The Syrian Crisis and Nations’ Neutral Silence
A worried meditation on the Syrian massacres amid wars in Europe Asia and the Americas. Christian nations eye restraint as Druses attack Christians while Turkish authorities betray them. prayers may yet offer divine aid. Also local notices of drownings, a clambake, an egg record, and a dock accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Iadia
China
Americas
Syria
India
Constantinople
Damascus
Elisha
Jerusalem
Local Coggeshall House Auction Postponed to Saturday
Auction notice states the mortgage sale of Mr. George Coggeshall’s house is postponed to Saturday next August 4th. The reference appears under the advertisement head for auctions.
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Miorigagess
George Coggeshall
The Great Meteor Seen Across Wide Regions Friday Night
The meteor appeared near the town on Friday evening the 20th, seen across Canada to Norfolk and Michigan, with ships reporting the Atlantis area two to three hundred miles eastward. It moved northwest to southeast in about one minute and split into two parts before vanishing, prompting scientific interest into meteors and their fiery tails and fiery origin.
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Canada
Norfolk
Michigan
Atlantis Ocean
Grand Musical Entertainment at Town Hall
Miss Cxcra I. Mbroocn headlines a rich concert on a Wednesday eve with Mr and Mrs Newell Tremont Temple stars, Prof H S Trowrson composer Lilly Dale, baritone Prof J W Bornton, and A Bonn. A 100 schoolchildren chorus will perform, with Miss Murdoch at the piano. Admission 15 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cxcra I. Mbroocn
Joan Newell
Tremont Temple
Boston
H. 8. Trowrson
Lilly Dale
J. W. Bornton
A. Bonn
Bond
Barn Fire on Siscon Estate Causes Major Loss
A fire early Thursday destroyed a barn on the Siscon Estate near the Asylum, along with eight tons of hay and grain. Grant was arrested near Warren by Sheriff Maxwell and Constable Pearce on suspicion of arson and jailed in town.
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Siscon
Grant
Warren
Maxwell
Pearce
Thames Street Repaired Under Surveyor Munro
The town praises the Highways Surveyor for fixing Thames street after years of neglect. Heavy carting and daily traffic now move smoothly from the depot to State street, and the plan to repair worst streets first has improved most streets over five to six years. The expenditure on street repairs is judged judicious.
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Thames Street
State Street
Munro
The Atlantic Mentory August Table of Contents
The Atlantic Mentory for August lists varied articles including The Carnival of the Romantic A Legend of Maryland Prince Abed Eleusinie Victor and Jacqueline Midsummer Tobacco Shakespeare done into French The Poet's Singing A Journey in Sicily The Professor's Story Anno Domini 1860 Darwin on the Origin of Species Readers are reminded of a subscription offer for The Atlantic and The Phenix at 4 dollars per year in advance with The Atlantic alone at 3 dollars.
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Atlantic
Maryland
Prince Abed
Eleusinie
Victor
Jacqueline
Sicily
Darwin
Darn or Verrran Epirox. Joseph Galer, Editor Dies
Joseph Galer editor of the Washington National Intelligencer died in Washington on Saturday evening aged about 74. Born April 10 1786 in Eckington near Sheffield England he came to America with his father at age seven. He built the paper into a daily with partner Seaton remaining until his death. He was a powerful writer and his loss will be felt nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Galer
Washington National Intelligencer
Eckington
Sheffield
England
Col Ellsworth to Enter Lincoln's Legal Office in Springfield
Col Ellsworth of the Chicago Zouaves is about to enter the office of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield Illinois to study law. The move signals a brief pause in military service as he pursues a legal career under Lincoln's guidance.
