Ancient petroleum, storms, and patent advice across oceans
The column discusses long known petroleum occurrences in Ionian islands Armenia and Baku, a curious rain-precipitating device by Daniel Buggles, a vivid Bristol Bay voyage log of a storm aboard the Italian Steamship Washington, and praises R H Eddy of Boston as a renowned patent solicitor guiding inventors through the U S Patent Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ionian Islands
Armenia
Zara
Genoa
Baku
Caspian Sea
Persia
Daniel Buggles
Fredericksburg
Brirtol Phgnix
Epior
Washington
New York
Gibraltar
Bristol
Mr E
E.S
Patent Office
United States
R. H. Eddy
Boston
New York Holiday Cheer and Diphtheria Talk
From Our Own Correspondent. Our New York Letter. New York, December 28 1880. Holiday greetings fill the season as Radix extends best wishes to teachers amid lavish store displays and bustling shopping. Describes Niagara Falls windows, Santa Claus vignettes, charity fairs raising large sums, and a lively mix of New England manners with political revelry, plus concerns on diphtheria, immigration quarantines, and a new Park Board headed by Salem H Wales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our
New York
Niagara Falls
Santa Claus
New England
Ohio
New Brooklyn New England Association
Plymouth Rock
Brooklyn Academy
Grant
Hayes
Sherman
Sheridan
Beecher
Packer Institute
Russia
India
Central Asia
Italia
Salem H. Wales
Scientific American
Edita
Buncombe
Fulton
Illustrated
London Graphic
Graphic
Christmas Eve in Old St. Michael's Church
A long readable fragment recalls Christmas Eve celebrations in 19th century St Michael's and Trinity churches with decorations, music, and sermons. It notes shifts in local worship habits, compares Episcopal and State Street M E Church services, and mentions a Congregational festival and Catholic rites. The piece also lists 1880 port vessel coal arrivals and area real estate sales by month and total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Isaiah
Old St. Michael's Church
St Michael's Church
Trinity Church
State Street M. E
Congregational
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Allen Chace
Mary A. Chace
Horatio L. Waldron
John W. Hoard
Church Street
Hope and
High Streets
Henry E. Paull
Seth Paull
William Paull
DeFrietas
Joseph Trudell
School Street No. 2
Mount Lane
State Street
Post Office Letters Uncalled For In 1880 Town Record
A 1880 town ledger notes 282 letters remained uncalled for at the local post office after advertising. This item records a routine postal notice reflecting community communication practices of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsit- Serrn
Waterford
Conn
Dee
Simon R. Aber
Walter Fotos
Gearne
Gearne W Gairdner
Brownell
Acd
East
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Ireland
S.ink Bernteardt
Providencis
Bangor
Mary McCarty
Providence
Windward
Leeward
Liebig Co
Seth W. Fowle & Sons
Raprx
St. Titus
M. FE
St. Michael’s
Town Hall
George O. Eddy
Elizabeth R. Bourn
Augustus O. Bourn
Wilson’s Lane
Wood Street
Nathan O. Bedell
Benjamin Wilson
Bristol Neck
Usher Place
Elizabeth A. Richmond
Charles 8
Darling
Richmond Street
Wood _ street
Sarah Flanders
William T. C. Wardwell
Thames Street
Bradford
Franklin Streets
Simeon J. Gray
George M. Gray
Church of Christ
Rocens Free Lipparny
Paanix
Chief of Engineers
U S A
Government Printing Office
Greene
F. V
F. V. Greene
U. S. Army
U. S
St. Petersburg
Turkey
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Jackson
Catherine Charlotte
Henry Holt & Co
Buack
George Routledge & Sons
Hasserton
John
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Castleman
Henry
Philadelphia
Porter & Coates
Cincinnati
W. Carroll & Co
Axtoott
Louisa M. Jack and Jill
Roberts Brothers
Prentiss
Mrs. E
Jane
Anson D. F. Randolph & Co
Sewell
William
Friend's Book Store
Brown's Fund
Gurney
Joseph John
Joseph Bevan Braithwaite
Book Association of Friends
Society of Friends
William Wood & Co
A.S. T. Co
Doctor Bush
Wm. H. Buffington
G.P. Barnes
G.W Enasterbrooks
Hope Street
Herman Canfield
Drury
East Side
Byfield
Constitution
T. H. Shipman
M.D
Hope
Samuel P. Colt
Atll Aw
Westminster Street
Meetre SR Rees
OH. Richards
Odd Fellows Building
Naeford Street
J C. Gallup
Mlice
A. Pike
Bradford Streets
Law Offe
Iepe and
TE Young & Co
Britul
the Trinity Church
J. H. Young & Co
General Land Office
Pension Office
Presbrey & Green
Washington D. C
F. N. Seabury
Union Street
F. Wheaton Seabury
R. I
Rhode Island
I. L. Cragin & CO
Crawford Manuro
The
Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
Oied
Totos
Florence Miller
Simnel ¢ Hardin
Watson
Warren
Nate Watson
Jet Watson
Paweeehket
Der
Janus Gillan
Folin Gillan
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
R. IF
Sallrday
Canonius
Orewell
Tus Ball
Canonicus
Fall River
DK. Plathys
Mourn
Wm. F. Mitchel
Conklin
Prudence
Orstyell
D.K. Phillips
Bourn
Orswell
D K. Phillips
Schr Teazer
Sarah
Arnold
Portemouth
D. K. Phillips
Fnhe
Bristol Gas Co
WM. J. Miller
National Eagle Bank
J.G. Watson
First National Bank
ML. Bennett
Providence Furniture Company
Wilton
Maynette and
Brussels
Ouf
Luardine Stes Onte
Wbther Mwoday Goods
Holiday Department
S Broad Street
Mathewson
Providences, R.I
Soand
Tlope Street
Pristol
Genta
LT. T. Allan
Fall River Dye House
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