Bristol Press Plans Enlarged 1856 Edition For Reader Support
Sates Tos Bristol notes reader subscriptions and urging payment to fund an enlarged 1856 edition with new type and a brighter appearance. The piece calls on subscribers and friends to support the paper, warns of unpaid bills, and invites local business leaders to develop accommodations for visitors as Bristol grows.
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Ad Wnelel
Shem
Wahey
Po- Interent
Dyegs
Vietos
He ‘Yealo
Fire destroys dry-house at Oil Works Pt Bristol
A dry-house attached to the Oil Works at Pt Bristol was entirely destroyed by fire on Thursday evening. The blaze, caused by a chimney defect, followed recent construction and caused about $2000 in damage. The property was insured.
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Bristol F
Thorndey Orenvoon
Lenin Panther
JSP Books Tendered and Related Documents
A brief item noting that JSP books are tendered to a designated friend along with eight other documents in a formal transaction. The record summarizes the handling of these records and their custodial arrangements.
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JSP
Rail-road traffic astonishes Providence Boston observers
The line between Providence and Boston far exceeds expectations with daily passenger flow averaging about four hundred on pleasant days since opening. No freight trains yet, but once the line is complete, freight volume is expected to rival the nation's top roads and stock may rise accordingly.
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Providence
Boston
Schooner Hard Timer Sinks After Leak Off Watch Hill
The schooner Hard Timer from Long Island sprang a leak and sank off Watch Hill around five o'clock Thursday morning. The crew launched a boat, landed at Watch Hill, were taken to Stonington, and returned home yesterday.
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Hard Timer
Watch Hill
Long Island
Stonington
Fire damages roof of locomotive Cabot at Warren
At about 3 o'clock Sunday morning, watchers found the roof of the Warren attached locomotive Cabot house on fire. The blaze was extinguished with no other damage reported as the locomotive stood on the track in Warren.
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Warren
Court of Common Pleas Adjourns with Continued Docket
The Court of Common Pleas adjourned on Tuesday last with most cases on the docket continued. No jury trials were held.
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Court of Common Pleas
Fine schooner to be launched by Stanton and Skinner
A fine schooner built by Messrs. Stanton and Skinner will be launched from their shipyard on Wednesday morning next at about 10 o'clock.
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Messrs. Stanton & Skinner
Bristol in 1850s shines with rail, gas and hospitality
A letter from August 1855 praises Bristol New England for health beauty and summer pleasures. It notes a Boston line railroad, gas lighting, improved streets and hotels like the D Wolf House and friendly landlords making guests feel at home.
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Phenix
Bartry
Bristol
New England
Boston
D'Wolf
Navy Lieutenant Held for Trial in Newport on Assault Charge
Lieut. Charles Hunter, off the navy, has been holden at Newport Rhode Island for trial on the last Monday in August for an assault on H. P. Beck of Philadelphia.
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Charles Hunter
Navy
Newport
R. J
H. P. Beck
Philadelphia
Riots, Fires Following Know Nothing Rally Across Cities
Reports from Louisville and Cincinnati describe mob violence amid Know Nothing tensions. Americans and Irish clash. several killed, many wounded. buildings burned in the eighth ward and surrounding areas. Authorities deploy troops and police as riots reach the Times office and courthouse areas.
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Sa Jo
Eighth Ward
Canton
Times and Courier
Louisvile
Times
Purcell
The
Journal
Cncinnati
Cox
K.N
Kentucky
Know Nothings
Louisville
Times Office
Atlantic flight carries 123 passengers and $423000 in specie
In New York on a reported date in August the Atlantic line transported 123 passengers and cargo valued at $423000 in specie.
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New York
Atlantic
Baltic and European War News from London Daily
London reports detail Baltic fleet movements off Cronstadt and naval actions in the Baltic. Dispatches note diplomacy, Austrian and Russian maneuvers, and ongoing campaigns near the Danube and in Asia. Contingent reports mention insurrections in Tripoli and a growing Italian legion forming in Navaro.
