Democracy and the pathway to a united nation
The piece argues that true democracy equals equal rights under divine law and state protection, while recognizing limits through mental maturity and crime. It notes the modern shift in party labels, praises democracy as an evolving patriotic ideal, and stresses universal access to political participation with prudent franchise restrictions. It ends with reflections on progress toward a liberal, unified republic.
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Ana
Dews Atoms and Other Oddities from a Moralizing Era
A collection of curiosities and notices from the era includes a man arrested in New Orleans for assault on an elephant, a beds-up of oddities such as a three-nosed cub born near Stamford, Conn, and reports on railways suffering snow blockades, horseracing debates, and notable incomes for women physicians in Philadelphia and New York. The piece covers political, social, and economic snippets from the period, with references to Livingstone, General Tom Thumb’s sister Minnie Warren, and notable figures like Commodore Nutt and Roger Sherman’s watch.
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New Orleans
Livingstone
John H. Sarratt
Illinois
Trinity Church
New York
Yrix
Minnie Warren
Tom Thumb
Commodore Nutt
Cuip
Stamford
Conn
Puextx Subscription Urges Immediate Payment and Local Notices
Local notice urges subscribers to pay arrears immediately to avoid discontinuation of the Phoenix. It mentions a yearly rate of two dollars and twenty-five cents prepaid and invites readers to use the ad on page one for savings. The piece then pivots to seeking charitable amusement and civic notices from Bristol High School to ordination events and G A R charity plans, highlighting community appeals and meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thor Bristol Hien
Bristol High School
M. T. W. Bicknell
Library Fund
Bristol Y. M. C. Association
Bristol Young Men's Christian Association
Woul
Mossie
Samuel W Church
Wm. B. Spooner
C. H.R. Doringh
Wm. R. Taylor
American Bible Society
The
Association
First National
National Eagle
Commercial Banks
Epwanp S. Bannrit
Library Fund B
Phenix
Barsrox
Eorror
Old Bristol
Oxo Port
National Convention Memorial Aims Tax Reduction Plan
The National Convention of Manufacturers at Cleve and last month adopted a memorial to Congress seeking tax relief. It urges exempting staple goods from taxes and shifting burden to luxuries, simplifying taxation, and cutting government expenditures below 300 million dollars. It envisions collecting through a few luxury articles and removing direct taxes on industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isrxenan
National Convention of Manufacturers
Cleveand
Congress
St Michael's Church sale to furnish infant school room
On Tuesday evening the ladies of St Michael's Church will hold a sale at the Armory corner High and Church streets to raise funds for a room for the church infant school. If stormy weather the sale moves to the next fair week day evening. See advertisement.
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St. Michael’s Church
Church Streets
Despicable Act Doped Harness at St Michael’s Church
A despicable scamp cut the harness of a horse hitched to a carriage near St Michael's Church parsonage on Church Street Monday evening. A reward is advertised to help ferret out the perpetrator. The steamer Bradfords Darfee failed to run from Fall River to this port and Providence on Monday and Tuesday due to ice in Mount Hope Bay and the bay below Provides.
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New York and
Boston Express
Providence
Mansfield
EB. E. Stepardson
Dedham
Isaac H. Borden
Bristol Ferry
Hog Island
Our
Bradford Darfee
St. Michael's Church
Church Street
Bradfords Darfee
Fall River
Mount Hope Bay
Elizabeth Pressott
Florence Percy
Frances Lee
Bella F. Burton
Deacon & Peterson
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
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U. S
U S
Monty
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Tom Benton
Rocky Mountains
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Aps
Evans Pass
United States
Sam
Pluck
Plack
Will
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Great Wall Street
Union Pacific
Old Capital
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Speaker van Zandt
Samuel W. Church
Sheffield
Committee On Finance
Bradley
Supreme Court
Sylvester G. Shearman
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Judge Shearman
Bnapiey
General Assembly
Providence Journal
Bowen
Chase
James
Cardoza
Rhode Island
U.S. House of Representatives
Committee On Reconstruction
Thomas A. Jenckes
Providence Journal and Press
Charles Bonaparte
Latitia
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Waterloo
Adam
Apedal Committee
Lincoln
Mudd
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Spangler
Gro. T. Downtna
House of Representatives
Washington
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Morales
Connecticut
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Brown University
Ohio
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Algeria
Henry C Poter
Grace Church
N. Y
Joan A. Griswold
Gen. Sherman
Roger Sherman
Jons Jacon Astor
John J. Astor
James Curtis
Pittsfield
Mass
Lantern Hill
North Stonington
Vine Steamship Lines
Tyre
Carrtown
Butler Co
Nancy Cooley
Dave
Camden
Haskins
Burlington
Apviers
Cheyenne City
Dakotah Territory
Boston
Local Intelligence
Dzracon
First Baptist Church
Hich Straet
John Lake
Mr Spaulding
Warren
Andem
J. J Peck
Spaulling
E. P. Brownell
Gray's
Westminster Street
Grond Army
Republic
T. J. Griffin, JR
Joax, Turner
Walter Pierce
Henry C. Grrrorp
Mr. Hayes
I. Fenn
Lucy Larcom
Bobbett and
Hooper
Granville Perkins
J. A. Bone
W J. Henessy
Kluhn
Mra. A. M. Diaz O
G.G White
L. D Nichola
D. C. Hitchcorks
Mary
Anna M. Wells
William Henry
Julius Eichberg
Ticknor & Fields Boston
George G Evans
Charles Dickens
Evans & Co
Chestnut Street
Thomas M. Clarke
D. D
Goper
L. A. Godey
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