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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1886

Page

2

Record of varied data points from 3G Canada to Texas cattle losses

Population figures for 3G Canada and Kentucky noted alongside area, drought losses to Texas cattlemen, and wheat production losses. Silver dollar production from mints for a week ending July 10 tallies. Six month fire losses in U S and Canada given. Describes thermometer tube seasoning needs and a local accident involving Sgt Patrick Lamb. Mentions a short love story by Mrs Jamey O Lillie in Harper's.

Innovations and Notes from Global Science and Society

Various short items include electric heating to scale boiler incrustations in Calais, phosphorescent cement from calcium sulphide in London, and DeLesseps’ Panama Canal estimate of 120 million dollars. Reports cover Bartlett Reef Lightship traffic, ice cream poisoning theories, grasshopper swarms near Sanborn California, Ansline oil as local anaesthetic, and London chalk aquifer drawdown. Italian tremor records hint at earthquake prediction. New Haven Journal cites congressional church affiliation statistics.

Marsh Family Association to Hold Third Gathering at Lake Pleasant

The Marsh Family Association invites all Marsh descendants to a three day basket picnic at Lake Pleasant Montagne Mass July 20 21 and 22 1886 with ample hotel accommodations on site. Railroad travelers should buy Lake Pleasant tickets with coupons for free return until September. The note also mentions Langdon's estimate of 3 000 000 000 birds in North America and 5 000 000 killed annually for millinery and exports.

Marsh Family Association Marsh Lake Pleasant Montagne Mass Fanna P. Frers George and Delaney Fitts Franklin Street Mr. Stevens Hi. F North Cemetery

Congressional furor over President veto of pension bills in 1886

Our Washington Letter reports stormy scenes in Congress as President Cleveland vetoes numerous veteran pension claims. Gen Grosvenor attacks the executive, accusing him of dictating legislation and sparing favored cases like Fitz-John Porter while neglecting widows such as Mrs Grant and Sarah B Bradley.

Washington Washmerton D. C Congress Plumb Senate Pension Office Cleveland Gen. Grosvenor Ohio United States Legislative Department Union Grant Hancock Nashville Mr. Grosvenor Fitz-John Porter Sarah B. Bradley Boutelle Maine Goddess of Liberty

Fashionable gentlemen’s attire shifts to industrial precision

Special correspondence notes tailors fade from old guilds as the capital system and ready to wear production redefine style. It highlights the Saratoga scarf Grenadine and the lawn bow as the new dressy fittings, with regatta bows of striped frosted silk and back buckles marking contemporary menswear.

Esson and Store Corporation of Sewers Saratoga

Byfield School painting proposals invited

The attention of painters is invited to a request for proposals for painting the Byfield School building. Elder H. Sweet of Fairhaven Mass will preach in the Advent Chapel tomorrow afternoon and evening. After dry spells, showers brought welcome rain. The Bristol Light Infantry plans a festival to fund a uniform.

Byfield School Elder CO. H. Sweet Fairhaven Mass Advent Chapel English and Classical School Messrs. Goff, Rice & Smith Snow Street Providence Bristol Light Infantry Wood Street

Donations and town notes from Warren and Bristol

A record of donations to the Children’s Home during July 1886, school board minutes, drain pipe allowance, and town accounts. A reader’s note recounts a pupil concert in Armory Hall, praise for Prof Hood, and a Bristol-Phoenix item on marriages and notices. Also obituary for Miss Fanna P. Frers and an August issue tease for Peterson’s Magazine.

Children’s Home Drury Martin Bennett Henry Tilley C. Fales A. L. Case Charles Deering S. A. Gould S. P. Colt H. A. Stevens Congregational Church Patty Gladding Charles Barbour John Diman F. Gertrude Allen Tas Mesars Herreshoff Christie Thompson de Freitas State Street Akron Borror Warren Armory Hall W.N. Ackley Warren Society Providence Daily B. W. Hood Providence Dean Worcester Cincinnati B. M. Bosworth Bristol Hood Oxserven

Hood's Sarsaparilla and Rheumatism Claims

The advertisement asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla cures rheumatism by correcting blood acidity and purifying vital fluids. It urges sufferers to give the remedy a fair trial based on past cures and strong efficacy.