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Seb
Russia
Wall
Baltic
Sarah Ann
Bangor
Bristol
Horace Greely
Red Jacket
Liverpool
Emerald
Simpson
Malakoff
Danube
Constantinople
Prussia
Austria
William Molesworth
Baines
Cronstadt
Nargen
Dundas
Seymour
Ajax
Finland
Cronstad
Sweabourg
Revel
Libeau
Vindeau
Wasa
Yemen
France
Paris
St. Petersburg
Chernigoff
Poltawa
Poland
Marshall Paskiewitch
London
Frankfort
Diet
Byussia
Heliogoland
Erzerm
Yrnikeni
Kars
Navaro
Manners Percy
Theft at Qrean House Involves Boarder From Ocean
On Saturday at Newport News guests dine while a suspicious man upstairs tries room doors. He is identified as G B Brown of Ohio and arrested after skeleton keys found in his room. A second man, bondholder at Bellevue House, also arrested. a woman accompanying him left for Park House.
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Lovsville
Edward Williams
Joseph Selvage
John Latta
Latta
Williams
Shelby and
Mavison
Jefferson Street
Barbee
Fifth Ward
Maine Street
Main
Chappel Streets
Rhodes
Cheppel
Quinn
Bishop Spaulding
Spaulding
Louisvinis
Latzst
Sth
Qrean House
Brown
Bellevue
Park House
Newport News
Pacific Mail to San Francisco Record Breaking Passage
The San Francisco run ends in nineteen days and twenty hours, the fastest on record, carrying 460 passengers and 960 035 treasure from Nicaragua to the Pacific. other notes report California mines improving, new discoveries near Paget Sound, and Fourth of July celebrations in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Col. Walker
San Juan del Sud
Brench
Government
Col. Kinney
San Juan del Norte
Berg Huntress
Philadelphia
San Juan
California
Paget Sound
Pacific
Nicaragua
John L. Stephenson
M. Dillon
Samuel Herman
Elworth
Sacramento
Eldemdo County
Cave City
Calaverital
Outrage at Bristol Ferry Moonlight Excursion
A Prov Journal report describes a drunken crowd on the Blackstone steamer's Bristol Ferry trip, wrecking furniture and windows and rioting with obscene language and attacks on travelers, including a woman struck by a bottle. The piece urges proprietors to stop such excursions to protect public morals.
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Blackstone Cats
Bristol Ferry
Persbi
Bowrd
Paniviitent
Meeting at Battery opposing Castle Garden emigration depot
A August meeting in New York City protested the plan to convert Castle Garden into an emigrant depot. Runners led a pro tempo crowd with a field piece, threats of force, rocket fire toward the building, and a large police force remained unused.
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New York
Neus
Battery P
Isaiah Rynders
Custom House
O'Keefe
Castle Garden
Fire on Chatham Street Claims Two Children
A Sunday night blaze on Chatham Street killed two children and left several family members seriously burned. The mother is not expected to survive. Firefighters showed great bravery, credited with saving the rest of the family.
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Chatham Street
Camie Ts
Wengdhvedie New York Tribune
Oceanic telegraph line opens across Gulf of St Lawrence
James Adger leads steamship voyage from Newfoundland and Cape Breton to lay submarine telegraph wire across the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The mission marks the first link in a grand oceanic telegraph line intended to connect America with Europe.
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James Adger
Ing
New Chartered
Newfonewfoundland
Cape Breton
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Newfoundland
America
Europe
New Movine Power Demonstrates Kite Lift Near Savin Hill
Savin Hill residents launched a large kite on Friday evening that lifted a covered wagon containing two ladies and one gentleman. The string drew the wagon smoothly along as spectators watched a novel, life like sight above the crowd. An early report notes the experiment drew strong interest from locals and observers, praising the impressive lift and the potential of such kites.
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Savin Hill
Steven Kite
Bester Journal
Cattle Raider Strawn Reported in Wheat Field Break
In Peoria jurisdiction Jacob Strawn noted for cattle raiding is linked to a 400 acre corn field within a 200 acre wheat harvest area. The report mentions Mr. Scot overseeing the Peoria Juvcion region and the harvest scene.
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Scot
Peoria Juvcion
Jacob Strawn
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