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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1870
Page
2
A long critique on overwork and social strain in American life shows workers, families, and children taxed beyond endurance amid fashion and education pressures. It also notes the 50th anniversary of the Society For The Encouragement Of Domestic Industry in Providence with a large turnout, officers elected, and a banquet. It reports a Rhode Island school officers convention plans and Cuban sugar stock figures amid unrest.
The piece condemns malignity aimed at an esteemed man and lauds a timely defender who corrected false impressions about his service to his country. It portrays the attacker as wicked and notes the corrective presence who safeguarded the man’s reputation during a challenging hour.
The author argues Congress must act firmly against a moral pollution affecting Utah. They condemn rivals promoting a let alone policy and accuse opponents of selfish schemes and undermining civilization and religion. The piece calls for government duty to resist barbarism of the Southwest.
The General Assembly voted fifty seven for and nine against ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. The Senate previously approved, completing the state’s action. The Fall River News notes the beacon in the harbor is being rebuilt with a lighthouse to aid river traffic after the September storm.
Two workers at the Dunell print works in Pawtucket Rhode Island were playing with a rope on Saturday. One threw the rope over a shifting, intending to lash the other, but it caught on the machine and carried the man up to the ceiling, likely causing fatal injuries. The victim’s age and full name are unclear in the fragment.
Investigations into the Methodist Book Concern in New York reveal no favorable findings for managers. Vouchers appeared in printing, but none of the original bills exist. The chief of the department allegedly took gold sweepings worth about 1600 per year and thousands of skins costing around 20000 are unaccounted for. The committee reports that the business method allowed potential losses.
Three children in Passaic County New Jersey wandered from home on New Year’s day in search of nuts and were found dead side by side under a walnut tree after days of exposure. The deaths are linked to hunger and a severe storm, with no signs of mutilation on the bodies.
Coal shipments remain low as demand shrinks and mild weather suppresses consumption. Mines have sent forward one hundred thousand tons more than last year, yet market activity stays sluggish and prices weak.
The superintendent of the recruiting service of New York is directed to forward available recruits to New England stations including Fort Acans Rhode Island Fort Warren Boston Harbor Fort Preble Mainyu Fort Sullivan Maine.
In Winsted Connecticut wild-cats have moved into the village. The infestation is blamed on heavy timber removal by Cannan and Salisbury rent furnace companies, leaving brush and woodlands to harbor mice partridges and other quarry.
A senior at Easton Pa school caused a tank fire alarm that drew a crowd of pupils. A lame girl was granted dismissal early and allowed to leave first while others stayed seated until she passed the door, then all rushed out.
The Waren Works have recently started in New Bedford Lanna Beverly Malden Mars and Meriden. George Ho Norman of Newport Rhode Island the contractor for at least four of the works named.
Commissioner Van Aernam reports that Maisesauldier has removed his name from the pension rolls stating his health makes the pension unnecessary and that the act should be remembered as a historic example for future generations.
A divorce case in the Circuit Court at St Louis alleges the wife attempted poisoning and other means to exhaust her husband so he would conform to certain religious ceremonies.
In Westbrook Maine a 9 year old girl from St John New Brunswick was found dead after consuming rum, the body discovered in Nean Morrill's Corner. Simultaneously local reports note discussions in Congress about finishing business by May first and Abbott Maine approving a 5000 dollar loan to support a woolen factory with a ten year tax exemption.
A scan of items reports various oddities and happenings from 19th century America and beyond. Topics include marriages in Boston, fires in Woopin Le Miss, poetry by the King of Sweden, common scolds in Trenton, and multiple scattered notes on crime, travel, and public affairs.
Edwin B White a seventeen year old boy shot Jerome Ford also about seventeen near Bristol Neck. Ford was wounded in the eye and nose and taken to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence in critical condition. White was arrested and arraigned for assault with a dangerous weapon as neighbors and police investigated the incident. A barn fire on the DeWolf farm destroyed hay tools and livestock, with two horses burned. Firemen limited damage and investigated possible arson as no insurance covered losses. The King Philip Fire Co held its fourteenth annual ball with hundreds of attendees and many visiting companies from Newport Fall River Pawtucket Central Falls and Warren. A second small barn fire on High Street caused minor damage, extinguished promptly by residents. Henry Spooner gave a lecture on early Norse discovery of America highlighting Icelandic legends and Narragansett shore visits.
A ghostwriter letter from En Qu Scarce reports a humorous spirit tale about gravel and misapprehension in the seventh sphere. The piece notes a burglary at John Gladding 3d on Thames street with items later found and returned to the owner after concealment on the steamboat wharf.
A letter questions the value of a steam fire engine for Pacnix. It argues a steam engine could save property and wages after fires but asks how many fires justify the cost. The writer compares insurance premiums, public charity, and the cost of steamers to potential gains or losses.
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