Great American Prospects and Perils in a Diverse Republic
An August 31 1872 editorial reflects on the United States as a vast, varied nation with growing population, wealth, and institutions. It warns that liberty and democracy bring dangers from corruption, profiteering, and unchecked ambition, urging vigilant leadership, moral governance, and careful integration of diverse peoples. It also notes the New England Fair grounds and rail promotions amid political criticism of campaign tricks and graft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Legion
Obituary Note on Longtime War Department Clerk John Potts
John Potts died recently after thirty six years of service in the War Department where he was chief clerk at his death. He was described by Mr. Stanton as perfectly incorruptible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Potts
War Department
Stanton
Grand Central Hotel and Elections Report
The Grand Central Hotel on Broadway New York is praised for luxury rooms eight hundred apart ments and fast elevator service with prices from 3 to 4 dollars per day. It notes ministerial courtesy of owner H L Powers and broad appeal across climes. The piece lists upcoming presidential election dates by state and notes Brown University graduate Frank B. Greene joins Worcester Academy as a teacher. The New Orleans Republican predicts Louisiana backing for Grant amid party divisions.
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Grant
Horace Greeley
New York City
Grand Central Hotel
Broadway
New York
Grand Central
H. L. Powers
Frank B. Greene
Prof
S. S. Greene
Brown University
Corps of Teachers of Worcester Academy
New Orleans
Louisiana
Republican Party
Government troops surround Jamestown seize liquor and jail dealers
A Jamestown dispatch notes government forces surrounded the town on Tuesday and seized and destroyed all liquor in the area while imprisoning about six whiskey dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Dacotah
Kilpatrick’s falsehoods on Grant corrected by senator
A senator confronted Gen. Kilpatrick who claimed President Grant showed indifference to Secretary Rawlings’s death. The truth, known to the senator, revealed Grant’s tenderness and guardianship of the deceased official’s children, debunking the tale.
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Kilpatrick
Greely
Grant
Rawlings
Local Lines from the Common and Harbor Scenes
Rain fills the new school walls on the Common as completion nears. Rev. Dr. Vincent of Troy preached at the Congregational Church last Sunday. Scup are plentiful in the harbor and local anglers haul big catches. The Artillery Company discusses an Newport excursion soon. Captain Manchester reports many Spanish mackerel in nets. Elder Augustus Durfee of Westerly will preach at Advent Chapel tomorrow. The Excelsior Cornet Band plans a clam bake at Mount Hope next Thursday. A stone cottage near Juniper Hill Cemetery is advertised to let. Rev Calbraith Perry of Baltimore preached at St. Mark's Warren last Sunday.
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Boston
Trinity
Running Brooks
King’s Chapel
Baptists
Universalists
Highlands
Parsons
Dorchester
Wright
St. Stephen’s Chapel
Old South
Beach Street
Dr. Vincent
Troy, N. Y
Congregational Church
Augustus Durfee
Westerly
R. I
Advent
Excelsior Cornet
Mount Hope
Calbraith Perry
Baltimore, Md
St. Mark’s Church
Warren
Schenck
J. WH. Schenck
General Assembly
John KR Gardner
Bristol
John 2 Gardner
Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad Company
Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad Company
Union Street
Isaac Liscomb
Nelson Waldron
Walker's Bridge
Ferry Road
Martin L Simmons
Bristol Harbor
T. Sidney D'Wolf
James F. D'Wolf
James D’ Wolf
John St. Gardner
James FP. D'Wolf
Poutoning
Ferry Hill
Joseph A Sprague
Algernon Sidney L’ Wolf
A. Sidney O'Wolf
Mount Hope Bay
Sprague
A. Sidney D’wolf
John D
Clarissa Gardner
Ferry
John R. Gardner
Portsmouth
Newport
Narraganset Bay
Nog Island
James
O’wolff
