The keel boat voyage ends in tragedy on the river
A keel boat crew drags a loaded craft upriver facing heat, toil, and exhaustion. A sick young man collapses midway while the owner struggles to keep pace, there is a fall from a pole, and the man drowns as friends and bystanders react. The boat is salvaged and towed, then the surviving crew members depart at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Madigas
Idi
Reed
Takeadi
Peres
Peter
Aid
P E
Cuba Policy Risks Angering U S in Warning From Bristol
The Bristol paper reports that Cuban authorities’ strict measures against American citizens and vessels threaten to disrupt long standing friendly ties with Spain. It notes U S efforts to suppress anti government plots in Cuba and warns growing tension could spark renewed attempts to overthrow Spanish rule, with US citizens likely to oppose any such move.
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Cuba
Spain
United States
Liquor Forfeiture and Episcopal Convention Highlights
Three thousand dollars worth of liquor seized in Providence was ordered destroyed by the Court of Magistrates but replevied by U S Marshal for Wm H Greene of New York to test the law in the U S Court. At Providence Diocese convention Rev Francis L Hawes of New York elected Bishop. may be offered rectorship at Gree Church after Bishop Henshaw’s death.
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Providence
U. S
Wm. H. Greene
New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
Rhode Island
Francis L. Hawes
Providence Journal
Hawks
Gree Church
Henshaw
Fire damages Munro shop shoes in camphene lamp blaze
A Camphene Lamp ignited in Mr. Allen K. Munro's shop Tuesday evening destroying a showcase of shoes valued at $15 to $20. No other damage occurred. The editor questions the wisdom of using such a dangerous article.
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Cammons
Allen K. Munro
Maine Liquor Law Stands Despite Predictions of Repeal
Gardiner Maine reports show the new Legislature supports the Liquor Law. Senate votes 19 for 2 against. House 84 for 22 against with 20 to 30 not heard from. This execution undercuts forecasts of repeal and signals continued enforcement.
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Maine
Gardiner
Senate
House
Regular monthly Court of Probate meeting announced
The regular monthly meeting of the Court of Probate will be held at the Probate Office on Monday afternoon next at 2 o'clock.
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Court of Probate
Gratitude for Mrs Baker's Green Turtle Soup
The writer thanks Mrs Baker for a bountiful dish of delicious Green Turtle Soup sent on Wednesday. They note her house is often filled with boarders due to such tasty fare.
Sale Notice and Auction Head Prompt Citizens’ Attention
We alert citizens to a valuable property sale today with details in the auction notice. The same issue notes the steamer Bradford Durfee’s fall schedule leaving Fall River at 8:30 and Providence at 2:30. Also promoted is The Musical World and New York Musical Times at $3 yearly with varied content including Barnum Jenny Lind, Holland church music, Sontag feats, and musical articles and reviews.
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Bradford Durfee
Fall River
Providence
Musical World
New York Musical Times
Dyer & Willis
Barnum
Jenny Lind
Holland
Lowell Mason
Paris
Madame Sontag
Harper's New Monthly for October Highlights Authors
The issue features Memoirs of the Holy Land The Dead Sea by Jacob Abbott The Palaces of France by John H C Abbott Napoleon Bonaparte by John S C Abbott and Fragments from a Your Wife s Diary plus other items including Memoirs and short pieces from various authors at Easterbrook s Newspaper and Periodical Depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ic. Harper
Easterbrook
Holy Land
Dead Sea
Jacob Abbott
France
John 8. C. Abbott
Napoleon Bonaparte
John S.C. Abbott
Singing class meeting at Court House in Bristol
Citizens invite interested persons to attend a Bristol Court House gathering on Wednesday at 7 1 2 o clock to form a sacred music singing class and secure a capable teacher. An association is urged to surpass past efforts in the town.
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Phenix
Court House
Bristol
Crizen
Aquidneck Cattle Show Impresses Middletown Society
Newport correspondent reports the Aquidneck Cattle Show and Fair held in Middletown Rhode Island on the 21st with a strong cattle display nearly fifty yokes from Middletown and a fine show of cows sheep and poultry. The horses disappointed slightly but the poultry and bantams delighted ladies. The event included a reading by Nathaniel Greene Esq an ample ladies fair and a successful plowing match. The overall exhibition topped Providence and the society aims to GO AHEAD with future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport Mercury
Aquidneck
Middletown
R.I
First Baptist Meeting
Rhode Island
Newport
Old Town
Nathaniel Greene
Providence
Death of Bishop Philander Chase in Illinois
The New York Express reports the death of Right Rev. Philander Chase D D of Illinois senior Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church and Jubilee College president He died on the 14th after injuries and a fever He was consecrated in Philadelphia in 1819 and became the senior bishop after Bishop Arignol's death in 1843 Connecticut’s Brownell is now the oldest bishop Dr Whitehouse who consecrated Chase's assistant is the Illinois diocesan now.
