Institute Lectures Spark Broad Educational Interest
The Institute held last week in this town drew wide attention as principals and lecturers delivered practical sessions for teachers. Professors and educators from Brown University and local schools outlined arithmetic methods, observation halls, moral instruction, geography, grammar, and industrial education, with Prof Desdow and Hon. Mr Barnett highlighting regional features and the nation’s progress.
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Tis Seth
P Institute
P. Colburn
Galborn
Goodwin
Bir. C
Neeeher
Willian
A. Mowry
Providence
Penmanohes Rand
Akees
Greene
Brown University
Barnlett
Mexico
Ant
Esese
Generel
Wasias
Bensing
Angell
Public lecture notes on education and community progress
The piece discusses the society’s aim to boost labor productivity and industry through education. It reflects on the lectures’ aims, the community’s interest in schooling, teacher quality, and the need for cooperation with schools to advance national education and civic progress.
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Searsivas
Weather in Old Bristol: a week of changing moods
The last week brought unusually varied weather to Old Bristol with cold days, warm spells, and a dramatic storm featuring lightning and thunder. Residents reported brisk winds, shifting skies, and a sense of seasonal transition as the week progressed from frost to milder warmth.
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Old
Bristol
Ana
Damacle
Sebastapur
Churaday
Yeaterday
Drunken intruders TARGET Bradford street homes
Residents report several intoxicated men and a couple behaving aggressively over the past week. A red faced Irishman sought lodgings on Monday, a man and woman forced entry on Tuesday demanding liquor, and another male demanded money from a widow’s home. Lock doors at night.
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Swett
Bradford
Humble thanks to Birmingham friend Bosland for kind remembrance
A local note expresses gratitude to a Birmingham friend named Bosland for his thoughtful memory and asks that he keeps in touch, sharing that many friends in the area would be glad to hear from him.
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Birmingham
Bosland
The Atlantic Magazine Debuts New Issue Preview
The Atlantic introduces its December issue with improved appearance and high literary tone. Contents include Florence Mosaics The Battle of Lepanto a One Wind and Stream Turkey Tracks Robin Hood Indian Revolt Solitude and Society Where will speech The price is 3 dollars per year or 23 cents per number, with orders to Phillips, Lampoon & Co Boston receiving one year postage free.
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Moxtane
Ber
Ita
Florence
Solftude and Society
Phillips, Lampoon & Co
Boaton
Rifles Contract and Sudden Town Death Reported
General Euanshosehaskellosed signs of a war contract for one thousand breech loading rifles at forty dollars each. The balance of the appropriation is to be shared by other parties. In town, Satie Graham son of Capt Samuel Graham died suddenly on a Saturday evening from organic heart disease after a day at his ordal avocation. His wife found him unresponsive in bed and alerted his father as he died.
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Euanshoe
yWar
Graham
Samuel
Eran Desman
Shay of
Mistriese
Wendy Pyob
Kansas
Karras
Thins Aide
Buffalo
Neroport
Mercury
Thanksgiving Day Services Highlight Town Observance
Discourses were delivered in multiple churches with the Methodist joining the Congregational Church. The community listened intently to Dr. Shepard who gave a highly appropriate discourse on the state of the times. The choir sang excellently and the closing piece was performed admirably.
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Congregational Church
Dr. Shepard
Correspondence from England on American financial crisis 1857
A letter from Biaminauam describes shock waves crossing the Atlantic as New York and Boston bank suspensions trigger declines in major houses like Naylor Vickers Dennistoun and the Western Bank of Scotland. The Bank of England raises rates to ten percent, risking specie suspension, while London news covers Spurgeon’s sermon and the Leviathan steamship.
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Phenix
Biaminauam
England
Baytey
America
Atlantic
United States
New York
Boston
Naylor, Vickers & Co
Stillarger
Dennistoun & Co
Western Bank of Scotland
John Monroe & Co
Paris
Bank of England
London
Spurgeon
Thames
Welk J
Ati
Fism Rndia
Burnside
Death of Nathaniel Wardwell Esquire of Bristol
Nathaniel Wardwell Esquire, long respected Bristol figure and former Rhode Island legislator, died in Jefferson County New York. Born in Bristol he rose from poverty to independence through commerce and farming, leaving a legacy tied to Col Samuel Wardwell and the Wardwell family. The notice laments intoxication in town streets and notes a widespread revival in New Jersey Methodists. It mentions a dental notice and a dental hair product promotion in Newark and Elizabethport.
