Prominent Confederate Leader Davis in Iron Case Debate
A discussion on Jefferson Davis and postwar clemency follows Dr Craven’s new book. The piece notes Davis wore irons briefly, praiseworthy government restraint, and questions selective sympathy for a rebel leader amid broader wartime atrocities. Strikes in shipyards and a Newporter News buyout are also touched.
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Craven
United States Army
Davis
Segas
Mane
Sodaep
Jarga
Sime
Multiple 1860s Crime and Social News Briefs
A flood of short items reports murders in Arkansas and a bank robbery in Maine with loot around $67,000. It notes Congress adjournment plans, the Great Eastern cable voyage, Fenian trials in Phillipsburg, and Boston visiting Zouaves with the Elsworth flag story. It covers Fremont gifts, a shoe maker’s stock loss, a boy struck by a train, and other scattered notices from Newburyport to New York.
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Ecrors Becun
Theo
Java
Liverpool
Queenstown
New York
Federal Diet
Prussia
Saxony
Hanover
Benedek
Austria
Vienna
Diet
Germany
Webb
Little Rock
Arkansas
Village National Bank
Bowdeinham
Maine
New York Herald
Congress
Great Eastern
Valentia
Atlantic
England
Fort Adams to Undergo Major Fortification Repairs
Fort Adams near Newport receives 130000 from Congress for thorough repairs. Southwest bastion to be rebuilt for a battery of two 15 inch and ten 10 inch Rodman guns. Thirteen inch guns to be mounted on the water battery and twenty more on the walls replacing 35 pounders.
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Fort
Adams
Newport
United States
Congress
Reverend Bacon’s Pastoral Spend Surprises Congregation
The Rev Mr Bacon of New Haven stated in a recent address that over his 40 years as pastor he spent more than 625000 for his family beyond all compensation from the church, implying he has a substantial reserve compared with most clergymen.
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Napoleon
Italy
Bacon
New Haven
Tuunsday
T. P. Bogert
E Q
Ferry Road
Providence
Rural couple wed with simple courthouse ceremony
A farm couple traveled to town for marriage in a plain courthouse event. After tying the knot and filing the license, they shared a modest dinner from a pocket handkerchief under a tree, marking their first square meal as partners. Internal revenue receipts approach 300 million. Maximilian contemplates abdication with French aid rejection. An Ohio Prison escapee returns home after marrying during liberty.
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Court House
Cambridge
Ind
Celebration of the Ninetieth Anniversary of American Independence
Local Intelligence notes a reference to Independence Day celebrations marking the ninety year milestone. The brief mentions a Wednesday observance with public interest in patriotic events or ceremonies.
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Paris
Phalon
A solemn toll for an aged Bristol couple
The community notes the deaths of Samuel Smith and his wife Hannah after sixty seven years of marriage. Smith, 88, after a long career in rope making banking and public service, supported by a large family, and Hannah, 85, a founder of local charitable efforts, died within a day of each other. Their funeral at St Michael's Church drew many friends.
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Caulkers
New York
New Yong
Joey
Mr. Epiron
Sodom and Gomorrah
Treaven
Manhattan Island
Hfe
Central Park
Joan
Warren
Grand Lodge
Providence
M. W. Ariel Ballou
Rg.m
Bristol
Jehovah
Sidney Dean
Morett
Zion
Frayer
Mr. Osborne
Swansey
B. W. Atwell
St. John the Baptist
Hiram Maxfield
Bristol Artillery
Lewis Rica
Fenian Brotherhood
Bristol County
U. S. District Court
Customs
C. P. Osborne
John Gray, Jr
Mank Trarton
R. I
America
T. S. Thomas
Bradford Street
Hope
Franklin
Thames
State
High
High Street
Court House
State Street
Tne
Joan B. Taylor
Xo. F. Stanton
Joan B. Prarocz
F. Usner
Wx. J. Darling
Deats
Acep Cotrre
Samuel Smith
Hannah Smith
Mr. Smith
Stephen and
Mary (Potter) Smith
B. B. Smith
Episcopal Church
Kentucky
Union Street
High Streets
Smith
Bank of Bristol
Boston
Bristol Train of Artillery
St Alban’s Lodge of Free “Ee
Thomas Jefferson
Mrs. Smith
Shearjoshub
Mary (Waldron) Bourne
Hannah Gibbs
Bristol Female Charitable Society
St. Michael's Church
Bishop Smith
Wheeler
Balch
PestacHine Hair Restorer Claims Greatest Satisfaction
The advertisement touts PestacHine as the best hair restorer with broad usage claim and high customer satisfaction across many locations.
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Young, &c. R. E. M
Senate
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Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Texas
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Her Majesty
Chicago
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Dean Richmond
Newburyport
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Kansas
Bourbon County
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Down East
Taunton Oil Cloth Company
Ruzelle
Mexico
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Washington
Roberts
Sweeney
Fenian Senate
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Connecticut
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Dick Turner
Libby
New Haven Harbor
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New Bedford
American Chapel
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Rocky Point
Learge
Herrick Allen
Liberty Street
Isaac Bridgham
Phillips Academy
Andover
Mass
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Sherman
Chase
New Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church
Internal Revenue
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Maximtilian
France
Marshal Bazaine
Prof Scholfield
Broad
Somerset Streets
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D. S. Hazard
Gardiner
Hazard
Ohio State
Local Intelligence
Crance
J. N. Burgess
Fry
Hope Street
Thomas J. Griffen
Burgess
Prenix
Griffen
Auccessor
William R. Taylor
Town Hall
Bristol Young Men's Christian Association
Fense
Liberty Pool
Paapur
the Herald of Health
Eloince Greeley
Theodora Tilton
O. B. Frothingham
W. Hi. Burleigh
J. G. Webster
F. Beechex Perkins
G. W. Bangay
Jeremiah Day
Yale Colleges
Miller, Wood & Co
Laight Street
New York City
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