Riots force escapes as South seeks renewed order and reform
The Bristol Phenis reports a strong public mood in the South amid riots suppressing free speech and freedmen. many flee homes seeking safer livelihoods while loyalists push for political regeneration and civil rights. A Boston Temperance convention inspires efforts, and Methodism centers celebrate a centennial with large offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Philadelphia
North
Boston
Jewett
Reverend Anderson Honored At Board Anniversary
The Rev Dr Anderson after forty four years with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions retired at Pittsfield Massachusetts. He received a $20000 gift from three gentlemen in Massachusetts Connecticut and New York. In another note a local wedding saw the groom extinguish a $3500 mortgage held by the Reverend against his clerical friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crener
Anderson
American Board of Commissioners For
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
Southern Representatives and national population notes
The passage states that at most six or eight Southern Representatives can take the test oath, while the President asserts the South has done enough to gain representation after abolishing slavery and repudiating debts. It also notes the U S population growing by about a million annually, with Western and Northwestern states absorbing most of this increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Cenang
Canada
Seward
Santa Anna
Changes In New York Politics and Press Circles In 1866
In New York City the press undergoes shifts as James Gordon Bennett and Ben Wood change sides, editors Cauldwell and Whitney acquire the Daily News, and political figures like John Morrissey gain belated clout. The piece laments gamblers and ex-pugilists entering Congress while noting social and partisan realignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wew
York Mail
New York
Ephor
Auld Scotia
James Gordon Bennett
The
Herald
Ben Wood
Messrs. Cauldwell and Whitney
Sunday Mercury
Daily News
Ewd
Bibernian
John Morrissey
Washington
Stratoga
Morrissey
Juon C. Heenan
Joe Coburn
Congress
Railroad Commissioners Review Three Fatal Accidents
The Railroad Commissioners met at the State Auditor’s office Monday. They found no blame for officers or employees in the deaths of Charles Bradley and William Fitzpatrick. The case of Thomas A. Gardner, a Bristol road fireman, was investigated. the conductor argued delaying the train to rescue him, while the railroad cautioned against delaying due to a following train. Decision postponed to next meeting.
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MfeTina
Railroad Con Missioners
Railroad Commimioners
State Auditor
Charles Bradley
Richmond
Stonington Road
William Fitzpatrick
South Water Street
Thomas A. Gardner
Bristol Road
Ocean Cottage
VW. Bunker
New Baedford
N. L. Barrows
Post
North and South bond demand as restoration debate
The New York Herald urges the South to accept a constitutional amendment, arguing that the North demands security before debts are trusted. It says the North cannot risk Southern loyalty in Congress and cites vast wartime losses to justify prescient conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Congres
Congress
Stamped Envelopes Offered at Reduced Rates
The Post Office Department will supply stamped envelopes at a reduced rate of 3280 per thousand or 328 per hundred, with proportional pricing for smaller quantities. Instructions for returning letters to designated business houses may be printed on envelopes ordered in amounts of 500 or more if not claimed within ten days.
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Post Office Department
Fort Apamus advances in fort modernization efforts
Modernization of Fort Apamus progresses with two 15 inch guns moved to the southwest bastion after weeks of hauling from the landing site. Each gun weighs fifty thousand pounds and a separate magazine has been built for each gun, with one completed and the other nearing completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Apamus
Newport Daily News
Various Theses and Local Notes Across Regions
A wide array of brief items covers strange events from a 75 to 100 ton rock rolling down a Charlemont hill to a Florida coast island showing quicksand and limited rocky zones. Other notes mention Ruth Williams aiding local soldiers, a Pittsburg prison death, and a treasury ruling about widow bounty limits.
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Charlemont
Mass
High School Base Ball Club Defeats Bristol in Close Contest
A Saturday baseball game on the Common saw the High School Base Ball Club of Providence defeat Bristol Base Ball Club by one run. Scoring details list multiple players, with Tucker, Metcalf, and Ross among top contributors, and Eugene A. Warner as scorer. The match was umpired by George Smith of the University Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bart Maron
Providence
Bristol
Hieu Senoor Crus
Tucker
Congdon
Stillwell
Metcalf
Hitchcock
Earle
Mumford
L. F
Brown
Ross, RF
Mutro
Herreshoff
Mintorn
Deane
Perry
Eugene A. Warner
George Smith
University Club
Mc Griffin Offers Superior Albums At Astonishing Prices
The notice states that Mc Griffin has bought a splendid assortment of albums offered to customers at prices rivaling common affairs. It also requests full and punctual attendance at the annual meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association on Monday evening next.
