Directory listing of local shops in Fall River and Providence
A compiled fragment lists George W. Fraprie paper box maker at Fall River and multiple merchants in Providence and Bristol. It names hardware and crockery dealers, groceries, clothing firms, drapers, furs, hats, and furniture stores with street addresses on Hope Westminster Bradford Thames Church and Exchange streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. H. Spooner
E. Hope Street
Mount Hope House
Crawford Easterbrooks
Thames
Bradford
Fragmentary Verse Reflects on Hard Hearts and Kindness
The readable text offers a fragmentary meditation on hearts of flesh versus stony hearts, the difficulty of listening to truth, and the human toil toward compassion. Imagery includes Brow’s effort, dove references, and a poet’s struggle with inner reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snaesen
Advice on Consu mptive Care and Air Cure
A period piece exhorts consumptives to eat freely and exercise outdoors. It argues against indoors living in cold or wet weather, praising outdoor air as curative and warning against reliance on pills or certificates. It contrasts beef and fresh air with medicated approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hall
Home Education and Its Vital Role in Child Growth
The article argues that schooling alone does not suffice. parents must actively support and guide their children. It stresses moral training, patient encouragement, and using real-life anecdotes to spark interest, arguing home education shapes character as well as intellect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salemn
R. T
Rula Wa
Wigan
House of God
Diving-bell Daughter’s Comical Message To Father
A woman who descended in a diving bell writes a playful verse to her father while underwater. The scene shifts to a kitchen mishap as a servant misdelivers items, then later returns with a plate bearing the priest's slippers, provoking a humorous remark from the master about delivering on a plate instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fewaux
Sara
Biddy
Priset
Printing in Cambridge and a brutal court martial
Stephen Daye started the first American press in Cambridge in 1689, producing The Freeman’s Oath and Bay Psalm Book before Samuel Green took over ten years later. A brutal court martial in the Sixth Northumberland Fusiliers flogged a private with 450 lashes, witnessed by Colonel and Major, ending with the man in hospital and nearly driven mad by the torture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Eno-' Lane
Stephen Daye
Jesse Glover
Cambridge
Massachusetts Bay
Smancs
Massachusette
Daye
Samuel Green
Tank Ch
Greany
New England
Northumberland Fusiliers
Northern Express
Ireland
the Express
Nana Sahib
Whitfield Sermon on Looming Storm Aboard Ship
The article recounts Whitfield addressing sailors with an urgent nautical parable about a sudden storm. He warns of gathering thunder and lightning as the crew cries Take to the long boat to escape danger as the ship tilts and crests amid rising waves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitfield
Tare
Landlord Locks In House With Repair Demand
A widowed landlord tells a man he will lease a house with one condition to prevent his wife from soliciting repairs. The man explains that women often persuade landlords to renovate, recounting a widow who coaxed him into painting a house entirely.
Cultivate Small Earnest Actions for Enduring Prizes
The passage urges consistent effort in every action, even minor ones, to train the mind. Discipline yields victory from setbacks and honor from rejection, building rational preference and lasting advantage. Compare the aspiring to the seasoned, and the novice to the veteran, as disciplined habits widen superiority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenista
Tyre
Rhode Island Acts on Rail Fares and Newport Junk Trade
The Rhode Island General Assembly enacts penalties for fare evasion on railways and restricts nonpayment penalties. It also licenses Newport junk shops, sets license terms, and imposes penalties for unlicensed operation. Resolutions address state city estate matters and municipal election reforms, including ward or general ticket voting and elected officials queries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Providence
Generan Assembli
Amsee
General Assembly
Péredipshutt
Benjestad
John KR. Bartlett
Newport
Board of Aldermen
City of
Awitheut
Joan R. Bartlett
Anid
Cnet
Eaple
Bartlett
A York Factory Scene with a Curious Yankee Visitor
A stranded visitor named Jonathan visits a Greene factory town showing curiosity about the loom and card machinery. He provokes caution from a stripping machine operator who recounts a fatal yarn incident, then narrowly escapes entanglement as spinning gear winds and stops. The tale includes humorous slang and cautions about industrial gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wii Wk Ieee
Greene
Jonathan
Minot
Gen
Scott
Jonathon
Othello
Boston Yankee Blade
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Wes He Wm
Vars &Son
Dewolf House
Hope Street
Bristol R. 1
George W. Douglass
State Street
Hope
Josephus Gooding
Hope and
State Streets
Daniel Tanner
Bristol
R. I
Bristol Hotel
Otis Munro
Iern
Thames and
George W. Fraprie
North M Main Natreet
Fall River
Massachusetts
John Allen
James P. Pierce
John GB. Munro
Geo. H. Whitney
Westminster Street
Providence, Ril
Benjamin C. Barrus
John Gladdeng
Thames Street
Goodhue & Son
Benjamin Tilley
Lewis W. Tapt
N. Gifford
Bradford and
Hope Streets
Drury
W. B. Kimball
Corner Hope and
Church Streets
M. W. Plerce, Jr
Westings, &c. &c
John H. Ford
Franklin
Josiah Gladding
Bradford Street
Sweet & Butts
Jacob Goodhart
Westminster
Exchange Street
BR. I
D. A. Waldron
R. L
George Tilley
Bradford ‘Street
J. L. Gardner
Houma
Fotter & Brother
Weatmins Eatminster
Nadie
Irk
Hope-strest
Franklin Market
Thames,st
Franklin St
FORD
Sular
North British Review
America
American
St. Lawrence
Missivsippi
Pecteollén
John
New York
Alexis Teste
Ats
Mosars
Wheaton
van Zandt
Manchester
House
C Randall
D. Rodman
Senate
Paora
Witners
John R. Bartlett
Cincinnati
R. Tillory
House of Amsly
Griste
Michigan Paper
Lazarus
Tiealy Boileau
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