Great Landed Trusts and Presses Dominating 1867 News
The piece rails against land monopolies and aristocratic landholding in Britain, cites large estates and waste land, praises homestead policies and settlers, then shifts to American topics. It reports Sheridan’s tour amid praise, newspaper presses in New York, and a Paris meat market outlook with Boston Chicago barbs.
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Jineland
Duke of Devonshire
Duke of Richmond
Great Britain
Phalate Marchinness of
Safford
New York Miz and a Parade of City Sights
A narrator recalls New York as a vast Miz with Central Park’s wonders from its reservoir to its bridges. The piece contrasts tranquil park beauty with the wild scene at Wall Street’s brokers ghoulish din, calling them a ferocious menagerie. It notes a Fulton Street prayer meeting marking its tenth anniversary.
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New York
Central Park
Arsenal
Hindustan
Wal Street
Brokers
Fulton Street
Examination for West Point cadetship in Rhode Island
A vacancy at the West Point Military Academy will be filled by a nomination from Rhode Island Eastern District. A board of examiners will assess candidates aged 17 to 22, or 24 if military service has occurred, on English grammar geography US history and other admission requirements. The meeting is Oct 12 at 10 am in Providence to nominate the best-qualified candidate. Information from Rev. Woodbury or Wm. A. Mowry.
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Prue Saerman
Burnside
Newport
Boston
New York Tribune
Sheridan Singe
Grant
Washington
Sheridan
Shenandoah
New Orleans
Winchester
Lee
America
West Point
Thomas A. Jenckes
Augustus Woodbury
William A. Mowry
Providence
J. W. R. Marsh
John Boyden
Woonsocket
T W Bicknell
Joseph Mauran
Mowry & Goff
Westminster Street
City of
Wm. A. Mowry
Cheyenne Leader Emerges From Crgry Ewneg Turbulence
From Dr. C. H. Alden U S A comes the first issue of The Cheyenne Leader dated September 19 detailing Crgry Ewneg Dakota Territory at the foothills of the Rockies. The town once had two houses two months earlier and now boasts between one and two hundred dwellings evidencing rapid growth and bold undertakings.
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Dacota Territory
Rocky Mountains
Omaha
Transformation of a Fall River boy shocks locals
A Turk Fall River News item describes an 18 year old negro boy in Fall River undergoing a striking skin transformation toward white. His hands and much of his face and neck are turning Caucasian, giving a piebald look. He dislikes the change but tries to act as a colored boy would.
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Tur Fall River News
Curious English tex change advertisements in weekly column
A weekly column in an English paper features unusual exchange offers. One asks for music and navels in exchange for a scant bottle and ostrich feathers. Another seeks birds egos for foreign postage stamps. A third offers Longstillow poem for a yellow parasol, and a fourth a Swinburne volume for a Euclid copy.
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Lapers
England
Texchanges
One
Longstillow
Swinburne
Euclid
Will of Gun Scott leaves estate to daughter and assigns keeps
The will of Gun Scott, now probated, leaves all property to his daughter the wife of Col. Scott. Other daughters received near equal shares of large effects. The Pulaski sword goes to the West Point Academy and the sword from Mexico to his grandson Winfield Scott Hoyt.
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Gun Scott
Col. Scott
West Point Academy
Mexico
Winfield Scott Hoyt
Government to Seek Further Delay in Jeff Davis Trial
Semi official statement says authorities will request more time before proceeding in the Jeff Davis case. Details on new timetable or grounds for delay were not provided.
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Jeff. Davis
Widow Polly Brightman Found Dead in Swamp
The New Bedford Standard reports Polly Brightman widow of Joseph Brightman of South Westport was missing since Thursday evening the 19th. About 70 neighbors searched woods on Friday and found her body in a swamp in the afternoon. She was about 76 years old and likely died from exposure exhaustion and hunger after becoming lost.
