Town Meeting to Decide Congressional Representative
Town meeting in the Eastern District outlines elections for a Congress representative. Two candidates remain Mr Robinson and Mr Davis after Democratic candidate Mr Ar afA peeRee Saal tahé nold withdraws. Polls open at 10 AM with strong calls for voter turnout and a large majority for Robinson.
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EFA
Congress
Robinson
Davis
Arafa peeRee Saal Tahénold
Sud Ily
Newport Advertiser
Naturalization and military service sparks debate in 1859
A lengthy discussion on U S naturalization and foreign service follows a secretary of state letter. The piece notes French natives may lose protection from military impressment and mentions Cass, Webster, and European events shaping policy. Weather and local commerce items close the column with notices of products and a steamship rumor.
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Iyaa
Elso
France
Europe
United States
Great Britain
Ingecham
Koztn
Daniel Webster
Austrela
Eeen
Louis Napoleon
Cass
Drowning at Sprague's Wharf Injures Local Family
A little daughter of Mr. Robert Clungh fell into the dock from Sprague's wharf on Saturday and drowned. The coroner's inquest, led by Masck W. Pierce, Esq., returned a verdict of accidental drowning.
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Robert Clungh
Sprague’s Wharf
Masck W.pierce, Esq
Naval School Graduate S Dana Greene Bound for Hartford
Among the Midshipmen graduates of the Naval School at Annapolis the name S Dana Greene appears. He is the son of George S Greene, Esq., formerly of this town, and has been ordered for duty on the new sloop of war Hartford.
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Naval School At
Annapolis
S. Dana Greene
George 8. Greene
Hartford
Town plans Fourth of July oration and music funding
The committee raising funds for a Fourth of July celebration arranges an oration by a local young townsman. Individual subscriptions plus a small town appropriation should cover music and related costs.
Excursion to Boston by Matthewson Street church group
Members of Matthewson Street St. BE Church and Sabbath School plan an excursion to Boston and Mount Auburn this morning. After returning to Boston they will attend addresses at the M E Church on Broomfield Street by Rev. Dr Haven and others. Fare for the round trip is £1 2 6 or from Bristol $1.40, with tickets available in Providence.
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Gar
Boston
Matthewson Street St. BE
Mount Auburn
Broomfield Street M. E
Dr. Haven
Edward T. Taylor
Jacob Sleeper
Toso
Bristol
Providence
Bristol Ferry Farm Public Auction Promises Prime Summer Grounds
An auction notice states Bristol Ferry Farm and related privileges will be sold Saturday at the premises. The location is praised as an ideal New England summer residence or boarding house. Capitalists urged to attend the sale. Also mentioned is a large haul of Horsemackerel caught by Benjamin Tallman and associates in Portsmouth, sold at a high New York market price. Professor James Bo Angell of Brown University will give an oration before Providence citizens on the national day of independence.
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Gar
Bristol
New England
Jamey Bo Angell
Grown University
Providence
Rhode Island Horticultural Society Event at Armory
The Exposition of the Rhode Island Horticultural Society will be held at the Armory of the Light Infantry Company located at Dorrance and Weybosset streets in Providence. The event takes place on Tuesday next the 21st. Attendees are urged to bring fruits and mowers.
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Rhode Behind Horicultural Society
Light Infantry Company
Dorrance and
Weybosset
Providence
Gathering of Friends at Newport Largest in Years
The Gathering of Friends at the Yearly Meeting began in Newport on Saturday and drew a large crowd. Many attendees came from Providence and other locations, including people not connected with the Society.
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Newport
Providence
St Johns Day Freemasons Plan Special Woonsocket Trip
Freemasons in the state celebrate St John the Baptist day with a planned Friday event at Woonsocket. A special Warren Providence and Bustal Railroad train will run to connect at Providence with the Woonsocket service so attendees from this place and Warren may go and return the same day.
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St. John’s
Woonsucket
Warren, Providence and Brustal
Providence
Warren
Patent grants for mowing machine chimney cowl and horse power device
During the week ending June, letters patent were granted to Henry Luth or of Warren for an improvement in a mowing machine Henry Bodlaw of Newport for an improved chimney cowl and William Field of Presidency for an improvement in horsepower machines.
