Mass Charity Reform Views From Dr Howe At Boston
The piece discusses Massachusetts public relief systems led by Dr. Samuel G Howe. It notes about four thousand paupers and five hundred workers, with annual costs around two hundred thousand dollars. Howe argues for family like care rather than large institutions and links poverty to alcohol and inherited factors, urging abstinence and improved social science approaches. Boston allocates fifteen thousand dollars for the next Fourth of July.
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Massachusetts
Board of State Charities
Samuel G. Howe
Howe
Ely
Holland
Temperance meetings urge national virtue and tighter laws
A New York movement meeting led by clergy discusses the ruin of alcohol in war efforts. General Hite cites drinking as a major factor in defeats and urges Congress to ban liquor at the Capitol and impeach presidents who drink. An 12 PM curfew on selling alcohol would erase nightlife and threaten liquor dealers. The piece closes with a local tale of Abram Wilder, a wartime advocate executed by a mob for opposing secession, and a commercial note on a Phrenology bust from Fowler and Wells.
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New York
Hite
Kansas
Union
Congress
Capitol
House of Congress
Toledo
Ohio
New York State
Walter C. Durfee
Fall River District
Secretary of the Treasury
New York Liquor Law Sparks City Debate in 1866
Letter discusses mass uproar over a new liquor sale and regulation law in New York City. Readers hear about riots of 1863 and current gatherings in bars and clubs debating the law’s impact on prices, taxes, and patriotism. The piece foreshadows a major shift for liquor vendors as stamps and regulations approach.
Reconstruction Plan Requested by Congress as Constitutional Amendment
The Reconstruction Committee reported a constitutional amendment proposal with five points including civil rights without race distinctions, representation by population excluding males over twenty one where they cannot vote, disfranchisement of rebel participants until after 1870 for federal voting, repudiation of rebel debt, and Congress enforcement power. The War Department cites 280 739 total U S deaths in the war from battle wounds and disease with 2 321 commissioned and 182 329 enlisted dying of disease, plus a Philadelphia murder verdict of first degree for Probst after a fifteen minute jury deliberation.
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Tag Reconstruction Committee
Congress
A Moral Vision of Freedmen Aid and Loyal Labor
A long letter praises Christian labor to educate freedmen, argues for North and West funding, lauds the freed slave population, and urges patient, loving action. It champions kindness as the key to uplift and warns that without concerted effort, society may suffer. The piece also notes Internal Revenue rulings on deducting business losses.
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Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Longevity in Westford Ageing Residents
A Lowell Courier correspondent lists thirty five Westford residents aged 84 to 94, including 19 men and 16 women. Most men are or have been widowed, many women widowed, and a few remain unmarred. Tobacco use appears common among both genders, with several mounting strong habits. A mention notes a ballast of hit pounds displayed at Quincy Market in Boston.
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Quincy Market
Boston
N Y. Express
Brooklyn
Army and Navy Association
John W. Crafts
Maine
West Indies
Counterfeit National Bank Notes Reported in Auburn
The first National Bank of Auburn reports imitations circulating of its five dollar notes and other denominations. Counterfeit bills show darker color, coarser engraving, and altered portraits. Some fives feature Columbus while genuine notes show Washington crossing the Delaware.
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First National Bank of
Auburn
Columbus
Supreme Court limits effect of revenue stamps on deeds
Massachusetts Supreme Court held that missing revenue stamps do not invalidate a deed, though penalties may apply. It questioned federal intent and deemed it unconstitutional to render a valid state instrument worthless for stamp omission.
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Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Congress
United States
Murder by Photography Reveals Head of Suspect
A Memphis murder case uses retinal photography to capture a killer’s features. The process, done with a microscope, produced a precise outline of the pistol hand and facial portion. Other items include river crossing by rope chair in New Zealand and a steerage of global incidents.
