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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1884

Page

2

New England Southern Conference Meets in New Bedford

The New England Southern Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church will hold its next annual session at the County Street M E Church in New Bedford Massachusetts starting April 9 with Bishop Randolph Foster presiding. Berlin uses electricity to hatch chickens with a circular incubator over a heated wire coil and a thermostat that cuts power to regulate temperature.

New England Southern Conference The Methodist Episcopal Church County Street M. E. Church New Bedford Mass Randolph Foster Berlin

Southern manufacturing growth draws large capital into mills

Statistics show since January 1 the South Atlantic states Kentucky and Tennessee attracted 28,200,000 in manufacturing investment. Of this 3,200,000 was directed to cotton mills. A vast share of Northern and Western capital flows into Southern industries.

South South Atlantic States Kentucky Tennessee Bureau of Statistics Pharis Washington Mexico United States Republic

Changes observed in Sirius motion suggests a bound orbit

Researchers report Sirius shows slower recession from Earth, implying a closed, relatively small orbit. Greenwich Observatory studied forty five stars spectroscopically last year to detect changes in apparent proper motion.

Greenwich Observatory

Treacherous memory and a frostbitten year recall

A fragment from the Virginia Advertiser of March 11 1784 in Alexandria notes winter’s record cold and a dangerous Potomac crossing. It also recounts March ice break up and early rail and trade insights in Mexico, showing 19th century commerce expanding with U S rail links and markets.

Virginia Advertiser Alexandria Potomac Georgetown Shepherd's Fish Wharf Potomack

Frank Leslies Sunday Magazine April issue features varied articles

The April number presents editor Rev. T. De Witt Talmage essays and Home Pulpit sermon Practical Sympathy and The Royal Exile. It includes A Pilgrim in Yellowstone Park Goethe Easter Festivities at St. Petersburg and Founding Asylum of New York City among illustrated pieces with works by several authors. Price 25 cents single, $2.50 yearly postpaid. Frank Leslie Publisher 8, 55 and 7 Park Place New York.

Frank Lesum Founding Asylum New York City Alfreton Hervey Leigh Norval Rev. E. Rand A. E Alexander J. F. Clay-Morgan J. Alexander Patten Helen W. Pierson L. T. Meade Josephine R. Williams Frank Leslie Park Place New York

A Lively Verse on Kindness and Hospitality

The poem urges kindness to children and elders and to greet strangers warmly. It emphasizes offering shelter and clothing to those in need and honoring every guest with respect and a smile.

Inventors and Patents Highlight Surprising Ventures

A newspaper piece surveys patent schemes from a window fastener promising millions to a churn on a moving vehicle to a belt worm trap. It notes shaky fortunes, a Georgia worm trap, and a notable wife securing a $50 000 naval appropriation for her inventor husband. Washington, D. C. KEPLER. It also touts Boston furniture maker Paine's and Italian and Swiss imports with illustrated lists on request.

Georgia Washington Naval Washington, D. C Kepler

Rents Hold Steady Amid City Shifts and Bankrupts

Landlords expect rents to stay near current levels as Brooklyn soaks up population and uptown prices rise. In lower Manhattan first class buildings still command high rents with busy trade. Cyrus W Field reports heavy building traffic with tens of thousands passing daily. the Wash ington building hosts 18,000 daily visitors while other towers see 10,000 to 35,000. A Brooklyn priest explains the late editor Thomas Kinsella’s Catholic burial despite divorce, noting repentance allowed burial and Kinsella provided for his former wife in life.

Brooklyn Cyrus W. Field Washington Building the Battery Field New Produce Exchange Mills Boreel Kinsella Mr. Kinsella

Copying boom invades rural homes with cheap portraits

A writer exposes an emerging industry where canvassers, book agents, and sewing machine pushers flood rural areas. Copying houses produce daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, miniatures, and oil copies. agents promise quick money with a $6 outfit and a magnifying glass, selling portraits and promises of fixes to blemishes.

New York Boston Philadelphia United States

Democratic caucus at Town Hall for state convention delegates

Democratic caucus at Town Hall next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock to elect delegates for the Providence state convention on the 19th for nominating state officers and choosing delegates to the Chicago national convention. Donations acknowledged for the Children's Home include gifts from Captain Lawless Hannah Smith Ezra Dixon and Mrs Munro for the month ending March 11, 1884.

The Children’s Home Captain Lawless Hannah Smith Ezra Dixon Court House Providence Nonce Town Hall Chicago Dalegatea Slade’s Hall Mhléin James C. Salisbury

The Question of the Age On drunkenness and reform

An editorial reprints from the New York Weekly Tribune March 5 calling drunkenness the supreme social and political evil. It argues government failure, calls for renewed abolitionist zeal, and questions licensing as a cure while urging Bristol to act against the illegal rum traffic.

New York Weekly Tribune Bristol Paanix the Tribune Friends of License

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