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Mr. Baybey
Bristol
Nathaniel Waxowett
Esquire
Teffere
Kolb
Torreliere
Fellisburgh
Jefferson
Samael“Wardwell
Brietol
Robbery and Fire Hit Local Merchant in One Night
Josiah S. Baker, residing at 193 High Street, was assaulted and robbed of 40 dollars on Saturday night near his home. Shortly after, his store caught fire and the stock suffered damage before firefighters extinguished the blaze. The loss is insured with Farmers Mutual Insurance Company East Greenwich.
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Farmer’s Mutual Insurance Company
East Greenwich
Procidence Journal
Printer Bayard Taylor Marries Saxon Bride in Saxony
The celebrated printer and traveler Bayard Taylor wed his Saxon bride Miss Hanson at Saxony on the 17th. He is expected to return to the United States during the current winter.
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Bayard Taylor
Miss Hanson
Saxony
United States
Wisconsin Wheat Crop Estimated at Eighteen Million Bushels
The Wheat crop of Wisconsin for the year is estimated at eighteen million bushels an increase of one million over 1856 with the state showing growth in production and value for the season.
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Wisconsin
Death of Zichariah Albaugh at 109 in Licking County
Zichariah Albaugh aged one hundred nine died at his son's residence in Licking County Ohio on the Sibinst.
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Zichariah Albaugh
Licking Co
Ohio
Everett to Speak for the Poor in Boston
The Honorable Edward Everett will lecture in Boston next month under the Boston Provident Association. On December twenty second, the Pilgrim Anniversary, he will deliver a new address before a large audience.
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Edward Everett
Boston Provident Association
Everett
Boston
Death of Revolutionary Soldier Doty in Wallingford
The Local Spy of Wallingford Vermont reports the death at South Wallingford of Derathial Doty a Revolutionary War veteran and last survivor of his local guard. Born in Rhode Island in 1764 he enlisted at age fifteen and served through the war later volunteering again in 1812. His funeral was held on the 16th with townsfolk turning out to honor his service and memory.
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Wallingford
South Wallingford
Doty
Palitoburg
Indole
Nicholson
Seean
Ebeneaer’ Tobinson
Reading
Arrival and financial turmoil ripple through Atlantic news
The Liverpool report notes Eldredge arriving from Europe and urgent updates on Delhi, Lucknow, and the British cotton market. Bank suspensions in Glasgow and London follow Daiy, with Bank of England discount rates rising and American remittances shrinking. Telegraph Cable plans and multiple brokerages suspend, while the Atlantic Telegraph and new pay-out machines expand. The Times criticizes U S money use as crisis deepens.
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Scotland
Glasgow
Bagik
Glasgowsland
Messix
Dennistoun & Co
Delhi
Lucknow
Liverpool
Eerasis
Tesla
India
Nicholson
Cere Canes
France
London
Détinissoun & Co
Great Britain
Vth
Glasgon
New ‘York
New Orleans
Melbourne
England
Western Bank
Messrs. Dennock
Twenty Man & Rigg
Manchester
Sik
Broadway & Barclay
East India Tende
America
Messrs. Hoge & Williamson
Wm. Hoge & Co
John Monroe & Co
Paris
Gallerkamp Brothers
Amsterdam
Manchester Commercial Association
Atlantic Telegraph Company
Atlantic
Messrs
Glass &Elliott
Messrs. Easton & Ames
London Times
Sweden
Norway
Senate of Frankfort
Freibel
Ligdiebanis
Europe
St. Jones
N. F
Halifax
Québec
Vanderbilt
Avre
Southampton
Cape Race
Nava
associated _preas
Quebéc
Portland
New York
Liviverpools
Frei
Atlennezeit
Dethi
Dhallye
Andy
Seminan
Bank
Hae
Sodayac Stes
Newin
Deli
U. S
Ningaray
Hudson
Plymouth
Engianvd
Niagara
Niagnta
Atheiel
Pltmouth
Batets Rosyal Hotel
Besieged Santana Regime Faces Pressures in Republic
The text notes the capital’s government under Santana remains acknowledged while besieging parties press for concessions. It reports Captain Charles Hill of the American schooner fined for collision with Baez’s warship and seizure of the vessel, plus consular tensions with the Spanish and French fleets as crowds gather before Elliott’s residence.
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Faon
New York Herald
Republic
Santana
Aince
Baez
Bifiott
Americas
Segovia
Elliott
Brigham Young Biography Clip From Vermont Native
Brigham Young described as a Vermont native from Whitehaven who defies the government and threatens U S forces. He is fifty six, with a father from an armory near Boston, and has reportedly never attended school, except for a thirteen day period.
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Brigham Young
United States
Whitehaven
Vermont
Armory
Boston
Young Brigham
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