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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1880

Page

2

Baby show planned at Maine State Fair

A baby show is announced for the Maine State Fair. The report also notes Falls River man Thomas McBride drowned on Sunday afternoon and includes broad market and agricultural mentions such as a 200 million barrel apple crop estimate and grain shipments from New York.

Maine State Fair Thomas McBride Fall River New York

Fashionable girl pictured in mid century style critique

A Long Branch correspondent describes a thoroughly fashionable girl in the capital of frivolity. She mimics a mid eighteenth to nineteenth century portrait with drooped shoulders, compressed bosom, arched back, and wings visible through sheer muslin. Hair and fichu evoke Martha Washington, while a plain straight skirt hides modern trends except for a hint of bright stockings.

Long Martha Washington

Life of Garfield biography heralded by Hubbard Bros

A lavish Garfield biography by Gen J. Brisbin is prepared with Garfield’s consent, promising fullness and accuracy. It portrays Garfield as a self-made hero, and the book will be a lasting history of two decades in U.S. events, sold by subscription through canvassers.

Garfield Hubbard Bros Springfield Mass New York Staten Island Club Weather Bureau Gen. Myers Smith New Jersey Brooklyn Indy Capt. Goringe The Union Canada Central Park Prince Agamon Kalseminer Africa Wigwifp Equatorial Africa Vanderbilt Mas. Hayes Birs President Hayes White House Hayes Hayes’ Fund Commission Esther Pugh Bible House New York City Frances E. Willard Mary T. Burt Mary A. Woodbridge Frederick Merrick Felix BR. Brunot Joseph Cook Jno N. Stearns Br. John Bishop Simpson Bishop Jaggar Henry Blair Fenno Tudor F. M. Bradley Bristol Wilfred H. Munro A. M Messrs. J. A Hancock W. Forney Nildress Quick Puba Springfeld

Visiting clergymen fill town pulpits during Sunday services

Schools started last Monday and a northeast storm marked the week. Visiting clergy preached at St Michael's Congregational and Trinity Church among others. Singers plan renditions of the oratorio Esther under Prof Fuller with proceeds for a Bi Centennial monument to be erected on the Common for the celebration on the twenty fourth.

Mount Hope Temple of Honor Court House St. Michael’s Church J. P. Tustin Philadelphia Congregational Church Dr. Vincent New York Trinity Church Calbraith B. Perry Baltimore Advent Chapel Durfee North Foster Mietz Sgr Prof. Fuller Boston Bristol R. B. Franklin High Street Church Street Onpen LeBaron B. Colt 8. B. Spinning J. Lewis Diman Brown University Keller Mark A. Dew. Howe Central Pennsylvania William Beals Counciman Court of Propatr Council Chamber Messia Trotter Goff Church Lindsey Greene Rebecca Smith George P. Smith George J. Smith J. Russell Pearse William R. Taylor George Smith J. R. Pearse John W. Pearse Stephen C. Williston Mercy Williston George Tilley Elisha M. Wardwell James A. Miller E. M. Wardwell David A. Waldron M. A Byfield Deag Deag Au Vos Sanelalds Cccecceseseseee

Bristol Bi Centenary Loan Exhibition Seeks Local Relics

A Bristol committee seeks portraits of deceased locals and household items from colonial times for a town hall loan exhibition during the Bi Centenary. They promise careful handling, a dedicated guard, a safe for valuables, and transport of exhibits, led by LtBanon B. Cont and William H. Sroonza.

Bristol Town Hall LtBanon B. Cont William H. Sroonza

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