Liberty and political peril in a Bristol period piece
The piece laments foreign influence and corruption in the republics care of elections and bribery, arguing liberty erodes when money and foreign sensibilities override native rights. It cites New Haven and Kansas as examples and praises a recent concert by the Concert of Vocal and Instrumental Music for successful leadership and performance.
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Lamia
Republic
Bristol
Green Erin
New Haven
Presiont
Pierce
Kansas
Seward
Senate
Cao
Peace Treaty Signed by Plenipotentiaries Amid Public Joy
The treaty of peace was signed by all plenipotentiaries on the 29th, with rejoicings in France and England. The Congress held back public conditions until ratifications exchanged. A storm with thunder and lightning followed by a tornado in Philadelphia, parts of Pennsylvania, and Ohio caused extensive damage.
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Baltic
Frances
England
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Congress
London News
Parished
Napoleon
the Invalides
Prussia
Lord Clarendon
France
London ‘Times
Rogland
Election fills Providence Delegation seats in General Assembly
The Saturday election filled seven American and three Republican vacancies in the Providence Delegation. Americans and Republicans hold a 44 seat majority in the Grand Committee, deemed sufficient for practical purposes.
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Providence
General Assembly
Grand Committee
Newport Election Names Senator and Representative
In Newport on Saturday the assembly vacancies were filled with Joseph Anthony elected as Senator and Henry Bedlow as Representative, both nominated and supported by the Americans. A Washington Times note says Col Lane of Kansas may challenge Senator Douglass over remarks about Lane’s private character in a Senate debate.
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Washington
New York Times
Col
Lane
Kansas
Douglass
Senate
Agent of Nicaragua decries Walker defeat report
The Agent of the Government of Nicaragua in New Orleans denounces the claim of Walker’s army’s defeat at Costa Rica as falsehood.
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Nicaragua
New Orleans
Walker
Costa Rica
Mercury Newspaper Notables and May Offerings Highlighted
The New York Mercury edited by S. B Southworth is praised as the largest weekly paper in the Union offered at $1.50 per annum. A. H. Krauth leads the typographical department, praised for skill. Specimen numbers are available at the office amid renewed thanks to Senators Philip Allen and N B Darlee for public documents.
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New York Mencury
S. 8
Southworth
Eeq
John Smith, Jr
Arkansas
Mercury
Union
A. H. Krauth
United States
Exer
Court Proceedings Halted by Ill Health and Trial Conflicts
The court adjourned several railroad cases after counsel illness and a murder trial in Providence. The Allen appeal rested with a 5 hour jury deliberation ending without verdict before the panel was discharged. Other appeals were continued to the May term. A commission on damages for sand dirt and gravel extraction reported and was ordered published.
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Thomas Williams
Crawford Easterbrooks
Charles Smith
Mary A. Haile
Conn
Hays
Railroad
Blake
Providence
Potter
Appellees
Samuel J. Allen
Edward W. Bronson
Thomas Cole
Ten Years Among the Mail Bags Book Review
A notice announces J. Holbrook's Ten Years among the Mail Bags a humorous memoir with 432 pages and portraits of postmasters and scenes. The publisher states a forthcoming general review in the Phenix and promotes the work as valuable for readers connected with post offices and postal laws. The book is available at G W Easterbrooks News Depot on State Street.
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Post Office Department
J. Holbrook
G. W. Easterbrooks
State Street
Justice Court Docket Highlights April Proceedings
April 20th record shows William Coddington fined 2 dollars and costs after drunken brawl and arrest. Isaac Davis case withdrawn with costs paid. Patrick Laheo arraigned on liquor selling charges and bonded for trial next Monday. Mike Cullen jailed 8 days for intoxication and assault on Joanna Sullivan.
