This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1878
Page
2
A fragmentary 1878 Bristol Morning issue surveys postal card innovations and political chatter. It comments on Congress pay, silver question, European peace prospects, and economic misgivings, mixi ng satire about Blaine, Grant, Beaconsfield, and other figures with notes on finance and currency.
Locals say Jack Frost has loosened his grip and crows hover. Augustus Darfee will preach in Advent Chapel tomorrow. It is spring in spirit but worn thin, and the community urges acts of charity to aid the deserving poor and provide work for tramps.
The town records show 270 registry names with 230 eligible voters this year. U.S. Marshal Coggeshall seized the Estelle, towed to Steam Boat Wharf and placed in charge of Thomas J. Usher. The U S revenue cutter Dexter departed. Gospel meetings led by Mr Moorhouse continue with prayer and Bible readings at Advent Chapel, Congregational Church, and Town Hall sessions. Union prayers planned at the Baptist Church. The Rocers Free Library treasurers organized, adopting the Dewey system and preparing a public library catalog with donated books and volumes. Regular library rules and circulation limits established, with plans for catalog publication and staff support.
The Rogers Free Library Building was dedicated with services at 10 a.m. in Bristol. Mrs. Rogers financed a brownstone library and reading room on Hope Street, designed by Stephen C. Earle and built by Norcross Brothers, with 4000 volumes pledged from Rogers, Miss Charlotte O’Wolf, and the Bristol Young Men’s Christian Association. The site, memorial of William DeWolf, features banking rooms, a reading hall, and a 10,000-volume capacity library planned with reading rooms and a dedicated association space. The dedication included remarks by Rev James P. Lane and Prof. J. Lewis Diman, with the Zerrahn Choral Union and a benediction by Rev. Thomas Shepard.
Muzock Miss Craik's library edition of Miss Mulock's works promotes uplifting fiction. The review praises Mulock for imagery with a noble, Christian purpose and argues her novels elevate readers without sermonizing.
An OCR reel presents claims that remedies such as Hunts Reaxpy Hunt s Resepy and Honts Remedy restore health amid dropsy kidney disease incontinence and diabetes with statements of rapid relief for cough and toothache. It notes products sold by druggists and mentions Pike s Toothache Drops promising one minute relief.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.