Livingstone death rumors and American political sketches
A late 19th century summary reports ongoing speculation about the fate of explorers like Dr. Livingstone with uncertainty over his death. It notes a Royal Geographical Society meeting and planned expeditions to confirm facts. It also covers Wilson and Johnson's South politics, Republican prospects, and views on Reconstruction amid frontier tensions and Indian conflicts.
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Africa
Iis
England
Royal Geographical Society
Roderick Murchison
Sr. Livingstone
Bagrage Cartier
Young
Kambes
Naval Academy graduates first in class led by Benjamin F. Tilley
At Annapolis Midshipman Benjamin F. Tilley from this town topped an 87 member class in the Naval Academy annual examination the largest in history. Tilley and nine others from the top ranks join the Franklin flagship to sail for Europe with Admiral Farragut. Charles Briggs of Providence placed third in a 141 member class amid visits from H B Anthony on the Board of Visitors.
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Naval Academy
Annapolis
Benjamin F. Tilley
Congress
Tilley
Franklin
New York
Europe
Admiral Farragut
Charles Briggs
Providence
T. A. Jenckes
H. B Anthony
Board of Visitors
Secretary of the Navy
Sultan’s Viceroy of Egypt Declares Independence
The article argues the Sultan’s grant to the Egyptian Viceroy is only nominal with an empty title. It notes Mehemet Ali's autonomous rule and suggests all successors maintained independence through annual tribute, not strictly enforced due to political risk. The piece flags grave concerns over potential forcible enforcement.
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Baverian
Egypt
Mehemet Ali
Street Etiquette and the Rights of Passengers
A reader argues that pedestrians may tread on a lady’s train in public streets without apology, while a woman’s train is subject to respect only in private drawing rooms. The piece asserts public space rights and assigns blame to the woman who obstructs sidewalks.
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Market Square
Revuence Journal
Emancipated Africans Said to be Exported to Cuba
A reliable source reports freedmen along the Southern coast are sent as purported Liberia emigrants but are actually sold as slaves to Cuban planters. A prominent South Carolina leader bought a man in Cuba recently, who had been landed and sold by Boston ships.
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N.C
Liberia
Columbia, & C
Cuba
Boston
Calvary Cemetery brawl after funeral leaves several injured
A postfuneral fight at Calvary Cemetery in New York involved many people, lasting about an hour. Both sexes used clubs knives and stones with several gravely hurt and at least one child reported killed. Nearby residents fled to the woods in fear.
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Calvary Cemetery
New York
Boston Observes Battle of Bunker Hill Holiday
The Seventeenth of June anniversary of Bunker Hill was observed as a holiday in Boston with no public demonstrations. Charlestown Arlington saw a named-era joy as Wear Cambridge became Arlington. Governor Bullock General Foster Charles Sumner and R Dana attended the name change event. The Boston Yacht Club held its first regatta despite rain and fog with a large crowd.
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Bunker Hill
Boston
Charlestown
Wear Cambridge
Arlington
Nls
Bullock
Foster
Charles Sumner
R. Dana
Boston Yacht Club
Bastun Journal
Tower struck by lightning at Washington Mall
A thunder shower in Lawrence Massachusetts Sunday afternoon caused a lightning strike to a Washington mall tower. The roof covering tore off and a weaving room was set on fire but only slightly damaged.
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Lawrence
Mass
Washington Mall
Yachts Built by Blind Bristol Man Win Boston Regatta
The Boston Yacht Club opened its first regatta Monday with two winning yachts designed and built by John Tuershoff of Bristol RJ, a blind craftsman said to sail as well as any.
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Boston Yacht Club
The
Boston Journal
John Tuerreshoff
Bristol
Rioters Attack Birmingham in Large Anti Popery Riot
A formidable anti Popery riot prevailed in Birmingham on the 18th list. Parts of the city were reported sacked as rioters bore a formidable display. Troops were ordered to the scene and order was eventually restored.
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Birmingham
England
Loss of two oxen by cattle distemper on island
Mr Wiward Sisson of Portsmouth reports two oxen killed by cattle distemper on the island. The disease is said to still be present there to some extent. It is noted that President Johnson will spend two days in Newport on his return trip from Boston.
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Buford
Wiward Sisson
Portsmouth
Johnson
Newport
Boston
Jericho
Per
Advertiser
Scnenck
Schenck
Besore
Bond Street
New York
Manover Street
Goodwin & CO
Reston
Afi
Sweet Corn For Feeding Stock Says Prairie Farmer
A Prairie Farmer letter urges farmers to grow sweet corn for fodder and feeding. The writer reports fattening pigs on corn stalks and husks, noting sweeter, juicier fodder and better milk production from cows. He recommends tracing seed in fall to ensure good planting stock.
Longevity in the United States Surpasses Other Nations
Census figures show 1200 people aged 100 and over with 440 white 688 black 46 mulatto and 25 Indian. Oldest is a white woman in South Carolina and an Indian woman in California aged 140. Blacks outnumber whites twelve to one among centenarians. average life duration is higher in the United States than in any other nation.
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South Carolina
California
United States
Pittsburg
Baron's grand plan razes Chapel of the Martyrs in Paris
The Baron Tiussmann destroys historic Paris landmarks including the Chapel of the Martyrs to build straight avenues through parks palaces and churches. The chapel once stained with blood from the reviled massacre of priests in 1798 stands as a regretted casualty in the renovation push.