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Llenry I Luthor
Warren
Henry Bodlaw
Newport
Walliam Field
New Mowixo Machine With Superior Mowing Design
A Mower invented by Henry N. Luther of Warren is described as highly promising for New England farmers. The device uses the right hand driving wheel with gears to power cutters, pressing fingers, and a lifting mechanism to clear stones, plus a rotating outer ring for easy passage over grass. Luther has secured a patent for the machine.
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Jerer
Luther
Lottera
Newport meeting honors New England Friends' Boarding School founders
Monday gathering of former teachers and pupils of the New England Friends' Boarding School at Providence drew many alumni. Dr Pliny Earl of Leicester was named President with vice presidents and secretaries. Speeches, letter readings, and resolutions thanked benefactors whose generosity founded and endowed the institution.
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Newport
New England Friends
Providence
Pliny Earl of Leicester
Death of Geo W Peck Brings Loss to Bristol Community
The long illness of Geo W Peck, born December 4 182% in Rehoboth Mass, ended in Boston on the 6th. A scholar and critic, he studied law then literature and music, edited papers, and wrote Melbourne and the Chincha Islands. His Bristol summers sought health but failed, dying at forty one. Dr J B Chagan of Barrington appointed Public School Commissioner replacing Kingsbury.
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Bristol
Nathaniel Burock
Étudent
Rt. H. Dana, Jr
Boston
Boston Post
Peck
Boston Musical Review
Lake Superior
Courier and Enquirer
American Review
Australia
Melbourne
Lima
Chincha Islands
Chincha Sands
Pacific
Gold
Shakspeare
Atlantic
Turner
J. B Chagan
Barrington
Kingsbury
Board Votes By Law Requiring Daily Public School Reading
The New York City Board of Education adopts a by law mandating daily reading in public schools. The vote totals 25 to 16.
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Board of Education
New York City
Bus found trapped at Barrington Bridge weighs forty three pounds
The Providence Journal reports a bus was caught at Barrington Bridge on Thursday morning. It weighs forty three pounds and measures four feet long with a body thickness of twelve inches at its thickest part.
Stagecoach collision injures passengers near Portsmouth
On Monday last the Fall River and Newport mail stage descending Quaker Will at Portsmouth was upset when a wheel horse’s trace became unhitched. Several passengers sustained considerable injuries in the wreck.
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Fall River
Newport
Portsmouth
Missing Farmer Samuel Li Viall Seen Last in Westminster Street
The Providence Journal reports farmer Samuel Li Viall of Seo Konk came to the city last Tuesday morning and has not been heard from since. He was seen that day in Westminster Street.
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Nas Nussina
Providence Journal
Samuel Li. Viall
Seokonk
Westminster Stract
Tis Scientific Anglican Enlarge This Weekly Journal
The publishers Munn and Co announce a large enlargement to twelve pages, making it the largest and cheapest scientific journal. They will not raise subscription prices, seeking more subscribers to cover costs. Terms are $20 per year or 10 copies for $15. Specimen copies mailed free on request from No 37 Park Row New York.
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Tis Scientific Anglican
Europe
Munn & CO
Park Row
New York
Factories and Mills Across English Towns Noted for Wealth and Industry
The article surveys Manchester as a leading woolen goods depot with diverse mills, followed by Birmingham's strong jewelry and decorative industries. It highlights Springhill’s nail works by Samuel Norris and notes Birmingham’s two main factory districts, contrasting with Manchester and Bristol, while claiming London lacks notable manufactures.
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England
America
Manchester
Birmingham
Snall Place
Springill
Samuel Norris
Manchiester
Bristol
London
England and America Compared in Trade and Labor
The author contrasts England and the United States noting England’s shipping dependence and lack of enterprise. Labor is cheap in England with mechanists earning about 87 cents to $1.25 daily, while Americans push for riskier ventures and higher returns. The piece laments war draining workers and praises American go-ahead spirit. Teazen.
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Liverpool
England
America
German Beer Houses Draw Moral Alarm Across City
The Deutsche Kirchen Freund criticizes Germans who frequent lager beer houses and take Sunday excursions. It laments that many German professionals have entered the trade for easy money, warning of moral decay, 가족 neglect, and financial strain, urging reverence for holy values.
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Deutsche Kirchen Freund
Philadelphia
Steamer Star of the West Arrives with Treasure and Passengers
From Repinall via Key West the Star of the West brings upwards of a million and a half in treasure and 400 passengers, with California mails to May 20. The Brother from Manila reached San Francisco May 1. Gov Brush of Calaveras Co. is named a large defaulter. Isthmus authorities reported quiet conditions.
