Turkey constitutional changes hailed as step toward liberty
A Boston paper comments on Turkey's new constitution granting religious toleration and limiting the sultan's power. It questions the durability of reforms, notes potential for progress or masquerade, and warns about political perfidy amid tensions with Russia and Europe. The piece cites Hayward era cautions and observers like Field and Cronin as context.
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Turkey
Europe
Spain
Austria
Russia
Night Ride to Madrid and New York Letter Dispatch
A BristoL PHGNIX correspondent recounts a 17 hour night train journey Valencia to Madrid through farmland and sierras with notes on Spanish life, industry, and the Borgias. The New York letter reports weather woes, city politics, Vanderbilt's death, insurance regulation, and skating's popularity amid winter.
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Bristol Phgnix
Spin
Madrid
Valencia
Spain
Huerta
Bristol
Sierras
Orient
Buble
Fiera
Arrazales
Alcira
Manuel
Jativa
Pliny
Martial
Tyre
Ativan
Borjas
Alexander
Alonso de Borja
Rodrigo
Calixtus
Gonzalo
César
Iativa
Francisco de Borja
Albacete
Toledo
Gampo de Criptana
Remarkable Meteor Over Bristol Piasix Ill Explodes in Sky
An observer near Bristol Piasix in Ill recounts a December meteor traveling northeast at high speed, exploding ~65 degrees above ground. Fragments with colored fireballs showered behind, with reports of a 30 second transit over about 1000 miles and a small bluish fragment found later, stirring local superstition and awe.
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Bristol
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Russia
Turkey
Readers tire of American authors in London volumes
A London bookseller releases nearly thirty titles with most ignoring American authors. The article notes that English publishers reward brain labor minimally and questions the value of such popularity.
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London
Town notices and local reflections from a wintry era
A collage of short items notes a Sunday meeting at 53 o'clock room, adjourned Town Council session for next Monday, and a 1826 town tax total of 2500 rising to 47656 in 1876. It praises New Orleans battle memory, invites a White Mountains trip, praises Rogers Free Library plans, reports Trinity Church service times, memorializes evangelist P. B. Bliss, laments labor hardship, and comments on crops and winter lessons from the Almanac.
Henderson Jubilee Singers at Town Hall Next Tuesday
A slave troupe, the Henderson Jubilee Singers, performs jubilee songs and plantation hymns including The Winter will soon be over in Town Hall next Tuesday evening. The piece lauded for luster and singing with promotion of patriotic drills urged to counter disorder.
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Henderson Jubilee Singers
Town Hall
Rhode Island Assembly Opens with Lippitt Message
The General Assembly began its January session in Providence with Governor Lippitt delivering the annual message. The House referred topics to committees while urging aid for the poor during winter. emphasis on education as a noble state purpose follows. A Rhode Island map by J C Thompson is praised, and Monstroz Examin Company No 2 elected officers with Cahill as foreman.
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General Assembly
Providence
Governor Lippitt
Senate
House
Rhode Island
J. C. Thompson
Westminster Street
N. P. Close
Bristol, Warren and
Barrington
Moxtroz Examin Company No. 2
C. Cahill
Johnn F. Fitzgerald
Gerald Fitzgerald
Oscar Hart
Henry Lowry
Boschee
Germany
WM. H. Buffington
Death of David A Manny at 23 9 months a Bristol youth
David A Manny died at his mother's home on High street after brief illness at age 23 years 9 months. A former bookkeeper and trusted employee of M T Bennett at the Namgait Mill, he was active in St Marys Church and local societies. The Zerrahn Choral Union honored him with resolutions and mournful music. His funeral was held at St Marys Church with wide attendance.
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Maz. Davin A. Manny
High Street
M. T. Bennett
Namgait
Thames Street
David
Manny
St. Mary’s Church
Woodstreet
Bristol Institution For Savings
Bristol Young Men’s Lyceum
St. Mary's T. A. Society
Tan Choral Union
John A Angell
Solmuigedd
Resolutions on Death of David A Manny at Bristol Societies
Dual records from a Bristol society and Lyceum reflect the death of David A Manny. They honor him as founder and advocate of temperance and list mourning, sympathy for his family, and a vacant officer post for the term. They note publication in the Bristol Public and the Catholic Total Abstinence Union Monthly.
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St. Mary's T. A. Society
Bristol
David A. Manny
Wus
Manny
Catholic Total Abstinence Union Monthly
Willian J. Duffy
Joan J. Christie
JaMes J.greene
Bristol Young Men's Lyceum
Henry Orme
John P. Reynolds
Severe gale damages ships after Bristol fire incident
A coastal gale following a prior blaze caused extensive damage to vessels at Bristol. The Olive Branch broke loose at Peck's wharf, dragged Paragon and Mer cator, lost bowsprit and keel, and wrecked near the harbor head. Remittance and Aspasia suffered further damage while Ard others secured. Several coasting vessels ashore. wind shifted from southeast to northwest with ensuing gale.
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Bristol
Olive Branch
Peck’s Wharf
Mercator
Paragon
Church
Aspasia
O'Wolf's Wharf
Spragues
New Orleans
Captan D. Morice
Jacob Bibbitt
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