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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1879

Page

2

Distant Glimpses From A Varied 19th Century Page

The selection surveys international politics and industry with items on Erie Canal and DeWitt Clinton, Vanderbilt wealth, London and English law, and the English Parliament. It notes Prince Louis Napoleon, Vermont’s heat, and aHarper’s issue preview while praising Chambers's Cyclopedia of English Literature and listing its prices and discounts.

Chambers Morocco American Book Exchange Beekman Street New York Ixco

Toulon and its winds and baths amid the Mediterranean

The narrator describes Toulon as a historic French naval hub on the Var coast, once besieged by England and Spain, with a modern harbor and fortifications. He laments the mistral wind and city filth, contrasts it with Tamaris gardens, and notes the climate and sea views, admiring foreign plant life and Mediterranean scenes.

Touton Lours France Poantx Toulon Department Var Paris Mediterranean Brest Atlantic Europe Telo Martius Marseilles Arles Charles of Anjou Louis XIV Francoisist Tres Grande Et Tresforte Charles the Henry Sainte Catherine Saint Antoine Louis Vauban Harse England Holland Savoy Bonaparte Chefleu Draguignon Port de la Montagne Riviera Mistral Strabo The Midi Africa Bay of San Francisco California Tamaris Bay Pacific

May Weather And Court Of Probate Notes

Fine weather for May and a note about Decoration Day next Friday accompany a Providence Court of Probate session that examined claims against Henry Codman’s estate for five hours. Guardian Samuel P. Colt approved bills around 4500 dollars. Also advertised is a Providence Opera House weeklong engagement of A M Palmer’s Union Square Theatre Company performing The Banker's Daughter with original cast and scenery. The funeral of Seth Lincoln was held at his Hope Street home with a large gathering including forty National Rubber Co. employees.

Court of Probate Henry Codman Samuel P. Colt Providence Opera House A. M. Palmer Union Square Theatre Company New York J. W. Collier Banker's Daughter Seth Lincoln Hope Street W. W. Morrison National Rubber Co

Knowledge Free in Library Warmth and Civic Duty

A discussion extols libraries as free gateways to knowledge and civic improvement. It contrasts past hardships with present access, then transitions to the Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bristol Home for Destitute Children, detailing Board actions, finances, staff, and gifts including a deed of gift from Elisha Hathaway. It notes a death in town and council actions about streets, taxes, and a library grant, ending with a commemorative tribute to Seth Lincoln.

Bristol The Baptist Church Lawless Dr. Morrison Elisha Hathaway Bristol Neck Hathaway Pueyrx C. A. Greene Poenix Board of Managers Seth Lincoln State Street M. E. Church Mark Robert Ho George A Simmons Gant Robert H Edward Catherine Canden Hook George A. Simmons

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