A Plea for More Presidential Candidates and Reform
The writer urges offering several presidential contenders to avoid patronage by the Old King Caucus. He argues for clearing the decks to improve the Ship of State and cites Thurlow Weed noting France as foe and Queen Victoria as friend, praising Yankee hospitality and demanding honorable acts from such leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old King
Ship of State
Tan Thurlow Weed
France
Queen Victoria
America
Modern Athenians Stir Hub with Past and Future Fervor
The Daily Globe paints a centennial fever sweeping the Bay State in its columns. It likens restless citizens to a crooked farmer's stick, saying once started on a scent they pursue until something is caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Globe
Bay State
Bitter clash of Georgia editors over Bishop Haven
The Methodist Episcopal Bishop Haven becomes the target of harsh attacks from two conservative Georgia editors. The dispute centers on union sentiments and the editors’ contemptible assaults on Southern interests. The piece suggests neglect as punishment for such actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Haven
Methodist Episcopal Church
Georgia
Brain work not public property say poets' critics
The piece argues Lowell and Longfellow sold poems for centennial events and refused to share brain work with the people. It asserts intellect belongs to the creator and deserves payment, rejecting the view that genius must beg or starve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Longfellow
Genijus
Hundle
Baptists plan Martha's Vineyard summer camp meetings
Boston and vicinity Baptists announce a church camp meeting at Martha's Vineyard from August 16 to August 22 led by Rev. GC Lorimer D D of Tremont Temple. Oak Bluff campground is praised as the location with scenic views and cottages, attracting prominent citizens to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptists
Boston
Martha’s Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard
GC. Lorimer
D. D
Tremont Temple
Oak Bluff
Grandchildren outshine the presidency in prophecy
The writer notes the President will soon become a grandfather with Nellie’s child, arguing that lineage brings more comfort than a continued term in office. They quip that grandfathers hold more appeal than presidents, hoping the future brings well for all, as succession through generations unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie
Cesar
Rubicon
Fall of a Political Idol and the Price of Power
The passage condemns Boss Tweed and his former influence. It asserts ill gains fail to free him from bondage, noting his faded glory and the public seal of disapproval. It contrasts the rise by virtue with the fall of those who achieved power through trickery and theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boss Tweed
New York
Possible presidential speculation on Gov. Tilden and party divisions
The piece weighs Gov. Tilden as a potential president but cautions against overconfidence in Democratic gains. It notes fear of spoils integration under a Tilden administration and hints at Republican opposition from the Hunkers, suggesting unsettled prospects for New York leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Tilden
New York
Tilden
General Sherman Faces Strong Backing Amid Opponent Attacks
The passage praises General Sherman for solid support while his wife crafts a deft critique of opponents. It notes her graceful pen and sharp analyses, suggesting effective opposition handling and political acumen in the public arena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Middletown Valuation and Low Tax Burden Highlight Town
In Middletown the paradise of property owners with a valuation near 2,000,000 and a population under 1000, the tax stands at 25 on 1000. The largest tax payer contributes only 275, illustrating a light tax load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Parliament funds for royal travel spark criticism
The article notes Parliament’s grant of three fourths of a million for the Prince of Wales travel expenses, calling it liberal and mocking opposition as ridiculous. It portrays royal patronage as generous and flattering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
Portland lawyer defuses streetcar cigar tussle
KE John Neal of Portland, a literary man, intervened when a rough on a streetcar puffed a cigar into three elderly men. After two warnings, Neal snatched the cigar, dragged the man to the platform, and flung him aside before delivering a sharp remark about not pitching him into the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Neal
Portland
Mr. Neal
Neal
Cribbage Board Made by Rattlesnake Dick
Col. Stone re ceived a carved cribbage board from Darling alias Rattlesnake Dick who forged it in Carson State Prison to commemorate the robbery and his capture. The board features scenes of the robbery and the ensuing legal clash with inscriptions stating Darling vs Stone and Stone vs Darling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Col. Stone
Silver City
Darling
Rattlesnake Dick
Carson
Stone
Population totals for Rhode Island towns in late census
The table lists 1875 1870 and 1865 populations for each town including Barrington Bristol Warren Coventry East Greenwich West Greenwich War wick Jamestown Little Compton Middletown New Shoreham Portsmouth Tiverton Newport Burrillville Cranston Cumberland East Providence Foster Glocester Johnston Lincoln N Providence N Smithfield Pawtucket Scituate Smithfield Woonsocket Providence Charlestown Exeter Hopkinton North Kingstown South Kingstown Richmond Westerly and the whole state with 258182 in 1875 217353 in 1870 and 184965 in 1865.
