Political and social notes from the era on Kearneyism and public figures
The column comments on Dennis Kearney and the Pacific coast politics, Massachusetts politics and immigration, Californias political shifts, and the death of Raymond at Vassar Female College. It laments incendiary crimes in Suncook New Hampshire and praises honest leadership while criticizing elected, unlettered figures.
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San Francisco
Raymond
Vassar Female College
Vassar
Aix
Be Puck Cartoon Sparks Debate on College Culture
Be Puck mocks collegiate life by showing athletes as strong but brainy rivals, with boatmen rowing under towering scholars. It questions whether athletic sports are pushing culture aside and asks if character may suffer as a result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
New York Comic Journal
The guarded life of Bismarck and the price of power
The article argues that power brings both admiration and fear and that Bismarck’s life is worsened by the need for guards. It notes that greatness loses some appeal when life is spent under constant protection and that empire’s glory shines brightest from afar.
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Bismarck
Satire in Education Shapes Honest Learning
The piece argues satire aids teaching by exposing folly with humor. It notes teachers can win students over by targeting laziness and misbehavior without bitterness or anger. Satire can rebuke impudence while remaining dignified and effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ware
Swiss and Italian scenery enriches a New York correspondent
Venice reports a tour through Basel Strasbourg and Bern into Italy detailing cathedral clocks bears in Bern Kunstaal and the Splagen Pass. The letter lauds Lake Como and Lake Zurich views, Brunig Pass scenery, and Alpine grandeur as part of a six week itinerary.
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Venice
Phnenix
Europe
Switzerland
Italy
Heidelberg
Berne
Basle
Strasbourg
Pyramid of
Cheops
Egypt
Rhine
Vosges Mountains
France
Black Forest
Germany
Alps
Bernese Oberland
Bruin
Kunstaal
Freiburg
Thun
Brienz
Wallenstadt
Zurich
Brunig
Splagen
Lake Zurich
Lake Wallenstadt
Lake
Luzerne
Lake Thur
Chur
Splagen Pass
Lake Como
Piz Beverin
Kalkberg
Schneehorn
Lake Gomo
Does the World Move
The article riffs on Rev John Jasper and the belief the world moves, then touts Dr Pierce s Compound Extract of Smart Weed as a remedy for small pox vaccines and for cholera dysentery flux and injuries, claiming veterinary use and marked success. It frames vaccination as evidence that the world moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jasper
Virginia
Mr. Jasper
Jaspar
Pierce
Benefit street High School Building to House State Normal
The renovation of Providence’s Benefit Street building, long known as the High School, is advancing to host the State Normal School. A new wing will be finished soon and the entire building ready for occupancy before winter, bringing the school closer to Bristol and easing access for students from nearby towns.
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StaTe
Bristol
Providence
High Street
Benefit Street
Excursionists Sail To Newport And Island Visit
Three hundred excursionists departed yesterday morning aboard the steamer Canonicus for Newport and Block Island. The Black Diamonds provided music in Town Hall last Wednesday to benefit the Children’s Home on Congregational Street. A Providence First Light Infantry and the Washington Continentals of Albany are to visit Wednesday 21st for a review by General Burnside and a street parade.
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W. V. Morrison
State Street
M. E
Oak Bluffs
Vineyard
Newport
Block Island
Black Diamonds
Congregational Street
Providence
Washington Continentals
Albany
N. Y
First Light Infantry
Albany—Co. B
Burnside
Samuel P. Colt
Messrs
Isaac F. Williams
C. A. Greene
John B. Pearce
Joseph B. Burgess
John Collins
William J. Miller
S. P. Colt
Raymond H. Perry
M. Martin
Steamboat Wharf
Bristol
National Rubber Co
Col. Goddard
Thames Street
Hope
Bradford
R. H. Perry
Bristol Cornet Baird
Thomas Hudson
Clarke H. Straight
Bristol Train of Artillery
John H. Adams
Henry F. Card
Wm. F. Fish
W. Bb. Burnham
Bristol Light Infantry
Thomas Brown
Gerald Downey
Thomas M. Dwyer
B.T. A. Veteran Association
C. A. Geeene
T. F. Usher
Prof. Reeves
First Light
R. HW. S. Goddard
James E. Chace
Philip 5. Chase
W. JH. Teel
Wm. R. Arnold
Thomas F . Fessenden
George W. Potter
George A. Brag
Samuel W. Webb
George W. Cady
George H. Slade
Arnold L. Potter
Hall
J. B. Cooke, Jr
C. H. Alexander
Edwin Draper
Austin