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William Coddington
Isaac Davis
Joseph Burrows
Patrick Laheo
State Street
Pat
Mike Cullen
Joanna Sullivan
Concert of Sacred Music Impresses Phenix MA Congregational
A visitor praises Mr Seth W Paine's Concert of Sacred Music at the Phenix MA Congregational Church. About 150 singers blended voices with clear diction and timely rhythm. The review notes fine quartet and solo selections including Old Folk tunes and hymns, commending articulation and overall harmony.
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Eptron
Seth W. Paine
Congregational Church
Johnston
Zion
Glowing praise for Miss Pitman at town concert
A local concert review lauds Miss Pitman for purity of tone and refined pronunciation in solos. The event featured Mr Paine and the chorus, with selections including The Dearest Place to Me on Earth and The Three Calla, ending on a note of gratitude and anticipation for a return visit.
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Mr. Paine
Miss Pitman
Peace Signed as Baltic Arrives in New York
The Baltic and Cambria reports bring news of a peace treaty signed by plenipotentiaries. Paris lights and church bells mark the moment while England eyes terms with scrutiny. Trade reacts with firmer cotton prices and calmer breadstuffs as ratifications await.
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Baltic
New Yoas
Paris
Africa
Differences between Rome and Russia in Concordat talks
Differences between Rome and Russia regarding the proposed Conference to interpret the Concordat have created mutual bad feelings with Prussia towards Austria. The tensions appear in many small incidents and exchanges.
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Rome
Russia
Prussie
Austria
Philadelphia Hurricane Destroys Numerous Homes and Churches
A severe Saturday night storm in Philadelphia lasting ten to fifteen minutes caused extensive property damage across the city. Northward areas like Kensington reported many roof and wall damages with at least 150 houses affected. Churches including Hancock M E, the Presbyterian on Howard street, Old Brick M E, and St. Luke's Dutch Reformed suffered major roof losses. the St. Luke's organ was damaged. total church losses exceed $3000. Five houses were demolished and over 150 sustained roof and structural injuries. Personal injuries were few.
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Frarcot
Torxavo
Philadelphia
Edger
Streat
Kensington
the Inquirer
Hancock M.E
Hancock
Thompson Street
Presbyterian
Howard Street
M. E
Marlborough Street
St. Luke's
Fourth Street
Thompson
Queen Street
William
Port Richmond
Oxford
Murder in Louisiana Husbands Death by Wife and Paramour
The Natchitoches Chronicle reports the murder of John Rodrigo in Louisiana. His wife Juana Bresente and her accomplice Matthew Bresente bound and hanged him after plotting to end his suspicions of infidelity. Gabriel Rosales informed authorities, leading to arrests and a confession by Bresente.
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Louisiana
Natchitoches
John Rodrigo
Matthew Bresenie
Rodrigo
Gabriel Rosales
Bresente
Juana
Payne
London Police Court Reveals Trafficking to Hamburg
An organized network abducted English girls to Hamburg for grievous purposes. Detectives traced the scheme from London to Hamburg with Belgian jewels as part of the crime. The British Consul knew of the issue and Lord Clarendon is urged to intervene actively.
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London
Hamburg
Lord Clarendon
Remarkable Ancestry Tale From Goochland Virginia
A Goochland County Virginia woman recently gave birth to three living daughters. Jima recalled a Louisiana case from Monroe era where a woman bore four sons named Washington Jefferson Madisay and Monroe, all reaching manhood. The same woman reportedly was mother to thirty six children before death.
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Goochland
Jima
Monroe
Louisiana
Washington
Jefferson
Madisay
Lndy
Price Drop in Flour Markets Amid Slump and Trade Shifts
A New York market note reports a fall in flour prices by several cents since trading began. The decline is linked to weak demand in European markets and new import patterns via the Hudson river routes.
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New York
Hudson
Tragic Rope Jumping Death In East Boston School
A young girl named Trask at an East Boston primary school collapsed after intense rope jumping, reportedly about two hundred jumps without rest. She fell ill soon after and died the next day, a warning against excessive exertion for children.
