Bronte Tour Memoir From Haworth Hills and Churchyard
The Bristol Phoenix correspondent recounts a Haworth visit tracing Charlotte Bronte home life. He describes the moors and churchyard, the parsonage grounds, and the Brontes’ quiet charity, with memories of Charlotte Emily and their circle, ending with reflections on Haworth’s landscape as inspiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronte
Haworth
Immanuel
Manuel
Keighley
Charlotte
Alice
Thornton
Emily
Oakwell Hall
Shirley
Patrick
Leeds
England
Evangelical Alliance Meeting Promises Notable East Figure
A New York gathering of the Evangelical Alliance plans to feature a prominent educated East native who chose faith over social and political ties to promote a Christian village. The figure speaks English well and could renew Manhattan’s religious vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical Alliance
New York
Island of
Manhattan
America
Seminary Faculty Praised Amid Ku Klux Incident
The Lima Recorder lauds Genesee Wesleyan Seminary for its strong faculty with Prof Bridgman as principal and Prof Thompson in Ancient Languages. Across Kentucky, a Ku Klux gang forced a widow to return furniture after a cow died following a furniture swap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
N. Y
Genesee Wesleyan Seminary
Bridgman
Thompson
Ku Klux
Kentucky
Louisville Courier Journal
Cholera in Europe and press size echoes
Reports from Havre Rouen and Hungary describe substantial cholera outbreaks with high fatalities including 60 000 dead in Hungary Transylvania and 200 000 florins spent on drainage in Vienna amid rising case counts in Munich Konigsberg Stettin and Magdeburg. The Warren Gazette reflects on newspaper growth over forty years and compares provincial papers to metropolitan sheets.
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Europe
Hungary
Havre
France
Germany
Rouen
Transylvania
Vienna
Madgeburg
Munich
Konigsberg
Stettin
Loss at Sea Indus Ship Disaster Reported
A Calcutta dispatch notes the loss of the Indus with a coolie crew. 418 passengers perished. Rhode Island population has doubled since 1830 while state expenses rose twentyfold. Brooklyn imitates New York well. frauds and defalcations show promise as rogues across the river learn quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Rhode Island
Brooklyn
New York
Trade stats of 1870 show England’s vast South American trade
The report states England has built a yearly trade with the west coast of South America totaling over 70 million dollars, while the United States accounts for less than one sixth of that amount.
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England
South America
United States
Proclamation on tariff duties between France and United States
The president proclaims that from October 1 goods imported into France in US vessels will enter without discriminating duties and that duties on goods imported into the United States in French vessels are discontinued and abolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
United States
Come over and help us in pestilence and flood
The passage pleads for North relief to Louisiana and Memphis facing yellow fever and alarm, urging liberal aid for Southern sufferers and recalling historic pestilence in the Old World while emphasizing shared burdens across the hemisphere. It also calls for solidarity with domestic victims in times of calamity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Memphis
Old World
Subscription list for vocal class opened in Hope Street
Local residents can join a vocal class taught by Mr. A Jantz. Subscriptions are now open at Mr. George W Easterbrook's store on Hope Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Jantz
George W. Easterbrook
Hope Street
N.B
Reverend Malcom to preach at First Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Malcom of Newport will preach in the First Baptist Church tomorrow in exchange with Rev. H. M. Jones. The King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co. will parade with full ranks, accompanied by the Bristol Cornet Band Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Malcom
Newport
First Baptist Church
H. M. Jones
King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co
Bristol Cornet
Rubber products production at National Rubber Co Works
About five thousand pairs of rubber shoes and gaiters are produced daily at the National Rubber Company's works in this town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Rubber Company
Reverend Charles Malcom to Preach at First Baptist
Rev. Charles Toward Malcom will preach before the Y M C A in the First Baptist Church tomorrow evening at seven thirty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Toward Malcom
First Baptist Church
Mission Sabbath School Picnic at Mount Hope
The Mission Sabbath School of Fall River with about two hundred friends arrived by the steamer Border City and held a grand picnic last Saturday afternoon at Mount Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission Sabbath School
Fall River
Border City
Mount Hope
Night Blooming Cereus Blossom Left at Office
Major James Coggeshall delivered a fragrant Night Blooming Cereus blossom from George Peabody Russell’s hot house on Ferry road to the office Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Coggeshall
George Peabody Russell
Ferry Road
Annual Meeting Notice of Bristol Female Charitable Society
The Bristol Female Charitable Society announces its annual meeting for Thursday next October 2 at 3 P M. at Mrs Lydia French’s residence located at the corner of Hope and Church streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bristol Female Charitable Society
Lydia French
Hope and
Church Streets
Y M C A Association Meetings Listed for Sunday
