Presidential Campaign Competition Prompts Broad Debate
The article surveys looming state elections and the presidential race with Gen Grant Horatio Seymour and Gen Blair as key nominees. It notes differing state prospects in Vermont California and Maine and highlights the stakes of federal power, reconstruction and equal rights in a tense nationwide political season.
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Vermont
Democratic
California
Maine
Narties
Grant
Washington
Colfax
Horatio Seymour
Blair Remerbés
Tor Mantua's Visetarh Cau Nekrixa Ends With Large Attendance
The event began Monday the 24th and closed on the 31st, cited as the most successful in years. About 4 thousand tents and pottages filled the grounds with more demands for next year. Sabbath attendance ranged from 15 000 to 25 000, and Bristol reported strong support from its community.
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Tor Mantua
Ffristol
Vermont election yields Republican Senate and House majorities
Vermont voters Tuesday returned a Republican Senate majority of about thirty and a largely Republican House. The elected Benators and representatives tilt toward Taft era Republican alignment.
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Vermont
Benatora
House
Trial of E. J. Campbell for Moran murder in Rocky Point
The trial of E. J. Campbell for the murder of Thomas Moran at Rocky Point began August 8 and concluded with a verdict of not guilty. The hearing occurred at East Greenwith Bees County Court, ending in an acquittal.
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E. J. Campbell
Thomas Moran
Rocky Point
East Greanwith
Bees
Outdoor sermon draws vast Newport crowd in summer
Rev. Chas. Howard Malcolm preached last Sunday afternoon in Touro Park Newport to a large attentive audience. It marked the third outdoor religious meeting held in Newport this summer. A Brown University commencement was held at the First Baptist Meeting House in Providence Wednesday.
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Chas. Howard Malcolm
Touro Park
Newport
Brown University
First Baptist Meeting House
Twilit Distant Boats On A Dammer Sea
A poem fragment describes boats sailing under a cloudy sky and a distant shore. The narrator watches waves and a small hand wave as boats approach, then night falls and a cloud pall dims the scene. The verse blends sea imagery with fading light and somber tone.
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I. I
Dammer
Remarkable Midnight Glass Phenomenon at Mrs Betsy Matthewson’s
A correspondent reports at seven o clock a tapping on the window and a glass preserve jar perfectly split into six parts without shattering. Six witnesses observed the event at No 1 Orange Street, with some calling it a precursor of an important future event.
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Surantiy Monvestors
Tinel
Oldest Brown University graduate Rev Morse Allen of Pembroke
The Providence Journal notes Rev Morse Allen of Pembroke Massachusetts is Brown University’s oldest living graduate class of 1798. He preached in Pembroke in 1801 began ministry there for forty years and would attend commencement if able. He turned ninety two in April and remains in generally good health.
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Mori #s Allen
Pembroke
Massachusetts
Brown
Ben
Nathaniel Bullock
Bristol
Providence Journal
Disease in Cattle Threat to Food Supply
A report to the New York Board of Health notes cattle disease seen near New York causes rapid destructive changes in blood and major organs. No physician could safely diagnose early. risk to market is highest during the acute stage when animals might be killed to prevent natural death.
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New York Board of Health
Morris
New York
Fatality in Family Stuns South Haven Observer
A father, M. C. Overhea of South Haven, mourns the death of his four month old son the fourteenth burial in eleven years. None of the siblings survived past six months despite healthy births and parental health. Doctors note no hereditary pattern yet call the recurring infant deaths exceedingly rare.
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M. C
South Havent
Strike to foe Coa Rettox in Schuylkill region
State papers report miners at all Schuylkill coal fields now working except one or two where wage advance disputes linger. They labor ten hours with increases from ten to fifteen percent and wages converge across the region. The coal trade resumes full operation in areas previously affected by the strike.
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Rettox
Schuylkill County
Schuylkill
Witness Giraves Recaptured After Canada Smuggling Escape
The witness Giraves, who would identify Whelan as the D Arcyff Gee murderer and fled to the United States, has been recaptured. He faced a trumped up charge at Rome then was taken to Ogdensburg where he was intoxicated and smuggled into Canada bypassing extradition formalities with orders attributed to Sir John A. Macdonald to capture him at any cost.
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Whelan
D'Arcyff Gee
United States
Rome
Ogdensburg
Canada
John A. McDonald
Camp meeting by Perfect Love sect in Manheim Lancaster County
Twenty five thousand followers of the Perfect Love or Entire Sanctification Religionists recently gathered for a camp meeting at Manheim in Lancaster County United States. The event drew a large crowd and featured religious services and preaching during the gathering.