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Deata Yoom Jumring
Trask
Boston
Prison escape near Newcastle leads to remand for US requisition
Odie, described as special agent of the Pest riment, reports that George W. Roinfeld broke jail at Newcastle while awaiting sentence for stealing a letter from the Wilmington Post Office. A hearing before Commissioner Hazlitt led to remand to prison for a US requisition in Delaware. Police found three loaded revolvers in his room as he escaped with seven other prisoners. Townsend is 20 years old.
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Odie
Riment
Saeed
George W. Roinfeld
Newcastle
Wilmington
Hazlitt
United States
Delaware
Townsend
Factory Auction Sells Coddington Complex and Adjacent Lots
The Coddington Factory and its supporting Tolon stand were sold at auction by Samuel A. Parker to Lewis J. Doyle of Providence for $33,600. Doyle also bought the adjacent lots and boarding houses for $3,000 each. John J. Allan acquired the south lot, paying three and a quarter cents per foot for 55,600 feet, totaling $1,803.75. Total sales reached $41,403.75 with lively competition and a Newport audience.
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Coddington
Samuel A. Parsker
Lewis J Doyle
Providence
Mr. Doyle
John J. Allan
Doyle
Newport
Newport News
Tornado near Philadelphia causes deaths and destruction
Reports from surround towns describe a tornado that killed a woman in West Chester while she fastened blinds. Homes and barns were unroofed in several directions. A freight train near the Pennsylvania Railroad depot was blown off the track. Ten cars on the Reading Road were displaced, with about five percent derailed.
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Tornavno
Philadelphia
Weat Chester
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading Road
Stage Driver Arrested in Mail Robbery Case
Albany reports Joseph Beach, a stage driver, was arrested in Sabine county Missouri for robbing the mail. A draft for 1925 was found along with other moneys allegedly abstracted from letters.
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Albany
Joseph Beach
Sabine County
Missouri
Business of New England branches in a slow season
The Boston Post reports strong activity for druggists grocers and large retailers while Frade is dull. Despite bank cash and city money markets, scant cash flows to the people. Collectors note difficulty in small bill collection as interior traders and farmers run short after a year of high prices.
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New England
Boston Post
New York Weekly Tribune Sets High Ad Rates
The New York Weekly Tribune now charges one dollar per line for ads, the highest price among newspapers, with the London Times not exempt. Its circulation reportedly exceeds 160 thousand copies.
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New York Weekly Tribune
London Times
The
Tribune
Weather storm dates eyed for midmonth pattern
The Newport Mercury notes a recurring snow storm from the 15th to the 18th of this month. It questions whether this year will follow the pattern or be an exception and suggests withholding the forecast if the clerk of the weather deems it proper.
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Newport Mercury
Disened Lungs and Prison Remedies Highlighted
A brief report notes that damaged lungs may be restored through simple remedies if taken in prison. It mentions Wilar e Cherry Dalanm having cared for hundreds within a few years.
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Pace in Europe becomes fixed fact in Boston Chronicle
The Boston Chron icle declares pace in Europe fixed, with terms pending publication. It notes France England and the Sulta lack gains, Russia appears better off, and Louis Napoleon rides the crest of the wave as the war shapes his influence.
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Europe
Boston Chronicle
France
England
Russia
Louis Napoleon
Meteor sighting shakes Belfast region at dawn
At six o'clock this morning a large meteor fell to the south of Belfast causing building vibrations. The sound was heard in Rockland and nearby towns and resembled a powder mill explosion. Its exact impact location remains unknown.
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Belfast
Rockland
Counterfeit money arrest at Chepachet Bank area
James O'Donnell, a laborer, was arrested Sunday night for attempting to pass a counterfeit five dollar bill at store 146 Leonard Street in Chepachet Rhode Island and for a similar attempt at another nearby store Sunday afternoon. He previously faced a similar charge and was sent to the lower police court to await examination.
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James O’. Donnell
Chepachet Bank
Rhode Island
Leonard Street
Came Sittet
O'Donnell
New York Journal of
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