Conflicting Notes Span Prominent Topics and Dangers
A miscellany reports Confederate ten-dollar bills in Montreal circulation and Butler as a likely future U S president. It notes asbestos rope making in England, a Natal observatory with an eight-inch telescope, and a poisonous plant linked to insanity. An officer is shot in Newport, a Swiss alpine plant protection effort, and author James Berry Bensel’s King Cophetua's Wife forthcoming. The Rev R N Freeman died in Mexico praising the American Bible Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natal
South Africa
James Berry Bensel
Country Week aid program reports steady growth and reach
The Special Committee of the Boston Young Men's Christian Union presents the Ninth Annual Country Week report. Since 1875, 10,506 participants have gone to country homes for about 13 days on average. 161 towns hosted visitors last year for 26,317 days at an average weekly cost of 2.37 dollars. At Wellesley, 156 visitors stayed 1,915 days. Subscriptions for 1884 are welcomed, directed to William E. Baldwin, 18 Boylston Street, Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Young Men's Christian Union
Wellesley
Mass
Wm. EH. Baldwin
Boston Young Men’s Christian Union
Boylston Street
Boston
The Machine and the American Inventor Ruope Isuano
A long essay praising American invention traces Franklin Fulton Whitney Morse and others and likens national progress to a powerful machine. It describes machinery from telegraph to reaper and praises Tweed improvements while warning about political manipulation through technology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Fulton
Whitney
Morse
Keely
Philadelphia
William Tweed
Public Service of
New York
Ruope Isuano
Fossil clues illustrate Greenland's ancient seas and warmth
A lecture notes fossils from Greenland show four warmer climates than today. Oak and maple fossils suggest England like conditions, coal indicates earlier tropical heat, and sea dwelling organisms reveal Greenland once lay beneath temperate waters. Coral fossils imply even warmer seas in the distant past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Carpenter
Eton College
Greenland
England
Public Schools Term Opens Next Week in Town
Sunday notices report the town’s Summer terms of public schools start Monday morning. Rev Calbraith B. Perry of Baltimore to preach at Trinity Church Sunday evening. A convicted liquor-seller from Warren jailed last Saturday. Parsons & Crossman’s Musical Comedy Company to perform Chips, or Fun in the Fog at Town Hall on Monday evening May 5. Edward Anthony Jr boat-house break-in on Mount Hope bay. some property stolen and fixtures damaged. Rev E D Hall to preach at United Brothers Lodge No. 13 Odd Fellows celebration at State Street M E Church Sunday evening. Captain Charles Hosmer of the U S Coast Survey returned home after winter Mississippi work, with Mrs. Hosmer and Miss E. Diman. A lithographic Manual on evaporating fruit from American Manufacturing Co. Waynesboro Pa offered free to readers.
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B&f
Parsons & Crossman
Town Hall
Edward Anthony, Jr
Mount Hope Bay
E. D. Hall
United Brothers Lodge No. 13
L 0.C. F
State Street
M. E
Tgo
Odd Fellowship
Charles Hosmer
U. S. Coast Survey
Mississippi River
Hosmer
E. Diman
Vadvardvadoa
Csssers
E. W. Brunson
Samuel D. Wardwell
Edward W. Brunson
Ozro C. Barrows
William T. C. Wardwell
Isaac F. Williams
E. W. Brunsen
Wim. T. C. Wardwell
O. OC. Barrows
Charles Paull
Charles H. Allen
Mount Hope Avenue
Byfield School
0. C. Barrows
L F. Williams
George A. Arnold
O. L. Bosworth
Henry Crocker
George Arnold
Rev. H. Crocker
KE. W. Brunsen
G. A. Arnold
W. T. C. Wardwell
IL. F. Willams
J. B. Greene
W. H. Spooner
P. Skinner, Jr
G. C. Barrows
G. U. Arnold
Funeral of George R. Manchester Led by Bristol Artillery
The funeral for George R. Manchester, who died on the 16th, was held from his Mount Hope Avenue home with Rev. George L. Locke officiating. A Bristol Train of Artillery detachment escorted the procession and fired over the grave, six artillery members served as pall-bearers, and King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co. and a National Rubber Co. delegation joined the cortege. The procession included many relatives and friends and the remains were buried in North Cemetery on Bristol Neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Manchester
Mount Hope Avenue
George L. Locke
Bristol Train of Artillery
Artilfry
King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co
National Rubber Co
Bristol Neck
Samos Arrives at Warren After Severe Voyage from Galveston
The schooner Samos under master Charlies H O Neill sailed from Galveston December 26 1883 with 550000 pounds of cotton. West of Tortugas January 2 1884 she faced a water spout and hurricane, losing her main topmast and sails. She docked at Nassau for overhauling before resuming to Warren.
