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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1885
Page
2
The report says Spain will borrow 20 million dollars to consolidate its Cuban debt. Other notes mention Alaska sealing schooners facing heavy seas and a 16 million dollar surplus in silver over gold in 1884.
In 1835 a Boston mob attempted to hang William Lloyd Garrison. The city now appropriates five thousand dollars to prepare a site for a Garri son statue on Commonwealth avenue.
The Patagonians are described as five feet ten inches on average with Hale noting equestrian habits shortened legs by two inches in two centuries. Connecticut leads in patents with Rhode Island close, issuing about one patent per 909 inhabitants. A new alloy platinoid, nearly tarnish resistant and silverlike, is analyzed as German silver with copper tin nickel and small tungsten additions.
A French chemist suggests electro plating corpses with a copper skin to halt chemical changes. A secondary gold or silver coating can be added if desired. The treatment reportedly preserves bodies and has been tested on humans and many animals.
A Boston Transcript correspondent notes Newport’s high reputation in England. It highlights Lady Churchill Mrs. Paget Lady Cavendish-Bentick Lady ManJleville and Miss Grant as belles linked to Newport, Cannes, and Prince Leopold, portraying American social charm and transatlantic allure.
Chicago has 40000 square feet in the Main Building for the collective city exhibit. New Orleans accepts 25000 feet after initial 40000. Pullman adds 15000 feet. Strong displays expected from East and West cities and southern capitals. Extensive transportation and river access promise easy visitor travel to the Exposition.
Our Washington Letter notes President Cleveland will not engage in state campaigns as Manning and Whitney avoid New York politics. It mentions tariff reform discussions in Congress, Secretary Lamar’s illness increasing clerical work, and interest in Troy Alexander Agassiz possibly heading the Coast Survey. Also covered are Senator Edmunds’s house design and experiments in resuscitation research by Dr Richardson.
Special correspondent from Boston notes Puritan will be housed in the Hub this winter and refitted for comfort and speed. Horse car traffic is heavy prompting plans for a new system. An $80,000 loan funds a Pauper's Home on Long Island as city leaves show bare branches amid cold weather and a light snowfall.
Prof Bolton of Hartford studies how certain beach sands produce a musical sound when moved. He has found singing sands in many U S locales and received specimens from the Sandwich Islands, Germany, and other places via the Smithsonian Institution.
Special correspondence reports on autumn fabrics at leading centers with striped velvets and beadwork. It notes renewed popularity of elaborate draperies, beaded passmenteries, and Prestly's Henriettas while black toilettes remain in vogue. A Parisian Auburbine prep is hinted and a Broadway anecdote on Henry E. Dixey and life insurance ends the piece.
Notices report council and probate meetings at the Burnside Memorial Building. Also listed are the Bristol Young Men's Christian Association and Bristol Female Charitable Society gatherings, a Post Office equipment removal, and local improvements including road macadamization.
Delegates from United Brothers Lodge No 13 IA CF Frederic A Geisler Henry M Darling Jesse Wilson and John Potter returned Tuesday from a Supreme Grand Lodge session in Baltimore and the Ridgely monument unveiling They will present an account at the next regular lodge meeting They also visited Washington Mount Vernon and other sites On September 30 Bristol marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Dragdowns parade a burlesque militia noted for its humorous history The Memorial Chapel of the Congregational Church hosted a social with Rev Stevens and wife returning from vacation Flowers decor and cake plus informal welcomes highlighted the event
September deaths total nine adults and six children in Bristol area with ages ranging from six days to eighty six years. Causes include old age convulsions diphtheria typhoid fever and other illnesses. The issue also notes a book promotion by The Co operative Book Concern and local harvest festival events plus a long genealogy list of marriages and banns from 1680 to 1845 with several entries continued.
Funeral tribute to John Ingraham, longtime Methodist Episcopal member, who died peacefully after retirement. The piece reflects on Daniel and Revelation themes, praising faithful endurance, divine grace, and the promise of rest and eternal inheritance in heaven.
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