Tenth Regiment
Fred. Austin
Co. B
N. G
EH. P. Stackpole
Frank A. Shepard
F. LeGrand Ames
Staf
E. van Zandt
R. T. Lockley
A. V. Spencer
Court House
J. A.C. Gladding
F. L. Infantry
Continentals
High Street
Franklin
Hope Street
High
State
B. C
Rocky Point
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Garters
Jobk Ba
Bay State
Massachusetts
Boston Pilot
Dennis Kearney
National Party
Kearney
Turkey
Governor Rice
Grant
Tunis
Continent
Benjamin
Suncook
N. H
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New York
Tore Bprroz
Bristo
Poenix
Occident
Orient
Bankers’ Association
Saratoga
O. C. Hale
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J. D. Hayes
Detroit
George Walker
Charles B. Hall
Boston
Messrs. B. P. Rhaum
Philadelphia
B. B. Sherman
David A. Wells
Geo. A. Buller
New Haven
Halsey Williams
Pittsburgh
G. O. Barrett
Louisville
Mr. Torre
Honesdale
Vesey Street
Edison
James Gresham
Gresham
Mr. Gresham
Brocken
Hunter’s Point
New York Custom House
Gen
Merritt
Custom House
Congress
Gen. Merritt
Raine
Diogenes
Victoria
Cyprus
Dar St. Bartholomew’s Day
St. Lewis
Fairbairn
James Dew. Perry
Germantown
St. Michael's Church
Jas. P. Lane
Congregational Church
Marcus L. Hoar
Ferry Road
G. L. Locke
Methodist Sunday School
Usher’s Cove
Mott’s Lane
Bristols
Pawtucket
Rhode Island
E. Hoffman
Rocky
Rocrens Frea Lipsang
Rogers Free Library
Simeon Potter
Potter
Potter Library
Robert Rogers
Col. Potter
Mary J. West Lawn
St. Marks
Carleton
Tenneye
M. V
Marion Harland
Jessamine
A. Dovel
Miss Tolmes
Margaret Chetwynd
J Lippincott & Co
Townsend
Lee and Shepard
Boston University
God
Gorrie
J. W. von
James R. Osgood & Co
Tewners
Edward
Henry Evers, LL. D
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Joan
Eugenie
E. Marlitt
J. B. Lippincott & Co
A. L. Wister
Juncker
E. Margarethe
J. B. Lippincott &Co
Bronte
Charlotte
Currer Bell
Jane Eyre
Wm. D. Ticknor & Co
Casargl
Rebecca Sophia
Sopme May
Quinnebasset
Laura Bridgman
Lee& Shepard
Supreme Court
Bristol County
Charles V. Perry
Henry F. Simmons
William Smith
Frederic A. Easterbrooks
Albert C. Luther
James D. Wardwell
Edward Anthony, Jr
Parker Borden
Charles H. R. Doringh
Samuel D. Wardwell
Solon Si. Smith
Frederic W. Coggeshall
Mowry & Gort’s
Loy
Tautog
Kingish
Red Market
Agar
Harris
People's Store
Simmons
W. IH. Wilson
Welborn, Fla
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Ah Druggiste
Hiln
Shiloh
SuiLom
Suilow
WMIT
Buffington
Ecslveow
Grean
WMTH
East India
W. Scerar
Powers
Rochester
N. C. Bedell’s
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Igh Street
Constitution Street
West Side
Lewis Gower
Hope and
South America
Joserh T. Inman
Bible House
T. St. Smipm
Bradford Street
WM. H. Richards
Homeopathiat
Odd Fellows Building
Samuel P Colt
Westminster Street
Nutting—Sweet
Eliin Elmer Nutting
Adelaide Grace Sweet
Dimais—Ruess
George Antwin Dumas
Louisa Ruess
Pearse
Vr Alberts
Aplin
East Providence
Mary Willett
Stephen A Ankin
Sirens
Mary Spiers
John Spiers
Holswell
Janet
James Horswell
Peters
Thomas George
Antone Peters
Eliza
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Ormsbee
Seckonk
Mass
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Chase W
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Phoenix Marine Journal
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Borden
Mason
Durie
Gannen
Nethe
Loang
Meteor
Slocum
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Th. Borden
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Gannon
Tin Providen Ee Salir
Teazer Daring
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Sachets
Tursdal
Stearn Borden
Fall River
Stentiern Bo Dursee
Stemi Yacht
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Brown
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Darling
Cole's River
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Intons
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Mayflower
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Vmasen
Ball Noat
Durtee
Geimon
Tay
Slotaner Canonieds
Orswell
Bordon
Waioon
Durtes
Galien
Ishin Balle
Doan
PoWiite
Stegner
Begin
Pai
Bad Raver
Pater Marry
Tater
Datting
Coles Raver
Comenteds
Orewell
Borda
Vinson
Fall Rives
Geo. H. Reynolds
Nusaturday
Sublia Vue Trom
Mount Lame
Faune
Ginen Ad
Pawl
Muer Ad Darester
Condictorat Orchesta
Julian Forts
Cus Bictud Ie
Festival Ghegrus
LOO Voices
Grand Germanta Orchestra
Busta
Mrs. Ioffpman
Wiss Adabe
Coombs
Conutralia
Jordan
Tenoyx
Teood
Basa
Mate
Wardwell
Bristol Fire Department
J. EF. Stoughton
Board Engineers
FF Wardwelts
Albert E. Sparks
Charles W Sparks
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Alberl M
Guardian
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