Hood C. I. Hood & CO Lowell Mass

Also Mentioned on This Page

The Bristol Phenix Canada Kentucky Camden Prince of Wales Australia Rhode Island States Texas Agricultural Bureau Dy Paul H. Hayne Southern Post Copsehill Grovetown Georgia Mexico Patrick Lamb Jamey O. Lillie Harper's de Barbadoesa Calais France London Byt DeLesseps Panama Canal Isthmus Bartlett's Reef Sanborn Oak B&e New Haven Journal F. W. Langdon Harper Charles Dudley Warner Bar Harbor Natural Bridge G. S. B. Lor Einhart Cambridge, Mass Fire Ins. Co Local Affairs Anna M. Kendall Birdie Kendall Stevens Mr. Palmer M. E Martin Bennett, Jr Hartford Conn Col C. H. Spooner Hope Street Rogers Free Library Byfield Street Jane P. Fenner B. M. Lincoln H. H. Tilley Sy" Rogers Free Library Walpole Paris Sara Nature Bigelow Josiah Allen Frances Courtenay Baylor Nicholas Chums Severne U. S. Tenth Genius Byfield Samuel Norris, Jr Annie J. Adams Lida Fitch Mx. Eorror Bradford Streat Lima RY Phenix Uncle Ned Boston Orton J. BR New York Anthony Henry B Royal Washington National Pratt Chicago Navy Register Marine Corps Ren. Perley Poore U. S Secretary of Treasury Symons Jonathan Barey Eayprian Philadelphia U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry James Prix Ruppx United States Patent Office Franklin H. Hough F Street N. W Washington, D. C Henry L. Esten W. R. Dutemple Barstow James N. Arnold Narragansett Nathan, Jr Mary Ann Rawson James O. Bontecue Almira W George H. Burgess Mary E Isaac Simmons John Fletcher Julia Maria Nichols Richard Livesey Waterman Hannah Jeremiah Williams Watson John Plymouth Elizabeth Raynolds Watts Mercy Joshua Finney Weaver Elisha Newport Mary Walker John Usher Welch Henry Dighton Judith Whitmore John C Emma Parker William L. Brower RB. I Abby P Jabez L. Allen Edmund Roxbury Sarah Raynolds John Burt Wells Samuel J. C Mary Ann Palmer Jonathan Cady Westcote Rebecca Benjamin Brown Weston Ezra Duxborough Priscilla Virgin Richard Cooper Daniel Bradford West William Elizabeth May Ebenezer Hannah Wilson Samuel Mercy Munro Jane Hicks Frances Gibbs Benjamin Elizabeth Smith Dorothy John Ady Parnel Hezekiah Mason Mary Robert Elsterbrooks, Jr Abigail Isaac Waldron John, Jr Mary Thurrell John Hicks James Lydia West Lydia James West Sarah Fuller Swansey Charles Thomson Nathaniel Hicks Rebecca Sheldon Henry Wight Prudence Gilbert Richmond Nathaniel H Nellie Easterbrooks Imber Baker Priscilla Ephraim Simmons Asa Phebe Austis Lindsey William Harris Jemima William Wilson Fidelis Alfred Carter Luther Wheeler Maris Hezek Ephraim Angeline Munro Ichabod Thomas W. Tucker Wheeler Luther Rehoboth Fidelis West Thomas Catherine Edward Hyde Harriet G Robert A. Knox Wheelwright Jeremiah Mary Bosworth Wheton Samuel, Jr Prudence Salisbury Whitaker Experience Simmons Whitemarsh Seth Joseph Susannah White Noah Hall Sarah Ann Spencer Pratt Charles J. Peterson Chestnut St W. F. Woop Bloomington Sherman J. C. Gallup Hope and State Streets R. I James M. Gifford Francis G. Bowen Mount Hope Avenue Mn Hope Avenue Juniper Hill Cemetery C. H. BR. Doringh C. H. RB Doringh Burdock Blood Price Foster, Milburn & CO Buffalo Brazton’s Easterbrook Wellesley GEO Braxton Gladding Mahwken St. Michael's Factory G. L. Locke Richard Saith Glading Annie Maria Henry Mahnken Newmann Josephine Newmann James Meigs Rupall Erie Penn Charlotte A. Rupall Jno. Ru Phoenix Marine Journal Port of BB. Borden, Mason F. River RB. Borden Mason Fall River Ladoga Ingraham Dido Heooky Point R. Borden Kate Callahan Hart Porth Amboy Seth Paull Albion Halleck Hoboken Schr Toeazer Collins Portsmouth Nellie Haton Knowlton Dallas Wardwell Lumber Co Hursday Riday Ras Bristol Hotel Mra J. W. Nolan Constitution Street James C. Manchester Read Howe Street Burton Street Julian John Lake Bristol Pump and Engine Company R.I Julian Goff Rice & Smith Kerr’s Lewando’s Butterick Joshua Gray Waltham Watches Westminster Street Providence, R. I B. H. Gladding India Hope Street Line Love Rocks Bristol Neck Thin Bon Ton A. Brownell Otis Munro Providence Furniture CO Provinence Furniture Co New England Wilton Axminster Brussels Ingrain Providence Furniture Company Providence Furniture Dorrance Street Wwf F. H. Cady High Street B.H. Gladding & Co Lovell Glove Co Lovell Simpson & Co Gifford & Simpson R. N. Stearns & Co Lovell Glove Company Bon Marche Arcade
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