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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1896
Page
2
The issue prints Gen Weyler's stern directives to Cuban loyalists, promising harsh measures for rebels and urging restraint. It also reviews Judge White of Missouri lampooning bogus patriotism and urges law and order amid mob actions, plus a moon-related joke from Attleboro and Illinois.
A sermon by Talmage critiques Satan as a polished, socially adept figure and cites public newspaper judgments about town papers. Quotations from Inter Ocean and Camille Flammarion frame views on media and moral conduct. The piece also reports 1895 state institution statistics: Cranston totals 3,218 admissions and 1,946 remaining residents by year end.
At a March 2 1896 meeting the Town Council voted to recommend a tax not less than sixty three thousand dollars nor more than sixty four thousand dollars on heritable estates for the current year. Any surplus and other unprovided income should reduce the town debt, with a five percent discount for early payment and six percent annual interest on late taxes.
The Sixth District Y M C A of Massachusetts and Rhode Island outlines a weekend program with meetings, receptions, and banquets. Events include Friday committee sessions at XY M C A rooms, a reception at G A BR Hall, and Sunday addresses in multiple churches with speakers from Manchester Providence and Brown University. Also notes the Thrice a Week World subscription offer with a year price of 2.50.
A dense OCR fragment lists books and authors with publication formats and prices, including Kipling Second Jungle Book, Gray Reproach, Andersen Fairy Tales, Scott Walter Scott works, Bede, Balsamo the Magician, Milner Memoir, Besant, Field Eugene Roswell Martin, and Behouler History of the United States, with scattered prices and catalog numbers.
At the county courthouse on Saturday Sheriff Philo V. Cady sold the interest in the John B. Pearce estate and the Mary B L Pearse estate on Byfield and State streets to Alexander G Sanford of Warren administrator for $350. The May Supreme Court execution for $8600 against National Eagle Bank of Bristol prompted the sale. The sheriff postponed the estate of A J Bullock on Bristol Neck for another week.
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