For Town Officers and Public Expenditures 1875 Bristol
Respectably submit Taylor Town Treasurer Bristol Rhode Island 1875 tab27-2. Detailed accounts list town officers, auditors, boards of canvassers, assessors, and numerous line items for town clerk office, advertising, watch and boundary expenses, miscellaneous purposes, schools, highways, sidewalks, and public works. Total receipts and expenditures show a balance and debt figures.
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Peter Gladding
John B Taylor
James Hoard, Jr
P Gladding
Bristol Gas Light Company
William B. Fales
Providence Press Company
Nathan N. Gole
William B. Spooner
L Freeman & Company
J M Adderman
Easterbrooks
Daniel Slade
Y Norris
J B Pearce
J. B Pearce
State Farm
John B. Pearce
Edward M. Meiggs
Edward A. Blake
John S. Newnan
John &, Ingraham
Samuel Spink
Nehemiah Cole
Nathan C. Betell
H. Reynolds
James F. Carey
State of R
Justice Court
Gladding Bros. & Tibbitts
John B. Munro
St J. Munro
Labor East Burial Ground
Gladding
RK S Andrews
Gus Light Co
Gan Byfield Sch
D. . Magon
N. E. Diat
Martha A. Coggeshall
Ureene
Matthew A. Card
PonTatr
Henry Goff, Jr
Lalah A. Gladding
Annie E. Blake
A G Andrews
Emma C Waldron
J. B. Munro
James Clark
Lyman B Bosworth
David A. Fish
Loring Coggeshall
John W. Barney
Ashes
Nat. Rubber Co
Jacob Trambley
Napoleon Pelletier
Sea Wall Southenn High Street
Gardner Easterbrooks
Stephen T. Church
Taylor
Bristol
B. I
Hetty Marvin Saves Governor Griswold in May Escape
During an English Tory pursuit of Governor Griswold in New London, his cousin Hetty Marvin hides him under a linen flax and uses truth to deter pursuers. She refuses to lie about his path, guiding him to his boat while Tory officers press for the truth. The signal lamp aids the boatmen, allowing Griswold to reach safety and later name his daughter Hetty Marvin in gratitude.
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New London
Connecticut
Griswold
Marvin
Connecticut River
Long Island Sound
Tarmaca
Hetty Marvin
Hetty Marvin, the Young Daughter of Governor Griswold
Hetty
Towser
Tory Poides
Ian
Tory
Tte
Indiana
A Family Romance at Home Ends With a Pledge
A husband sneaks out on evening sprees and returns in darkness. His wife sets a trap with a water-filled tub, catching him as he tries to sit in his usual chair. He mutters a garbled entreaty before the pair are seen later at a shop buying a new carpet.
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Jones
Mrs. Jones
Ammonia Paste Allegedly Relieves Toothache Forever
A reader correspondent claims a strong ammonia solution applied to a decayed tooth on a cotton or wool bit provides instant and permanent relief from toothache and neuralgic tooth pains. The writer says laughter follows the sudden relief and that he has used the remedy for over a year with convincing results.
Sernez in a court-room eyewitness testimony
An Irish witness describes a fierce wind that toppled a house roof, noting the wind raised dust as it struck the structure. A counselor questions the witness's language and defines a fool as one who asks questions only a philosopher can answer.
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Sernez
Ireland
TenPen and Wisdom Across Life's Wide Line
A compact reflection on values and conduct. It links TenPen with wisdom and duty versus desire, noting vanity as a measure of understanding. It contrasts universal love with selective affection and ends with a metaphor comparing general love to a mitten and true affection to a glove.
Enemies spring from the heart's own sphere
The passage argues that enemies arise where they form, while friends grow in the heart's conservatory and fade when removed. It suggests that love from those near makes one resilient to global hostility, likening warmth to a fire that tempers despite polar cold.
Principles as springs of action and happiness
The saying asserts that our principles drive actions and thus shape happiness or misery. It warns against excessive cures in forming principles, implying steady, thoughtful development over rapid reforms.
Do an Illegal Act When Laws Conflict Morality
The saying posits a hierarchy where obedience to laws yields to higher morality and argues that when both cannot be satisfied one should commit an illegal act rather than an immoral one. This perspective frames moral duty as superseding legal duty in extreme conflicts.
