Gladstone Triumph Stirs British Politics
The Bristol Mercury argues that Gladstone cannot retire and that his return to power shows the endurance of Liberal leadership. Disraeli avoids cabinet formation, while the Queen invites Gladstone to resume duties amid Alabama questions and Tory critiques. The piece praises Gladstone's leadership and calls for continued political progress.
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Gladstone
Disraeli
Mr. Gladstone
Alabama
Mark
Boston City Responds Amid Fire Aftermath
The piece portrays Boston residents as proud and self-reliant. It notes gratitude to outside cities for aid, but asserts they will handle recovery themselves. The tone blends humor with resolve as locals focus on rebuilding despite loss.
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Boston
the Express
Senator Ruined by Wife in Washington Society Scandal
A New York telegram reports a U.S. Senator suffered political ruin and moral decay after his wife pushed society excesses including a $40,000 house. Whispered corruption and investigation fueled public denouncement, with the name withheld.
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United States
New York Telegram
Washington
Free Thought in Ireland and the Call for Toleration
England thinkers fear Irish University debate rekindling sectarian feuds. The piece urges free thought and expression, warns against exploiting temporary excitement, and argues Ireland gains from toleration to advance freedom and intellectual life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Ireland
Foreign notes and legal questions in restless times
The item surveys emigration policy, O'Briens pardon, and Governor Dix's credit, then shifts to Swiss church state tensions. It discusses Cuban independence, Madrid's Carlist conflict, and Garfield's fate amid political scandals. It closes with Stokes facing trial, potential appeal denied, and anticipated surrender to law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’brien
Foster
Dix
Europe’s monarchies topple as republics rise across the continent
The piece argues royal decrees cannot halt democracy as Europe shifts toward republics and modern governance. It predicts the old aristocracies will fade while the people demand delegated power, with thrones eventually toppled and crowns falling across Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Spain
Prisoner Evans in Concord prison awaits execution
The Patriot describes Evans confined in Concord State prison for the murder of Georgiana Lovering. He has grown physically stronger, now walks stairs unaided, while receiving limited communication and no chants or psalm singing. He shows little concern for spirituality and prefers present comfort over moral reflection.
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Concord New Hampshire
Evans
Georgiana Lovering
Pike
Assassin of Goodrich Found as Mystery Unfolds
A suspect has been located at last in the Goodrich murder case. A woman figures in the inquiry but is not the culprit, leaving the public with a sense of disgrace over the affair and its implications.
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Goodrich
Mrs Southworth as Prolific Author Despite Tragic Toll
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes Mrs Southworth has written forty two novels and remarks that thousands of her readers have died while she remains alive. The quirky line underscores her prolific output and enduring presence in popular fiction.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Rustic Florida life in log houses and orange groves
The passage notes men can live in Florida in log houses and be happy with oranges enriching their rustic experience. It remarks on their consideration for animals and mentions pig pens built in scenic orange groves.
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Florida
Atlantic Disaster Claims Hundreds Lost Near Halifax
A White Star Line dispatch reports the Atlantic left Liverpool March 20 with 600 passengers and 1,000 aboard after Queenstown stops. A hurricane near Cape Prospect Meagher’s Head drove the ship onto rocks. 560 dead or missing, 418 saved, many women and children among the losses. Survivors were brought to Halifax by Cunard and another steamer.
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Atlanticg
White Star Line
New York
Atlantic
Williams
Liverpool
Queenstown
Halifax
Meagher
Cape Prospect
Cunard
The Pencil Ship Register and Pepper Trade Anecdote
A fragment notes a ship about 700 tons, 420 feet long, 40 feet beam, launched in 1871 and arriving in New York. It mentions pepper consumption nearing 38 million pounds in a year, with imports controlled by few houses in New York and Boston sourcing from Sumatra and Singapore. The tone links political seasons to trade.
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New York
Boston
Sumatra
Singapore
Bristol The Christian Association and town notices
A Warren Gazette style note lists a Christian Association meeting for Sunday evening at 5:45, the Town Council and Court of Probate meeting Monday at 2 PM, a Metacom Debating Club topic on morality versus civilization, and a shipment of railroad iron for repairs on the Providence Warren and Bristol railroad. It also notes a temperance meeting postponed due to storm.
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The
Christian Association
Metacom Debating Club
Helen Marr
New York
Providence, Warren and
Bristol
Two old voters back Goff for General Treasurer
Two centenarian and nonagenarian residents, both temperance men, voted for Henry Goff for General Treasurer. Bristol clock changes reduce weekly running hours, a horse dies suddenly near Hope and State, and a private Armory Hall social with music ends pleasantly though pepper or snuff spoiling floor moment. The town meeting held quiet and elected General Assembly members by acclamation. funds allocated for Decoration Day and school repairs discussed.
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Armory Hall
State Street
Brown & Reeves Quadrille Band
Providence
General Assembly
Geo. H. Reynolds Esq
William H. Spooner
John Turner
William J. Miller
C. A. Greene
Grand Army of the Republic
Work stoppage at National Rubber Plant over back pay
The factory halted operations since Monday morning after a broad employee strike about 8:30. Nearly seven hundred workers demanded back pay and an earlier pay date, seeking payment on the tenth of each month instead of the twentieth. Since the strike, most February wages are paid and March wages under old rules are due soon. No disturbances occurred, and workers conducted themselves orderly. Real estate transactions in February and March list numerous house and land transfers in town. A new women’s music society forms, led by Samuel Pitman, joining the Zerrahn Choral Union’s progress, aiming to improve local singing and public concerts.