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Col. Ellsworth
Chicago Zouaves
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Ilinois
Rambles Aboard the Ship A Glimpse of Sea Life
The narrative recounts a sea voyage experienced by young passengers aboard a sailing ship. It notes timekeeping by bells, shipboard songs, discipline, learning to tie knots, and viewing porpoises and sunsets. Meals, milk quality, and a visit to the Fairy Queen by Gloucester link the voyage to shore life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
fIaul
Glocester
Mass
Nook
New England
Italy
Claude Lorraine
Death of Mr. William Henry Russell in Detroit
William Henry Russell formerly of this town died in Detroit on the seventeenth of the month after a period of ill health. He was thirty eight, and leaves a wife and one or two children. The death followed a sudden apoplectic attack.
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William Henry Russell
Thomas H. Russell
Detroit
A Visit to Paris's Invalides and Napoleon's Tomb
The narrator visits the Hotel des Invalides on a cold rainy morning, entering the sacred complex to see thousands of wounded veterans, the shimmering Napoleon tomb, and the solemn military pageantry around a veteran funeral. He notes the imperial busts, the cathedral-like hall, the dining rooms, and the dignity of service in a scene steeped in memory of Napoleon and war.
Napoleon era memories at the Invalides and guard sighting
A narrator recalls the founder Louis XIV era library housing 17 000 volumes and portraits of Napoleon’s generals. He describes visiting constraints, meeting Prince Jerome Bonaparte’s former governor status, and a later encounter with Napoleon’s guard soldiers by the Seine.
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Lous XIV
Napoleon
Jerome
Bon‘aparte
the Invalides
Merci
Seine
Napoleon's Guard
Douglas to Speak in Providence for Roger Williams Monument
Hon. Stephen A. Douglas is expected in Providence on Wednesday evening. The Mechanics Association of Providence resolved to invite him to deliver an oration to aid the Roger Williams Monument. He is a Rhode Island descendant and may receive a Rhode Island Clam Bake during his visit.
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Stephen A. Douglas
Providence
Mechanics Association
Douglas
Roger Williams
Rhode Island
Pony Express Arrival and Far Country News From California
From California July 24 reports the Pony Express from San Francisco 7th has arrived. Market activity has varied with dull markets since the last steamer but renewed transactions since the 4th. Judge Terry acquitted amid alleged collusion. Judge Hardy presided as witnesses failed to appear. Carrier Dove sails for Valparaiso with 60,000 value of California goods. Hebe ships 15,000 sacks of wheat to Australia valued at 28,000. Ore from Washoe arrives. gold output cited. A Providence obituary notes George A. Willard, 52, killed by locomotive. funeral to Providence, burial in city.
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St. Josrra
Pony Express
San Francisco
Terry
Hardy
Dove
Valparaiso
California
Hebe
Australia
St. Louis
Salt Lake
Carson
Charce
Washoe
Sierra Nevada
Clerical Swindle in London Preys on Widow Queen
A London fraudster posed as a clergyman to dupe a lady. He claimed a nephew in India died and a ring and box were at the customs with £15 needed to release them. The money paid, he vanished, and police hunt the impostor posing as a priest. The case highlights how easily a criminal can wear a respectable guise.
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London
India
Custom House
Cranberry Worm Devastates Dennis Vines Threatening Cape Crop
The Yarmouth Register reports the cranberry worm is damaging vines in Dennis with potential crop loss in some areas. While blossoms appear normal and Cape meadows may bear as in other years, extensive damage could hit growers who have invested capital in the business.
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Dennis
Cape
Yarmouth
Record Coldest Month in Nine Years Across England
English journals note last month was the coldest in nine years with only three exceptions. The severest seasons occurred in 1771 1821 and 1852. January averaged eighteen degrees colder than the same month in 1858. Rain fell on twenty six days with little thunder or lightning observed.
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England
Jane
Cherry tree in Coventry bears ripe and green fruit. two blossoms
A Coventry Connecticut cherry tree produced ripe and green fruit since June with blossoms reappearing after initial blooming. Other items report a thunder strike in Newport News, a heavy set man buried in Morris County, a California mail wreck, a Brattleboro water cure fire incident, counterfeiting in New York, a deadly Lynn sow incident, ship and arson news, drownings, fires, accidents, and various arrests and losses across cities.