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Polly Brightman
Joseph Brightman
South Westport
New Bedford Standard
Atrocious Affair A French steamer fires on refugees
A Paris Times report from Greece details an August 12 incident near Candia Bay where the steamer Zouab, flying French colors, opened cannon fire on a crowd of women and children fleeing to the beach. Ten were killed or wounded, eight of them women and children.
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Greece
Paris
London Times Rays
Bay
Fodelos
Candia
Zouab
Smithsonian Institute Receives Russian Book Collection
V. Fox, former assistant secretary of the navy, presented to the Smithsonian Institute 179 books, many in quarto, 16 atlases and albums, 72 maps and accompanying pamphlets from the Emperor of Russia following his visit to St. Petersburg.
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G. V. Fox
Russia
St. Petersburg
Smithsonian Institute
Disinfectants for Yellow Fever in Houston Letter
A Houston letter dated September 16 describes six weeks of lime sprinkles and numerous disinfectants, carbonic acid, and nightly wood and tar fires ordered by authorities. Despite these steps the Yellow Fever epidemic advances, with authorities expressing the measures seem futile against the deadly spread.
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Houston
Texas
Valley Falls accident injures tinsmith at engine house
Mr Geonaz A Buss tinsmith of 34 Stewart a treat was severely injured Saturday at Valley Falls while installing a ventilator on the new engine house. The ladder slipped causing a fall that dislocated his shoulder and bruised other parts. He was brought home by train.
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Geonaz A. Buss
Stewart
Valley Falls
Bush
Frev. Herald
Largest timber ever taken from Canadian forest by Grand Trunk
The Toronto Leader reports a giant timber felled by the Grand Trunk Railway on Monday the 16th. The log measured 55 feet long and 28 by 46 inches square, totaling 382 cubic feet and weighing about 16,500 pounds.
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Toronto
Grand Trunk Railway
Wide Range of 19th Century Brief Items Across Cities
A collage of short notes reports on diverse subjects including railwork at the Pacific railroad, New Jersey cranberry crops, Boston and St Louis figures, and political shifts in Congress. Mentions yellow fever in Texas, Garibaldi arrest riot in Florence, and a St Helena house once occupied by Napoleon.
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St. Helena
Napoleon I
Greenpoint
L. I
Scamp Riley Arrested in Chicago Burglary Case
A report details the arrest of a rogue named Riley in Chicago for burglary. A signed Andrew Johnson letter was found on him, claimed to offer aid in the New York Custom case.
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Riley
Chicago
Andrew Johnson
New York
A Trip to New York Aboard the Providence
The Narragansett Steam Ship Company steamer Providence carried about six hundred passengers to New York and back. The writer praises the ship’s steadiness and capacity and lauds Captain Simmons and steward F L McGowan for courteous service and fine dining at the Pacific Hotel in Greenwich Street.
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New York
Providence
Simmons
Narragansett Steamship Company
Bristol
Nathan Warren, Jr
Harbor
Pacific Hotel
Greenwich Street
City
Gotham
Central Park
Niblo
Garden
Barnum
Museum
F. L. McGowan
Ourself
Labora
Horse Country
Bennett
J. Munro
Ricaxono Manufacturing Mill Reopens After Upgrades
The Ricaxono Manufacturing Company’s mill, closed on the 16th of last month for two new steam boilers and repairs, resumes Monday morning. Old boilers were rebuilt to like new, boiler house and engine room enlarged, machinery fully ordered. management earns praise for thorough, prompt work.
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Tue Ricaxono Manufacturing Company
Waarr Extension Sinking Pier Work Advances at Narragansett
The docking extension for Narragansett Steamship Co. is under rapid progress after the sunk framework for the pier extension on Saturday. Four vessels haul stones from the landing to the pier while many men and teams blast and remove ledge. The plan shows straightening the pier and extending it 150 feet south, 90 feet north, then outward at a 45 degree angle for 400 feet, creating a roomy slip and a safe berth for an extra boat to lay up.
