Amendment outlining Rhode Island Militia officer examinations and meetings
The amendment sets procedures for an examining board of two or more officers to evaluate commissioned officers below brigadier general, with notice, reporting, and possible replacement for unqualified candidates. It also allows the commander-in-chief to authorize staff and field officer meetings six times yearly for tactics and service customs instruction with transit provisions.
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Rhode Island
General Assembly
Quartermaster General
Assembly Speaker Election and House Organization Provisions
The text outlines the process for calling the house to order, nominating a speaker upon a quorum of thirty seven present, ballot counting by the presiding member and clerks, and consequences for improper lists or fraud. It also covers election of reading and recording clerks, organization of both chambers, joint grand committee procedures for general officers, and duration of clerk terms plus list maintenance and penalties for noncompliance. The act is mandatory and establishes timelines and repeal of conflicting laws.
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Providence
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Richmond
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Hopkinton
Johnston
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Barrington
Foster
Burrillville
East Providence
Pawtucket
Woonsocket
North Smithfield
Lincoln
Secretary of State
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List of Representatives
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Grand Committee
Grand Committee Rules and Bird Protection Amended Acts
A compilation of historical statutory changes defining the grand committee structure including quorum rules attendance and records, plus amendments to bird protection and inland fisheries statutes detailing offenses and penalties and a provision for an adjourned session of the Common Pleas Division in Woonsocket.
Amendment clarifies fence repair duties and penalties
An act amends statutes on partition fences requiring owners to repair or rebuild upon notice from a fence viewer. If not complied with, the complainant may repair and recover double costs plus interest, with enforcement via town clerk certificates and court action. The measure details service and collection methods and takes effect upon passage.
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General Assembly
Harrison to lecture on international law at Stanford
An early report states ex President Benjamin Harrison will lecture on international law at Stanford University in California next October. The lectures will be printed as a textbook on that subject. A logging camp on the Skagit river headwaters in Washington contracts to produce about a million feet monthly. Five Skagit camps will yield twenty five million feet of fir logs this year. Philadelphia teachers ban corporal punishment. A father punished his son's misconduct at a school scene. Kentucky leads the southern states in tobacco, with a crop of 221,880,000 pounds.
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Benjamin Harrison
Stanford University
California
Skagit River
Washington
Skagit
Close to God and the discipline of desire
The text urges reliance on God during needs and warns that thoughts are seeds sown by Satan. It argues Christians cannot be truly well off apart from God, that adversity can yield good, and that tempering desire reveals truth. It calls for discretion, industry, humility, and sympathetic dialogue to win others to belief.
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Satan
Leoile
Beware Substituting Baking Powders Urged in Stores
Notice warns against using powders other than Royal in cooking. It claims rival brands are cheaper but inferior and may contain lime alum or sulphuric acid. The advisory urges Royal as the safe, proven choice across grocery stores schools and by vendors.
Paying Calls and Society Life in Washington’s Gay Season
A Washington Star reader recalls Washington society during peak season. Carriages, polished outfits, and calls of duty mix with holiday gatherings. The piece notes callers tire others with perpetual chatter and endless visits, while social life thrives on movement, parties, and polite conversation.
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Boston
Washington Star
Ife
B‘singiirg
Washington
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hoop’s Pills Ad
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and tonic to enrich the body and nerves. It also promotes Hoop's Pills as an effective after dinner remedy and family cathartic for constipation.
Old Fashion Honesty and Duty in Life and Work
A reflection on honesty, anger, and personal conduct. It contrasts moral discipline with public opinion shaped by influential figures and urges timely, faithful, honest, kind, and economical work. The piece closes with Allan urging self-conduct to earn employer trust and fair value for wages.
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Allan
Etiquette of Introductions in Social Settings
The piece outlines three introduction modes for young people and rules for etiquette. It covers who may introduce whom, how to present, how to respond, and appropriate gestures such as bows and occasional handshakes, emphasizing respect for elders and proper conduct in homes and formal events.
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America
N. Y. Press
Remarkable six year old boy born without legs in St John
A six year old in St John New Brunswick born with no legs and only a rudimentary left arm is described. The right arm is complete and a right side foot attaches to the body. The child stands and moves by balanced propping on his right arm using his stump and foot as a grasping prehensile aid. He is healthy and intelligent, plays dominoes and checkers, can argue with family and shows perseverance and dexterity with his one hand.
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St. John
N. B
Stans
Butterfly Visitor Becomes Miss Gove’s Permanent Pet in New Hampshire Home
At the Whitmore old house in Hampton Falls a golden brown butterfly lingered after John Whittier’s funeral. Miss Abby Gove feeds and cares for it in a home-built cage, noting the insect’s kitten-like purr when content. The butterfly, repeatedly returning after brief escapes, now lives beside Miss Gove and shows affection on her hand.
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Lizabeth Bhase
Abby Gove
Hampton Falls
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Whitnier
Pist
John Whittier
Eldove
Whittier
Miss Gove
Miss Give
Liberty
Ely's Cream Balm Reverses Twelve-Year Catarrh Pattern
G Davidson reports twelve years of catarrh with daily nosebleeds and throat irritation. After trying remedies, he used Ely's Cream Balm advertised in a Boston paper and saw immediate relief with no further bleeding or soreness since starting.
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Boston
G. Davidson
Boston Budget
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