Moral Reform and Freedmen in Postwar America
A Bristol Rhenis column discusses temperance laws in Massachusetts and moral reform, praises towns voting against liquor licenses, and considers the fate of freedmen with land, confiscation debates, and the need for homes. It reviews a new Secret Service history by General L C Baker, highlighting its wartime revelations and narrative vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Rode Jnland
New York
Massachu Agitts
Writ of Habeas Corpus for Jefferson Davis Arrives
Richmond dispatch May 8 says Chief Justice Chase will visit. A writ directs custody of Jefferson Davis to appear at the U S Circuit Court in Richmond on the second Monday in May 1867. Davis to be kept in Libby Prison and produced Monday. in military custody upon arrival Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerf Davis
Richmond
Chase
U.S Marshall Underwood
Norfolk
United States
Henry S. Burton
Jefferson Davis
Circuit Court of the
District of Virginia
Salmon P. Chace
Supreme Court of the United States
W.I. Barry
U.S. District of Virginia
Davis
Libby
Circuit Court of the United States
James Waters
Boone County
Maine
Waters
Trene
Pupperell
Mass
Copper and silver Toe Tips Offer Durable Shoes
A brief note argues that copper or silver toe tips prevent wear and tear in children's shoes, addressing two harms: wasted money and health risks from holes in the toes. The notice promotes these tips as long lasting and beneficial, urging adoption.
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Post
Mammoth Chester White killed by Col Hazeltine in Orford
Colonel John Hazeltine of Orford killed a Chester White sow about two years old, dressed weight 985 pounds and length ten feet when hanging. The Claremont Eagle invites word if anyone can beat this record. A new Merchant's Line of steamers to New York by W I Kineman Co and Brown Pincknay aims to meet business demand with first class steamers of moderate capacity.
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Hoa
John Hazeltine
Orford
Claremont
N. A
New York
Messrs. W. I. Kineman & Co
Messrs. Brown & Pincknay
Boston Journal
Widow or children's bounty denied after soldier's death
Comptroller Broadhead upholds Auditor Franch that widows or orphans of a soldier dying after July 28 1844 are not eligible for bounty even if filing occurred before death. Caaruza Suman writes to the Independent urging impartial suffrage nationwide before the next presidential election. The old Gorton Arnold tavern on the Providence and New London turnpike in Cranston was destroyed by fire last Sunday morning.
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Thapdatant
Soiprena
Hetrs
Broadhead
Franch
Caaruza Suman
The
Independent
Gorton Arnold
Cranston
Providence and
New London
Brussels
Thomas Gobbart
Taylor County
Reconstruction era attitudes and American visitors in Rome
A Northern Mississippi traveler claims wartime secessionist violence ended after Reconstruction laws. He notes improved black labor discipline and rising white labor difficulties. Separately, William Curren Bryant reports American visitors dominate Rome, outbidding Britons for hotels and raising Rome’s cost, with Americans seen as cause of higher prices and English critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Curren Bryant
New York Evening Post
Rome
British Isles
Brigham Young Advocates Household Economy and Land Hope
Brigham Young urged Mormon sisters to economize by spinning and sewing, avoid tea and coffee for six months, and raise children in faith, claiming combined savings could fund land purchases if a city land office opens. The piece also notes a vast lumber boom along the river and Chicago fires blamed on eight hour workers, with police sworn in to protect shops as vigilante risk grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brigham Young
Chicago
Earthquake Hits Missouri Town Heavy Damage Reported
An earthquake severe in Holt County Oregon Missouri causes chimneys to topple shelves to fall and plaster to drop. Court proceedings pause as witnesses lawyers and jurors scramble in a stampede with some people injuriously displaced. One man leaps from a second story window unharmed. A jailed thief at the Tombs cites liquor avoidance as motive and is sent to the Penitentiary for six months.
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Missouri
Oregon
Holt County
Old Mr Brown Feasts After Two Month Spirit Fast
A Dayton Journal note reports Mr Brown claiming a two month fast ended as he resumed fleshly appetite and mundane food. Separately Rev James Betoger died at Blackwell's Island alms house from delirium tremens and is buried as a pauper. The item cites a Boston Christian Times correspondent.
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Dayton (Chin
Brown
James Betoger
Blackwell's Island
Boston
Christian Times
Balcher
Baldwin Place Baptist Church
Revenue cutter officer honor rewarded for distress relief
Carraty Fengan of the United States revenue service has received a six month furlough to command a new boat on the Bristol and New York line. He was presented with an elegant gold chronometer by Boston underwriters in recognition of his services in relieving distressed vessels.
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Carraty Fengan
Pawtaxet
Bristol
New York
Boston
Henry
Hardwick
Mass
Eld
Tennessee
Lexington
Cnada
United States
Middletown man hangs himself in shed
Sixrgan W. Huomanp of Middletown, Gonn., rose early Monday, lit a fire, cut ham for breakfast, then went to an adjoining shed and hanged himself. His little boy found him soon after. Life was extinct when he was removed.
