Turbulent Powers and a Rising Russia Seen Through Turkey Crisis
In this analysis the Turkish rejection of peace terms sparks a chain of consequences leading to Russia’s rise. Europe’s rulers, from England to France and beyond, view Turkish arrogance as a danger to dignity and balance. Moscow’s expansion toward the Mediterranean is framed as both a threat and a potential catalyst for progress, should contact with the civilized world temper its military focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Russia
Europe
Bismarck
England
Germany
France
Italy
Meditteranean Sea
Gibraltar
War element fades as Blust protests frequent payments
Blust criticizes ongoing war framing while arguing that payments are not required each time. The remark suggests a shift in emphasis away from combat details toward financial or procedural concerns. No further context provided.
Let us have peace call to power at Capitol bridge critique
A brief wartime style protest urges elected leaders to end risky experiments and protect human life. The Ashtabula bridge is cited as an example of dangerous testing. The piece argues for prudent actions over political posturing.
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Capitol
Ashtabula Bridge
Farcical Bennet May duel and bankrupters noted
The text mocks the Bennett May duel as a farce from start to finish. It mentions S J T knowing about money sent to Oregon and comments on bankrupts increasing in amount. It ends with a hopeful line that the freshet will pass and the stream clear itself.
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Bennett-May
Senate Passes Bill After Long Night Session
It is intimated that S J of chosen might know how to sympathize with AJ in inauguration times. A committee of both Houses agreed on a bill to solve the vexed question. Early Thursday morning after a protracted night session the Senate passed the bill 47 to 17.
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S.J
Chosen
A. J
Congress
Senate
Massachusetts Senator Election Sparks Reform Signals
Butler faces limited sway as Hon G F Hoor wins a Senate seat challenging Sage of Essex. Legislature at the Hub signals no strong reform yet, despite the Boston Custom House opposition.
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Butler
Massachusetts
G F. Hoor
Bay Stat
Congress
Sage
Essex
Boston
Breeches Bible on display in Old South Boston
A 1577 Breeches Bible is exhibited among relics in the Old South Boston. The curious volume, famed for its fig leaf translation to breeches, draws attention for its maps and illustrations. A witness recalls the rarity and oddities of the book.
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Boston
England's grip on empire to ease with coming change
The article argues Britain will yield influence as time changes power dynamics and suggests a near power may replace distant throne. It warns against submission to extinction for another's elevation and foresees revolution reshaping alliances and dominions in the near future.
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India
Letters from Spain Part Eighth Madrid Gallery and City Life
The Bristol Phenix correspondent tours Madrid's Royal Gallery of Paintings noting Velasquez Murillo and royal portraits along with vivid street costumes. Describes Plaza Mayor Plaza de la Villa Puerta del Sol and notable statues, plus Madrid funerals fashion and everyday scenes. Also comments on New York life from a contributor detailing poverty beggary and social contrasts, hotel discrimination, and a Grand Central Depot incident.
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Madrid
Royal Gallery of Paintings
Louvre
Murillo
Velasquez
Infanta
Buskin
Toacer
Philips
Charleses
Ysibels
Mores
Aesop
Raphael
God
Berger
Hove
Rosario
Mary
Goya
Plaza Mayor
Philip 4Th
Charles Isi
England
Plaza de la Villa
Ferdinand and
Isabella
Duke of Osoria
Spain
Plaza del Oriente
Philp
Ysabel 2d
Gervantes
Plaza de Las Cortes
St. Domingo
la Paja
Puerta del Sol
Providence
Midad
H. EK. E
Local notes and winter jottings from town
Suburban brief notes report NB newspaper borrower notice delays and a midwinter term start set for February 7. The season records forty one days of sleighing with entertainment by Spaulding's Bell Ringers at Town Hall drawing a large crowd. Jack Frost coats the season with ice and coasting proves lively while whaling remains idle and daily bread is pressed upon the poor.
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Spaulding
Town Hall
Humorous Debate Over Subscriptions and Life
A fragment discusses choosing gifts and subscriptions to Harper's Weekly Monthly or Bazaar. A speaker named Uncle Joe quips about life and money, urging not to mock on facts while negotiating a present. The brief captures a casual, period tone.
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Harper's Weekly
Joe
Public plea for Major Willard on money flow
A reader asks for Major Willard of the Providence Press to be found to help redirect funds from banks into empty pockets. The request underscores a desire for financial aid or reform and centers on a named individual.
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Major Willard
The
Providence Press
Lyons YMCA meeting set for Sunday afternoon at 53 o'clock
The YMCA plans a meeting tomorrow afternoon in the city rooms inviting all residents to attend. A new lithographic set of Bristol sketches by J. C. Hazen & Co. of Boston, with O. H. Bailey of New York the artist, will be published soon. Price is $3 for subscribers.
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New York
Paanix
Broadway
Europe
Astor House
J. Milton Turner
Republic of
Liberia
Stars and Stripes
Africa
Turner
Continental Life Insurance Company
Continental Life of Hartford
Grand Central Depot
Wm BH
Vanderbilt
New York Central
Raprx
Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad
Providence
Boston and Providence
YMCA
Bue
Bristol
Messrs. J. C. Hazen & Co
Boston
O. H. Bailey
Pike
Contan
Hoosen of Commons
Georg Sand
Franc Cio
Leonard Scott Purchasing Co
Toy Street
Memoria Praise Service for Blis in Ashtabula Disaster
A memorial service for the late P. P. Blis a noted singer and evangelist who died in the Ashtabula railroad disaster will be held at the Congregational Church on Sunday evening January 28 at 7 o clock. O C Barrows will lead the choral service with quartettes and solos directed by S B Spinning assisted by local talent. A collection supports a monument fund and orphan children.