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New York
Star of the West
Repinwall
Key West
California
Brother
Manilla
San Francisco
Gov. D. Brush
Calaveras Co
Evening Bulletin
Timita
Booth
Havana
Gas Explosion at Coddington Factory Warns on Gas Odor
Friday evening a smell of gas at the Coddington Factory in this city led watchman Wm Hatfield and superintendent Pardon Olney to descend with a lit lantern. An explosion in a basement room near the gas meter injured Hatfield severely and Olney mildly, damaging the mill structure. The incident ends with a warning to avoid lighting in gas filled rooms and to shut off gas at the meter and ventilate first. Newport News.
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Coddington
Wm Hatfield
Pardon Olney
Hatfield
Olney
Newport Vews
Frost King Ravages Fall River Area
Report of frost damage across Fall River and nearby Warren with extensive harm to fruit trees and crops. Observes selective destruction sparing some gardens and vegetation, noting millions lost in the West as frost advances.
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Fall River
Warren
Keer
Tragic Suicide of Holliston Young Woman
Ellan Goodsoe, a nineteen year old Holliston resident, died after taking rat poison in two doses. She reportedly faced a recent disappointment in love, bought poison last Monday, and succumbed Saturday after two days of suffering under medical care.
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Svierpe
Hoierstow
Mise Ellan Goodsoe
Holliston
Tove
War News and Steamship Arrivals From Europe
Reports from Europe describe the Europa steamship's arrival and ongoing hostilities. Sardinian bulletins claim victories at Palestro and Confionsa with thousands of Austrian prisoners and several cannons captured, while Zouaves and Piedmontese forces press the Austrian retreat near the Ticino. Garibaldi's movement and Lombard unrest are also noted.
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Palestro
Turin
Jeon
Chialdini
Confionsa
Somelline
Corvesena
Sesto Callende
Ticino
Paris Monéteur
Vercelli
Calastro
Perilous Smuggling Route Breaches Near Smoky Hill
The Rocky Mountain News reports migrants using the Smoky Hill route to Pike's Peak struggles with starvation and thirst. Dozens are missing or dead, some salvaging meat from wolves and oxen. Many groups roam the plains seeking water and a viable road, amid widespread destitution.
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Tenguung Sureenino
Pike
Rocky Mountain News
Pike's Peak
Smoky Hill
Kansas
Nears
Russellville
Niles
Fort St Vrain
Platte
Smoky Will
Navy names new vessels for African and Gulf squadrons
The Secretary of the Navy by presidential order assigns Mystic Wyandott Sumpter Mohawk Anacontia and Crusader to new squadrons. Mystic and Sumpter join the African Squadron while others join the Gulf Squadron making thirteen vessels including Roanoke Sabine and Saratoga. Lieut Maffit to command the Crusader, Lieut Craven to command a Gulf ship. Commander Williamson ordered to the Fulton. The Gulf corps aims to protect American interests and project force if needed.
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Gz Navau
Secretary of the Navy
Mystic
Wyandott
Sumpter
Mohawk
Anacontia
Crusader
Roanoke
Sabine
Savannah
Brooklyn
St Louis
Jamestown
Saratoga
Relief
Preblo
Fulton
Water Witch
Maffit
Craven
Gulf
Williamson
Gulf Squadron
Providence toddler burns to death after matches fire
In Providence on the 9th inst a fourteen month old girl, daughter of Charles Mc Kenna, a stone cutter, died the next day from burns. The mother briefly left the child at a bureau drawer to buy vegetables, and the child is said to have found matches, igniting the clothing.
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Providence
Charles McKenna
Bogus fare tricks and mackerel arrivals in West Harwich
A New York omnibus driver refuses to make change when a passenger pays with four quarters, returning 28 cents as change and warning a bogus name. Severn vessels have arrived at West Harwich bringing fall mackerel fares. The trade seems to be thriving despite discouraging times.
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New York Omnibus
Fanes
West Harwich
Administration on neutral rights and maritime law discussed
Dispatches to Mr Dallas and ministers abroad outline US stance on neutral rights and 1855 maritime law declarations by major powers. Secretary Cass notes clarify protection for naturalized citizens. report confirms rumor of Mr Schiel as France minister. J J Cobb barque found near Matanzas, tied to Cuban cargo and Mora Brothers lineage.