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Waarr
Narragansett Steamship Company
Armory Meeting Adopts Resolutions on Woonsocket Visit
At a Bristol armory meeting on Sept 26 1867 the company unanimously adopted thanks to the Woonsocket Guards Woonsocket Artillery and Woonsocket Cavalry for their reception on Sept 25 The group also thanks Dr Seth Arnold Woonsocket for aiding the visit and notes escort to the cars on Sept 26 A copy will be sent to Col of the Woonsocket Guards and Dr Seth Arnold and published in the Bristol Phoenix and Woonsocket Patriot Edmund Horton Adj t.
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Bristol
Artrourny
Woonsocket
Seth Arnold
Woonsocket Guards
Woonsocket Artillery
Woonsocket Cavalry
R. J. Guards
Bristoll Phenix
Epmund Horton
Adj't
Bristol Views Stereoscopic Croquet Pictures Promoted
Mr Griffin publishes fine stereoscopic pictures of a croquet group on the Common and other Bristol views. The set is desirable for stereoscope owners wishing to enlarge collections. Buyers can obtain the picture with pod scopes at the store on Hope Street.
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Griffin
Bristol
Hope Street
Riverside Institute Plan Endows Orphans of Union Heroes
Philadelphia promotes a National Institute for orphans of Union soldiers with stock offerings at one dollar per share under the Washington Library Company charter. Subscribers receive steel engravings and a chance at $800,000 in gifts including prizes of $40,000 and $20,000. Cunningham's Emporium touts brisk fall trade and heavy arrivals as sales double prior years.
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Philadelphia National
Philadelphia
National Institute
Riverside Institute
Washington Library Company
Penneylvain
Town Council and Court of Probate Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Town Council and Court of Probate will be held in the Council Chamber on Monday afternoon next at two oclock.
Citizens urge action on neglected town highways and sidewalks
In Briston the writer cites long ignored 1863 highway repair laws and calls for enforcement. They fault town officials for wasteful spending and permit obstructions in streets and sidewalks, urging measures to restore safe gutters, repaired roads, and clear paths for travelers.
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Bristron
Schooner T L Muller Sinks After Becalm at Hellgate
The schooner T L Muller of Yarmouth capt White from Rondout to this port with 120 tons coal for Narragansett Steamship Company becalmed in Hellgate on the 2d, struck Hallett's Point, drifted into deep water and sank with only the mast heads showing. Owned by Capt White and others. No insurance on the vessel, cargo insured.
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TL Muller
Yarmouth
Mass
White
Rondout
Narragansett Steamship Company
Hellgate
Hallett’s Point
Annual Meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association
The annual meeting for electing officers for the ensuing year will be held Monday afternoon at four at the Association rooms. A public meeting at Town Hall that evening will present officers’ reports with speakers from abroad and music by the Bristol Music Club.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Town Hall
Bristol Music Club
Boat Race Between Pelican and Favorite Over $100 Purse
The Pelican of the town and the Favorite of Pawtucket raced for a $100 purse a few days ago. The contest was held yesterday from Connecticut Beacom to the north end of Prudence. The result had not been determined at press time.
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Boate
Pelican
Pawtucket
Connicut Beacom
North End
Prudence
Preas
Seventy One Baptized and Confirmed at State Street M E Church
Seventy one candidates were received into full membership at State Street M E Church on Sunday afternoon, sixty nine from the revival six to seven months ago and two by certificate from other churches. On the same morning three candidates were baptized by Rev. T Snowden Thomas, pastor.
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State Street M. E
T. Snowdeh Thomas
Ham delivered to door from Long Wharf Store
A bundle labeled dry goods was found at the door and opened to reveal a fine ham, nicely cured and smoked. The note asks whether it is a sample and asserts Long Wharf Store offers the best smoked hams in the area while stock lasts.
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Long Wharf
Watches and jewelry sale at Watt Grays Providence
Watt Grays at 231 Westminster Street near Grace Church Providence advertises a large stock of American and foreign watches fine jewelry silverware and fancy articles at reasonable prices. Watches and jewelry repaired. Also Bristol views for the stereoscope at Griffin's Mammoth store Hope Street.
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Watt Gray
Westminster Street
Grace Church
Providence
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