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Sixrgan W. Huomanp
Middletown
Gonn
Various 19th Century News Bits From Across America
A collage of brief items notes settlers in Virginia and Canadian currency goals, Irish and German emigrants heading to the New World, a Paris Exposition locomotive award, vast U S fishing and industry changes, and local tragedies. It covers emigration, politics, crime, weather, fires, and notable births and deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Bridgeport
Conn
Strafford
Fitherland
New World
Town urged to educate youth through high school effort
The piece argues for greater youth enrollment in the town’s high school highlighting education as power and urging parents to invest in schooling over immediate labor. It commends the principal T W Bicknell and notes the upcoming opening under favorable conditions and faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Bicknell
Court session opens with nuisance liquor case in May term
The May term court presided by Hon. 8. G Shearman met in town at 10 AM. The Grand Jury, after filling absentees positions, sworn with Henry Staples as foreman. One presentment for selling liquor without license found. eight indictments on old docket, four not prosecuted, others continued. The defendant pleaded guilty and was fined one hundred dollars plus twenty in costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common
Gshearman
Venice
Henry Staples
F Esq
Barrington
Court session disposes docket and naturalization granted
The court discharged a defendant after a seven dollar and forty cent payment with forfeiture of liquors to the State. The Petit Jury and foreman William B Lawton were sworn but discharged as no jury trial would occur. Ten civil cases were acted on with settlements, judgments, or continuations. The naturalization petition of Thomas Laonigan was granted. Court adjourned at 3:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Lawton
Warren
Thomas Laonigan
Resignation of Rev Thomas Shepard from Town School Committee
The School Committee adopted unanimous preamble and resolutions praising Rev Dr Shepard for nearly thirty years of service as presiding officer and adviser. They expressed regret at his retirement, thanked him for his leadership, and ordered copies of the resolutions presented to him and recorded and published in the Barston Phoenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Shepard
Shepard
de. Shepard
D. D
Barston Pheeni
Town Council selects Treasurer and appoints diggers
George B. Manro Esq declined the town treasurer post, and on Monday the council elected Col. William B. Taylor to the office. The council also appointed Gideon A. Sherman and Daniel C. Macro as grave diggers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Manro
William B., Taylor
Gideon A. Sherman
Daniel C. Macro
Smoking tobacco and pipes at wholesale and retail
A new stock of smoking tobacco in various lots and a superior range of pipes are now for sale at Rice and Campbell's located at 29 Market Square, Providence. Prices are offered at the lowest wholesale and retail rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice & Campbell’s
Market Square
Providence
Wimp Carery Batsan recalls Dr Wistar Balsam of Wild Cherry
The memory of Dr Wistar lives in thousands hearts as Balsam of Wild Cherry cures coughs colds consumption and other pulmonary diseases. It has been over forty years since the preparation first appeared and demand continues to grow.
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Batsan
Wistar
Curling hair without harm offered by chemists
Waar Lavy can obtain a hair curling article for one dollar that creates soft glossy ringlets or heavy curls without damaging hair. The product is claimed to be safe for both sexes and is sold by Messrs Berger Shutts Co., Troy.
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Bristol Rhenis
Chaddeus
Asys
America
British America
Avery
Tur
L. C. Baker
Jones Brothers & Co
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Ohio
Davenport
Iowa
United States War Department
Secret Service Bureau
Washington
General Baker
John Wilkes Booth
Susan E. Ambruster
Chicago Tribune
Mississippi
Glen
Trex
Bureau of Distribution
Alabama
He Sayer
Virginia
Memphis
Tenn
Scranton, Pa
Jupez Epxonpas
Hartford
McFarland
Japan
Sing Sing
Boston Common
Fountain
Cleveland
Treland
Anon
Greenville
Josyua Hooxer
Romanusa Andrews
Farmington
Concord Statesman
New Hampshire
New Haven
Telegraph
Portland
Committee
Tewotay Tart
Uxbridge
Mase
Omaha
Gen
Augur
Fort Buford
Wisony
Charleston
S. C
Walcome
Swinburne
Paeament Johnson
New England
Charlestown
Masonic Temple
Dubuque
Minnesota
Amon
Sylvester Hardy
Salisbury
Joan Dunnam
Getchell’s Corner
Vassalboro
Focal Intelligence
Congregational Society
Addiiton
Rav
Mr Ouborne
State Street
M. E
C. Marta Sutrraiy
Berger, Shutts & Co
Troy
N.Y
Retaio
Edward A. Wilson
Lily
Kings Co
Heinspin
Ross
Advertiser
Joan B. Ogden
Cedar Street
Hembold
Troantos
Hudson, N.Y
Thornton
Mapanur
E. F. Tsonwron
P O. Bax
Udsaon
Héimbold
Remington
Manaus Geetaups Rin Rmaton
P.O
West Troy
N.X
Hatwnoth
Ka" Helmbold
Helmbold
H.T. Helmbold
Deuggiet
GAL Brossway
Reed, Cutler & CO
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