Excerpts on marriage law and reform and a college commencement
A column discusses Victoria’s push to legalize marriage to a deceased wife’s sister and the age of enlightenment in law, noting the exodus of Americans to Europe and the rise of wealth. It also covers the first Wellesley Female College commencement with an oration by Rev Dr Storrs and 350 students, then a Fall River strike stance arguing workers' rights versus capital and urging restraint and fair wages.
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Victoria
Fie
Atare
Wellesley Female College
Ghat Institution
Wellesley
Mass
Dr. Storrs
Brooklyn
N. Y
Howard Crosly
New York
Lake Waban
Hunnewell
Bristol Cornet Band
Zerrahn
8. B
W. V. Morrison
State Street
M. E. Church
Edward L. Watson
Bristol High School
Zerrahn Quartette
James C. Collins
North Providence
America
Thomas Shepard
Town Hall
Bradford
Thames Street
Thames
State
High
Bristol Corner
Fall River Steamboat Co
Hope
State Streets
Bristol
Columbia
A. E. Burnside
C. A. Greene
S. P. Colt
W. H. Spooner
In. M. Wardwell
J. B. Burgess
E. Anthony, Jr
Death of the Bonaparte Prince Ends Eugenia’s Schemes
The Bonaparte Prince’s death ends Eugenia’s bid to restore the family. French papers call it a natural result and a boon to the Republic while expressing pity for the mother. The Empress is blamed for pursuing her son’s fortune over France’s interests and for political plotting. The world sees no clear sign of diminished intellect or skill from the Prince’s passing.
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Bonaparte
Eugenia
Republic
France
New York hotel marketing feeds thousands daily
From Our Own Correspondent reports on a New York hotel supplying about three thousand meals a day twelve months a year. The buyer shops at Jefferson Market Fulton Market and Washington street markets for meat fish and produce with daily cash outlays often exceeding 600 dollars and sometimes over 1000. Milk costs ten thousand dollars yearly and oysters run twenty dollars daily in season. The piece also notes the Hull murder case’s sensational but clarified arc with Boston Herald reporter Balch instrumental in exposing the killer.
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New York
Jefferson Market
Fulton Market
Long Island
Berry
Fulton Street
New Church
Washington Street
Vesey
Washington
Chambers Street
Hull
Boston
Tas
Balch
Winslow
Boston Herald
New England
New York Herald
Paris Salon Notes and London to Boulogne Trip
In a June 14 1879 letter from Paris G T B describes the salon awards with Duran and Saint Marceaux winning medals and Americans Sargent Mosler and Miss Gardner getting honorable mentions. He notes electric lighting trials, the Bois de Boulogne race crowds and Nubienne winning the Grand Prix, plus Prince and Princess of Wales visiting Paris. He anticipates Swiss travel and a summer in mountains or by the sea, promising further notes if new subjects arise.
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Paris
Tom
Switzerland
Boulogne
Carolus Duran
Monsieur Saint Marceaux
Saint Marceaux
Monsieur Duran
Madame la Comtesq
Monsieur Marceaux
Genie Guardant le Secret
Edison
the Bois
Prince and Princess of Wales
England
Rogers Freer Limany
Vincent
M. R
Gates
Chas
Warren
Samuel
William Blackwood & Sons
Edinburgh
London
Moteswotl
Walter Crane
Macmillan & Co
Bonner, Sherwood
Library of American Fiction
Harper & Brothers
New York
Drake
Samuel A
Captain Nelson
Kettone
Elijah
Shepard
Boston
James Trafton
Radcliffe
Radcliffe Rich
Henry Morton
Sweetzern
M. F
Houghton, Osgood & Co
Titian
Raphael
Durer
Murillo
Rembrandt
Claude Lorraine
Joshua Reynolds
Michael Angelo
Guido Reni
van Dyck
Turner
Leonardo da Vinci
Fra Angelico
Washington Allston
Landseer
Mr. Swoetzer
Waters Returns to His Feet with Great Offer
Horace Waters of 40 East 14th Street New York is seen on his legs again after weeks of riding. A wag told a piano man Waters now walks and is back on his feet with his new venture called the Great Offer. The piano man understood the hint and left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Waters
East 14Th St
New York
Waters
Fae Hoiary
Catalo
Maile
Agile East 14Th St
N.Y. P
Rhode Island Governor Accused of Militia Conspiracy
Prov. Parrott accuses the Rhode Island governor of being easily manipulated by the Military Ring and Newport Artillery. He claims the governor’s official signature has supported every measure to empower the conspirators seeking control of the State Militia for over a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Newport Artillery
Parrott
Ed Jenkins Dies After Attack On Mistress On Ferry
Edward Jenkins a Cincinnati roofer abused his mistress for years then fatally attacked her with a hatchet knife and poker. After a chase police cornered him on a ferryboat where he leaped into the river and drowned. The woman, recovering earlier, said she believed he meant no harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Jenkins
Cincinnati
Jenkins
Farewell Sermon at Baptist Church and Deacon Ordination
At the Baptist Church last Sunday afternoon Rev. H. M. Jones delivered his farewell sermon to a large attentive congregation. In the evening Rev. J. J. Peck of Newton Centre Mass preached a earnest discourse and Mr. George A. Arnold was ordained Deacon of the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
H. M. Jones
J. J. Peck
Newton Centre
Mass
George A. Arnold
Sail on the Bristol Bay Ends with Patchy Bailout
A traveler hires an Irish boatman in Bristol for a sea trip. When water pours in, the novice admits he has owned the boat only a week. The passenger takes the helm while Patrick learns the craft, and they reach land safely. This tale dates not to 1879 but to another year.
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Pga
Washington
House of Representatives
Lamar
Ben Hill
Congress
White House
Mr. Slayes
Bristol
Emerald Isle
Patrick
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King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co
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Constitution
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Constitution Street
H. M.S. Priatore
Sweet Little Buttercup
Tabaccy
Dick Dead
J. H. Young & Co
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Taunton
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Providence Furniture CO
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Brussels
Providence Furniture Company
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Providence, It. I
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Hope Street
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Hope and
Bradford Streets
WM. Shaw Bowen
Dorrance
R. I
Shipman
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Ofice
Eee Ag- Kingley
Geo.c. Goodwin & CO
Conagdon—Whipple
William M. Congdon
Annie E
John E. Whipple
Natee
Pawtucket
Hugo Augustus
Augustus
Johanna Natke
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
I. Borden
Mason
James
Hewitt
Fred. C. Holden
icKne
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Nat'l Rubber Co
Wm. Marvel
Dyer
Rm Providence
RB. Borden
Box
Bristol Phoenix
Ithaca
Big State
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Champion
Sprague
Hud
Seth Paull
Just
Jud B. M. Lincoln
Providence, R. J
Palmer and Other
B. H. Gladding
Exchange Place
Probalte Court
George W. Jewett
Annie M. Jewett
Jylow Peter Gladding
Ake Veter
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Tight & CO. Graken
J. B. Bullock
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