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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1872

Page

2

Dye Bristol Bhan

A brief notice from Saturday morning November 30, 1872 records an event involving Dye Bristol Bhan. The fragmentary item notes the date and time, with no further context or details available in the readable text.

The Yankee Heart and Gifts Across the Nation

A tribute to American generosity and unity, praising Yankee compassion shown in famine relief and fires, with praise for hospitals, colleges, and wartime aid. It extols national character, saying Yankees give beyond fear, with millions donated in crises and a duty to help enemies alike.

Chicago Boston South Atlantic Coast Legion Washington Philadelphia Union

A New Text Book Wanted for Education of the Land

The piece argues that aging educators provide essential wisdom and experience beyond youth. It calls for a department of history in seminaries to depict the lives and lessons of venerable figures, preserving memories of those who endured to teach the young.

America

Leading Youth Through Self Benefit in New Department

The speaker argues the young should profit from new instructions while the aged receive little attention. The aim is to present the department as advantageous to students, guiding them toward a favorable outcome. The metaphor compares managing expectations to an Irishman's pig, guiding youths with the illusion of Dublin while directing them to Cork.

Dublin Cork

Vessels Wrecked in English Channel with Heavy Losses

Dozens of ships were wrecked in the English Channel on Saturday and many lives were lost. Weather conditions and rough seas contributed to the maritime disaster affecting multiple vessels and crews.

English Channel

U S Troops Withdraw From Island of San Juan

United States forces left the island of San Juan on Friday following a decision by Emperor William amid political changes and imperial decree.

United States San Juan Willian

Clock rumor about Stonington church steeple debunked

The Norwich Bulletin notes a circulated paragraph claiming a clock on the Baptist church steeple in Stonington fell. It calls the account substantially correct but states there was no clock and no steeple on that church, contradicting the claim.

Norwich Bulletin Stonington

New York City Murderers Need A Grand Home

The New York Times mocks the present state of affairs in the city arguing that the Tombs prison is too damp and gloomy. It proposes fitting up a lavish home for murderers with modern conveniences including a shooting gallery and toxicology study facilities.

The New York Times

Mail robber on New Haven route linked to letters mislaid

The arrest of another mail robber on the New Haven cars is said to explain the disappearance of letters on that route. The thief is Alden B. Lawrence, a brakeman who could enter the postal car off duty and helped the Boston distributing clerk who stopped at Springfield. He allegedly took money from letters and burned them afterward.

New Haven Alden B. Lawrence Boston Springfield

Pardon Considered for Ex-Paymaster Hodge

The pardon for ex Paymaster Hodge who was sentenced to ten years for embezzlement is said to be linked to using him as a witness against New York brokers who allegedly speculated with government funds. Officials believe Hodge was drawn into defalcation by others rather than intent to defraud.

Ter Hodge New York

Boston Rebuilding Gathers Pace After Ruin

Boston streets, once a mass of ruins, revive as travel routes and commercial life. Summer Street thrives with shops and new premises. Washington Street clears for building material. Confidence returns, likened to a city rising after a great funeral, with plans for a remarkable rebuild surpassing the old.

Boston Summer Street Washington Street

American ingenuity face to face with Austrian protection

The text argues that Austrian interference hampers American inventors and that U S interests seek protection abroad. It claims Europe’s stance could enrich the exposition with American inventions or force the Yankee to stay home with his devices.

Austria America

Boston urged to aid the poor after calamity abroad

A plea from observers in the hub urges Boston to keep aiding the scarred citys poor this winter. They acknowledge limits but insist duty requires helping creditors and laborers, arguing national solidarity with Pilgrim city residents and calling for action beyond words.

Boston Athens

Printing-house Fire Sparks Boston Recovery Effort

The Rand and Avery printing-house burned, a major disaster that damaged an extensively equipped facility. It housed high quality materials and fine output, but will be rebuilt quickly to restore Boston’s printing skills and enterprise recovering from the loss.

Rand and Avery Boston

Italians Deceived by Fraudsters Face Punishment

The writer condemns scammers who fleeced Italians and sent them to New York with no means to live. He calls for severe punishment or imprisonment if they avoid consequences and urges authorities to seek justice for the affected migrants.

New York Buenos Ayres

Reverend Bray Preaches on Pestilence and Horses

The Rev Mr Bray of New Haven delivered a sermon last Sabbath from Exodus 9 8 and Amos 4 10. He spoke of the Lord’s hand upon the horses and of pestilence sent among the people, drawing upon the ancient passages to warn and exhort his congregation.

Mr. Bray New Haven Egypt

Store safes survive blaze as others lose contents

The Boston Journal notes A Stanfield & Brother at 52 and 54 High Street lost all in their safe, Geo Packer of 88 High Street suffered the same, while Foster Bros Co saved Herring safe contents at 38 Summer Street. Field Thayer Whitcomb saved a large Pearl Street vault, and Chase Merritt Blanchard fared similarly. Ward at 28 Pearl Street lost books and papers entrusted to Valentine Butler Safe and Lock Co.

