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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1886

Page

2

News and notes from a late 19th century issue

A collage of brief items including a maroon clad man with a long living peony plant in Ti, a plan to build a Washington palace for Chinese representatives, San Francisco newsboys forming a union, a Methodist missionary named chief physician of the Chinese army, railway fatalities in New Jersey, and a Michigan wooden dish plant shipping daily. Also notes on Brooklyn Bridge traffic, U S debt, con artists in Providence, Beecher sailing, Irish home rule hopes, Newport artillery forming, naptha losses on the Volga, Euphrates marsh decline, a Prussian coal bore, Pan-Electric litigation, and a June 22 patent list from Rhode Island inventors.

Paris Salon 1886 and Grand Prix Report by Bourne

George T. Bourne reviews the 104th Paris Salon opening May 1 with 5416 works including 2488 oil paintings and notes American entries rising to 112. He praises Jules Lefebvre’s prize win, reflects on Detaille and DeNeuville, and comments on Brouureau, Vibert, and Bourgureau. He shifts to the Grand Prix de Paris horse race, recounting a rainy Sunday, empty grandstands, and an English winner, ending with a wry remark on transit and Paris nightlife.

Paris United States Memtion Knight Weeks Stewart Benjamin Constant Justinien Jules Lefebvre Detaille DeNeuville New York Morgan Vibert Jules Breton Schauss Bourgureau Cabanel Gerome Bonnat Mr. Paste Bois de Boulogne Avenue Bois de Boulogne Champs Elysees Jardin de Paris Mabille Geo. T. Bourne

Latest Parisian fashions and Providence directory notes

Our New York Letter lauds a bustling fashion scene with cut price bargains, new fabrics like Latin de Alsace and Mohair Alpaca, and seaside wear in navy wool serge. It also highlights decorative accoutrements, hat trims, mantles, and bead outlining. Then it shifts to Sampson Murdock & Co announcing the first Providence Town Directory of 1824, listing population, occupations, streets, banks, and institutions. Also an endorsement for Ayer’s Ague Care as a reliable malarial remedy.

New York Ridleys Alsace Mousselin de Jaine Crepon Tony Messrs. Sampson, Murdock & Co North Main Street Providence Brown & Danforth Messia Sampson & Murdock Rhode Island Bristol Warren Barrington Newport Westerly Peterson Lucy H. Hooper Frank Lee Benedict Charles J. Peterson Chestnut Street Philadelphia

Bristol Brass Band and Local Notices Highlight Summer Events

Friday meeting of the BTA Y Association accepts invitation to July 5 parade. Miss Abby Munro returns from Mount Pleasant. Summer Sale at Woman's Exchange announced with sewing services offered. Rev Otis Range to speak on Prohibition in Town Hall. Local road survey notes mud and drainage issues on Hope Street. Advertisements for printing services and a farm accident report. Court repairs planned for the town hall and religious services noted. Community notices cover sidewalks, taxes, and a long marriage intentions list from Bristol records.

Abby D. Munro Laing Mount Pleasant Otis J. Range Connecticut Town Hall Bristol Temperance Union Range Good Templars Providence East Providence Providence, Warren and Bristol Radioad Company Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad Company Providence and Bristol Hairoad Company General Assembly Iso Providence Daily Journal Conunty Bristol Phanty Bristol

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