Mary Ann Sumner
William II. Sumner
Sayou
John RR Gardner
James D’wolf Perry
Nancy Bo Leavy
James I. Woods
Portamouth
Constitution and
Cook Streets
Constitution Street
Cook Street
Charles Sanford
Mary Ann Sanford
Royal Sanford
John R Gardner
Henry Sanford
Leonard Sanford
Alexander G. Sanford
George J. Smith
John W. Wieed
Anlo-Dw
Delegation Attends First Christian Society Clambake
A large delegation traveled to Swansey for the First Christian Society clambake held last Wednesday. The Custom House and Post Office building gains a new hip roof as raising and boarding progresses and slaters are expected to begin work soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Society
Swansey
Custom House
Slaters
New Uniforms For Bristol Train of Artillery Debut
Several additional new uniforms for the Bristol Train of Artillery are now making at Mr. D. A. Pierce's popular clothing establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Train of Artillery
D. A. Pierce
Tragic Death Of Edward Arno In Warren
Edward Arno four years old son of Archie Arno was fatally run over by an ice cart in Warren on Wednesday noon. A Christian Association meeting is scheduled for Sunday evening on the Common starting fifteen minutes before six. The Metacom Debating Club will meet next Tuesday evening to elect officers and present Secretary and Treasurer reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Arno
Archie Arno
Warren
The
Christian Association
Metacom Debating Club
Town Council and Court of Probate Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Town Council and Court of Probate will be held in the Council Chamber on Monday afternoon next at two o'clock. Rev. J. P. Lane has returned from vacation. Congregational Church services will be held tomorrow. William Gasley of Hope Valley succeeds Benjamin Boss as Superintendent at Reynolds Manufacturing Co.'s Mill as Boss leaves for a more lucrative position at Pontiac.
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J. P. Lane
Congregational Church
William Gasley
Hope Valley
Benjamin Boss
Reynolds Manufacturing Co
Boss
Pontiac
Reverend T S Dodge to Speak at First Baptist Columbia
Rev. T S Dodge, principal of the Benedict Institute for freedmen in Columbia South Carolina, will deliver an address at the First Baptist Church tomorrow afternoon during the usual service. Right Rev Dr Howe, Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, officiated at St Michael's Church last Sunday forenoon assisted by Rev Reginald Howe of Quincy Mass. Rev Mr Gries of the Central Pennsylvania Diocese preached in the afternoon assisted by Rev James DeW Perry of Germantown Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S. Dodge
Benedict Institute For Freedmen
Columbia, S. C
First Baptist Church
Dr. Howe
Central Pennsylvania
St. Michael's Church
Reginald Howe
Quincy
Mass
Mr. Gries
James Dew. Perry
Germantown
Samariatan Lodge Visitors Attend Reallura Lodge Event
Members from Olneyville Providence and Warren lodges visited Reallura Lodge in town on Thursday evening arriving nine o clock on an extra railroad train and returning after midnight. A delegation from Warren arrived by carriage and were greeted at the depot then escorted to Town Hall for addresses and singing. Reallura Lodge presented Mr O C Barrows with an album and a large collation followed, the evening deemed highly enjoyable.
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Samariatan Lodge of
Good Templars
Olneyville
Providence
Reallura Lodge
Providence, Warren and Bristol
Warren Lodge
Town Hall
O.C. Barrows
Ex Lieut Tilley Returns from South Atlantic Cruise
Excerpt reports Lieut Benjamin F. Tilley of Fall River arriving at New York Navy Yard aboard the U S S Portsmouth after a three year South Atlantic Station voyage, serving on Rear Admiral Lanman’s staff as Rear Admiral Taylor succeeds him. It also notes a Canonicus excursion steamer mishap near the dock and local fish market praise for Spanish mackerel from Mr Stowe at Church Street market.