Boston Journal Messrs. A. Stanfield & Brother High Street Geo. Packer Foster, Bros. & Co Herring Summer Street Field, Thayer & Whitcomb Pearl Street Chase, Merritt & Blanchard C. H. Ward Valentine & Butler Safe and Lock Company

Energy and Pluck Ballou's Magazine Rebounds After Fire

After a great Boston fire destroyed Ballou's Monthly Magazine offices the publishers bought a new space within a day and rushed the January issue into production. The piece praises the editors for their resilience and urges community support for the publication.

Ballou's Monthly Boston Ballou's

Debut as South End boarding house owner after fire

The Boston Journal recounts a middle aged man who lost all in the fire leaving him poor while his wife, born to luxury, salvages the family by becoming the landlady of a South End boarding house.

Boston The Boston Journal South End

New Planet Found in Taurus by Ann Arbor Observatory

Prof. Watson of Ann Arbor Observatory reports Monday night the discovery of a new planet in Taurus. It has right ascension 65 degrees 26 minutes and declination 19 degrees 34 minutes north, shines near tenth magnitude, and moves nearly parallel to the equator.

Prof. Watson Ann Arbor Observatory Taurus

Fish Failures Hit Boston Merchants Hurting Cape Cod Fishers

The Boston Transcript reports sharp failures among Boston fish merchants causing distress among Cape Cod fishermen. Many are ruined after a hard summer, leaving nothing for winter. Purchases were made under provoking circumstances just before the collapses, worsening the losses for the poor fishermen.

Boston Cape Cod Boston Transcript

A. T. Stewart Builds at Hempstead Plains L I

New York developers report A Stewart plans for Hempstead Plains Long Island as 100 elegant houses cost 15000 dollars each rise with boulevards and railroads. Stewart says he has nothing to sell. Rumors swirl his sewing girls home in Manhattan may become a mammoth hotel.

A. T. Stewart Hempstead Plains L. I Stewart New York Springfield

Israelites plan settlement in America with 40000 people

A Washington letter reports Europeans chiefly Roumanian and Continental Jews propose to found a colony in the United States. A company with 1500000 dollars capital plans to settle 8000 families, about 40000 people, and asks the General Land Office to grant title to 250000 acres on condition of annual settlements.

General Land Office Washington Europe America United States

No More Recerne Relief Fund Appeals Urged

The Chicago Evening Post urges the city Relief Committee to stop begging for funds. It states the fund is oversubscribed with hundreds of thousands of dollars on hand, wages are high, and most people can support themselves without winter aid.

Chicago Evening Post Relief Committee The Post United States John B. Gough Leon Case Edward Wowland Jos. B. Lyman E Edwin Mnall Horace Greeley Philip Ripley Albert Brisbane F. B Perkins Hartford J B. Burr & Hyde Artford Conn Chicago Cincinnati Ohio

Iowa editor offers self for stove pipe at three cents a foot

An Iowa editor, worn by reliance on the printing business, proposes to sell himself for a stove pipe at three cents per foot. The odd advertisement highlights the precarious finances of small-town newspaper work.

Iowa

Winter term to begin at public schools Monday

The winter term of the town's public schools will commence on Monday next, marking the start of the new academic schedule and classroom activities for students and teachers. The notice invites families to prepare supplies and attend any introductory sessions.

Quickstep Engine Co Ball Held at Town Hall

Quickstep Engine Co No 2 held its second annual ball at Town Hall on Friday evening the 22d inst. The spar buoy that drifted from its fastenings near Pappasquash Point weeks ago was restored to its place last Monday.

Quickstep Engine Co. No 2 Town Hall Pappasquash Point

Excelsior Cornet Band Holds Third Annual Thanksgiving Ball

The Excelsior Cornet Band hosted its third annual Thanksgiving ball in Town Hall on Thursday evening with strong attendance and festive atmosphere.

Excelsior Cornet Band Town Hall

Social praise meeting announced for Saturday evening

A praise meeting will be held this Saturday at eight o'clock in the rooms of the Christian Association.

The Christian Association Y. M. C. Association Asylum Middle District

Thanksgiving Turkey Feast Sparks Town Debate

Report notes light showers and thunder at seven in the morning and at noon. Citizens joke about families devouring the Ottoman Empire in a day by eating Turkey for Thanksgiving.

Our Ottoman Empire Turkey

Minstrels Give Town Hall Show With Audience Dance

The Clipper Minstrels performed in Town Hall on Wednesday evening and closed their program with a dance in which willing audience members joined.

Town Hall

Town Council and Probate Court Meeting Announced

The regular monthly meeting of the Town Council and Court of Probate will be held in the Council Chamber next Monday afternoon at two o'clock.

State presidential electors tally with Grant leading

Official vote count shows total state ballots 18,999 with Grant receiving 13,665 votes, Greeley 5,329, and scattering 5. Grant wins by a majority of 8,331 across the state.

