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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1876
Page
2
A reflective piece arguing that modern lax morals stem from weak home culture. It claims parents must actively educate children and enforce restraint to prevent crime, arguing that upbringing shapes juries, lawyers, and future citizens, with praise for John Quincy Adams as a model of parental influence.
Richard Grant White named librarian of the Astor library. The Dutch are not as slow as claimed and plan moves against John Clifton. Cuban market shows a lull while the U.S. weighs Madrid diplomacy. Winslow seeks return, denies accomplice. Bancroft’s History of the United States revised in six octavo volumes at 2.25 each. Grand Central Hotel lowers rates to 8.00 to 4.00 per day for Centennial preparations.
The quarterly meeting of School Superintendents will be held Monday at 10 o'clock at the Providence Commissioner of Public Schools office. GSA Colored Mission of Trinity parish opened Sunday at Wood Street Chapel. Congregational Sunday school meets tomorrow afternoon at 4. Services at Trinity Church Odd Fellows Hall tomorrow with morning prayer and holy communion at 10, evening prayer at 7. Rev George Denham of East Boston to officiate. The third Lent sermon in the parish series will be preached next Thursday at First Baptist Church by Rt Rev T M Clark, Bishop of the Diocese.
From New York March 8 1876 correspondence the article laments a nationwide impeachment shock from Washington corruption. It notes public anger over the Tweed trials and praises Carleton's new monthly Record of the Year, edited by Frank Moore, with engravings including a steel portrait of William Astor. It mentions Charles OConor’s dramatic courtroom return and renewed prosecution efforts.
The Monday night concert by the Zerrahn Choral Union and volunteers delighted night school students and families, while High School singing and reading earned praise. Bristol County Supreme Court term opened with Durfee and Matteson. juries sworn, cases disposed, notable verdicts in Mechanics' Machine Co. v Streeter and Windsor v Viall, embezzlement and assault indictments, several divorces granted or held for advisement, term adjourned to April 10 1876.
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