The Y M C A Association schedules meetings Sunday at the Asylum in the morning at 10:30, in their rooms at 6:00 p m, and at North East District school house at 7:30 in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Te Y.M. C. Association
Asylum
North East District
Grand Concert in Town Hall Next Thursday Evening
A grand concert will be given in Town Hall next Thursday evening under the direction of Mr. A. Jantz. The eminent talent promised is certain to draw a full house. See advertisement in another column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabby
Charlotte
Haworth
Mr. Bronte
Alice
Underwood
Town Hall
A. Jantz
Bristols Defeat Pas Times in Saturday Common Match
A match game on the Common Saturday afternoon saw the Bristols beat the Pas Times of Peacedale 22 to 8. Earlier, the Bristols lost 6 to 34 to the Resolutes of Fall River at the same venue Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristols
Peacedale
Resolutes
Fall River
B T A Series of Entertainments Ticket Sale
The Board of Trade of A announces a six lecture and one grand concert series. Tickets for the full course cost one dollar. Sales locations include Pearse Franklin Thames, Johnson Hopé Franklin, Bedell Hope Bradford, Munro Bradford, Farington Hope, Easterbrooks Hope State, Wardwell Easterbrooks State Hope, Monro Hope, Buffington State, Pierce Hope State, Gladding State, Lake High Constitution, and Miller Bradford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.T. of A
John W. Pearse
Franklin and
Thames Streets
Charles Johnson
Hopé
Franklin Streets
N. C. Bedell
Hope
Bradford Streets
John B. Munro
Bradford Street
G. H. Farington
Hope Street
Geo W. Easterbrooks
Miss Alice Davis Wins Flower Show Bouquet Prize
Miss Alice Davis of Ferry Hill won the first prize for single or hand bouquet at the Rhode Island Horticultural Society’s Exhibition in Providence this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Davis
Ferry Hill
Rhode Island Horticultural Society
Providence
Photographs of Mount Hope Academy Offered for Sale
Mr. William C. Liscomb offers large framed style pictures of the old Mount Hope Academy prior to its removal from the Common. Each print sells for seventy five cents and may be found at Liscomb's High street store and at B M Lincoln's Hope street location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Liscomb
Mount Hope Academy
Bristol Schoolhouse Noted for Ornament and Discontent
The Warren Gazette quotes the Bristol Phoenix claiming Bristol had more bake than schoolhouse last week. The Gazette also declares the Bristol schoolhouse finely ornamental and a credit to the town, though it notes forty years of discontent ending in pride for the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Gazette
Bristol
the Gazette
Sloop Rocky Brook Afloat After Leaking Off Prudence Island
The sloop Rocky Brook commanded by Captain Nichols, from Wickford to Newport with a wood cargo, sprang a leak near Prudence Island last Saturday night and ran ashore near Bullock's Wharf. Captain Nichols sought relief, the schooner Chief aided, the wood landed on the island, and Rocky Brook was floated to the harbor for repairs at the Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichols
Newport
Wickford
Bullock’s Wharf
Chief
King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co Excursion to Hartford and Middletown
Captain James F. Stoughton leads King Philip No 1 on an excursion from here to Hartford and Middletown Connecticut. The party travels aboard the side wheel steamer Thomas Kiley of New York leaving Tuesday at 5 30 PM and arrives in Middletown Wednesday morning. Bristol Cornet Band Bristol Base Ball Club and friends accompany the company and plan to return Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 1
James F. Stoughton
Hartford
Middletown
Conn
Thomas Kiley
New York
Bristol Cornet Band
Bristol Base Ball Club
Town Tax Assessment Shows Total Five Million Six Hundred Fifty Seven Thousand
Assessors report real and personal property in 1873 totaling 5 657 100 dollars with 79 cent rate yielding 44 691 dollars and 9 cents. Names and taxes listed for sixty four taxpayers paying 100 dollars plus including Bristol Gas Light Co and several estates. Five percent discount offered for payments by October 1 and interest at one percent per month thereafter. Tax bills are now ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Goff
Nehemiah Cole
Peter Gladding
Horace M. Barnes
Theodore P. Bogert
Holden B. Bowen
Francis Bourn
Bristol Gas Light Co
Lemuel W. Briggs
Edward W. Brunsen
Louisa Bowen
Guardian
Stephen T. Church
Samuel W. Church
William Henry Church
Catherine E. and
M. P. Codman
Samuel P. Colt
Charles H. R. Doringh
Joseph L. Gardner
Clarrissa Gardner
Josephus Gooding
Ramon Guiteras
Ann F
Sarah Herreshoff
John W. Hoar
Leonard W. Horton
Mark A. DeWolf Howe
W. T. C. Wardwell
Samuel D. Wardwell
William T. C. Wardwell
Hezekiah C. Wardwell
Thomas Wilson
Moses B. Wood
Wm. R. Taylor Thames Street
William Bradford
Grand Concert by Bristol Train of Artillery Talent
New England talent engages for a Bristol Train of Artillery entertainment series. Secure a course ticket now for the grand concert promising notable musical performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Bristol Train of Artillery
Bristol Corner Band Concert Impresses Town Under New Leader
The Bristol Corner Band performed an open air concert at the Hope and State streets corner last Monday evening. A large crowd attended and praised the band for notable improvement since Thomas Prosho became their new leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Corner
Hope and
State Streets
Thomas Prosho
Byfield Name Suggested For New School Building
An old citizen defends the Byfield name for the town's new school on Wm. J. Miller's recommendation. The Byfield designation, rooted in Bristol history, dates back over a century with prior uses for other civic buildings and military units.
