Bonapartist Demo Draws 80000 in London
The Bristol Phenix notes a vast Bonapartist demonstration in London estimated around 80,000 supporters. Er Dr. Helimbold, the Buchu man, has been committed to an insane asylum after rambling about business plans amid a ruined fortune. He is described as less smart than Boss Tweed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dr. Helimbold
Buchu
Boss Tweed
Hiram Maxfield
Boston
Silver Spring
Hiram
Gladstone Deliberates Ecclesiastical Policy with Cardinal Wiseman
Gladstone continues discussions with Cardinal Wiseman on ecclesiastical policy. The Ex-Premier faces a persistent antagonist, promising a thorough airing of the subject before they part.
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Gladstone
Cardinal Wiseman
Northern Pacific Railway $13,000,000 fraud charged
The writer laments a large alleged $13,000,000 swindle involving the Northern Pacific Railway. He urges Congress to investigate the crime and to end the recent sale, calling it worse than the Duncan, Sherman & Co. affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific Railway
Congress
Duncan, Sherman & Co
Minnesota law bars lawmakers from new offices for a year
In Minnesota a statute forbids a member of either House from holding offices created by the Legislature until one year after enactment. Two men are compelled to withdraw under this rule, one a Democrat and the other a Republican, illustrating bipartisan impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Miller Family Talent Descends to Son in Biography Work
The son of famed Scottish figure Hugh Miller is now an author, penning the biography of his father’s close lifelong friend, Sir Roderick Murchison. The Miller lineage shows the father’s talent carried into the next generation.
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Tar
Hugh Miller
Scotland
Sir Roderick Murchison
Miller
Ferry Road
High Street
Franklin
Hope
Hope Street
General Burnside
Gen. Burnside
Gen. B
Lian
United States
Governor Tilden Outspoken on Democratic Orthodoxy
The speaker criticizes Governor Tilden of New York for talking oddly as a Democrat. He argues party labels matter less than representation, noting past Democratic ideals and warning the governor may be straying from true Democratic principles. The piece laments the muddled political alignments of the time.
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Tilden
New York
Butler’s return to the Democratic fold in doubt
The passage questions whether Butler will switch back to the Democratic party as the war’s aftermath leaves his departure from the Unionists unfeared. It notes the ease of such a political shift if attempted, and implies little mourning for his exit from the postwar coalition. Captain Cuttle-wise.
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Butler
Democratic Party
Benjamin
Captain Cuttle-wise
United States
William A. Buflington
Monsters Or Boys In Harbor? A Boston Debate
The Boston Globe and Boston Herald quarrel over what the sé¢a ser pent-like figures are, while Martha's Vineyard hosts two camp meetings in August. The Fall River vacation extends to September 1, and calls grow to align capital and labor. The piece argues wealth and labor both err, urges moderation, and stresses self-help and frugality for workers.
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Boston
Boston Herald
Globe
Herald
Martha’s Vineyard
New England
Fall River
A Sincular Dispute Over a Child’s Fatal Brush Incident
In Baltimore a well known physician treating scarlet fever used a camel hair brush to mop a child’s throat. The brush detached and passed into the windpipe, causing death. The mother claims the doctor forcefully reached into the mouth in a panic, while the doctor says the brush rested on the tongue and the mother's frantic aid hindered recovery.
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Baltimore
Pil be whipped if I do as the man Fait when asked to take some with a stick
Fragmentary OCR snippet mentions a man named Fait refusing to comply with a request to take something with a stick and hints at possible danger or Friday or Sunday trains to Oak Bluffs risking a Scamp Meeting.
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Oak Bluffs
Fisherman cites tautog loss and cold spell impact
Captain Samuel P. Cook of Tiverton estimates about one thousand tons of tautog perished last winter between Gay Head and Block Island, attributing current scarcity to severe cold. The Seattle Despatch in Washington Territory humorously notes a local birthday amid city news. The piece criticizes state detectives in Massachusetts and reflects on press relations, Western floods, European grain demand, and the link between prices, wages, and farm income.
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Samuel P. Cook
Tiverton
Gay Head
Block Island
Seattle
Washington Territory
New World
Old World
President Grant Arrives for Bristol Visit and Reception
President Grant arrived with General Burnside and others aboard a palace car, greeted by Rhode Island leaders in Bristol. A grand welcome followed with processions, a public reception at General Burnside’s home, and a festive dinner under tents despite intermittent rain.