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Barrington
Bristol
Warren
Coventry
East Greenwich
West Greenwich
Warwick
Jamestown
Little Compton
Middletown
New Shoreham
Portsmouth
Tiverton
Newport
Burrillville
Cranston
Cumberland
East Providence
Foster
Glocester
Johnston
Lincoln
N. Providence
N. Smithfield
Pawtucket
Scituate
Smithfield
Woonsocket
Providence
Charlestown
Exeter
Hopkinton
North Kingstown
South Kingstown
Richmond
Westerly
Whole State
Northern Pacific Rail Road to be Sold at Auction in New York City
The Northern Pacific Rail Road and its property will be sold at auction by decree of court on August 2 in New York City for the benefit of first mortgage bondholders. A Bondholders Committee will bid in the road and property to protect interests, consisting of Johnston Livingston New York Frederick Billings Vermont George Stark Massachusetts J K Moorhead Pennsylvania and J N Hutchinson Maryland Jnc M Denison Maryland. Bondholders wishing to participate or obtain information should contact the Purchasing Committee NP R R at 23 Fifth Avenue New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific Railroaad
New York City
Johnston ‘Livingston
New York
Fréderick’ Billings
Vermont
George Stark
Massachusetts
J. K. Moorhead
J. N.hutchinson
Pennsylvania
Jnc
Bristol Phoenix Reports Church Gatherings and Illnesses
The Bristol Phoenix notes a July 24 1875 Sabbath gathering at the Y M C A rooms with Rev E Holson and Rev G W Brewster among speakers. It mentions Rev Holson’s state and Mr Turner’s illness after plans for travel, detailing repeated inflammatory rheumatism and bed confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. Mine Association
E.holson
Wi Brewster
Hitler
Death of Lady Fane Franklin in London at Seventy
Fr J Lady Fane Franklin widow of Sir John Franklin dies in London Sunday night aged seventy. The obituary notes her long widowhood since her husband, famed Arctic explorer, disappeared on his voyage. She lived much of her later years in England and maintained interest in her late husband’s legacy.
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Fane’ Franklin
Sir John’s ‘Franklin
London
French Minister asks aid for flood relief in homeland
J De Deforest of France in New York received a request from the French Foreign Affairs Minister to open a subscription at this office for relief of the sufferers by the recent floods in France. Great destitution and suffering were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J de Deforest
France
New York
French Foreign Affairs
Murders Reported in Cherokee Nation Feud Feud Arm Takes Toll
Dispatch from Muscogee Indian Territory reports within sixty days sixteen men and two females murdered in the Cherokee Nation. Most killings tied to quarrels between the Ross and Downing factions amid ongoing feuds and local strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscogee
Indian Territory
Ross
Downing
Eulogy Silence Hoped For Beecher Death Future
Brook lyn residents urged restraint on tributes and congratulations regarding Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. The writer jokes that “Deliver me from my friends” may apply if praise grows before his death, urging moderation until death, and preserving solemn matters for later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth
Neighbor borrows paper with clever reply
A man tells how a neighbor asked to borrow a newspaper. the reply was playful, asking the father to send supper in exchange. The next evening the boy did not return to fetch the paper.
Neighboring Farmer Bets Hired Man Challenge
The Paterson Guardian reports a neighbor issues a wager of 42.25 dollars claiming his hired man can longer reach the cornfield return to dinner faster eat more do less and press harder on a fence panel than any other hired man within ten miles of Paterson City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson Guardian
Paterson
Woman Attacks Husband on Sidewalk and Is Jailed
A Galveston paper reports Mrs Snipe assaulted her husband as he talked to a neighbor on the sidewalk before his home. She reportedly fastened her teeth in his throat and tore at his flesh until neighbors intervened. She was taken to jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Mills to cut wages ten percent in Fall River
At a Manufactur ers Board of Trade meeting in Fall River last Saturday plans were made to reduce operative pay by ten percent starting the first Monday in August. With printing cloth demand dull some manufacturers favored shutting mills, but officials chose to cut wages to keep mills running, expecting operatives to accept. A strike or partial strike could trigger a citywide lockout.
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Iar
Manufacturers Board of Trade
Fall River
Cornell Wins Regatta Surprise Over Harvard Yale At Saratoga
Contests at Saratoga between college crews ended with Cornell triumph, though Harvard and Yale appeared near victory. The piece criticizes the event’s surroundings and muses that athletic prowess may come at moral cost. It questions Jon Morsesey as a youth instructor and warns gambling and drinking do not build virtue.
