Flood Damage Mounts After Weekend Storm
A Alleghany Pennsylvania river flood floodwaters cause estimated losses of 1 million dollars. A separate report notes the death of James Carey the Trish informer killed by O Donnell at Port Elizabeth Africa. Vesuvius erupts lava flows toward Toro del Greco. In Warm Springs North Carolina a mail carrier skeleton is found with a leather bag and letters dated 1817 containing old bank bills.
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James Carey
Trish
O'Donnell
Port Elizabeth
Africa
la Mount Vesuvius
Toro del Greco
Warm Springs
N. C
Political and social notes from New York and Europe 1883
Dull political talk at summer resorts with a Republican state convention planned for September in Saratoga. Discussed is renominating the current ticket and potential candidates including Pliny Sexton for state treasurer. Fashion and trade dollar circulation, Comptroller Campbell’s defalcations, Wall Street gambling on a yacht race, and dog breed trends are noted. A long travel diary recounts a Nice to Montreux journey via rail and visits to Cagnes Vence Antibes Cannes and Lerins islands with notable sites including Golfe-Jouan Napoleon’s landing and the Iron Mask tower visit.
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New Yon
Saratoga
Pliny T. Sexton
First National Bank of
Palmyra
Sprague
Wendover
Columbia County
Sexton
Long Branch
Campbell
Wall Street
Jay Gould
Mr. Jaffray
Indy
Poonix
Montreux
Nice
Italy
Simplon
Var
Mediterranean
France
Menton
Austria
Cagnes
Villeneuve
Provence
Vor
Rhone
Chateau de Villeneuve
Rene
England
Henry the Third
Eleanor of Provence
Vence
Vence-Cagnes
Antibes
Vence- Cagnes
Mediterranean Sea
Golfe-Jouan
Napoleon Bonaparte
Elbe
Cannes
Lerins
Cannas
Sainte-Marguerite
Iron Mask
Old Tower
Papa
One Mile Newport Swim and Vast Art Exhibit Planned
A Newport harbor one mile swim features Florence Mahoney challenging Gilbert Long from the New York life saving station with Long in a Boynton suit. In August the Southern Exposition art gallery opens with a foreign and American holdings loaned by major collectors from New York to Louisville. The 300 works including Gobelin tapestries and vases are valued over 1 million dollars, loaned by prominent figures like G Grant and J. Pierrepont Morgan, promising an unparalleled continental display.
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Newport Harbor
Florence Mahoney
Newport
Gilbert Long
New York
Boston
Philadelphi
Chicago
Cincinnati
Louisville
G Grant
Gen. Sheridan
Alexander the Great
Augustmont
George L Seney
J. Pierrepont Morgan
H. V. Newcomb
Reuben Springer
Metropoli Museum of Art
Local Resident Delivers GAR Reunion Coverage
Charles A. Barbour of this town sent a bundle of late Tregger Colorado newspapers containing full reports on the Grand Army of the Republic reunion held July 24 to 28. Barbour served as delegate at large from the state.
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Charles A. Barbour
Tregger
Colorado
Grand Army of the Republic
Barbour
EB. D. Hall
State Street
M. E
Court of Probate
Adeline M. Ellis
Brisial
Moonlight excursion and hop by Bristol school
A moonlight excursion and dance will be held Tuesday evening 14th by the Bristol changing school. The steamer Thomas Schuyler, Captain Brockaway, leaves the steamboat wharf at 7 15 for Goodrich's Hall at Stone Bridge, with Baker Brothers orchestra providing music. If stormy, the event will be postponed to the next fair weekday evening. All hands round.
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Bristol Changing School
Thomas Schuyler
Brockaway
Steamboat Wharf
Goodrich's Hall
Stone Bridge
Baker Brother
Local Pupils Tackle Alcohol Effects Essays
Essays by a High School student and a Grammar School pupil respond to Rhode Island Temperance Union prizes for best original papers on The Effects of Alcoholic Drinks upon the Human System. Read aloud at Byfield Hall on June 28 1883. publication planned in Paramrx.
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Rhode Island Temperance Union
Byfield Hall
Paramrx
Severe Local Thunderstorms Cause Damaged Roads and Trees
A heavy morning storm followed by an eleven hour tempest Saturday night brought loud thunder and heavy rain. Lightning struck a large tree near George T. French on Bristol Neck, tearing it apart. Roads suffered washouts but not as severely as feared, with sand gravel and dirt washing into docks. Meadows lawns and gardens benefited from the rainfall.
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Regidente
George T. French
Bristol Neck
Death notices and poetic tribute in Norwalk Gazette
The Norwalk Gazette reports the death of Mrs. Charles E. St. John formerly Susan V. Sherry. It recalls her family links to Charles Sherry Jr and notes a gastric illness preceding her peaceful passing. The piece records a striking family coincidence of deaths and burials across the St. John and Sherry families.
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Opyrugoy
Norwalk
Charles E. St. John
Susan V. Sherry
Charles Sherry, Jr
Bypday
Charles Sherry
Bray Estate Transactions During the Month of Joy 1883
Realty transfers include Lydig West selling a dwelling and lot near Hope Union Burton streets for 1192.50 dollars. Jose Lugo Vina moves a Hope street dwelling to Henry Goff for 3030. Henry Manchester sells to Mary Bosworth all interest in a John street dwelling for 100 dollars. Several parcels amounting to eleven acres near Jack Barney's lane are listed for 1600 dollars. Additional Burton Street corner lot sale to Anna Kendall closes the year.
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Wood Street
J. Howard Manchester
Mary A. Bosworth
Henry H. Bosworth
John Street
Hope
Thames Streets
Ann R. Fales
George Fales
G. Baker
Henrietta R. F. Baker
Josephus Gooding
Jack Barney
Eliza Noyes
Anna M. Kendall
Burton Street
Noyes Avenue
Neptunian Boat Club of Bristol Gains Notice in New Hampshire
A Bristol writer praises the Neptune Boat Club for its prowess and wider reputation. The letter discusses local topics from phonography education for youths to road paving with crushed stone on the Neck, plus social anecdotes and a correction note about a Bristol-born journalist Macartney.
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Bristol Neck
Neptune Boat Club
Bristol
New Hampshire
Pram
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