Grant Greeley Scattering

Reverend Matlack to Preach at St. Michael's Tomorrow

Rev. Robert C. Matlack agent of the Evangelical Educational Society of Philadelphia will preach at St. Michael's Church tomorrow afternoon and present the society's claims.

Robert C. Matlack Evangelical Educational Society Philadelphia St. Michael's Church

Metacom Debating Club Holds Regular Meeting Next Tuesday

The Metacom Debating Club will hold its regular quarterly meeting next Tuesday evening for the election of officers and other business. Reports from the Secretary and Treasurer will be presented.

Metacom Debating Club

Revival sermon moves Young Men's group at South Christian Church

Rev William Miller delivered an able and interesting discourse before the Young Men's Christian Association in the South Christian Church last Sunday evening. The church was well filled with an attentive audience.

S' Rev William Miller Young Men's Christian Association South Christian Church

Rhode Island Catholic Temperance Union Delegates Named

Messrs A P Nerone and J W Carnes served as delegates from St Mary's Total Abstinence Society to the State Convention of the Rhode Island Catholic Temperance Union held in Providence last Thursday.

A. P. Nerone J. W. Carnes St. Mary's Total Abstinence Society Rhode Island Catholic Temperance Union Providence

Towns tomb roof collapses and is rebuilt at burial ground

In Bristol Neck at the North Burial Ground the arched brick roof of the town’s new tomb fell in on the morning of the 16th inst and is again nearing completion after being rebuilt.

Bristol Neck

Y M C A Entertainment Delights Town Hall Audience

The third Y M C A entertainment occurred Friday at Town Hall with Nasby recounting what he knows about Hannah Jane. The hall was comfortably filled and the lecture gave good satisfaction.

Town Hall Nasby Hannah Jane

Peddlers Swarm As Town Grows With Street Dealers

The local market notes a rising number of traveling salesmen during business hours. The write up complains these peddlers press for purchases customers do not want, describing many as having more talk than products and cheek than a horse.

Extra Train Carries Hundreds to Providence on Thanksgiving

An extra train ran over the Providence Warren and Bristol railroad on Thanksgiving evening to Providence. Nearly two hundred citizens availed themselves of the privilege to visit that city, and the number grew to upwards of five hundred from Warren and Fall River.

Providence, Warren and Bristol Providence Warren Fall River

Justices Court Hears Minor Cases as Munro Pleads Guilty

The court handled several minor cases on Tuesday. Nathan Munro, a descendant of Ham, pleaded guilty to habitual drunkenness and was ordered to rusticate at the State Farm for six months under High Sheriff escort.

Nathan Munro Ham Nathan

Epizootic Abates. Horses Recover in Town

The epizoo has abated with most horses recovered and no new cases reported. Several showed no symptoms since the disease began, and a donkey near Mount Hope died but no horse fatalities have occurred.

Mount Hope

Thanksgiving Services and Quiet Streets in St Michaels

Religious services were held on Thanksgiving day at St Michael s Church and the Congregational Church while other churches stayed closed. The day was pleasant and well attended, with quiet streets and a noted football game on the Common in the afternoon. The Y M C A Library Committee plans weekly book additions, listing titles newly shelved and to be added today.

St. Michael's Church Congregational

Promised concert in YMCA series debuts Zerrahn Choral Union

The YMCA entertainment series presents a Thursday concert featuring the Zerrahn Choral Union directed by Samuel Pitman making their debut. Polhymnian Quartette led by baritone B Spinning has received praise for sweetness and harmony. Charles D. Blake the pianist and composer presides at the piano with a flute soloist to perform.

Chas. D. Blake Bristol Polhymnian Quartette Zerrahn Choral Union Charles D Blake

A large drunken woman trips on depot steps

A stout woman nearly weighing 250 pounds tries to mount depot stairs but falls after a struggle. Witnesses laugh as she slides across Franklin street with a big carpet bag. Three men help her to the curb while awaiting the next train. And a woman, too.

Chloe Franklin Street

High School Examinations Show Thorough Preparation

The examination day on Thursday featured two and a half hours of testing across classes. Juniors presented Ancient History with knowledge of Crusades and Charlemagne, while Latin Fables impressed in the Junior Middle. Seniors excelled in English Literature and defended Metaphysics as engaging and useful, with high quality essays and occasional songs.

Crossing the Ford at Sunrise The Christian Era

A Boston publisher presents a chromo from Creswick and Ansdell titled Crossing the Ford at SuN-pown. The scene shows a country home by a stream with a girl, horseman, mother and child, a loaded wagon, a dog, and cows near a wind mill as sunset gilds the sky.

SuN-pown School Street Boston Creswick and Ansdell England

Do street schools have a superintendent

A brief question about street schools asks whether such schools include a district style superintendent or a coordinating administrator overseeing operations and programs. The note highlights governance and leadership roles in informal or urban education contexts.

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