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Saratoga
Cornell
Harvard
Yale
Jon Morrissey
Southern journals rebuke Preston and urge renewal
Preston’s speech is praised by none of the Southern press as a move toward progress not fanaticism. The Memphis Avalanche argues that the South’s destiny now rests with younger leaders who were not voters at Sumter and must rebuild a vast empire, ignoring ghostly naysayers.
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Tarden
Preston
South
Memphis
Sumter
Floods in Wales and England Cause Loss of Life
A London dispatch reports heavy rains causing widespread damage in Wales and southern England. The Ogmore river in Glamorgan overflowed, inundating Brigand with one death and heavy livestock losses. A Monmouthshire canal pond burst, drowning thirteen. Cherwell valley near Banbury sees rising waters. Crops especially hay suffer severe damage.
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Wales
London
Ogmore
Glamorgan
Brigand
Tor
Monmouthshire
Cancarvan
Cherwell
Banbury
Oxford
England
English floods sweep across Frome and Severn regions
Following reports of floods in France Hungary and Switzerland, thousands of acres between the Frome and the Severn in England lie under water. Storms have caused extensive damage in other parts of England and in Wales.
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France
Switzerland
England
Frome
Severn
Wales
Temperance group closes 81st session in Providence
The National Division of Sons of Temperance wrapped its 81st annual session in Providence last Saturday evening. It adopted a new public badge showing a red, white, and blue triangle and star motif with a world-enclosing circle and the inscription The world our field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Division of Sons of Temperance
Providence
French Explorers Plan Congo to White Nile Expedition
Exploration of Africa reports that M. Sarvignan de Brazza will lead a French expedition to Central Africa with M. Marche. They aim to travel from the Congo estuary inland to cross Africa to the White Nile basin, after a decade of preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Central
M. Sarvignan de Brazza
M. Marche
Congo
White Nile
St Michael’s Church Ladies Bake Sale at Fox Hill
The ladies of St Michael’s Church host their annual dam bake at Fox Hill on Wednesday August 4th. Proceeds support church activities and community outreach in the parish. Vendors will offer pies, cakes, and regional pastries for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of
St. Michael's Church
Fox Hill
Bishop Hare
The
Indian Commission
St. Michael’s Church
G. W. Brewster
Providence
State Street
M. E
William Richmond
Indiana
Trinity Parish
Town Hall
A. B. Warner
Advent
Juniper Hill Cemetery
Young Men’s Christian Association
Cc. H. R. Doringh
Bristol, R. I
Excelsior Cornet Band Holds Island Clambake
The Excelsior Cornet Band of this town held a grand clambake and shore dinner on the island of Prudence on Friday of last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Cornet Band
Island of
Prudence
Unclear fragment on newspaper borrowers
Fragmentary text references Uncle Joe, maggots, onions, Beatles, potatoes, and “news paper borrowers to the country publish er” with no coherent event or entities to report. No verifiable facts or names beyond generic references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Banners Defeat Lightfeet In Cranston Baseball Match
A Saturday game at Cranston saw the Banners beat the Lightfeet 9 to 5. The Cranston teams battled for the lead as the Banners secured the victory with steady batting and solid defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranston
O S U Club Holds Grand Picnic at Cold Spring
The O S U Club held a grand picnic at Cold Spring Mount Hope on Thursday afternoon with almost all members present and many invited guests. The event was pleasant and enjoyable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. S. U. Club
Cold Spring
Mount Hope
Rain floods streets as filters block crossings
It began raining yesterday morning and poured in torrents, flooding gutters and creating rivers in the streets. Local talk centers on King Philip of Mount Hope's tribe and the Colorado potato beetle, the latter drawing farmer interest as Philip fades from view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip
Mount Hope
Colorado
Stone Wall From 1775 Still Stands Near Warren
The east line of the Main road estate of Samuel G. Reynolds, built in 1775, saw wall builders at work on June 17 that year when they clearly heard cannon fire from the Battle of Bunker Hill. The wall, never reset, remains in good condition today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Samuel G. Reynolds
Bunker Hill
Flechee steam yacht launched from Herreshoff yard
The Flechee, a forty two foot steam yacht built at the Messrs. Herreshoffs yard, was launched on Saturday last. On trial Tuesday she sailed at thirteen miles an hour using Herreshoff's new patent coiled pipe boilers.
State Street M E Sunday School Excursion to Rocky Point
The Rhode Island Sunday School plans a trip on the steamer Richard Borden for fair weather to Rocky Point, leaving the wharf about nine in the morning. If stormy the excursion will be postponed to Thursday. The return voyage will depart Rocky Point about fifteen minutes before sunset.
