The Briatol Phen and English Coal Mines Deep Below
The article surveys English coal mining depth and danger. It cites shafts like Dokenfield Cheshire at 2504 feet, Pendleton near Manchester at 2504 feet, and Wigan at 1778 feet, with mines under the sea in Durham and Cumberland. It notes large engines and man engines aiding miners and warns of high fatality and disease rates among workers.
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England
Lozn
Dokenfield
Cheshire
Pendleton
Manchester
Wigan
Durham
Cumberland
Doleoath
Cornwall
Trarynan
Telegraphic links reach Asia and America across oceans
The piece describes telegraph expansion from Washington toward the Pacific, with plans to connect Asia and America via submarine cables. It notes a line near Pekin and a route to Canton, plus a London Calcutta link extended to Canton. It mentions Chinese superstition, Dr McGowan’s sign system, and a December North Atlantic gate event with high tides wrecking vessels and a Mass legacy for a dog.
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Grose
Globe
Washington
Pacific
Asia
America
Pekin
China
Canton
London
Calcutta
McGowan
Early New England Missionary Rasles at Nor ridgewock
Sebastian Rasles a Jesuit missionary to the Abenaquis and Illinois in the late 17th and early 18th centuries led a stringent career of religious and temporal authority, aided by a fortified church. he fought English alliances, endured wars, and was killed during the 1724 raid on Norridgewock, with the village’s church plundered and surrounding crops burned.
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Sebastian Basles
Rochelle
Quebec
Jacque Bigot
Norridgewock
Illinois
England
France
Dudley
Casca
Raslas
Norridgewooks
Boston
Inter Vale
Mensures
Hannon and
Moulton
Kennebeck
Winslow
O. S
William Holmes
Chilmark
Massachusetts
Hannon
Viconet
Rasles
New York
Friend
Congregational Sunday School
Dr. Shepard
T. S. Thomas
Methodist Church
C. P. Osborne
Inventor’s Patent Counsel R H Eddy Endorsed in Boston
The eminent patent solicitor R H Eddy of Boston dedicates his time to patent law with thirty years of experience. He handles claims before the Washington Commissioners, aids in securing patents after rejection, and offers moderate charges. He is described as highly principled and trustworthy with careful service for inventors.
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R. H. Eddy
Boston
Department of Business
Washington
Patent Office
Eddy
Steamers Bristol and Providence to be sold in Bristol
The steamers Bristol and Providence built for New York to Bristol service will be sold on the 10th in Bristol. A train wreck in Troy involved ten horse cars lost in a two span bank collapse.
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Bristol
Providence
New York
Troy
Christmas Eve Service at St Michael’s Opens Sabbath School
On December 24 St Michael’s Church held a Sabbath School event ahead of Christmas Day services. The youth were the focus to teach duties for mature church membership. The piece traces Christmas observance from ancient times through early church history and reform-era concerns.
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Hemish
Christ
Episcopal Church
St. Michael's Church
Herod
Santa Claus
Church of Christ
Diocletian
Freewen's Election at Hydraulic Engine Company
At the annual meeting of Hydraulic Engine and Hose Company No. 1 on Tuesday evening December 25 officers were elected for the coming year Foreman Parmenus Skinner First Assistant William Davis Second Solon H. Smith Clerk Benjamin W. Davis Suction Hosemen first William Mann second Benjamin B. Slade third Gilbert Norris fourth John T. Warren Leading Hosemen first Alden Fish second Byron Fish third Thomas Gayton fourth Samuel Mott fifth John Mott Axeman E I Thompson Torch Bearer W J Davis Hydrante attendees Gideon Gifford and Benjamin B. Slade to attend hydrante.
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Freewen
Hydraulic Engine and Hose Company No. 1
Parmenus Skinner
William Davis
Solon H. Smith
Benjamin W. Davis
William Mann
Benjamin B. Slade
Gilbert Norris
John T. Warren
Alden Fish
Byron
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