Political upheaval and temperance push in postwar reporting
The piece reviews Congress election outcomes across four states, signaling strong opposition to the President’s policy and a push for Reconstruction. It highlights a temperance reform surge led by religious groups, New England conventions, and Irish Catholic societies, with details on public sentiment and recent incidents.
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Johnson
Thadabt
New England
Boston
Father Mathew
United States
Father
New York
Russian American Alliance debate in press
Russian papers discuss an American alliance with strong favorable views. One journal argues no other alliance is possible and another foresees U S station in the Mediterranean as the Turkish Empire dissolves. They claim such a base would deter Western European fleets from entering the Black Sea and safeguard American interests in northern Europe.
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Mediterranean
United States
Europa
Black Sea
Baltic
Europe
Death of the Infant Daughter of Gry Tow Taums
Minnie Stratton also known as Minnie Lom Thumb, infant daughter of General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, died at the Norfolk Hotel Norwich from brain inflammation after illness treated by two doctors. Her mother Mrs. Tom Thumb arrived and attended the child until death.
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Minnie Stratton
Minnie Lom Thumb
Tom Thumb
Norfolk Hotel
Norwich
Yarmouth
Lowestoft
London Telegraph
New York Herald declares the Democratic Party dead
The New York Herald reviews recent elections and argues the Democratic Party is utterly annihilated. It says attempts to revive it failed, federal patronage offers no vitality, and it has no state governments or secure representation, noting it elects only ten to twelve of sixty Congress seats.
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The
New York Herald
Democratic Party
Julias Cassar
Missionary turnover and Texas actions in a divided era
The Bishops of Madras Calcutta and Bombay report 213182 Christian converts in India Barmah and Ceylon with 511 missionaries and 96574 mission school children. total school enrollment cited at 500000. Texas Legislature backs Philadelphia Convention actions and passes a bill to move Federal dead to a potter's field amid Confederate dust concerns. Taunton Gazette notes iron rails obstructing the Middleboro Railroad near the junction with the Yew B and Taunton road.
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Bombay
India
Barmah
Ceylon
Texas
The
Taunton Gazette
Middleboro’ Railroad
Taunton Road
New York City Visitor Reassures Bristol Readers
In a letter from Oct 17 1868 a Bristol resident recounts meeting two travelers from New York who found the city gay and hospitable. They described friendly locals, including Mrs Roberts widow of General Scott, whose generous hospitality to visitors and war veterans counters claims of Gotham as corrupt.
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New York Mail
New York
New York City
Gotham
Vast Potawatomi Reserve and Indian Life Described in Kansas
An excerpt from a Kansas letter surveys the Potawattomie Reservation with half a million acres of bottom land and prairie. It details flora fauna timber and fruit, notes Potawatomi numbers and shift from wild life to farming, and reports government transfer of land to the Union Pacific Railroad.
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Potawattomie Reservation
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Smoky Hill River
Enormous California Redwood Plank Arrives in New York
A twelve by eight foot four inch by three foot thick plank from a redwood tree in the Sierra Nevada arrives in New York from California. The timber, believed largest in the United States, comes from trees that can reach about three hundred feet in height and sixty to ninety feet in circumference, with a famed giant stump said to exist in California used as a ballroom.
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New York
California
United States
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Colt Receives Orders for Needle-Guns and Revolving Cannons
Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of Hartford received an order for a thousand needle guns modeled on the Prussian needle gun and an order for one hundred revolving cannons at a total cost of $100,000.
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Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
Hartford
Prussia
Ad Against Prov is Sant Against Irish Starvation S
In 1846 7 Andrew qobawe attacked landing prov is sunt to starving Irish. Readers may enjoy better biscuits as Herrick Allen's Gold Vedar Saleratus is sold. Merchants stock it at 112 Liberty Street New York with Allen on the wrapper.
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Congress
Herrick Allen
Marchants
Liberty Street
New York
Vast array of 19th century notices crowds the page
A wide selection of items ranges from political maneuvering and international affairs to local incidents. Reports cover Santa Anna and Juarez, U.S. paper mills and rags, a drunken marriage with a stabbing, Freedmen’s Bureau peace in Alabama, agricultural fairs, legal cases, tea cultivation in Georgia, Beecher, gas plans for New York, paymaster fraud, and other civic, religious, and economic notes.
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Hudson City
N. J
Maj. J. Jones
Freedmen’s Bureau
Alabama
Bristol Young Men's Christian Association Treasurers Report 1865 66
The Board of Managers submits the third year report with a balance of 177.92 and no liabilities. Donations for scholarships path, building fund progress and several lectures boosted the treasury. The library delivered 7,621 volumes in ten months with 12 volumes stolen. building and membership drive need renewed effort.
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B. Y. M C. Association
Library
Neaf Ist
Ub al
Providence
Building Fund
LeBaron Bradford
New York
Beaton
C. Sherry
N. Y
Home Journal
Wm. J Miller
Providence Post
R. §. Andrews
Thomas A. Jencks
Wm. Sprague
Col
F. St. John Lockwood
C. P. Osborne
Little Corporal
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Chicago Y. M. C. A. 1 Pamphlet ; San Francisco Y.M.C
New York Y.M. C
Young Men's Christian Association
United States
Centenary Sermon and Public Meeting at State Street M E Church
Rev Joseph H James of Fall River will address Sabbath School scholars at 10:30 AM and preach a Centenary Sermon in the forenoon. A public Centenary Meeting is set for 7 PM with addresses by Rev MW Talbot of Newport and others.
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State Street
M. E
Joseph H. James
Fall River
Orlock
MW. J Talbot
Newport
Large exhibit beet from Bristod Neck showcased by Bosworth
A giant beet raised by Benjamin Bosworth on Bristod Neck has been on display at H. M. Gifford and Son's store for a week. The vegetable measures three feet long with a maximum circumference of two feet two inches and weighs twenty seven pounds, resembling an alligator in form and surpassing other beets this season.
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Benjamin Bosworth
H. M. Gifford & Son
Fire at National Rubber Company building contained by staff
A fire was discovered in a National Rubber Company building Monday morning and extinguished by employees without raising a general alarm.
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National Rubber Company
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