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Perfect Love
Entire Sanctifcation Religionists
Manheim
Lancaster County
The
United States
Fall River Tradesman Injured in Fall and Pedestrian Runover
James Gifford a carpenter fell from a building and broke three ribs while sustaining internal injuries in Fall River on Tuesday. A lad named Williams was run over, with recovery considered doubtful.
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Fall River
James Gifford
Carpenter
Williams
John Allen the wickedest man hosts prayer meeting
A noon prayer meeting gathers at John Allen's repainted Water Street home once known for his dance house. Dr Ward presides as clergymen and officials watch Allen pledge to reform his life and reclaim fallen women, amid a room packed with mixed crowds.
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John Allen
New York
Allen
Telg Borhood
Tran
Ward
Lin Dat
Water Street
Alleft
Charize
Arnold
Vast Ruins Discovered Along Little Colorado River
Surveyors in Arizona report extensive ruins along the Little Colorado River stretching for miles. Walls six to eight feet high remain, ancient streets continue, and two old irrigation canals survive. Pottery fragments and finely worked stone walls suggest a city of many thousands once stood here, with large structures on the east bank still up to twenty to thirty feet tall.
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Arizona
Colorado
England's wheat crop praised for quantity and quality
The report celebrates a remarkable wheat harvest across England with fifty bushels per acre in large areas. The grain is ready for cutting, threshing, and grinding into bread, and flour yield per bushel exceeds the average by about a quarter.
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England
Public debt statement to show several million rise
It is estimated the forthcoming public debt statement will reveal an increase of several millions likely five or six. Disbursements in August for War Department expenses have been heavy, and combined with the Alaska payment and other debt disbursements will swell the total.
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War Department
Alaska
Boston Boots Promise Long Wear Water Proof At Low Cost
The manufacture of wood soled boots and shoes is a Boston novelty. They claim these pairs last longer are impervious to water and cost about half as much as leather. Several hundreds have been used in Boston with orders filled for New Orleans and St Louis.
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Marriage Brokers in Paris Tax Fight and Fees
Seventy five Paris marriage brokers are said to operate with two paying an income tax of 200000 francs annually. They charge five percent on the dower of high wives and two percent when husband and wife fortunes are similar. An extra fee is said to apply for obtaining husbands with aristocratic titles.
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Paris
Centenarian Philetus Wallison Keeps Busy at 108
A Nemo at one hundred eight years old lives in Monmouth County New Jersey near Long Branch. Philetus Wallison remains active digging and filling barrels with potatoes from his field. He was born in Sussex County and retains his birth record.
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N. J
Long Branch
Philetus Wallison
Sussex County
Young seaman from New London loses fortune after gambling
A dron sailing from New London carried a young man who had lived ten years in China and California. He arrived in New York on June 20 with $20,875 in possession. He invested heavily in gambling at the Faro bank and by July 20 was penniless.
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Paris
Berlin
Joan Antix
New York
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New London
China
California
Faro Bank
August Real Estate Transfers In A Historic Town
In August transactions Frank Wilkinson sold to Charles W Allen half of a twelve acre Bristol Neck tract with a house for 1500 dollars. William B Phelps sold a Bourne street lot for 300 dollars. Charles Sherry Jr sold the Bristol Hotel estate on State street for 5000 dollars. Phebe Rutherford sold a Church Street dwelling for 800 dollars. Mary D West sold land with dwelling on Pappoosesquaw Neck for 10000 dollars.
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Charles W. Allen
Bristol Neck
Warren
William B. Phelps
Charles J. Phelps
Bourne Street
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Wood Streets
Charles Sherry, Jr
Hugh N. Camp
Bristol Hotel
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Oliver H. Perry
Pappoosesquaw Neck
East Shore
Planchette Delivers Second Warren Letter Amid Mockery
Planchette sends a second Warren letter noting readers recall the first. He recalls the reception as hardly flattering to the author, recounting insults and mockery, including a friend’s reaction and various humorous curses. He jokes about threats of tar and feathers and avoids altering his tailor.
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Warren
Mr. Planchette
Town Council and Probate Court Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Town Council and Court of Probate will be held in the Council Chamber Monday afternoon next at two oclock.
Pleasant Warren Neck Tours set drive described in detail
A vivid account extols Warren Neck Toursset road with shaded, smooth lanes and farm scenery. The writer imagines ideal rural life until a barn notice reveals a theft of a skirt from Mrs. M. A. B, urging return of the item and warning of public exposure and legal action.
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Toursset
Warren Neck
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