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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1877
Page
2
A periodical page surveys European conflict chatter, American reflections, and cultural notices. It notes Grant’s stance on hospitality, praise for St John and Marblehead, Vermont grasshoppers ravaging pastures, and a breath of optimism amid business depression. It also highlights literary tributes, religious publications, and catalogues of songs for revival meetings.
Locals report the New York pastor Elder H. C. Smith will preach in the Advent Chapel Sunday afternoon and evening. A catamaran named Arion built by Mr. Herreshoff for a Vetch Hill party in Rhode Island was completed on the 5th. At Mr James L Horr's market buyers can find blue fish shellfish lobsters and other fresh catches. A boy named Ryan fainted in front of the Hope Street Post Office Friday evening last. he received restoratives and was taken home. Teachers have abandoned vacations and will resume school for a few weeks.
The column notes Trinity Church schedules for the sixth Sunday after Trinity with early celebration at 7 and evening prayer at 7, plus Sunday school and mission school times. It also praises a new concrete improvement in front of the Post Office and Custom House and adjacent estate. It laments growing fruit season changes and extols a town library project as a noble civic monument.
The First Light Infantry Veteran Association of Providence celebrates the 100th anniversary of the capture of Gen Prescott by Col Barton at Portsmouth. About 150 veterans and RI Historical Society members travel by steamer Richard Borden to Bristol Ferry, Greene's Lane, and back, with readings by Prof J Lewis Diman, dinner by Hiram Maxfield, and speeches by Lt. Col Henry Staples Governor Van Zandt Ex Gov Howard and others. The event ends with a pleasant return by steamer and car, deemed a successful commemoration.
Bristol native Captain Joan Y Lawesss died at his Galveston home after a lingering illness. He began seafaring as a boy and commanded vessels in the West India trade and to New Orleans. Later he captained Morgan Line steamers, then served as Local Inspector of Customs before retiring due to ill health. He leaves a widow a daughter and a son.
A long extract discusses education reform, the 17 year locust invasion in New Jersey, Rhode Island’s colonial and Revolutionary history, Roger Williams and Providence governance, Bristol’s wartime actions, and local lodge and fire company notices. It blends literary oration with biographical sketches and civic tributes.
A past report claimed Green's August Flower cured dyspepsia and liver complaints quickly. Word spread by patients to friends, driving immense sales across the United States. People with sour stomach headaches constipation or palpitations were urged to try three doses for relief, with 75 cent bottles and sample bottles for one cent at WM H Bouffington.
Notice of a Navy nomination exam for a U S Naval Academy vacancy from Rhode Island First District to be held July 26 at the Providence Public Schools office. Includes eligibility, age, height and residency rules and submission deadline to Hon. Thos. B. Stockwell. Also an advertisement for Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic claiming to aid digestion and vitality with physician endorsements.
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