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P. P. Blis
Ashtabula
Ohio
O C. Barrows
S. B Spinning
War Echoes in Bristol Old Bosworth House
Editorial correspondence recalls the Bosworth and Bourne legacy in Bristol Rhode Island. The piece describes the old Bosworth mansion with its beams and wainscoting, the 1680 religious services, artifacts from the colonial era, and a four pounder cannon ball embedded in plaster from the 1775 siege involving Rose, Gaspee, and the Eaken.
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Monthly Chronicle
Baltimore
Bristol
R. I
Silver Creek
Bastol
Ceistian
Philp
Mount Hope
Bistol
Nathaniel Bosworth
Olivers
Woodbridge
Hiself
Shearjashub Bourne
Church
Bosworth Place
Fort Ticonderoga
Benjamin
Bourne
Bosworth
Ezra
Elisha
Job
Remembrance
Patience
Meletrah
Mahershalelhashbaz
Richard Bourne
Devonshire
John Cotton
Eliot
Shearjashub
Ruth
Bournes
Bosworths
Rose
Wallace
Bristol antiquities recount 1812 war echoes and storied origins
An antiquarian piece recalls Bristol memories from the 1812 war near Rhode Island, a widow recalling Gen James M. Varnum, a 1695 book by dabez Howland, and relics like Washington era candlesticks. It notes Abraham Bourne lineage, a Benjamin Bourne appointment, and a portrait of past and present generations, ending with a letter from Charleston dated 1877 and reflections on politics, winter, and a bereavement.
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Bristol
Island
Rhode Island
Bourne
Abel Jones
Broughton
Elizabeth
Washington
James M. Varnum
Gen. Varnum
Henry Quincey
Boston
United States
Benjamin Bourne
M. C
R. I
Dina
U. S
John Adams
Old House
U. S. Senate
Elizabeth Richmond of Bristol Dies in Providence
Mrs Elizabeth Richmond born in this town died in Providence on the 16th inst. She was daughter of the late John Liscomb and joined the Congregational Church during the 1812 revival. Her husband Gilbert Richmond worked in Providence and served as Agent for the U S State Temperance Society Bible Society and Sunday School Union.
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Elizabeth Richmond
Providence
John Liscomb
Congregational Church
Gilbert Richmond
U. S. State Temperance Society
Bible Society
Sunday School Union
Rise in coffee prices noted amid Boston Grocery pledge
Over the last two weeks coffee prices have advanced, yet the Boston Grocery at 285 Westmmeter Street guarantees pure unadulterated berries at low, trade-friendly prices. The shop is described as a strong state institution, widely patronized across the state.
Boschee German Syrup Promoted For Severe Coughs And Colds
An advertisement touts Boschee German Syrup as a cure for coughs, colds, chest and throat ailments with a sample bottle offered at 10 cents and a full bottle at 75 cents. It claimsGerman origin and widespread cures. A Bennington testimonial praises Dr Wrstarr's Balsam of Wild Cherry as effective for bronchitis and recurring coughs, priced 50 cents and $1 per bottle.
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WM I
John Flagg
Bennington
Wrstrar
Morris
N.C. Bedell
Parker
Railroad Commissioner Report Presented to General Assembly 1877
Col Henry Staples forwards the semi annual Report of the Railroad Commissioner to the General Assembly at its January 1877 session for extended records.
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Henry Staples
General Assembly
Weather Lose of Doubt Dims Old Fashioned Rain Slush Fog
A garbled note recalls a last lingering impression of January weather with rain slush and fog. It hints at an old fashioned climate carried down through generations and mentions a dull late Saturday lasting one day.
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Bristol Phenix
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Swanzen
Mass
Lvinaty Church
Arnold
Samuel P. Colt
Columbia College Law School
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Supreme Court
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Mesars, Thurston, Ripley & Co
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Speer
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Asch Sta
Philadelphia
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Mount Hope Building
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WM. II. Richards
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Stephen Bartlett
Plymouth
Printon
Sleazer Waldron
Fall River
Wes
Thomas Waldron
Amiet
Ilda M Sherman
Ingraham
Graham
Coe Angell
Sorth
Paonsiden
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Battey
Newport
Lea I Batley
Mempord
Newpot
Ponotsarihe
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Ramsden
Newy
Warboros
Wahiron
Ashley
Sarah J Coblu
Reytsotpa
Sara
Reyooids Sa Tie Pierce
Doste Sey Wreuwt
Joseph P
Phoenix Marine Sal RM AS
Port of Gretel, St
Seamer Canod
Cua
Lee Crear
Georg Wolter Brooks and Co Bedell
Bristol Cornet Band
Roo
Munson
WM H Pearle & Son
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Iwt
Normal School
Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad Company
Providence Waren and Bristol Railroad Company
Wille Holden
Boston and Providence Rairoad Company
Wey
Allet Ois
Waterman Stone
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