Bristol Phoenix in Bristol, Rhode Island

Vast Historical Snippets of World Events and Oddities

A broad collage notes harvest ads, real estate moves in Scranton, widows of Italian counts in Turin, Napoleon’s papal gift, San Francisco fire damage, ReadingMass tragedy, German foraging champagne, a bean splitting machine, Savannah’s 1819 Atlantic crossing, a grain counting tale, Beirut grave monument, a U S treasury detective to Europe, Georgia paper mill founder, soap marketing puffery, German bankers’ bond plans, a colored orator’s misstep, Molly Neptune’s 112th birthday claim, Carl Seuerz on appointment rottenness, Pittsfield school pillar collapse, Tweed serenade, a Swanzey hog, Arthur collector ties, mass bunkers at Cape May, cod-liver oil butter, Nevada salt mountain, Spanish cabinet resignations, Michigan horse thieves, Western thief lore, Tammany campaign costs, Shandley campaign banners, a Newmarket NH turkey with 80 eggs.