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Miller
Byfield Artillery
Byfield
Mount Hope
Mount Hope Academy
J. Prescott Hall
New York
James DeWolf
Byron Diman
Hall
Stereoptical Views by J W Black Featured in Y M C A.
Mr J W Black offers a large collection of stereoptical nature views in multiple series. One set covers Palestine Egypt and Arctic Regions other set spans Across the Continent from San Francisco to the White Mountains with California Utah and Pacific Railroad scenes. A Europe Asia and Africa series is included with explanations by N Belcher. The show is booked for the Y M C A course next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Black
United States
Palestine
Egypt
Arctic
San Francisco
White Mountains
California
Utah
Pacific Railroad
Chicago
Niagara
Boston
Europe
Asia
Africa
N. Belcher
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Bristol Phoenix
Jay Cooke & Co
Christendom
Jay Cooke
Fisk & Hatch
London
Bristol Phenix
Yoresurre
Charlotte Bronte
Louisville Courier-Journal
South
Courier- Journal
Gurs
Woonsocket Patriot
Pawtucket
Malden Tribune
Father Adam
Canada
G.P. Barnes
Hope and Wardwell Streets
WM. I. Richards
Odd Fellows Building
James B. White
Franklin Street
Sweet—Turner
Warren
16Th
Inst
Manchester
Jacob C. Sweet
L.I
Mary Louise
William If Turner
Ferguson—Lauder
Wanskuck
North
Rev. T. Laurie
Robert Ferguson
Central Falls
Ellen Forsyth Lauder
Paisley
Scotland
Gardner
Stephen D. Gardner
Dilks
Mary Dilks
Cook
Harriet Gardner Cook
Arnold
Coventry
Sally Arnold
Booth
New Bedford
Charles W. Booth
Washington Saloon
Se27-Low Nath. S
Greene
First Congregational Church
A. B. Coombs
Alto
Mr. H. B. Brown
Mr. A. Jantz
Basso
Mr. E. Hoffman
Ips
Wm. H. Buffington
G. A. Spencer
Campbell's
Minstrels
Cotton
Regan
Cassey and Emerson
Prof
Carle Lindle
Albert Nix
J. A. Lonsdale
Vocal Corps
A. &. Austin
J. Smith
B. T
George H. Coomer
C. A. Greene
Bristol Artillery
Williams
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Pierce
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
R. I
B. Durfee
Durfee
Sherman
Olive
Morris
Portsmouth
Rocky Brook
Canonicus
Orswell
Judge Low
Hallowell
Denneysville
National Rubber Co
Uesday
Favorite
Dyer
Orawell
Ida
Goff
Hamilton
Torrey
Titursday
Somerset
Elgin and
Gray
Westminster Street
Joshua Gray
Almira Lindsey
Emily F., Brotherton
John F. Lindsey
Gale
J.A. Miller
J. A. Miller
W. Pierce, JR
J B. Munro
Lew
ARS
Sal B. Munro
Franklin Coal
Franklin
Spooner & Son
Lemuel Gilbert
W. H Spooner
Perry & Barnard
YT. & CO
Asher & Adams
Jelly Publishers
Beekman Street
Wardwell & Easterbrooks
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