Vacation season shifts travel to quieter rural retreats
The essay notes vacationers returning from cities to calmer spots as Newport gains appeal for its scenery and home life while fashionable resorts lose crowds. It contrasts urban allure with rural retreats in Vermont New Hampshire and coastal Maine, noting easier travel and a move away from expensive resort life.
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Newport
Saratoga
Europe
Soma
Amerigan Lif
Vermont
Noy Fampshire
Macachuseatty
Bmaing
Mas
Pheresa
Pigor
Pic Pic
English MP Samuelson to tour Europe for industrial insight
Mr B Samuelson M P a resident of the continent and in iron and engineering prepares a study trip to France Belgium Germany and Switzerland to gather data on industrial progress labor and instruction. He undertakes the mission with Privy Council and Foreign Office support and will be aided by British representatives abroad. He has recently visited Leeds and major Yorkshire towns to gauge manufacturers views and finds education, especially technical, vital to Britain’s industrial lead.
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B. Samuelson
M. P
Visi Brance
Belgium
Germany
Switzerland
Samuelson
Educational Department
the Privy Council
Leeds
Yorkshire
Lancashire
Nottinghamshire
Brown University Names Interim Chair in Rhetoric
The Brown University chair left vacant by Professor Dunn’s death will be filled for the present term by Izace B Barker AM Instructor in Rhetoric for Baghesh Literature. Barker, born in South Hanson MA, graduated top of his Brown class in 1861. He served three years as Assistant Professor of Ethics at the United States Naval Academy in Newport, then spent two years traveling in Germany and France before returning. Barker’s literary attainments and stylistic skill are noted as he moves into a high early career.
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Brown University
Dunn
Izace B. Barker
Barker
South Hanson
Massachusetts
Middleborough Academy
Brown
United States Naval Academy
Newport
Germany
France
Styre
Interference by Turkish Official Sparks Uproar Over American Aid
Wasurmarov reports a Turkish subordinate at Crete, under an American frigate, aiding Christian women and children. The dispatch draws wide indignation for withholding the same aid from French vessels. Officials say the U S command will be supported by the government, reflecting credit on the naval service.
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Wasurmarov
Creta
United States
Naval Service
Parasol Parade Ends In Unlucky Duster Swap
A neatly dressed lady on Main Street buys fruit with her parasol left open. A fruit vendor drops a feather duster and pays her change. Mistakenly lifting the duster, she raises it above her head and walks away with it, swapping back later for the sun umbrella as bystanders muffle their laughter.
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Main Street
Springfield
Cornerstone Laying Planned for Antigram National Cemetery
The cornerstone ceremony is set for September 17 with President Johnson and his Cabinet attending, along with Governors and staffs from Staten Island, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland. Chicago officials, other city leaders, and multiple state regiments will join, including Colonel Peter Lyle’s Philadelphia unit. Ex-Governor Bradford of Maryland will deliver the address.
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Antigram National Cemetery
Johnson
Cabiet
Staten
Maine
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ohio
West Virginia
Maryland
Chicago
Peter Lyle
Philadelphia
Bradford
Letter from New York seeks Douglass for Freedmen Bureau post
The President received a petition from New York signed by many colored individuals and a colored church asking Fred Douglass or other Black leaders be appointed to succeed Gen Howard if he is removed. No decision will be made soon on General Howard's case.
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New York
Fred Douglass
Gen Howard
Freedman’s Bureau
Gen. Howard
New Orleans Bee
Louisiana
General Grant
Guz Ponrie
European travel boosts American loyalty and pride in homeland
A recent letter argues tours in Europe heighten respect for the United States among Americans abroad including former rebels. It notes many show pride in their government, despite mixed views of foreign society and lingering resentment among exiles and the poor.
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Errecor
Gol
Fornéy
Europe
England
Fire setting girl shocks Cincinnati and other notes
A young Cincinnati girl confesses to setting a dozen houses on fire. Other items include Bonventow’s College washing class, Everett statue dedication planned for October, and various local notices on debt, crops, mills, and public events.
