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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1896
Page
3
The document denounces Cuba under Spanish administration detailing suffrage limits, tax burdens, official salaries, and civil weakness. It notes a small native electorate, heavy taxation on sugar and imports, limited public education funding, few roads and lighthouses, and widespread corruption.
Workers at the old Glad ding house on Eugene Leclair’s property at Constitution Street uncovered coins dating from 1702 to 1776, including a copper cent with a George II medallion. A silver spoon and brass gun powder pouch remnants were also retrieved, with some coins noted as potentially rare and valuable.
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Mary A Leahy left John Leahy's home on Metacom Avenue January 17 to go to Warren promising to return the next evening She left Warren January 21 saying she was going home to Bristol Since that time no trace of her has been found Police have contacted all her acquaintances but nothing has been heard Two weeks later John A Easterbrooks recalls meeting Miss Leahy walking near the Pomham Club on a Saturday about 5 pm February 1 She was headed toward Riverside from East Providence wearing a black green skirt gray waist gray velvet sleeves long plush manteau large black felt hat with feathers and may be 35 years old The Bristol Light Battery squad visited Warren for an exhibition drill and sabre routine under Lt Charles W Abbott as Rhode Island militia inspector Also advertised was engraving services for business cards invitations and announcements
Article discusses British officer Captain Lang serving under Li Hung Chang in China. He accepts a covert coadmiral title while Admiral Ting holds real authority. Tensions arise when Ting is separated from Lang, leading to Lang's command being unofficially overridden by Commodore Liu. The piece cites Blackwood's Magazine.
In a New York Tribune quotation the First Vestryman notes a clergyman may feel unused as he outlives usefulness while the Second Vestryman suggests people react to loss when he does not act.
The saying First catch your hare is often attributed to Mire. Gilasa Cook Book by Dr John Hill from the eighteenth century. An early edition shows the line as First case that is akin your hare indicating a misreading and variant wording.
The Boston Opera Company appears at the Providence Opera House on Monday to Wednesday with a large seventy piece orchestra led by S. L. Studley. Notable artists include Henry Clay Barnabee and Jessie Bartlett Davis in a varied repertoire. Also notes Rhode Island Republican and Democratic state ticket developments and a new ticket numbering machine at the Poanix office.
William W. Adams of 127 South Avenue Rochester says he was near death from kidney disease when doctors planned an operation. He began using Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy and rapidly recovered, gaining weight and remaining well since. He praises the remedy highly.
In a testimonial Mrs. Adams describes severe health decline due to dyspepsia. After using Dr. David Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy she recovered and returned to activity. The product is claimed to purify blood and support liver and kidney health, aiding rheumatism and urinary issues.
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