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National Rubber Company
Albert Peckham
Augustus
Bourn
Walley Street
High
Wood Streets
Nathan N. Cole
Caroline E. Peckham
Cooke Street
Constitution
Union Streets
John VW. Waldron
Jonathan D. Waldron
Mount Lane
Richard F.jaynes
Susan Cauldfield
Prospect Street
James H. Gladding
John B. Pearce
Burton Street
David A. Pierce
High Street
Union
Burton Streets
Mary Cahill
Thomas Cahill
Hezekiah S. Ingraham
James Connelly
Ann and
Martha Clayton
Albert Knight
A. T
T. J. Usher
Long Wharf
Isaiah J
Davis
Emeline B. Allyn
Mount Jane
Patrick and
Mary Hammell
Richard F. Jaynes
Thames Street
Bradford
State Streets
J. Russell Bullock
Pomroy Colt
O’wolf
Ann S. Sparks
Albert M. Sparks
Samuel Sparks
Mark A. D.W. Howe
Augustus O. Bourne
Hope
Valley Streets
Samuel Pitman
Pitman
Zerrahn Choral Union
J Year Munro
Bristol
Charles Evans
Barney Flynn
Robert McLaughlin
Andrew Rohan
Bristol Train of Artillery Elects Officers at Eightieth Meeting
The Bristol Train of Artillery held its eightieth annual meeting for officer selection. Col. Wm. R. Taylor was chosen Chairman and Major N Greene Secretary. Officers elected included Col. C. A. Greene Lieut. Col. Thos. F. Usher Major James Coggeshall Captain John A. C. Gladding First Lt. Henry F. Cari Adjutant Alonzo N. Pierce Quartermaster Benjamin M. Lincoln Paymaster J. How ard Manchester Commissary Samuel Taylor Surgeon G. P. Barnes and several sergeants corporals and color sergeant. A fifteen gun salute followed the adjournment.
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Bristol Train of Artillery
Wm. R. Taylor
N. §. Greene
J. Howard Manchester
Samuel Taylor
G. P. Barnes
James F. Goff
Lyman B. Bosworth
John H. Adams
John Y. Lewis, Jr
Starr L. Booth
Orrin Wilson
Freeborn C. Dunbar
Charles E. Card
John I. Shepard
Warren N. Weeden
George T. Gladding
Tappan W. Morrell
James Duffy, Jr
Charles H. Wheden
Eminent Scientists Link Iron in Blood to Energy Loss
The article explains that electricity and magnetism in the body arise from iron in the blood. It notes debility and low spirits result from reduced iron and touts the Peruvian Syrup as a protoxide iron supplement to restore iron in circulation.
Fashion and politics mingle in a witty weather column
A playful cabinet of quips on fashion forecasts and public life. The piece riffs on weather for dress, questions about Massachusetts politics and the Senate election, street thieves versus high finance, and a remark about salaries as a column of social humor.
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Switzerland
Madrid
Cuba
Chicago Tribune
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Credit Mobilier
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Stokes
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Rhode Island
Howard
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North Providence
Smithfield
Cumberland
Scituate
Cranston
Burrillville
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Glocester
Pawtucket
Johnston
Iil Woonsocket
Lincoln
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Newport County
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Little Compton
Porstmouth
Middletown
Jamestown
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Washington County
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Richmond
Charlestown
Exeter
Kent
Warwick
Coventry
East Greenwich
West Greenwich
Warren
Barrington
Newport
van Zandt
I Ballou
Wales
Providence Daily Journal
Warren Gazette
Henry Goff, Esq
P. Colt
Hope and
Richmond Manufacturing Company
Dr. Pierce
Jamaica
Hazard & Caswell’s
Caswell, Haz- Ard & Co
Centaur Liniment
J. B. Rose & Co
Sewing Machine Agency
State and
Hope Streets
D. A. Pierce
Literary Notices
C. G. G. Paine
Bright Side Co
Chicago
Ballou’s
Thames & Talbot
Bromfield Street
Wall Street
Bay State
Ben
Massachusetts
Uncle Sam
Sammy
Mrs. Baker's
Franklin Street
Schenck
J. H. Schenck
John F. Wenry
College Street
G.P. Barnes
Hope and Wardwell Streets
Read—Franklin
J.P Lane
Charles H. Read
Isa Lizzie D. Franklin
Wrightington
Springer
Fall River
William E. Wrightington
Sarah J. Springer
Benjamin Bliven
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of Bristol
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Durfee
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Delphi
Allen
Hamilton
Wells
Leona
Willett
Border City
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Shermab
Emma Jane
Gray
Minnie Chace
Waley
Sherman
Herman Roehr
Bristol Toter
Ashare
Job Charles M. Locke
Wood
Benjamin M. Lincoln
Hope Street
Benjamin
J. Wing Monroe
Tasbela, &c. &c
Perry & Barnard
Westminster Street
Providench
Wiebe
Vickery
Tf R. F. Joynes
Thomas Davis
Ferry Hill
CDE
Apstf
Abraham A. Munroe
Arly Kent
Tom Thumb
Dan O’rouke
Champion of England
Aps
J.B. Munro
W. W
J . B. Munro
Franklin Coal
Cargo Daily
N.N. Cole
Uardian
William
McIntyre
Margaret M. McIntyre
Bristol Fire District
Peter Gladding
Joshua Gray
Westmemster Street
Providence, RK. I
Crescent Street
Waltham, Elgin and
Swiss Watches
JO. B. Munro
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