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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1883

Page

2

Beecher Birthday Observed at Brooklyn Academy of Music

The event marks Rev Henry Ward Beecher's seventyeth birthday celebrated at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on a Monday night. A New York judge Noah Davis asserts that liquor traffic drives over ninety percent of city crimes. Massachusetts Democrats delay naming a Governor candidate, Butler seen as leading.

Henry Ward Beecher Brooklyn Academy of Music Noah Davis New York New York City

Immigrant Ship Fornessia Brings Assisted Poor to New York

A 575 passenger steamer arrived from Liverpool with two thirds of the travelers listed as assisted immigrants. Immigration officials found most were paupers sent by Ireland’s poor law guardians and funded by government passage money. Destinations include Connecticut Rhode Island New York and Massachusetts with others bound for Ohio Illinois and New Hampshire and families averaging little more than $2.50 per adult. A separate Paterson note reports William Sutcliffe building a wooden boiler steamboat for the Passaic River using an ale cask boiler capable of 200 psi, tested up to 40 psi, marking a historic first in steam with a wooden boiler.

Fornessia New York Liverpool Castle Garden Emigration Commissioners Poor Law Guardians of Ireland Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts Ohio Ilinois New Hampshire Paterson William Sutcliffe Passaic River Sutcliffe Paterson Locomotive Works New York Sun Gotham Bobby Swim the Herald Broadway The Herald Norman L. Munro Munro Charley Backus Charley San Francisco Birch Backus John Devoy August Belmont Devoy Jay Gould American Yacht Club Wall Street American Club New York Yacht Club Gould

The Dawn of History edited by C F Keary

A two part popular science work from the British Museum outlining early human life before history. Topics include Earliest Traces of Man growth of language village life religion mythologies writing and folk tales priced at 15 cents each published by J Fitzgerald New York.

C. F. Keary British Museum J. Fitzgerald Lafayette Place New York

New Library Additions Include Classics and Biographies

Rogers Free Library adds Goethe works in translation seven volumes New England Life volume two History of the United States McMaster volume one From Kapokog to Perth and Elizabeth Prentiss letters Knockabott Club and Peggy and Other Stories by Florence Montgomery announced for the coming week.

Bee Rogers Free Library Goethe New England United States McMaster

Miss Emma Lesterger In Rubber Works Accident

Miss Emma Lesterger employed in the shoe room at the Rubber Works was caught between a room post and a moving shoe stick car on Friday the 22nd. She suffered two broken ribs and bruises to head and shoulders. Prompt surgical aid was given.

Emma Lesterger Rubber Works

Elmer W Harris to Sail for Europe After Boston Tour

Mr Elmer W Harris famed American exposer of spirit returns to Boston from Canada and schedules July 23 and 24 Town Hall appearances. He will depart August 1 for a two year engagement in Europe exposing phenomena from Rochester rappings to Roscoe’s materializations and flowers.

Elmer W. Harris Boston Canada Town Hall America Europe Eveything Rochester Roscoe

Pastors Return Receives Gifts At St Mary’s Parish

Rev. C J Rocns, after health rest in Atlantic City, was honored at St Mary’s basement with a flower basket and generous donation from parish ladies. Miss Maggie Campbell delivered a grateful presentation urging continued prayers and years of service to the flock. Rev Father Rogers replied briefly.

C. J. Rocns St. Mary’s Church Atlantic City N.J Hom St. Mary’s Pete Father St. Mary's Father Rogers

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