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Bister Chase
New York Express
Philander Chase
D. D
Illinois
Episcoed Sch
United States
Ubilee College
Christ, Church
Robin's Nest
Peoria County
Jubilee College
Chase
St. James's Church
Philadelphia
Arignol
Massachusetts
Arsenic Poisoning Strikes Menkens Family in St Louis
The Menkens jeweller family and guests, including Mrs Menkens and Miss Kate Menkens, fell ill after consuming soup contaminated with arsenic at their home in St Louis. Most are recovering, but Mrs Menkens remains in critical condition. The poison agent originated from a servant, intent or accident unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny
Sx. Louis
Anthony Menkens
Mr. Menkens
Kate Menkens
Arrival of WADA and European updates noted
One week after EU events, reports from Europe mention the arrival of WADA, a Duke of Wellington death, and European tensions. Italian intrigues under Bulwer worry Austria while Florence and Bologna garrisons are reinforced. Mazzinian Tuscany and Roman States unite. Eruption at Mount Alma damages towns Catania and Zaffaroni.
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Europe
WADA
Haurax
Liverpool
Seclion
Duke of Wellington
Italy
Henry Bulwer
Florence
Bolona
Italie Papulo
Mazzinian Committee
Tuscany
Catania
Alma
Zaffaroni
Mila
New York Cabinet Shop Murder Suspect Named Krieutzer
A decomposed body found in a cabinet-maker John Doelfel’s loft in New York shows a fatal head wound and bloodstains. A former worker named Krieutzer, who threatened the deceased, is suspected after he looted the late man’s trunk and vanished. The case centers on the suspected killer Krieutzer and the evidence at the shop.
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New York
John Doelfel
Doelful
J. Wisewell
Krieutzer
Arrest of Counterfeiters Reveals Large Network
The capture of Sterrett and Witt exposes a major counterfeit operation. Authorities found a ledger with bank autographs and numerous counterfeit plates. Bills from Merchants Bank Providence and Eagle North American issues were seized. The pair, longtime offenders, were held to bail of 5000.
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Sterrett and Witt
Des Boston
Bank
Providence
Boston Bank
Merchants’ Bank
Eagle Bank
North American Bank
Milk trade series stirs New York manufacturers and distillery cows
The New York Evening Post releases a milk trade series linking causes of summer sickness in the city to milk production. The investigative reports provoke reaction from milk manufacturers and distillery slop-fed cow owners.
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The
New York Evening Post
New York
Fire destroys Atlantic Street block in Brooklyn. three killed
The building block on Atlantic street between Columbia and Willow in Brooklyn was destroyed by a morning fire at 3 o clock. Two men and one woman perished in the flames and the loss is estimated above fifty thousand dollars.
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New York
Atlantic Street
Columbia
Willow
Brooklyn
Cholera Deaths Reach Rochester Total of 400
Asany reports 400 deaths from cholera at Rochester this season and estimates business damage at a million dollars.
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Asany
Rochester
Smuggling Cargo Recovered from Mischief Case
Reports say the U S Marshal in Connecticut recovered about half the Mischief cargo, wine and fruit, alleged to be smuggled. The owner of the two sloops that lightered the Mischief in the Sound has been arrested and jailed in New London.
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United States
Conneticut
New London
Fire at Two Farm Barns Damages Justice of the Peace Property
The report notes two barns in Richmond and Exeter owned by Justices of the Peace Matthew L. Card and James Sheldon were burned last week amid alleged official disputes. At a Baptist meeting in Richmond several men were arrested for liquor sales and bound over by the same judges. A separate blaze destroyed three wooden structures and a stone barn serving the Friends' School, with two horses lost and no insurance.
