting these trees. The author urges adoption to reduce fever frequency and intensity in local districts.

Italy Corsica Algeria Algiers

Remarkable ruins found near Abo City in Valencia NM

Miners report stupendous ancient ruins near Hangona Apple Mountains Valencia county New Mexico. A temple type structure sixty feet high walls ten feet thick covers an acre. The site once dense with people now uninhabited and buried by ancient volcanic activity. Pine timber hammers pottery confirms great antiquity. Further developments expected soon.

Abo City Hangona Apple Mountains Valencia County New Mexico America Italy Ita Herculaneum Pompeii Mexico

Phrenology Journal Offers Bust With Subscriptions

The Phrenological Journal of New York markets a two dollar yearly subscription with a life-size plaster bust showing organ locations. A smaller bust option or a premium book about educating feelings is offered, with sample copies available from Fowler & Wells at 456 Broadway, New York.

Phrenological Journal of New York Plaster of Paris Fowler & Wells Broadway

Ten deaths in five minutes fire expose city rookeries hazards

A tenement house blaze killed ten people in minutes exposing gross construction flaws and ignorant residents. Plumbers heated a thawing machine with a candle, a man lost his wife and four children, and a rescuer described the scene while a former assemblyman’s shirt was torn during a rescue. The piece also attacks speculative enterprise, reports a burglary with a thief killed after escape, notes calls to trim National Guard ranks, mocks militia parades, and laments the Mount St. Vincent road house fire ahead of sleighing season.

Joseph Dixon Crucible Company Brooklyn National New York State Albany Grant 23D Regiment Mount St. Vincent Central Park Sisters of Charity Raprx

Noriega Cigars Sold by J H Young & Co

Col Hubert Ingersoll lectures on Moses and smoking. The piece praises the old fashioned hand made Noriega cigars as a better choice for smokers in an enlightened age. J H Young & Co. offer the brand.

Moses Col Hubert Ingersoll J. H. Young & Co

Free Trade vs Protection in National Exchange Debate

The article explains Free Trader and Protectionist views on cross border exchange. It uses a hypothetical economy with two industry groups to show tariffs versus bounty taxation, arguing free exchange yields higher overall profits and avoids costly tax collection while protection spreads profits and reduces efficiency.

Foxmex Tranz Europe

Col Samuel P Colt Weds Elizabeth M Bullock in St Michael's Church

Col Samuel P Colt married Wednesday at 11 a m to Elizabeth M Bullock daughter of Hon J R Bullock at St Michael's Church. Rev G L Locke officiated with James A Renwick as best man and Gov Littlefield among guests. After a church breakfast the couple left for Providence and New York.

Samuel P. Colt Elizabeth M J. R. Bullock St. Michael's Church G. L. Locke St. Michael’s Gov. Littlefield Gov. Fay Matteson Sitness W. B. Sayles Providence New York Colt—Bullockk St. Michael’s Church Geo. L. Locke Samuel Pomeroy Colt Rhode Island J. Russell Bullock Bristol Williams—Horton East Greenwich Daniel Goodwin Horace M. Williams New York City Sade L. Horton Martin—Tilley Berkley Norfolk Corner McN. Simpson Ivah H. Martin Mary E. Tilley E. M. Tilley

Adventurous J. P. Macheca sails for Atrato mining venture

Tae Scuoonxe Jostix P. MacuEes, 180 tons, Captain A. Woodbury, sails from Portland to Carthegena with twelve mining adventurers aboard led by Lieut. Sumner O. Paine. The vessel carries Millicent and Alice hulls as auxiliaries for mining operations at the Atrato river. Cargo insured for 14600 dollars. Ship undergoing Herreshoff upgrades and expected to sail next Tuesday.

J. P. Macheca William M. Sargent Portland Sumner ©. Paine United States Navy Bangor A. 8. Bird Stockton A. H. Simonton Samuel S. Webber New York Jacob M. Willey Charles Porter Dover N. H Herbert ©. Robinson William T. Curtis Hartley T. Curtis George E. Fowle, Jr Boston Horatio F. Ruby Millicent Merrill Brothers East Deering Alice Lawrence Mass Merrimac Atrato River Boston Marine Insurance Co Herreshoff Marine Railway Herreshoff Herreshoff Manufacturing Co

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