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Birnow Itavsawaxn
France
Paris
Tiussmann
Coral jewelry price surge changes valued red to pink
Coral has risen sharply as jewelry. Five to six years ago it sold at five dollars an ounce, now about twenty times that in rough value. Dark red coral yielded to the rose pink variety, signaling a new taste whose duration remains uncertain.
Meaty Potatoes Recipe and Notable Obituary
How to make dry mealy potatoes by salting soaking, quick boil drain dry and squeeze in a napkin to remove water before serving. Mrs Lydia Buffinton of Somerset dies in her rd year, funeral attended by distant widows Mrs Woodman and Mrs Bourne. Woodman rode five miles to attend.
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Lydia Bufinton
David Buffinton
Somerset
Woodman
Swansey
Bourne
Somersett
Fall River
Toledo
Gould
Sherry Trade Exposed as Stop-Wort in US Exports
A Bostonish note from Qadir reports exporters tell the American consul that much so called sherry sent to the United States is only wash-water and dirty work for stills. The claim warns drinkers of amber wines to beware inflated labels and questionable imports.
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United States
Qadir
News Briefs From Across The Nation And Abroad
A compilation notes diverse items: Grex McCuean family to return on 11 November. Czar’s escape celebrated in Russia. Britain reports ten thousand smallpox deaths last year. iron-clads unsold in Delaware mud. George Weert killed by lightning in Georgetown Massachusetts.
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Grex McCuean
Russia
Great Britain
Delaware
George Weert
Georgetown
Mass
South Carolina
Georgia
Richmond
New Line Steamers Boost Boston to Bristol Travel
The New Line or STEAMERS began Monday with the Providence under Captain Simmons arriving from New York after nine hours and ten minutes. About three hundred passengers departed for New York, while the Bristol with over three hundred passengers from New York, Providence, and nearby towns returned to Boston. The line is established with nine hour trips and Boston to Bristol rail in one hour forty minutes. Trains and steamer connections run hourly with multiple daily departures. Passenger and freight demand grows. the gravel train is suspended for now. dock work will resume later to fill the north Sugar Refinery area.
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Rolling Wave
Fall River
Hall
New York
Georgetown
D. C
Cape Hatteras
Ilall
Wasdowever
Providence River
Marine Rail Way
Messrs. W. & WN. Lindsey
Providence
Simmons
Boston
Bristol
Brayton
Warren
Resolutions Adopted by A Mzetina Bristol Artillery
At a Monday armory meeting the Bristol Artillery mourns comrade Benjamin T. Weaver. The company resolves to attend his funeral as a unit and wear mourning badges for thirty days. A copy of the resolutions will be sent to his family and published in the Bristol Prefix. Joseph B. Burgess, For the Committee.
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Mzetina
Bristol Artillery
Benjamin T. Weaver
Bristol
Joseph B. Burgess
Accipent worker breaks arm after fall at works
Frederic Gladding, an errand boy at the National Rubber Company's Works, fell Monday and broke an arm. The Second Adventists continued their gospel meetings on the Common with large evening attendance. Rev L Hastings of Boston preached Sunday and is expected to arrive to preach tomorrow.
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Frederic Gladding
National Rubber Company
Second Adventists
L Tf Iastings
Boston
Towne Hill Entertainment and Local Advertisements
Towne Hill hosts a Thursday evening show featuring The Peak Family and Bell Ringers. The issue lists local business notices on carpets and matting, onion raising attempts, and sales at Cunningham's Emporium, plus reviews of Littell's Living Age Godey's Lady's Book and The Lady's Friend with subscription details and engravings offered.
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Peak
Townetiill
Widely Offered Books and Subscriptions Advertised
A catalog of books and magazines with prices and ordering details. Includes Lady's Friend and Saturday Evening Post with engravings, Littell's Living Age offerings, and various titles by Norman Macleod and others. Notes publishers Littell & Gay Boston and Wells New York with addresses and postage terms.
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Magazives
Saturdaynalian
National Intelligencer
Magagne
Littell & Gay
Boston
Godey
L. A
Elizabeth Prescott
A. L. Munzey
Raber Forestier
Frank Leo Benedict
H. S. Corey
Henry Wood
Lady’s Friend
Saturday Evening Post
Deacon & Peterson
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
Starling
Norman Macleod
N. D
Good Words
London
America
Littell
Bromfield Street
P. Chase
Edward Carswell
Piste le Vert
H. B. Stowe
Siiutetens
Armitage
Williams, Westcott
Eaton
Sears
Fuller
Dowling
Smith
Turnbull
Sidney A Corey
H. M. Gallaher
W. H. Pendleton
North
South
Mrs. Wyllie
Poseiomonius
Monsieur Tonson
Phreneal Journal
SR ‘Wells
Broadway, N. Y
Life's Carrs. Song and Chorus by Wallace Kittredge
Adam and Co announces two new songs From Boston. Life's Carrs by Wallace Kittredge praised as highly popular since Tenting on the Old Camp Ground and sung nightly at concerts. Away Away The Sparkling Wine temperance song with chorus by A W Trask also for sale. both items offered by music dealers and mail order publishers.
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Wallace Kittredge
A. W. Trask
Adam & Co
Banfield Sty
Boston
Ter
Rice Campbell's advert promotes cigars and tobacco
The notice announces the largest stock of cigars smoking tobacco pipes and related items at Rice and Campbell's 29 Market Square Providence RI with lowest prices. It also touts Maavouta Water a delightful toilet article superior to Cologne at half price.
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Rice & Campbell's
Market Square
Providenca
R. I
Cologne
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