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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1881
Page
2
A Cincinnati letter reports a surge in finback whaling off Provincetown Massachusetts with twenty whales shot in one afternoon using bomb lances. It also warns of a hot and stormy July with frequent severe wind hail and rain in regions hit by earlier June storms.
An expedition departed from Bremen funded by the Bremen Geographical Society will visit the Chukchi Peninsula Behring Islands and Alaska to collect zoological specimens and conduct scientific observations. An engine exhibition will be held at Newcastle for the Stephenson centenary featuring major English railway companies and other European nations. Mr E P Tobie takes charge of editorial management of the Evening and Sunday Telegram Providence promising a live independent readable paper for its patrons.
A new and remarkable system of telephone communication, invented by Prof A E Dolbear of New York, promises great public value. It is said to be entirely different from the Bell method and will doubtless revolutionize the telephone business.
The narrator recounts a Mont Blanc ascent and a move through Chamouix valley, observing Mer de Glace like a river, snow lines, and glacier motion. He details avalanches near Aiguille Verte, a perilous road descent, and visits the Col de la Forclaz with inns on the Swiss French boundary.
Rev E F Jones will discuss Methodism at State Street M E Church Sunday afternoon with an evening topic That son of mine A union prayer meeting for July 4 at Memorial Chapel Congregational Church starts at 8 00 AM All are invited. Also notes about a comet sighting and a dahlia bloom gifted to Col Coggeshall from Charles H Allen on High Street.
The library will add Bernardin St. Pierre works in four volumes Stevenson En silage Holland and its People Whitney's German Dictionary Matrimony Marjorie’s Quest Young Nimrods by donation Report for 1880 of United States Life Saving Service.
Colliers' Receipt in powder form is sold as a dyspeptic cure and blood purifier with ingredients by J Pepper of Tottenham Court Road London. Free liquid samples are available at J H Young & Co Hope Street to introduce the product to the public.
The Neptune Boat Club announces its third annual garden fete and carnival to be held on Thursday the 21st. It promises to be the finest affair yet in town with the Bristol Band, row boat rentals, a grand fireworks display, and new amusements beyond the usual attractions.
At a special Court of Probate meeting last Monday evening the Overseers of the Poor petitioned for a Guardian to Henry E Paull deemed unable to manage his affairs and likely to fall into want. The matter was postponed to Monday July 11 at two o clock with notice to all interested to appear.
Prizes across several classes include a six piece silver tea set valued at 75.60, a gold lined silver centre Piece worth 25.00, a silver water urn 50.00, an ice pitcher 15.00, gold lined prize cups 20.00 and 10.00, a gold lined silver fruit dish 20.00, a silver cake basket 10.00, and cash prizes of 15.00, 12.00, and 10.00.
Hezekiah Asher Monro of this town was among six deacons and one priest ordained at the annual commencement exercises and ordination service of the Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia held at the Church of the Holy Trinity on Thursday. Monro previously apprenticed in the printing office of the Puan, then attended Kenyon College Gambier Ohio, graduating about two years ago.
A nostalgic columns recount Bristol's history from two centuries ago with names like O Wolff and Walker, noting population shifts, race dynamics, and the enduring Mount Hope. It then shifts to the Country Week program run by the Boston Young Men's Christian Union, detailing its reach since 1875, inviting donations and participation for city children to visit country homes, with planned events and contacts.
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