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Coventry
Conn
Newport News
Thoreday
Wesley Hare
Germinn Valle
Morris County
N. J
Overland Mail
California
Brattleboro
New York
A. B. Harris
Lynn
Perkins H. Dow
Je Hoffman
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Mr. Wesley
the Times
John Warren
Banahy
John Butler
Weehawken
Thomas Buertooth
Cleaveland
Boston
Frederick F. Booth
New Bedford
Beg Clarbor
John Kerns
H. Orr
Philadelphia
Springfield
Mass
U .S. Arsenal
Anne Thompson
American Board
The
American Bible Society
Middletown
Rhodes
Newburyport
Prince of Wales Parade Through St Johns Amid Holiday Festivities
On July 24 the Prince of Wales arrived by ship to Queen's wharf in St Johns. Sir Alexander Bannerman greeted him and drove him to Government House as arches and ships Ariadne and Flying Fish formed a royal escort. The procession honored by Masonic and local societies with a Guard of Honor, while shops closed across Newfoundland. The Hero passed Merlin Rock without touching, though the rock had been blasted five years earlier by the Telegraph Company.
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St. Jones
N. F
Prince of Woanss
Prince of Wales
Suit
Jesatrix Guy
Alexander Bannerman
Royal
Queen's Wharf
St. Andrews
St. Georges
Mecobanica, Coopers, Temperance
Phoenix Volunteer Fire Company
Guard of Honor
Royal Newfoundland Corps
Volunteer Rifle Corps
Newfoundland
St. Johne
Merlin Rock
Reverends Detours and Chaplaincy on the North Carolina
Rev Joseph Stockbridge has been detached from the North Carolina and Rev George Dorrance ordered to fill his place. During Stockbridge's chaplaincy the ship held daily evening prayer on the orlop deck with over 150 sailors and Marines making public professions of religion. Those converted now serve in twenty different ships.
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Joseph Stockbridge
United States
North Carolina
George Dorrance
Stockbridge
Orlop
Largest political gathering in Vincennes Kentucky speaker list
At Vincennes Ind on Saturday several thousand people gathered and heard Hon IUS M Clay of Kentucky. The meeting was the largest political gathering in that region with extra trains and high enthusiasm. A delegation led eight yoke of oxen drew a platform for rail splitting. Speeches were also delivered by Judge Kitchell and Nathaniel Usher.
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Vincennes
Ind
Ius M. Clay
Kentucky
Judge Kitchell
Nathaniel Usher
Telegraph Company case against Buckingham dismissed for lack of permission
In the late case the American Telegraph Company sued John Buckingham to restrain cutting poles on his property. The Superior Court of Connecticut dismissed the petition with costs, ruling the company had no permission to locate poles on that portion of the highway and thus were trespassers.
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American Telegraph Company
John Buckingham
Fairfield
Superior Court of
Connecticut
Coets
Wister's Wild Cherry Balsam Sellout at Bristol
Local ads promote a cherry balsam remedy as a universal cure for coughs colds bronchial and pulmonary complaints. Sold by U N Gifford in Bristol and by druggists.
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U. N. Gifford
Bristol
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Taylor
Lowry
Locust Grove
St. Michael's Church
Benjamin K. Wilson
Accroxsr
Rhoda Island
Sugar House
Phenix
Kor
Hotel Des Invalides
Ponti Des Invalides
Hospital Des Invalides
Zena
Austerlitz
Brodino
Marengo
Ng Crcenune
L'Empereur
St. Jerome
Place Vendome
Africa
Louis Philipe
Napoleon Bonaparte
Monsieur
Offcer
Ael
Marie Loujee
Mullen
Fort Benton
Uly
British Columbia
Scepper Deats
George A. Willard
Madison
Wisconsin
Milwaukie & Mississippi
Jo Hn
Willard
Providence Press
Raynham
Royal Society of North Antiquaries
Copeshagen
Denmark
Bus Oly
Yetie Ival H
Guatemala
Chiopas
Mexico
Minnes
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