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Memphis
New Zealand
Molyneux
Paper shirt patent sparks modest sale at twenty five cents
Quarantine rules lock Boston harbor as police boats patrol day and night. A coal heap near Honesdale, Pennsylvania, reportedly holds 3 310 000 tons, said to be the largest on earth. Flood warnings sweep the Mississippi basin and southwestern Louisiana endures widespread overflow.
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H. F. Remington
Springfield
Boston Harbor
The
Pittsburg Chronicle
Honesdale
School Committee Meeting Sets New Appointments and Moves Centre Primary
The town held its first School Committee meeting with unanimous election of Rev. Thomas Shep ard as Chairman and Robert S. Andrews as Secretary. Rehires included Miss Ellen R. Luther as High School Assistant and Miss Augusta Coggeshall for North East District. Centre Primary to move to Second Advent Chapel on State street. First term starts Monday. Also reports a Sunday horse race on Hope street despite multiple constables.
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Thomas Shepard
D I
Robert S. Andrews
Ellen R. Luther
Sarah W. Perry
Butterworth
Warren
North District
Gardner
Augusta Coggeshall
Mary Norris
North East District
Centre
State Street
Second Advent Chapel
Phoenix Town Laws Promoted for Public Knowledge
Town laws enacted in recent years for economical administration and proper spending should be published and distributed to all officers and committees. The Town Council plans to require copies upon acceptance of any appointment to ensure compliance with the laws. The regular Town Council and Court of Probate meeting is set for Monday at two o'clock in the Council Chamber.
Lamplightersquery and town news on May 1
On Tuesday evening May 1 streets were dark before the Bate train from Providence. Taxpayers question why lamps were not lit and urge lighting for safety and comfort. Philip Coyle, injured at Herreshoff Stone boat yard, died aged 32 leaving a wife and four children. A Catholic Congregational Church discourse Sunday commemorates Rev Dr Shepard’s fifty years. May term of Bristol County Court begins Tuesday. Warren to start the Warren Gazette on the 12th. Barrington Centre post office opens at the depot.
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Providence
Philip Coyle
Messrs. Herreshoff & Stone
Catholic Congregational Church
Dr Shepard
Prizes and Gifts in a New York Family Journal
The American Statesman offers prizes with a large 28x42 inch paper for $150 yearly at 67 Nassau Street New York. Prizes range from $1 to $100 and include dictionaries sewing machines washing machines and more. Also advertised are periodicals Phrenological Journal and Life and various products such as Phalon night blooming cereus hair dye and Gold Medal Saleratus.
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The
American Statesman
New York
Nassau Street
Phalon
United States
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Yra
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Tarencrocy
Messrs. Fowler and Wells
Broadway
Europe
Fowler & Wells
Old Warwick
Cross Road
Littlefield Farm
Warwick Pond
Spring Green
Cottrell Hoxie
George C. Arnold
J.B Francws
Benjamin Budlong
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New York Mail
Epiron
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New York Daily News
Bacchus
Jersey
Sambo
St. Croix
Probst
Philadelphia
Freedman’s Commission
Wharton
God
Jesus
Peter the Hermit
Great Fink
New Haven
New Haven Clock Company
Joanna Braley
East Freetown
New Bedford Standard
Aspinwall
Avery
Pugnam County
Memphis Post
Commissioner of Agriculture
Honduras
Central Americas
Portland
Mississippi
Lousiana
Denier
Bridgewater
Mass
House of Correction
Paris
Antonio Probst
Mr Deering
Warwick Woods
Fall River
Newton
Henry Bigelow
Hartford Conn
Cromwell Leonard
North Taunton
Logland
Local Intelligence
Hope Street
Court of Common Pleas
County of
Bristol
Warren Gazette
Barrington Centre
Barrington
American Phrenological Journal
Miy
Samuel F. Carey
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Theodore Tilton
Herrick Allen
James Clark
James Clarke
J. Clarke
Job Moses
Cortlandt
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