World notes on locust plague and a grand Italian tour
Central Spain suffers crop damage estimated at 10 million dollars amid a locust plague. Other items note cotton bales in Selma and a severe storm in Pittsburgh. A long travelogue details Lausanne Geneva and Lake Geneva plus Genoa Pisa and Rome, with insights on the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Castello di Chillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Ouor
Lausanne
Rome
Geneva
Genoa
Pisa
Mt. Blanc
Milan
Venice
Florence
Byron
Cresar
Chillon
Bonnivard
Peter of
Savoy
Switzerland
Calvin
Rousseau
Madame Dé Stael
Sismondi
d’Aubigne
Champel Hill
Michael Servetus
Mt. Denis
Italy
Modane
Turin
Dnenoa
Genga
la Superba
Mark Twain
America
Christopher Colombo
Navigator
Palazzo del Municipio
San Annunziata
Rhode Island Patents Granted in August 1884
A Providence list reports Rhode Island residents granted U S patents on August 19 1884. Alonzo T Cross receives two patents for a stylographic fountain pen and for enameling hollow articles. Other Rhode Island inventors listed include Benj Holland Jr James H Lange Edward Lodge Dennis Hamel Joseph Morton Geo Prentice Edward Steele Augustus Wright and associated assignees with button fasteners cordage and serial electric cable components. The report notes several related claims and assignments tied to Providence Woonsocket Westerly and Greenwich areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Patent Office
Rhode Island
Prax
Franklin H. Hough
Seventh Street
N. W
Washington, D.C
Alonzo T. Cross
Providence
Benj. Holland, Jr
James H. Lange
Heaton
Dennis M. Hamel
F. L. O'Reilly
Woonsocket
Joseph W. Morton
O. B. Cotterell
Westerly
Geo. W. Prentice
Edward D. Steele
Waterbury
Holyoke in 1884: Churches, saloons, and a leaking dam
Vane visits Holyoke, noting twelve churches for thirty thousand residents and 108 licensed saloons. He chronicles new Second Congregational and Second Baptist Churches, St Pauls Episcopal, and Unity Chapel, the dam’s log crib repair, and the town’s scenic drives and moonlit Connecticut rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Holyoke
Second Congregational
Second Baptist Church
Second Congregational Church
St. Paul's
Episcopal
St. Michael's Chapel
Unity Chapel
Holyoke Water Power Co
West Springfield
Connecticut
Bristol Harbor
Vane
Reunion Plan for Coggeshall Descendants in Newport
Boston dated notice from August 14, 1884 invites Coggeshall descendants to a two day reunion at Odd Fellows Hall Newport R I. Activities include a 12 w meeting to organize a permanent association and a social session, followed by a day of visits to historic sites. Attendees are asked to bring family relics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rz-Oxton
Cocors
Fang
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Newport
RBL
John Coggeshall
Ing, &c
Boston
C. P. Coacesuard
Devonshire Street
Bristol
George E. Foster
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
George E. Bullard
Rhode Island
National Rubber Company
Ofice
Bristoy
Herbert F Bennett
On Land and Sea in Californias Early Days
The September Balou's Magazine praises William H. Thames last work with vivid illustrations and an account of Santa Barbara San Pedro and Los Angeles. It notes prominent pre annexation Californians and offers stories poems household items and puzzles. Thames & Talbot publish at 23 Hawkey Street Boston for 1.60 yearly or 15 cents single.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balou's Magazine
William H. Thames
Australia
East Indies
Santa Barbara
San Pedro
Los Angeles
California
Union
Thames & Talbot
Hawkey Street
Boston
Mass
St Bartholomew Day Observances and Local Updates
Local items note public schools opening next week and mill repairs. Ship Niantic burned near Walker's Cove, with a bystander injuring his toe. Bishop Hendricken visited St Marys Church, confirming many and blessing the new cemetery grounds on Bristol Neck with a procession and memorial gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendricken
St. Mary’s Church
Boquet
St. Mary's Sunday School
Father Carrigan
Father Coyle
Cathedral of Providence
Malt House Lane
Bristol Neck
Memorial Building Fair Opens With Wide Support
