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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1879
Page
2
A collage of brief opinions and notices. nominations for public offices in Providence and Boston. reflections on economic and political issues. mentions of Sherman Beaconsfield and Cushing. cultural notes on Harper’s Bazar, Golden Rule Magazine, and Bayard Taylor. Irish-American sympathy and urban lumber references. The text surveys current affairs, literature, and public sentiment with concise commentary.
The directory reports 8703 U S periodicals, up from 8340 last year. Daily publications rise by 13 and weekly by 807, totaling an overall increase of 363. Only 1876, the Centennial year, broke the upward trend across eleven issues.
The passage notes a fifty year shift in global markets. Once dependent on England for manufacturing, the United States now competes in English markets and may be Britain’s least profitable customer. The line about the daughter suggests a generational shift in consent and control from mother to daughter.
The piece praises the move to a metallic standard and predicts a steady but gradual improvement in business. It notes the North’s cautious optimism about Southern outrage and political shifts, warning against expecting a sudden economic surge while hoping for fair prices and steady employment.
New York, January 13 1879 Nan the Newsboy and two companions patrol the wharves with rubber boots cork belts life-lines and lanterns to rescue people from the bay and guard drunken sailors. They seek substantial recognition and funds to establish a formal life saving service. Captain Boyton praises Nan and invites him to dine at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. News accounts and Wall Street donors back the project while the trio has saved fifteen lives since June. Also reports on New York policemen up for review after rough arrests and a Washington correspondence on politics and potential 1880 candidates.
A mass meeting on January 6 at Chickering Hall featured Fuller leading a harsh attack on refiners and alleging fraud and adulteration. David A. Wells responded with a corrective speech, refuting slanders and defending the refiners, leaving the Cuban supporters discredited and their case weakened.
Fragmented notice lists a special town meeting next Saturday afternoon and a period ad. Other items mention the Normal School spring term starting February 5 at Providence, sermons, lectures, and theatrical performances at the Providence Opera House with Charles H. Thayer and the Boston Museum Company presenting Baby and H. M. S. Pinafore.
In Bristol Pa an editorial lauds Messrs Munro and Rogers for voting yes to close the Public Schools and questions why fifteen School Committee members did not call a town meeting sooner. The piece urges immediate steps to reconvene citizens to decide the next move and notes opposition to the closure strategy.
The Bristol BR L Smith sisters at Brayton M E Church resume revival services after illness. The Town School Committee adopts resolutions on appropriation usage and closes day schools January 17. The Rogers Free Library reports a full year ending 1878 with 1545 volumes, 289 added, and 374 donated works including paintings and engravings.
The Trustees report continued growth with 1555 registered patrons by year end, 29 414 total circulations, and a strong shift toward non fiction. Fines collected reached $79.48, with $14.18 still unpaid, and staff praised the fast cross-off system aiding daily loans.
The column extols Hop Bitters as the best family medicine to regulate bowels purify the blood relieve costiveness and biliousness aid digestion and stimulate the whole system truth and soberness compel us to answer favorably See truths in another column.
The Rev. H. W. Conant will occupy the Baptist Church pulpit Sunday forenoon deliver a sermon at the Congregational Church in the afternoon and speak at the State Street M E Church in the evening.
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