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Sao
Washington News
Wasiisdr
Dallas
Hiot
Mariner
Marcy
Aehonan
United States
Great Britain
France
Austria
Russia
Prussia
Sardinia
Turkey
Cass
Sthiel
Slave trade tale stirs Florida coast outrage and commerce
The Mobile Register notes a surge of African slave landing near Mobile and predicts Southern traders will dominate the trade as abolitionist actions are blamed. It argues Yankee ships will pursue the business, praising southern figures like the Lamars and Wanderers while urging pro slavery sentiment.
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Mobile Register
Florida
Mobile
Faneuil Hall
Salem
Thunderstorm Strikes Guaniteville House Injuring Family
During a Friday thunderstorm a Guaniteville house owned by Fenner Wood and home to Daniel Bennett and Henry Hall was struck by lightning. Mrs. Bennett fell, shoe burned, but no severe injuries. their son slept safely as a splintered bed frame and shattered mirror frame were noted. authorities say two protection rods were likely misused. The Glendale burning fluid explosion victims are recovering except Geo Baker and Thomas Smith remain at home.
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Lant
Guaniteville
Fenner Wood
Daniel Bennett
Honry Hall
Umates
Glendale
Geo Baker
Thomas Smith
General Avsirav and Shen tukoff Dinner Honours Roman Officers
Officers who will command the General Admiral hosted a dinner for about fifty friends in New York and Washington to show appreciation for the friendship extended since their arrival in the United States. The event highlighted their desire to testify to their numerous acquaintances.
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Avsirav
Caupt Shentukoff
Offcers
Shew
New York
Washington
Snake sighting and capture near Barre
In Barre a boy found a three and a half foot black snake in the road. He caught it and tied a hawk to its jaw, then dragged it home a mile and a half. Soon after he spotted a second snake of similar size following the first’s trail.
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Barre
Mase
Apple of Peru poison kills elderly woman in Providence area
Mrs Mary Y Weashingtom, about seventy, and a boy gathered greens from Elbuve street Kuaspany. The plant turned out to be Apple of Peru Datura stramonium. Washington died yesterday morning from the poison. The boy recovers. no other family members ate the plant.
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Porsonso
Mary Y Weashingtom
Elbuve Street
Kuaspany
Washington
Providence Journal
Sabbath School Concert At Brooklyn Hubust School
The Washington Avenue Hubust Sabbath School in Brooklyn held its monthly concert with a very Interesting tune. The pastor spoke and introduced Clough of Providence as a friend of Sabbath School, drawing marked attention from the children, per the Evening Post report.
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Washington Avenue
Sabbath School
Brooklyn
Clough
Providence
N. Y
Charleston woman sues Bradford dentist for faulty tooth extraction
Mrs Eliza Butler of Charleston Maine filed suit against Dr Phipps of Bradford to recover 20 dollars after a sound tooth was removed. The defense claimed fainting caused the instrument to slip onto the wrong grinder and the judge dismissed the case with only sympathy for the lady short on fur teeth.
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Eliza Butler
Charleston
Phipps
Bradford
Bangor Times
Lynchings Over Deception Claim At Pike's Peak
The Dubuque Times endorses Mr Jaen as truthful after his return from Pike's Peak where about 560 men induced by a deception formed a mob to punish alleged writers of deluding letters. They abduct Mason Clarke and lash him to pieces with four mules tied to his limbs while others were shot for similar offenses.
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Dubuque
Twin Daughters of Gettynburg Man Die in One Night
The twin daughters of Abraham Guise of Gettynburg Pennsylvania died there recently at age forty four. They were born and raised together never separated for a single night during their lives and died within a few hours of each other. They were buried side by side in the same grave. They travelled life’s path hand in hand and in death they were not parted.
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Abraham Guise
Gettynburb
Pennsylvania
Severe June Frost Devastates Crops Across Region
The Toledo Congist reports a frost as severe as any in June, striking Saturday night. Beans are ruined, Indian corn, potatoes, and tomatoes badly damaged, young fruit blighted, and foliage on acacia, oak, samach, ash, and other trees blackened as if scorched.
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Toledo
Rescue of girl from Mormon party in Iowa by Pike's Peak travelers
A company of twenty eight Indians returning from Pike's Peak rescued a young girl from a Mormon party they met in Iowa and took her back to Iowa City. The group faced resistance as the Mormons, fifty strong, fought back but the Pike's Peak travelers stood their ground and escorted the girl and her luggage home, honoring her choice to return.
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Pike's Peak
Iowa
Iowa City
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