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Samos
Charlies H. O'Neil
Warren
Boston
Mass
Galveston
Texas
Bar
Tortugas
Nassau
Death of Miss Martxa Foster in Savannah at 76
Miss Martxa Foster died in Savannah Georgia on the 16th from paralysis at age 76 while visiting friends. She was a daughter of the late Doctor Theophilus Foster of Bristol. The funeral was held at the Congregational Church and burial followed at Juniper Hill Cemetery. Also listed are April 15 to April 8 1884 estate transactions involving John F Smith Mary W Lewis Julia A Herreshoff and James M Gooding with properties on Cottage Thames Oliver High streets.
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Martxa Foster
Savannah
Georgia
Friends
Theophilus Foster
Bristol
John F. Smith
Mary W. Lewis
Cottage Street
High
Wood Streets
Julia A. Herreshoff
Charles F. Herreshoff
Thames and
Oliver Streets
James M. Gooding
High Street
Town Meeting ends amid tax debate and school plans
The town meeting adjourned after lengthy discussions on tax apportionment and town debt. Voters upheld the moderator’s ruling on appropriations and debated a $7500 or $8500 allocation for the Town Council and school building needs.
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Massachusetts
Gen. Butler
Reinsch
Sagamore Mafg. Co
Fall River
Richmond
United States
Messrs. Rogers, Peet & Co
Broadway
New York Sun
Eugene Barker
Newport
Levin Street
William Shea
Shea
James Alderson
Swiss Alps
Geneva
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R. N. Freeman
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Mexico
Joseph Norwood
American Bible Society
Brother Hamilton
Mons
Angot
French Academy of Sciences
Europe
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Sicilian
Rutledge’s
Bormencra Puntrsamaxa Company
Easton, Penna
Local Affairs
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Calbraith B. Perry
Baltimore
Trinity Church
American Manufacturing Co
Waynesboro
Penna
Sarah Pitman Waldron
Wood and
Church Streets
Juniper Hill Cemetery
Music Hall
Louis F. Mitchel
Miss Larrabee
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Mitchel
Tewens Fuerr
F. Glover
Tilden, Thurber & Co
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N. G. Herreshoff
Express
Tuering
Iday
Fire Department
Rogers Free Library
St. L’ts
Pub. Schools, &c
Daniel W. Coggeshall
William F. Paull
Messadore T. Bennett
Benjamin M. Lincoln
Andrew J. Bullock
Orrin L. Bosworth
Edwin O. Sparks
Burnside Memorial
Topen, Thurber & Co
Taprex, Taurser & Co
Westminster St
Providence
R. L
Patek, Philippe & Co
Tilden Turonsee & Co
B. L
Roper
Fres Limnarx
Pram
Alexanpen
Leisure Hour
Algeer
Horatio, Jr
Garfield
Shakespeare
Tacitus
Cornelius
Arthur Murphy
London
Harris
Thaddeus William
Charles L. Flint
Sr. Joanston
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Warnek
Charles Dudley
Fuller
Margaret
Julia Ward Howe
Ossort
Margaret Fuller
Emerson
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Mary Mapes
Donald and
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E. H. Parks
Marshall Heel Machine Co
James F. Thayer
Harvey Huestis
Bradley
S. H. Mercatr
Sheldonville
U. S
Tur Hovuszewrre
Rochester
N. Y
J. C. Gallup
Hope Street
WM. H. Richards
Odd Fellows Building
Bradford Street
Barnes
M. D
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Ee Ee Az
Joseph Wardwell
T. H. Shipman
Hope
High Streets
Nkee Harvey
Elizabeth Harvey
Smith
Irene M. Smith
Lawrence W. Smith
Perkins
Mary C. Perkins
Riecey
Rehoboth
Chariea B. Ripley
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
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Saturda
Canonicus
Crowell
James English
South Amboy
Seth Puall
Horatio
Perry
Orswell
Falliver
Laura E. Gamage
Oee Lyn River
Orewell
Moline
East Great
Shinee
Canoncius
A. P. Orswell
East Greenwich
Bristol Ferry
Bristol Perry
D.C
D. A. Pierce
State St
Bristol, R
Novalies
Millinesy
Temmin
Misses Thompson & Honeywell
Aitouarmer
THE
New England
Best
Prov. Furniture Company
Providence, B. C
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New Oneland
India
Dr. Warner
Gent
Thos. T. Allan
Monarch
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