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President Grant
General Burnside
Isaac F. Williams
J. F
Rhode Island
Bristol
Grant
Burnside
Officer Church
Serg. Brown
Pawtucket
Theo. J. Allen
Jeader
C. A. Greene
Alonzo F. Pierce
Benj. M. Lincoln
Samuel Taylor
Geo. A. Pike
Bristol Artillery
Co. Usher
Lyman Bosworth
Addeman
J. Coggeshall
J. H. Adams
Bristow
Clark
W. J. Miller
Pierrepont
Oliver Hoyt
J. B. Taylor
Gen. Babcock
Col. Wharton
Kentucky
W. T. C. Wardwell
LeFavour
Goff
Newport
Geo. M. Hunter
Ballou
Central Falls
John Aigan
Slocum
Rodman Post
Amos M. Bowen
Ives
David Howard
Tower Post
United States Volunteers Veteran Association
Geo. H. Pettis
Fengar
Shepard and
Morrisey
U. S. Cutter Grant
Freeman
House of Representatives
Viall
Cutler
Warren
Taylor
Wasa
Gov
Lippitt
Gov. Sisson
Providence
United States
New England
Gen
Washington
Munroe
Jackson
I. F. Williams
John Turner
C.A. Greene
Col. S. P. Colt
William J. Miller
J. B. Pearce
U. S. Grant
Fenger
Mr. Bristow
Franklin
Hope
A. N. Miller
James A
Westminster Street
Providence Journal
High
Ferry Road
Providence Police
Ayer
Grand Army
People's Steamboat Co
Gen. Burnside
Oakland Beach
Col. Greene
H. B. Anthony
Stevens
Grand Army of the Republic
Babbitt
Fall River
Richard Borflan
A. O. Bourne
Hope and
Valley Streets
Col. Pegram
John Herreshoff
Fleche
Jupiter Plagius
Loys
Sol
Wm. Beach Lawrence
Robeson
Sisson
Jewell
Caswell
Rowland G. Hazard
Daniel Webster
John A. C. Gladding
Dr. Howe
Central
Pennsylvania
Long Branch
Block Island
Grand Army ‘Boys In Blue
Providence Light Infantry Veteran Association
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Bristol Phenix
Old Bay State
Athens
Town Gites
U. S
Ninaé
George M. Robason
the Navy
Marshall Jewell
James Alden
Raymond Perry Rogers
Lewis Richmond
Rye Beach
Gov. Jewell
Rara Avis
Ballou's
Lady Grorge
Mademoiselle Sylphina
Jack Front
Ruthven
New Jersey
Thames and Talbot
Hawley Street
All News-Dealers
Horace Waters & Sons
Wwaters
Horace Watera & Sons
Broadway
Afiner’s Journal
Pottsville
Maxy
Dr. Schenck
Ecoyogical New Foon
Pyle
James Pyle
Rev
C.P Osborne
Congregational Church
John T. Dixon
Rocky Brook
R. I
Advent Chapel
Anp Sur Geon
Bradford Streets
WM. H. Richards
M.D
Odd Fellows Building
Bradford Street
Morris
Dr. Morris
N C. Bedell
Fish—Forrest
M.D. Talbot
John B. Fish
Susie Forrest
Glasgow
Allen—Eldredge
Thomas Henry Allen
Lizzie Eldredge
William Eldredge
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
RK. I
Durfee
Gannon
R. Borden
Chief
Wells
Hamilton
Caroline
Dyer
Giannon
K. Borden
U. 8
Martha's Vineyard
B. Durfee
Borden
Treasure
Wilson
Florence
Josephine
Ilonnell
C P. Schultz
Carr
Sunshine
Brooks
U.8
Nina
Breeze
Scar
Carolina
Narraganset Pier
Chrome Publishing Co
F. Gleason &Co
Washington Street
Bass
Elizabeth Malloy
E.J
James Malloy
Rees
Gentlemen's
George E. Burt
Richards & Bassett, Holden & Co
P. H. P. Faulkner
Margaret Grilin
Mary Melloy
Bits
Soucy
John B. Pearce
Y. M. C. A. Library
Anlé
John Wing Monro
Joan Wing Nunro
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