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Cincinnati
Bonventows Female College
New Jersey
Everett
Oskelooska
Iowa
Major Raymond I Perry Not Dead After All
Two weeks after reports of Major Raymond I Perry’s death from yellow fever in Galveston Texas a telegram arrived to say he was alive and recovering. A subsequent letter to relatives confirms the correction and relief.
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Raymond I. Perry
Galveston
Texas
Major Perry
Secondhand Clothing Wanted for Boys and Girls
Distressed institution appeals for donated secondhand clothing. Any person with suitable garments for boys and girls is urged to send them at once to the Matron for distribution to those in need.
Bake and Fair for YMCA at Captain Weat’s Farm
A large bake and fair to aid the Young Men’s Christian Association was held at Captain William Weat’s farm near Bristol Ferry on Wednesday after weather postponements. Five to six hundred attended, receipts near five hundred dollars. The steamer What Cheer carried guests across a delightful trip to the Ferry and the event, which was quiet, orderly, and well received with most items sold. Proceeds will boost the Building Fund.
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Young Men's Christian Association
William Weat
Bristol Ferry
Bristol Light Infantry Formed From Rhode Island Guards
The Bristol troop formerly known as Company G Rhode Island Guards transferred to the Fifth Brigade by governor Burnside order and renamed Bristol Light Infantry. They celebrated with a bicentennial event on the fifth in Locust Grove ending with a dance at their Armory.
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Bristol
Ompany G
Rhode Island Guards
Burnside
Bristol Light Infantry
Locust Grove
Donations to the YMCA Library Crowned by Books and Clock
The Young Men’s Christian Association acknowledges gifts for the library including eight volumes from T G Holmes and several single volumes from John Turner Gen Lewis Richmond E W Bronson Chas D Gibson and Rev Geo L Locke. Also credited are a handsome clock donated through EK Babbitt.
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Young Men‘’s Christian Association
T. G. Holmes
John Turner, Esq
Lewis Richmond
E.w.bronson
Chas.d. Gibson
Geo.l. Locke
Civic Complaint on Roads and Drainage Annoys Public
A reader criticizes officials for neglecting street maintenance drains and overhanging branches, claiming proper officers have more important business than serving the public.
Engravings and stock offer from Sunsorrerians and Washington Library Company
Rapid influx of subscribers for a joint stock plan offers engravings as gifts with each share. Subscriptions promise at least fifty percent more value than invested and a grand gift distribution. Each stock share earns a present with a chance at valuable articles, including "The Marriage of Pocahontas" engraving for five shares.
Reivals of Religion series by Rev Stephen Tyng
The Protest ant Churchman letters by Rev Stephen E Tyng D D appear on the first page as the 4th 5th and 6th in the series and hold local interest for readers. A display of Bristol steamer stereo views including interior and exterior pictures plus colored and plain views and stereoscopes is offered at Griffin's Mammoth Store on Honn street with drugs medicines stationery and other goods.
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Stephen E. Tyng
D. D
Bristol
Honn Street
Griffin’s
Watches and Jewelry at Gray's and Cunningham's Stores
Grace Church in Providence hosts a large stock of watches jewelry silverware and fancy articles offered at reasonable prices. Watches and jewelry are repaired. The Cunningham stores at 192 and 184 Broad Street advertise complete assortments of cook parlor and office ware. The Oriental leads as a shop option.
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Cunningham’s Emporium
Broad Street
Providence
Gam
Gray’s
Westminster Street
Grace Church
Cunningham’s
Oriental
Ned Nevins the Newsboy inspires reform across Boston
The sixteenth thousand of Rev. Henry Morgan's Ned Nevins is in press as Aqua, with its popularity described as unprecedented and a rallying cry for the oppressed. Advertisers note H. T. Helmbold's success and prominent Broad way store as a beacon of modern commerce.
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Nep Nevins
Henry Morgan
Ned Nevins
Bos Ee
Boston
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