Tae Burnsme Memon Fam opens the Memorial Building with large attendance. Committees and tables across departments are listed, with invitations, printing, reception, entertainment, decoration, voting, and measurer duties, plus numerous local and out of town donors supporting the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tae Burnsme
Wm. T. C. Wardwell
M. T. Bennett
I. F. Williams
J. T. Freeborn
P. Colt
H. W. Hayes
J. B. Burgess
E. M. Wardwell
P. H. Coyle
H. K. Orme
E. F. Coward
Isaac ¥. Williams
Mia
W. T. O. Wardwell
A. C. Eddy
G. ©. Eddy
Lizzie Diman
Sallie Ingalls
Emma E. Bourn
Mildred Williams
Louise Williams
Nina F. Pierce
LeBaron B
Samuel P. Colt
Usher
Foster
North
Colt
Mra. C
Hattie B. Munro
Julia C. Drury
Wm. H. Spooner
Geo. B. Warren
Wm. J. Miller
Kate Spooner
Carrie Munro
May Slade
Wm. Fred. Fish
G. A. Arnold
J. Etta Maxfield
L. Allen
H. Allen
Maggie Spooner
Elin R. Simmons
Flower Bower
L. BR. Farrington
Alice Davis
Minnie Gorham
Lena Warren
Emma Stanton
Emily Bennett
Lottie Farrington
Charles Dew
Brownell
J. B. Mincher
M. Campbell
Mile
Mananne Brand
Helen Y. Gladding
Ammie C. Spooner
Minnie E
Sumner & Goodwin
Warren
RB. I
Charles RB. Cutler
New Haven
Conn
White, Clarkson & Co
Providence
Messrs. Tilden, Thurber & Co
H. R. Horton
Chambers, Calder & Co
Oliver Johnson & Co
Rice Brothers
Mason, Chapin & Co
H. E. Wellman
Manchester & Hudson
Thomas H. Miller
James
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Selma
Als
Pittsburg
Penn
Jonathan Chace
Congress
Maj
W. A. Price
Johnston
Cochabamba
Bolivia
Mons. Saco
Japan
Central
Tokio
Hyrozorgosta
Pasteur
Filippo Pacini
Tommasi Crudeli
Pacini
Egypt
Tommasi-Crudell
Europe
East
Te Wortp
New Orleans
China
India
Siam
Mexico
Central America
Comrercial
Mediterranean
Nicolo Pisano
Campo Santo
Palestine
Mt. Calvary
Scaurus
Christ
Geber
Local Affairs
St. Bartholomew's
Nxt
James D. Ward
Cottage City
Martha's Vineyard
Gen. Schenck
Court of St. James
Baron de Struve
Trinity Sunday School and Friends
Barrington
Richard Borden
Here
Rocky Point
Ives Post
E. D. Hall
State Street
M. E
A. H. Read
Uncle Joe
Providence Papers
Justice
Court House
Niantic
Westgate
Captain Lawless
Walker's Cove
Hope
Byfield Streets
Selah
Walter
David
King David
Rogers Free Library
Brook Farm
Cedar Mountain
Gordon
Abney
France
Hunnewell
Brillat-Savarin
Cruikshank
Omnibus
Mary Lamb
Mineral Springs
United States
Canada
Tennessee Mountains
Craddock
Brigadier Frederick
Erckmann- Chatman
Gideon Floyce
Lucy
Gov. Bourn
Ailors
Memorial Hall
William House
Congregational Church
Mason
Home Missionary Society
Calbraith B. Perry
Balimore
Trinity Church
A. Durfee
Richmond
R. I
Advent Chapel
Snow Street
Boos
Tax Rogers Free Library
Sheffield
William P Privateersmen
Buapys
James G
James A. Garfield
Washington
W. de W
Bullyat-SavaBin
R. E. Anderson
New York
Craigs Haux
George
London
Anne Gilchrist
Crappool
Charles Egbert
Ereemann-Caarman
Frederick
Henry W
Trowsringr
J. T
Drummer Boy
Sherron
Hesba
Carola
Waxton
George K
M D
U.S
Lippincott’s Magazine
Philadelphia
Lrrreiy
G.P. Barnes
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Tod
T. H. Shipman
High Streets
J. CG. Gallur
Hope Street
Joseph Wardwell
Patrick
Matthew
Bridget McCaol
McCaugh
Ann McCaugh
Sylvia
Emily M
Benjamin T
Betsey A
Pratrie
Archibald N
Marshal M
Maud Prairie
Adophus B
Reta W. Simmons
Gage
Pawtucket
Gilbert C. Gage
Joseph Gage
Ni Hier
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
R. Borden
Mason Acen
Fall River
BR. Borden
Borden
Bffron
Lamer B. Ca
Aragon
Faver
EB. Borden
Sarah Jane
Stabe
Mary Sands
Greenleaf
Wiscasset
Z. Borden
Syondance
Stariga
Prov. Furniture Company
Mathewson Street
Providence Furniture Company
New England
F& OM
John G. Sparks
T. Allan
Geo. H. Farrington
C. Spooner
F. A. Warner
A. Pierce
Mia Hurrias
Ben & Honeywell
Eliza A. Simmons
Sai
William Jr
Taintor’s
City of New York
New York City
Atlantic
St. Lawrence
Hudson
Catskill
Albany
Troy
Saratoga
Lake George
Lake Champlain
Adirondack Mountains
Montreal
Quebec
Saratoga Springs
O. W. Stillman
M. D
Richfield Springs
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Thousand Islands
Hudson River
New York Central Railway
Narragansett Bay
Connecticut River
Hioute
White Mountains
N. Y
N. H
River BR. R
Lake Memphremagog
Green Mtn
Sheldon
Ogdensburg
Pennsylvania
Bethlehem
Delaware Water Gap
Alanch Chunk
Scranton
Williamsport
Elmira
Philadelia
Baltimore
Ashington
Taintor Bros., Merrill & Co
Agtar Place
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