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Matthew L. Card
Richmond
James Sheldon
Exeter
Card
Sheldon
Providence
Friends’ School
Providence Journal
Machinery Reaches Perfection In Odd Exchange Tale
An exchange claims machinery has reached perfection after burnt peas were placed in a hopper of a five mill. In under two minutes the peas were ecot py ug a place in a grocery window labeled Qld overnment Java.
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Java
Bead Testing and Tricks in Early Whiskey Practice
A letter notes that sweet oil and vitriol can give whiskey a bead, Scotch whiskey is altered with creosote to taste smoky, and small color edits turn whiskey into pale or dark brandy. It recalls a Water Alliance delegate who claimed to distill brandy gin and wine from whiskey in four hours, able to fool discerning palates.
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Ac, &c
The
Water Alliance
Utica
New York
Philad
Tel
Pear theft and church dedication at Pittsfield society
Dr Root heard a trespasser beside his pear tree and a watch hung on a twig was taken by the owner, while the Central Concirnational Society hosted a Bers house of worship dedication in Pittsfield. Rev Leonardi Swain preached the sermon and was installed as pastor with Rev Dr Park officiating. The society begins under favorable circumstances as sales this day proceed at ten thirty A M.
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Pittsfield
Com Bers
Leonardi Swain
Swain
Park
Andover
Journal
Deaths of Captains Coffin Brothers in Bangor and New Orleans
Yesterday reports confirmed the deaths of Capt Alfred M Coffin master of the ship Vistula of Boston from dysentery at Bangor on the 16th. The body will be brought to be buried at Capt John M Coffin’s residence on High Street. Earlier New Orleans dispatch announced the death of Capt John M Coffin on the 15th, just hours before his brother’s passing.
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Alfred M. Coffin
Vistula
Boston
Bangor
John M Coffin
High Street
New Orleans
John M. Coffin
Newburyport Herald
Yellow Fever Claims Eight More in Cnanteston
Eight deaths from yellow fever in Cnanteston by nine o clock Friday night bring week total to 43. Brevet May Roland, Captain in the Artillery, dies of fever at Castle Pinckney Charleston harbor aged 35, noted for service in the Mexican war.
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Cnanteston
May
Roland
Regiment of
Artillery
Castle Pinckney
Charleston Harbor
Devastation Captain Sees Rich Mackerel Near Shore
Captain Campbell of the steamer Devastation writes to the Governor of Prince Edward Island reporting waters within three miles of land crowded with mackerel in excellent condition. He urges keeping foreigners at distance to protect a valuable shore fishery for British Provinces fishermen.
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Campbell
Prince Edward Island
Treasure Bullion on Boston Common Petition for Dig Permit
John Griffin petitions Boston city for permission to dig a six foot diameter hole on Boston Common to recover $1000 his father hid during the revolutionary era. Griffin, claiming poverty, says the money was secreted in troubled times and the petition goes to the committee on the common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Common
John Griffin
Griffin
Committee On the Common
Loston Post
Navy notice on Coast of California and Mexico claims
Secretary of the Navy directs officers and seamen to apply directly to the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury in Washington for act benefits increasing compensation on the California and Mexico coast. Agents or attorneys are not required for pursuing such claims.
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Secretary of the Navy
Naval Service
Revenue Service
California
Mexico
Fourth Auditor of the Treasury
Washington
Narrow Escape on Canada Voyage Fire in Cabin
The London Daily News reports the Canada on its Liverpool to New York voyage escaped destruction by fire after a passenger became insane and was restrained. The watcher briefly left the madman’s cabin, flames broke out, and crew and passengers fought to extinguish the blaze.
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Conann Stramer
London Daily News
Canada
Liverpool
New York
Watertown Votes to Grant Town Hall for Liquor Trial
A large Watertown meeting at the Town Hall approved granting the hall for liquor trial use after selectmen had refused. The town named a Town Agent and directed constables to enforce the liquor law while voting to raise a sizable police force for future trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Boston
Boston Truant Law Aims to Reform Idle Children
The Boston law authorizes city authorities to seize truants and place them in public schools or the House of Reformation if offenses continue. A record of destitute children is kept and they are given employment or apprenticeships. On the night of the 3d, the dwelling of Esek Hawkins in Dickinson burned, consuming his wife aged 49 and a son aged 6.
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Vacrant Chiipren
Boston
House of Reformation
Esek Hawkins
Dickinson
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Bristol Phenix
the American Institute
Havana
Charleston
Schindler
Duarte
Porto Cabello
Diario
Pizarro
Revolutionary Journal
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