Opinions on currency and reconstruction in 1866 Bristol
The piece debates currency expansion tied to wartime needs and argues for rapid price relief and reduced living costs. It praises Congress Reconstruction Committee work, criticizes presidential leniency toward the rebels, and asserts Congress as the nation’s safeguard for the Republic’s future.
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Reconstruction Committee of Congress
Santalmente
South
Lee
Reconstruction Committee
Congress
Republic
Oren
Resulie
Massachusetts and national results and education notes
Election returns show General Burnside leading in the state with a light aggregate vote. Major General Joseph B. Hawley is reported elected in Connecticut. The Massachusetts Board of Education reports 4794 public schools in 1865 with 226000 average attendance, 7337 teachers, and calls for higher funding.
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General Burnside
Providence Journal
Connecticut
Joseph B. Hawley
National Union
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Board of Education
Rhode I
Fire devastates oil region wells near Petroleum Centre
A Saturday blaze in the oil region destroyed thirty wells and multiple tanks on the H ole and Egbert farms near Petroleum Centre. Oil Creek structures including engine houses, machinery, dwellings, and boats burned, with about 25000 barrels of oil lost and total damage around 125000 dollars.
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H.ole
Egbert
Petroleum Centre
Oil Creek
Canadian Orders Muster 10,000 Volunteers on Frontier Duty
Orders from Canadian authorities call up over 10,000 surplus volunteers, to be kept at a standing army of observation on the frontier. The move reflects mobilization measures amid border tensions and regional defense needs.
Potatoes Sprout Prevention Promises Edible Quality
Anovut potatoes reportedly sprout less in early spring when treated with liquor of ammonia solution. Soak one ounce in a pint water for four to five days, dry, and air thoroughly. This consolidates substance and reduces moisture without harming table quality, enabling ten months of storage. A tornado hit Montgomery county Indiana, killing four and causing property loss. North Carolina papers note northern buyers purchasing lantations rapidly.
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Sotland
Hartshorn
Brazil opens River Amazon to world trade this year
A Washington letter notes Brazil will open the Amazon trade routes within the year. The river runs near the Pacific, about 4000 miles long, 500 yards wide, with steamers capable of long navigation. The piece also mentions varied anecdotes and other dispatches from around the world.
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Brazil
Amazon
Pacific
Real Estate Transactions Involving Montus Fesevarr and Marcn
Land transfers include Elbridge G. Davis to Ambrose Barrett for 2500 dollars for a dwelling and 10 acres at back road and Cranes lane. Susan Taylor sells dower in Samuel Taylor estate on John street for one dollar. Various deeds list houses and lots on State street Bristol Neck and Hope Street with prices from one dollar to twelve thousand dollars, including Peck's Wharf and water lots, with multiple parties and a Warren area railroad stake.
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Marcn
Elbridge G. Davis
Ambrose Baron
Back Road
Crane’s Lane
Susan L Taylor
William R. Taylor
Samuel Taylor
John Street
John Easterbrooks
Joseph M. Blake
State Street
David M. Hatch
Alfred R Cornell
Stillman Welch
Crane's Lane
Samuel W. Church
Providence, Warren & Bristol Railroad Co
Franklin and
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Wharf
Peck’s Wharf
David A. Pierce
Mason W. Perce
Mount Jane
Joseph AM. Blake
Daniel Webster
Hope
High Streets
Samuel White
James F. Coggeshall
Bristol Neck
Warren
Rhode Island General Orders set officer salaries
In Providence April 2 1666 General Orders No 3 states salaries for Adjutant General Three hundred dollars annually from April 1 1866 Quartermaster General three hundred dollars annually from April 1 1860 Paymaster General one hundred dollars annually from April 1 1866 Also the State Allocation Commissioner Amos D Smith III will be discontinued after May 1 next. James Y Smith governor signs.
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State OF
Rhode Island &c
Gereral
Providence
Honorable General Assembly
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Anhalt
Amos D Smith
James Y. Smith
H.cranpam
Quiet Town Election Chooses Officals by Acclamation
The erection passed quietly as parties avoided registry taxes causing low turnout. Senator Samuel W Church and Representatives James DeW Perry and Theodore P Bogert were elected by acclamation. Town meeting set for Saturday April 21. State officers results list Burnside 182 and Bartlet 182 for examples with scattered votes.
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Samuel W. Church
James Dew. Perry
Theodore P Bogert
Town Council Names Sanitary Committee for Yard and Drain Cleanup
At Monday night’s monthly meeting the Town Council chose a sanitary committee to enforce cleaning of yards drains sewers cesspools. The committee members are John B. Pearce and William Bradford.
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John B. Pearce
William Bradford
Amendments to Dower and Jointure Statutes Enacted
The General Assembly passes acts amending Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes on Dower and Jointure. Provisions allow court probate in states to assign dower rights to widows with notice to interested parties. An additional act amends appropriations for education of blind and deaf beneficiaries, raising support to two hundred dollars per year.
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General Assembly
Boston
Columb
Phall
Joan R. Barter
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