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Mc Griffin
Young Men's Christian Association
Marriage in Bristol A Grand Bristol-Wedding Noted
From St Michael's Bristol a lavish wedding unites Miss Isabella D W Colt and Mr Frank E DeWollt of New York with Bishop Clark presiding. Guests, music by a Providence band, and two hundred attendees marked the event at the bride's mother's mansion. Gen. Gro DeWolf linked to the past hospitality.
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BrisTol
R 1
the Courant
St. Michael's Church
EB. I
Isabella D'W. Colt
Christopher Colt
City
Frank E. DeWollt
New York
Tims
Bishop Clark
B—n
New Hartford
H—d
Newport
F—s
John de Wolf
Gro. DeWolf
Manwon
Burnside
Providence
Rules for Patment of Bounties under the 1806 Act
Washington September 16 1896 rules outline six month filing period for bounty claims classification by regiment proper and requirement of original discharge sworn affidavits and prior receipt limits. It details payment steps registers in Paymaster General and Second Auditor offices and bans certain ineligible claimants and heirs including those dishonorably discharged or who have received prior bounties.
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Rhode Island
Genunat
Providence
Army of the
United States
Union States
Faymaster General
Wasuixaton
Treasury Department
E United Rises
Stame Wards
United Stats
Theac Heicg
Durfee family reports giant California squash harvest
The Fall River News notes four California squashes raised by Mrs. Fidelia B. Durfee of Fall River weighing 116, 112, 89 and 77 pounds. The three largest grew on one stalk and seventeen squashes weighed about 1200 pounds in total, with one reaching 138 pounds.
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The
Fall River News
California
Fidelia B. Durfee
City
Potatoes Stable in Maine Crop Despite Rot Fears
The Belfast Age reports Maine potato crops show limited disease with water rot on lowlands and prices from forty to fifty cents per bushel. The overall yield is among the heaviest in years.
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Belfast Age
Maine
New silvering cleaner for brass and silverware praised
A testimonial from the New York Farmer extols a brass to silver coating product that instantly gives a bright silver finish and cleans silverware without harming metals or hands. It claims to preserve a permanent coating with occasional use and saves time for housekeepers. Endorsed by Prof. Thurber, Prof. Meyer, and Orange Judd among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SinveriIne
Thurber
Meyer
Orange Judd
Agriculturist
N. York Farmer
The Gold Medal Laberatus Debate Turns Students Plump
A president at a theological institution convened students to note their thinness due to the matron’s neglect. The matron now awards the Gold Medal Laberatus, making students portly and healthier. Ladies urged to obtain a paper from depot 112 Liberty Street New York with merchants carrying it.
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Hhis Room
Herrick Allen
Laberatus
Lberty Street
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bristol Phenis
M. E
City of
United Services
Trinity Church
Weat Broad Street
D. Wise
Professor Edwards
East Greenwich
Reed
Mathewson
Chestnut Street
D. A. Wheedon
J. T. Edwards
Patten
Empire City
Cooper Institute
Old Hundred
Effingham
St. Thomas
Pittsburg
Gen. Butler
Army
Chicago
Great Union Republican Party
Union Men
Navy
Union
Norfolk
James Lawless
Lawless
Thompson
Florida
Ruth Williams
Sutton
N. H
Holmes
Christianity and Its Founder. the Second Comptroller of the Treasury
Cincinnati
West Indies
Grand Lodge of the Masonic Fraternity
New Yek City
Jeff. Davis
Fortress Monroe
Lincoln
Sussex County
Del
England
Guayamas
Sonora
Mazatlan
New Bedford
Samuel Perry
Johnson National Club
Troy
N. Y
Robert Campbell
Western Railroad
Mary Smith
Rochester
U. S
Erie County
Hartford
Gen Burnside
John A. Logan
Brown University
B. I
H. W. Corbett
Oregon
Jas. H. Parsons, Esq
Parmenus G. Sampson
Middleboro
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Alabama
Bismarck
Mr. Motley
Austria
Germany
France
Brooklyn
Nebraska
Napoleon
Fors
Ross
Greenwood
Church Street
Jackson
Ummer
High Street
Samuel Tucker
Bristoul Cuvs
Rona
Sherwood
L. Fe
Waldron
Talbot
Cc. F
Heath
Sin
de Munro
Invivas
Hartford Daily Courant
Rice Reapive
Charles Sumner
Gorhames L. Orr
South Carolina
John H. Noyes
John Pierpont
Wm. Harvey
Mozambique
Addrese- Fowler & Wells
Broadway
Hsi
Court of Common Pleas
John P. Munro
Marmaduke Mason
Nathan B. Heath
William B. O'Wolf
Alexander Easterbrooks
James E. Chace
Leonard Wright
Samuel Smith
Martin King
John Lake
Thomas J. Usher
John Gladding
Augustus N. Miller
Dorrance Street
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