Confessing Wrong Helps Growth and Humility
The quote urges not to fear admitting fault. Owning past errors shows growth, humility, and a chance to correct. It emphasizes gaining sense, repentance, and grace to amend behavior. The message champions honesty about mistakes as a path to wisdom.
Rose Tree and Life Intertwined in Verse Reflection
Fragmentary poetic observation links a rose tree with life, noting flowers and thorns alongside changing skies. It expresses alternating fortune, with human hopes and tears, joys and sorrows, pleasures and pains woven through existence.
The Sweet Singer of Terael’s Prayerful Verse
A religious reflection notes that songs soothe uplift and can be prayers. It compares the pure song to a petition and express gratitude. The sweet singer of Terael is praised for weaving heartfelt prayers into melody wafting through the night air.
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Terael
Sevenfold Speech Rule Foretold in Wise Maxim
A compact moral instruction outlines speaking seven ways to ensure safety and wisdom. It cautions on purpose audience and outcomes, urging careful, principled discourse.
Get at the Root of TuInel Spurgeon Inspires Deep Study
A quotation from Spurgeon urges digging below surface readings of Scripture to uncover gold in its vitality solidity veracity and divinity. It champions seeking inward work of the Spirit through diligent study rather than surface interpretation.
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Spurgeon
To Day Blessings and Evils of This Moment
Emphasizes living in the present and not fearing the future. Encourages enjoying today’s blessings and bearing today’s evils with patience, noting we are dead to yesterday and not yet born to tomorrow.
Keep Your Temper and Self Control in Life
The essay argues temper has a place in resisting wrong and condemning arrogance, but mastering self control is essential. It warns that hasty anger harms others and oneself, leading to loss of respect and lasting damage. It urges rulers to govern their spirit to guide others.
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Halt
Saving and Frugality Build Future Fortune
A pacings pamphlet-style exhortation argues that poverty endures unless a person saves and denies luxuries. It claims fortune rewards diligence, honesty, and frugality, with savings of five hundred dollars or more as proof in a savings bank. Individuals are urged to control spending to secure independence.
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Savings Bank
Contempt of the Thermometer
A critique of ignoring indoor temperature control and the thermometer as the sole reliable guide for fire and comfort. The piece argues that people expose themselves to dangerous cold by abrupt indoor temperature shifts and scold others for adjusting wraps, despite knowing the risks.
Diphtheria Causes and Local Transmission Ideas
Since Bretonneau's time, studies show diphtheria is communicable by contact and through exhalations. Bacteria in diseased tissues multiply with disease intensity and infect surfaces, especially nose and throat, making the illness largely local at onset and treatable by focal measures.
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Bretonneau
Oyster culture in France yields more oysters with new spat collection method
Crugny notes that annual spat could reach 4,000,000 young per oyster, but many losses reduce output. Spat is gathered on sticky tiles, then detached without harm. Oysters are moved to zinc boxes and later to deep ditches to endure seasons, enabling harvests to improve and prices to fall.
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France
Crugny
Kindness to Animals Emphasized in Moral Tale
A historical notice urges humane treatment of all animals as a divine duty and source of happiness. It argues kindness yields personal profit and warns that cruel treatment is a sin that will be punished in time.
Save the same regard for all the will that you would wish them to have
A reflective note urging equal kindness toward others echoes a moral maxim about treating people as you wish to be treated. The message emphasizes reciprocity and humane consideration in everyday interactions.
The Decline of Conversing in Modern Life
The Portland Transcript laments dwindling face to face talk and praises rich dialogue. It warns that printing and the press reduce conversation to a pale echo, risking a society of mere readers who speak only through newspapers and trivial exchanges.
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Bacon
Omar
Portland Transcript
Brougham and Macaulay Compared as Orators
Biographical critique contrasts Brougham’s tall commanding presence and dynamic, engaging style with Macaulay’s shorter frame and more didactic, less flexible manner. Greville’s Memoirs notes Brougham’s vivacity and universal appeal while casting Macaulay as a prolific but less versatile conversationalist.
Rhode Island Census Act of 1875 Establishes Statewide Census
Public laws from Rhode Island January session of 1875 set a statewide census for 1875 and every ten years, detailing the Census Board and Superintendent roles, agent appointments, penalties for noncompliance, and compensation limits. It also amends Chapter 155 to include care of children institutions in state and neighboring states, with official certification.
