Amendments to City Rules and Fees Proclaimed
The City Council may impose penalties up to specified sums for violations of rules related to public order and burden of vehicles and passengers. The act also amends fees for court attendance and officer compensation, with immediate effect and publication requirements in a newspaper. Secretary WM R Watson signs the measure for enactment.
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Gabon
WM. R. Watson
Sec'ry
Waiti
Abe Bone
Witch
Racme
Lyse R. Watson
Constitutional amendments go before electors on 1854 vote
The General Assembly approves proposed amendments to the Rhode Island Constitution and directs their publication and submission to electors. Propositions include voting eligibility, ward clerk authority, governor's power, and related procedures to be decided at the November 1854 election. The Secretary of State will publish notices and arrange separate ballots with a reject option.
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General Assembly
Earennual
Horral
Tome
Noresar
Senate
Secretary of State
Tere
Fourth of July Celebration in Bristol 1804
On July 4 in Bristol a formal procession formed at the Court House led by Major A. E. Burnside. Gilmore’s Band and King Philip Fire Company marched to the church for a Bible reading and an oration by Thomas Shepard. The day featured music, artillery drills, and a daylong public address on antagonisms in society. A boy Morris extinguished a fire by his own contrivance to cheers, and a Pawtucket engine builder praised the youth.
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Court House
A. E. Burnside
Gilmore
King Philip Fire Company
Sheppard
United States
Loesson
Lari
Conene
Rhode Island
D&c
State Street
Morris
Pawtucket
Vegetation Advances While Dry Spell Prompts Rain Hope
The article notes vigorous vegetation for the period and a dry earth in need of rain. Hay crops are reported abundant with a favorable season for making hay. In a separate event, Mr. C. Easterbrooks was knocked down on Saturday around 11 o clock near the Neck and Durfee Bradford house and robbed of about eighty dollars and papers. he recovered and pursued the watchmen who found his hat at the scene.
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C. Easterbrooks
Durfee Bradford
Bristol Hotel bar sale urged after liquor fears
The Bristol Hotel premises are reported to still allow liquor despite prior claims that the bar was abolished. On the fourth and fifth, several heavily intoxicated individuals were seen about the building, prompting renewed urging for Mr Chadwick to cease selling alcohol.
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Chadwick
Bristol
Intense Heat Hits Boston as Fourth Sparks Hazards
The city awoke to 80 degree dawn in Boston with afternoon temps from 94 to 97 degrees. Several horses died from the heat, most owned by omnibus lines, while general Fourth of July celebrations ran high with fewer accidents than normal.
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Boston
Omnibus
Fires Damage Local Buildings on the Fourth
On the fourth several houses were set on fire by fire-crackers and wadding from fired guns. The brick school house and the Baptist Church roofs caught from the wadding. Capt. John Norris’s house and an old corner house on Frank lill and Hope streets ignited by fire-crackers but suffered little damage.
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Baptist Church
John ‘Norris
Franklill
Hope Streets
Niagara Fire Engine Visit to King Philip Hall
The Niagara Fire Engine Company of Fall River visited the town and paraded through principal streets to King Philip Hall where a collation was prepared. They then went to Locust Grove with Fall River ladies and gentlemen to enjoy chowder before returning home on the Bradford Durfee, pleased with the visit.
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Niagara Fire Engine Company
Fall River
King Philip Engine Co
King Philip Hall
King Philip Co
Niagara Company
Locust Grove
Bradford Durfee
Northern New York described as a broad level to rolling iron and lumber region
Correspondence from Northern New York outlines a land of dead level plains near Ronse Point shifting to gentle slopes toward Ogdensburg. The area hosts abundant water power, expanding lumber mills fed by clear streams, and a growing iron trade with exhausted ore deposits, especially in Franklin and Essex counties, aided by a railroad and prospecting surveys.
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New York
Faiexp Bay
Empire
St. Lawrence
Lake Champlain
Highlands
Boston
Maine
Franklin County
Essex County
Behind the Scenes Wealth and Brooklyn Growth Debate
The article traces secretive money flows in a prominent company, Barnum’s fluctuating stock control, and a high stake presidency. It notes Brooklyn’s rapid expansion and rail expansion promises, along with church scenes and recent cholera deaths. Immigrant ship arrivals and resumed mine railroad mail runs are mentioned.
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Crystal Palace
Npoe Barnum
Barnum
Palsee
Neotesi
Brooklyn
Seadeys
H. W. Beecher
Dr. Cox
Cox
Eighteenth Street
New York
Episcopalians
Tte
Franklin Street
Liverpool
Hansa's New Monray for July Receives High Praise
The July issue of Hansa's New Monray is rectived by Mr Bosterbrooks and praised as excellent with numerous engravings. It features illustrations of Fourth of July on the Hudson that could amuse even a dyspeptic reader, and promises rich reading for the general audience.
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Hansa
Bosterbrooks
Hudson
Arrival of the steamship America and European war updates
One week after arriving from Europe the steamship America reports events from Cronstadt and the Danube theater. Turkish forces under Omar Pacha repelled Russian assaults at Silistria with high casualties, while Gortschakoff and Shilders were wounded. The Turkish victory shifts Russian plans in Bulgaria as British and French forces remain largely absent.
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Haufax
America
Kamley
Karevy
Te Cronstadt
Cronstadt
Sisistria
Danube
Seige
Hibere Pacha
Prince Paskiewiteh
Gortschakoff
Schelders
Ulme
Omar Pacha
Shilders
Hopa
Bulgariep
Ka- Iardsh
Leprandi
Statina
Silistria
Bulgaria
Dundas
Hanelon
Sebastopol
Tarna
Trenpay
Keme
Gulf of Bothnia
An Introductory Letter on Heat and Newspapers
A July 4 1854 New York missive laments the hot weather dominating public discourse and mocks the urge to write a long piece. The writer notes overheated conversations about warmth, references the Know Nothings, and ends with a playful aside and a signed farewell.
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New York
Bnrrorn
Mr. Jones
Hae
Walley
Railroad prophecy ruins Barrington farms in Rhode Island area
The Warren Star laments a prophecy fulfilled as a Providence to Warren and Bristol railroad plan ruins Barrington farms. It notes the Tharbher farm sold at high earlier price, then subdivided into house lots for large profits. Clarke and Chase farms face similar fates with land along the main road likely to be repurposed for railroad access.
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Providence
Warren
Bristol
Barrington
Tharbher
Consid
Clarke Ashich
Chase
Mhurber
Praire
Warren Star
Cholera Strikes Fayetteville and Lewiston as Emigrants Die
In Fayetteville Tennessee population 1200, more than 60 left, cholera drives families from homes. Seven cholera cases reported in Nashville during the Sicha Saturday test. At Lewiston Tennessee five emigrants died from the disease.
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Fayetteville
Tenn
Nashville
Lewiston
Boston Traveller Report on Abiare and State of Maine
The Boston Traveller notes three thousand tons of abiare were built this year for the State of Maine and related shipments. Details remain unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
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Boston
Maine
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Ohare
Bridge Water
Deon Suey
Osborn
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