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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1881
Page
2
A Swiss settlement in North Carolina is planting large numbers of mulberry trees to support future silk production after finding the trees grow luxuriously and rapidly in the region.
The paper reports an inventor has developed a machine process to produce lace that matches handcraft in appearance. It notes an American house offers 6,000,000 francs for the American patent and an English banker offers the same for Britain.
A region correspondent reports the largest collection of ruins ever found on the continent near Santa Fe, with parties in Arizona and New Mexico surveying old Indian villages. The ruins are being carefully explored.
A recent finding shows celluloid, though widely produced in this country, was not American born but originated and patented by Alexander Parkes of Birmingham England in 1855.
A boy bathing at the Fountain of the Virgin and the Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem uncovered a rock bearing Phoenician characters at the channel’s opening. Search for more discoveries continues as the channel is drained, with hopes of illuminating Jerusalem’s typography.
The article describes experiments claiming oil released at harbor bottoms, rising to the surface and spreading along breaking seas, can magically soothe troubled waters. Proponents say a simple invention could pipe oil to harbor bars to smooth waves so ships can reach port safely in fierce storms.
From Robertson’s Review of the Progress of Society in Europe the piece traces Italian dealings with the East from Charlemagne through the 14th century. It notes Venetian and Sicilian silk production, the spread of silk worm rearing in Greece, and sugar introductions from the East via Sicily to Spain, the Canaries, Madeira, and the New World, ending with a reflection on the lost art of silk making and sugar’s rise as a staple.
Visiting ministers preached at three churches this Sunday. Rev. Sidney Dean of Warren spoke at State Street M. E. Church, Rev. Cyrus P. Osborne of Branford, Conn., preached at the Congregational Church, and Elder William Stuart from Exeter, New Hampshire, led services at the Advent Chapel.
An eight o'clock Saturday morning fire near a stove at a clothes-airing area in Sigmun Firth's Thames street house caused minor damage before firefighters arrived promptly and extinguished the blaze.
A Bridgeport correspondent reports Mme Rentz's Minstrels and Vienna Orchestra drew a large but disappointed crowd at the Opera House last night. The show impressed with refined, chaste entertainment under Kit Clarke’s management, earning praise and noting the company’s high standing. they will perform at Town Hall next Wednesday.
A janitor discovered a fully developed male infant’s body wrapped in cloth on a high shelf in the North Primary School. Coroner and jury investigations followed after the inquest began, with early evidence suggesting birth occurred two to three weeks prior, while the town buzzed with speculation. The body was placed in the public tomb awaiting further inquiry.
When sidewalks are coated with a sprinkling of ashes or sand it makes walking easier and safer. Some people consistently do this, while others hardly ever apply it.
Richard McCartney, a Scotland native who settled on Central Street nearly sixty years ago, died Wednesday morning after a brief illness. A frugal, quiet resident, he served in the 12th Rhode Island Regiment during the Civil War and later worked for the National Rubber Co. His death ends a long, simple life mourned by his daughter and two grandsons. R. E. M.
The Ra Rogers Free Library announces new titles and donors for the coming week. Additions include Guizot's History of England in four volumes Gillespies Land Surveying Reminiscences of a Journalist Heroes of Christian History Henry Martyn Window Curtains by T. 8 Arthur and The Ark of Elm Island. Donated items feature Reports from United States Consuls of Commerce Manufactures and others along with official reports from Postmaster General Secretary of War Commissioner of Indian Affairs Comptroller of the Currency Surgeon General and Sea Coast Defences of the United States.
Josts and Angel Torrey, sons of William Torrey, settled in Weymouth and Mendon, Massachusetts, in the 17th century. They held offices, built Mendon’s first saw mill, and founded influential lineages. Josiah and Angel expanded land holdings, moved between Boston Mendon Bristol Swansea and Barrington, with Angel dying in 1724 and Josiah around 1780 leaving many descendants.
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