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Rhode Island
General Assembly
Court of Common Pleas
Census Board
Secretary of State
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Josnua M. Avpumax
A Prosperous Little City
The Texarkan News notes a transformation from a pine town to a railroad center on the Texas and Arkansas line. The area now bustles with schools, churches, wholesale goods, two printing offices, mills, and growing cotton trade as 2,500 residents arrive and increase.
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Texarhann News
Texas
Arkansas
Quick the comedian Seized by Furniture Touter in Moorfields
A 140 year old comedian, passing Moorfields, was grabbed by a furniture shop tout who bodily pulled him inside. The exhibitor asked if the tout's master was present and, after the master arrived, the same question was asked. The master agreed to hold the man for a minute while the tout went out.
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Quick
Moorfields
Tenter
Aman in a scalykin overcoat inspires hope for country
A reader notes that Aman wearing a scalykin overcoat and fur cap, riding a clipped horse, evokes optimism about the nation’s future. The vivid image reflects timeless faith in everyday resilience and progress.
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Aman
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A. C Greene
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Samuel M. Lindsey
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John H. Moard
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W J Miller
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Chase Simmona
Chas H Thompson
Thomas Salsbury
Wa B. Spooner
Wm. B. Reed
Wiliam AW. Pitman
Hiram Frisbiee
William B Spooner & Son
K. Oil &E
William H Spooner
Ynes A Miller
K Oil
William R Taylor
J H Manchester
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Harriet J Church
Hersey West
Ellen Sandford
Nancy Maxfield
Spooner
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John Navy
Ado Dao Mras Mack
E. Riley
Passage Tramps
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Board & Clothes
Iar B. Munro
Frank E. Gray
T. John W. Pearce
Waldron, Wightman & Co
Weeland Tea
Phenix Sugar Refining Co
Wm. P. Munro
Richard
Pearse
Henry Theile
Alfred Luther
B. M. Lincoln
Mason W. Pierce
Ann Williams
James Connery
Charles W. Perry
Nathan N. Cole
Lemuel W. Briggs
M. D. Services & Med
David A. Pierce
Wm. F. Bowler
A. P. Baxter
A. R. Waxon
E. P. Brownell
J, H. Manchester
James Horn
Annie E. Sission
T. C. Wardwell
Iumber
George Tilley Stove
Frederick A Geisler
Alioeing Horse
Wardwell & Easterbrooks
Alfred Pierce
Thomas Wilson
Annie W. Fitch
Kate B. Ansell
Annie Adams
Lucretia Frisbie
Henry Sayles
Daniel W Mason
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M. A. Coggeshall
C. Wm.j. Miller
James Hoar
Ida L. Munro
Vleann Munro
de Marie E. Collins
John R. Slade
Wm. H. Bell
Aimber
Jonathan D. Waldron
John N. West
Cory Brothers
John P. Simmons
James E Chace
Mr. Bennett
John W. Munro
Taintor & Company
Sidney S. Rider & Brother
Gladding Bros & Tibbitts
Tillinghast & Mason News Co
UL Hammett
Fleury JY Wolf
Hel. Spooner
B&b
HH Burrington
Jozephus Gooling
W. C. Gilman & Company
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Robert
Lyman B. Bosworth
Inbor
Teaming
Henry Goff
Jeremiah Bosworth
Joan F. Cole
Amos K. Bullock
Munro
Manchester
Wm. Kk. Taylor
Wm. H. Thompson
Metallah Davis
W.T. C. Wardwell
Lumber
Francis Domne
State Street
E. Church
Hannah B. Smith
Hanovah F. Seagreves
Lemuel W._ Brido
Augustus N. Ler
Eunice Pitman
David Waldron
Leonard W. Horton
Richard S. Pearse
Harriet B. Norris
St. Michaels Episcopal Church
Hannah G. Swan
Otis Munro
Bet George Arrington
Samuel We
Nret Gongional Society
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Bisona Ety
Fules
We ‘B. Warren
Hoge Holmes
M. V.newton
Daniel H. Tanner
Speeragen
Eucita G-Nichols
Peter Gladdit
Hears
Potter
Mary
BR. Coew.olf
Gen. Treas
Grand Army of the Republic
Brougham
MacauLay
House of Commons
Greville
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