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Benjamin F. Tilley
U.S. N
New York Navy Yard
U.S.S
Portsmouth
South Atlantic
Brazil
Lanman
William Rogers Taylor
Rhode Island
Church Street
Mother saves her child from drowning at the Marine Railway
Mrs Mary Fitzgerald Downey of Thames Street rescued her four to five year old daughter Katie who fell from the wharf into deep water. She dove in, found the apparently lifeless child, and after hours of effort both survived. Downey, a Glen Ireland native, is mother to thirteen children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Downey
Thames Street
Katie
Marine Railway
Mary Fitzgerald Downey
Four Months Vacation for Children, Fairfield Urges Reform
Clarence Fairfield writing from Watch Hill laments the standard school calendar and the toll of long academic years on children. He argues for a four month summer break, criticizes the grind of public schooling, and urges reform to restore health and vitality to the young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Fairfield
Watch Hill
Providence Herald
Flag Raising at Watchemoket East Providence
A Grant and Wilson flag raising occurred at Watchemoket East Providence last Saturday evening. Speeches by Captain Potter John Turner and Ervin Case praised General Grant and the Union victory, urging laborers to support a proven leader and the country’s continued prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
U. S. Grant
Lee
Charles Sumner
Jefferson Davis
Carl Schurz
California Vinegar Bitters Named as Remedy in Jamaica Ginger Note
A Victorian advert notes Williams' Extract Jamaica Ginger blessings and promotes Dr Walker's California Vinegar Bitters as a speedy remedy for liver kidney skin and stomach diseases from impure blood. It asserts failure free record and urges proper health awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
California
Eloquence and Common Sense Reflections
A compact medley of aphorisms on governance and society. Observations on self made men, servants, presidents, education, money, and the pen as a force for truth, with moral questions about Europe, Europe passage, and cleansing the government.
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Bristol Brian
New England
Lowell
Concord
Northern
Montreal
Fitchburg
Clinton
Framingham
New Mexico Territory
Vermont
Maine
Colorado Territory
Dakota Territory
Indiana
Iowa
Nebraska
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
West Virginia
Massachusetts
Alabama
Delaware
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kansas
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nevada
New Jersey
Tennessee
Virginia
Wisconsin
Arizona Territory
District of Columbia
Henry R. Manchester
Juniper Hill Cemetery
Canonicus
Rocky Point
Fall River
Richard Borden Post No
Williams
Jamaica
Fisch
Literary Notices
Phrenological Journal
James Black
John Russell
Temperance Party
Hugh Stowell Brown
J. W. Johnson
Ethan Allen
Daniel Magner
Voices of
Pres. Juarez
Mexico
S. St. Wells
S. R. Wells
Hottentots
White House
Europe
Horace
DR. Graves’ Heart Regulator
Graves
Dyer Bros
Matteson—Himes
Warwick
Charles Matteson
Coventry
Belle Slimes
Fanning
Emma
Dennis Fanning
Fisk
Pawtucket
Minnie A
Squire
Aurilla Fisk
Edgartown
Shipley W. Crosby
Easterbrooks
Swansea
Nellie W. Easterbrooks
Hart
Tiverton
Abel Hart
Edwards
North Providence
Greenman Edwards
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
B. Durfee
Durfee
Orswell
Sherman
Olive
Morris
Fillmore
Eldred
Martha’s Vineyard
Hamilton
Wells
Orewell
Delphi
Allen
Elizabethport
N. N. Cole
West Wind
Rawson
Newark
Harvest
Corwin
Sylph
Tyler
Fall Rivers
Touisset Neck
John RR. Gardner
Cole’s River
Leonard Mason
Elizabeth Mason
Jarvis B. Mason
William Mason
Howland Mason
Arthur Howland Mason
Albert Gardner
Cole's River Station
Warren and Providence
John W. Weed
WM E. Fales
Rhode Island Society For the Encouragement
Narragansett Park
Cranston
Howard Hall
William Sprague
Park
George F. Wilson
Henry Staples
Obadiah Brown
William E Barer
Alfred B Chad
Josephs Pitman
Executive
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