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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1893

Page

2

Notable Deaths and Donations Highlight 19th Century Notices

Obituary notices report United States Senator Kenna of West Virginia dying last week and former President Rutherford B. Hayes’s death from neuralgia. Other items note Dr. T Thatcher Graves’s Supreme Court decision, 1000 claims in Idaho’s diamond fields, Brownsville revolutionaries’ cases dismissed, and Emily Bourne pledging $25000 for St Luke’s Hospital.

United States Kenna West Virginia

Mozart Harpsichord at Windsor Castle Described

One of Queen Victoria's prized possessions at Windsor Castle is Mozart's old harpsichord. It is described as quaint and shabby looking with a double set of keys.

Queen Victoria Windsor Castle Mozart

Temple Fire Kills Nearly 2000 in Osnton China Calamity

A catastrophic blaze at a temple in Osnton, China, traps and burns nearly 2,000 refugees who had fled robbers, resulting in a vast death toll and widespread tragedy.

Osnton China

Two Dublin men implicated in Exchange Court explosion, says Gazette

The London Pall Mall Gazette reports that two men have been identified as involved in the Exchange Court explosion in Dublin. The paper asserts the identities are proven beyond doubt and notes a pause in business due to holidays with trade showing resilience in boots woolens and spring preparations amid currency concerns.

London Pall Mall Gazette Exchange Court Dublin Don & Co

Wedding Anniversaries and Engagements Noted

Invitations are issued for the 25th wedding anniversary reception of Mr and Mrs Henry F Card at 143 High Street on Tuesday evening from 8 to 10 PM. Also announced is the engagement of Miss Wilhelmina Everett Gladding to Mr William Russell Babcock with a January 31 wedding at St Michael's Church.

Henry F. Card High Street Wilhelmina Everett Gladding Major John A.C. Gladding William Russell Babcock Taylor, Simonds & Co Providence St. Michael's Church

Hood's Sar Soparilla Calendar 93

Hood’s Sarsaparilla Calendar for 1893 showcases a large format with a colorfully printed picture titled Young Discoverers and a plain figures pad. It promises beauty and utility, and can be obtained by sending six cents in stamps to C. I. Hood & Co. in Lowell Massachusetts.

Hood C. I. Hood & Co Lowell Mass

Mary Livermore lecture to discuss A Dream of Tomorrow

Next Thursday evening Bristol residents may hear Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, famed Sanitary Commission member and reform advocate, lecture at Town Hall titled A Dream of Tomorrow. A chorus will sing before the talk under John B Pollock.

John B Pollock

Severe winter boosts local ice crop and community notices

Ice dealers report large crops and full ice houses due to cold weather. The January 24 University Extension lectures resume with Professor Wilson on Social Science. A Warren resident falls on Shaw's Lane. Dr Neylan treats her. Dr Dillon and wife ride accident at Hope and Franklin. Mrs Dillon bruised. Local director Philip H Coyle named Superintendent of National India Rubber Co Works. Foote named Assistant Superintendent. A fatal railroad crossing accident near Lonsdale claims eight lives. many injured. Warren death counts for 1892 total 106 with ages and origins listed. Public notices, births, fashion notes, and ads follow including Hood's Sarsaparilla promotion. A theft at Field’s Point strips the unoccupied smallpox hospital of lead and brass fittings.

Philip H Coyle National India Rubber Co.s Works Isaac F Williams Foote South Framingham Mass

Agitation to Enable Inmates of Soldiers' Home to Receive Four Pensions

Longstanding grievance at Bristol Soldiers' Home centers on state deduction from veterans pensions. Inmates must sign to allow reserve of all but four dollars monthly, prompting calls from Grand Army groups and appeals to Washington. If pension deductions stop, federal payments and home governance may change across multiple states.

Providence Journal Soldiers Bristol Wis Washington Grand Army Law Department of the State Rhode Island Solder

Harper firm releases varied new titles

Harper & Brothers publish Morocco as It Is by Stephen Bonsal with illustrations, A Short History of the Christian Church by Bishop John F. Hurst, Elements of Deductive Logic by Professor Noah K. Davis, and a new edition of The Tongue of Fire by Rev. William Arthur.

Harper & Brothers Morocco Stephen Bonsal John F. Hurst Noah K. Davis William Arthur

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The Bristol Phenix Supreme Court of Colorado Lave T. Thatcher Graves Idaho Garzagar Brownsville, Tex Gulf of Mexico Gar Emily Bourne New Bedford St. Luke's Hosital Rutherford B. Hayes Fremont, O Mexico Country Seattle Wash Newman Lucy Wood Barre Pune Edward G. Love U S New York Love Bacueos Wyoming National Capital Capt. Nicholson St. Peter's St. Matthew's Christ Santa Claus Bucket Rameais Joseph Pharaoh Confucius Pennsylvania Avenue Capitol Fifteenth Street Second Street Ninth Tenth Streets Franklin Square Tenth President Hayes Johnny K Johnny Aunt Kitty Kitty Little Johnny Alott Maud Maj William Lohr Freeport Local Affairs Siance Ty Ah Ee Ee Paar Connell Chamber William H. Spooner Helen M Usher Irene F Usher Harriet G Freeborn James T Freeborn John P Simmons Hannah Simmons H Ro Doringh Isaac L Hyde Orrin L Bosworth Althea Gray Hannah Reynolds Huldah B- Bourn Catherine Kearney Mary E O Brien John Clifford Mason Pierce William H. Aspinwall Harnette P. Aspinwall Rogers Butler Whittaker London Boston Froebil Lloyd Garrison DeQuincy Sunshine Johnson Lanca Shire Leon Grindon David Wall Caine the Deemster Ditto David Alden Atella Marjorie Day Townsend Walford Toby Trafford Trowbridge Giovanni Burnett Gordon H. C. DeMille Iron Works Charles Frohman Wilson Mary Gleason Shaw’s Lane D. J. Neylan P. Dillon Hope and Franklin Streets Lonsdale Pawtucket Warren J. M. Merchant M.D U.S Canada Ireland England Scotland Denmark Germany Andrew Brown Edinburgh Scott Mary A Buffinton Somerset Eliza A. Butterworth Catman Barry John H. Chase Chase Collamore William Cotton Nancy W Coleman John B. Child Jesse Davis Freetown Masa Conn Solomon ‘Isler Ellen Tobin Mary J. Warner Newport Jaros Broadway Sipvey Barzeefor Ayer Ka Mme Ye Margaret Sauder and Cooper London Society of Letters and Art American Humane Society Canta Isadora Cousino South America Olivehorne Miller Harper's Bazar Gertrude Smith Jead Joe Smallpox Hospital Field's Point Health Department Brown—McMay G. L. Locke John W Boowna Rebecca McKay Iaid Court Herbert F. Bennett Bagwa Helen M. Usher Irene M. Usher Court of Probate Harriettle P. Aspinwall Jatiin Adiministrator Fydia E Fernahe Pinbad Lydia B. Pinkham Lydia DR. Hough Eta Indou Watley James Mark Downe Newmarkets J.B. Barnby Co Dorrance and Westminster Sts R. I
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