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State Street M. E
Rocky Point
Richard Borden
Rocky, Point
Rm P
State Street
M. E. Church
Eric
Justin
Moonlight Excursion by King Philip Engine and Bristol Band
King Philip Steam Fire Engine Company No 1 led by Captain Richard R Magee with the Bristol Cornet Band and about 150 friends made a moonlight trip to Ocean Cottage aboard the Providence steamer P C Schultz last Wednesday. They paraded through streets before boarding, enjoyed dancing and amusements, and returned by 3 30 a m. Captain Magee reports nothing untoward occurred during the festivities Thursday morning.
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Tar King Philip Steam Fire Engine Company No. 1
Richard R. Magee
Bristol Cornet
Thomas Prosho
Ocean Cottage
P. C. Shultz
Providence
Magee
Installation of Celestia Lodge officers at Odd Fellows Hall
Warren officers of Celestia Lodge No 6 I O of O F Daughters of Rebekah were installed Tuesday evening by Deputy District Grand Master A P Baxter with Grand Lodge officers present. Members from United Brothers Lodge and Daughters of Rebekah attended by carriage. Social hour followed with speeches including Hon Sydney Dean. Celestia Lodge ladies served cake ice cream lemonade and refreshments. Bristol visitors’ singing praised by Warren Morning Star correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celestia Lodge
Sydney Dean
Warren
Providence Morning Star
Bristol
Major Newtons Rhode Island Dinner Table at Bristol Hotel
Major Newton of the Bristol Hotel hosts a popular open air dinner every Tuesday and Friday noon under a large suit cloth awning in the hotel yard. For fifty cents guests enjoy baked clams fish chowder fried clam cakes lobsters pies and drinks. The setting features large watermelons cut and shared, drawing many locals to this summer gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Bristol Hotel
Rhode Island
Commodore Packard
Sixth annual reunion of Second Rhode Island Regiment at Oakland Beach
Veterans and citizens gathered for the sixth reunion of the Second Rhode Island Regiment at Oakland Beach. About fifty attended from Providence aboard the Plymouth Rock steamer. All former commanders were present. colors carried were those given fourteen years earlier by Rhode Islanders then living in California. Also notes on two sudden deaths from virulent scarlet fever and a Jamaica Ginger extract ad ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Oakland Beach
Providence
Plymouth Rock
Providence Journal
California
Boston Court and Town Proceedings Mention Lobster Clams and Tours
Adjourned town council session continued victualing license hearings to next meeting. Probate court approved Elijah Gray will and two codicils, Walter C F Barker named executor with $12,000 bond. Report praises Boston shoreline dinners with weekly special trains to Silver Spring for Hiram’s clam bakes, celebrating Boston’s grandeur and modern Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yain
Elijah Gray
Walter C.F. Barker
Joseph “Munrord
Arbrose B. Mason
George H. Coomer
Major Newtons Shore Dinners At Bristol Hotel
A Bristol PHGinNIx column describes Major Newton hosting a Tuesday shore dinner at the Bristol Hotel. About one hundred guests, a long table, warm greetings, and a menu including clams baked fish fried clam cakes chowders. The writer praises the feast as delicious and plentiful and notes Dr Delos Pain Cure as a seasonable remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Greene
State Street
V. M
Bristol Hotel
Mount Hope
Narragansett Bays
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic promotes natural digestion
In hot weather lethargy dulls appetite and energy, making artificial aids helpful. Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is said to restore appetite, vigor, and digestion, acting like gastric juice without corrosive minerals. Sold by druggists and grocers. 25 cents buys Sea Moss Farine for 50 dishes.
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Schenck
Dade Ps
Ats Economcan New J Poop
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the Hristol Phoenix
Bristol Phoenix
Turner
Pamarces
Tron Works Company
Bristol Cornet Band
Calbraith ‘B. Perry
Baltimore
Fréd Waits
Comittissoner
Department of Agriculture
Washington,d. C
Rhode Island Society For the Encouragement
Samuel W. Church
Jamaica
N.C. Bedeli
Silver Spring
Hiram
City of Nations
Athens
Pyro
James Pyle
F Feldly
Literary Notices
Thoughts
R. Wells & Co
Broadway
Wwe Awake
New
S. F. Smith
Rossiter Johnson
Clara Doty Bates
Tony
Rick
D. Lothrop & Co
Cornhill
Phrenological Journal
Crosby
Henry M. Turner
Victor Hugo
Department of Answers
S. R. Wells & Co
Geo. A. Pike
Hope and
Bradford
WM. H. Richards
Odd Fellows Building
Bradford Street
Morris
United States
Gotothes Drug
William A. Buffington
Jaz
Johnson—Powel
15Th Instant
John G. Johnson
Ida Morrell Dauughter
Lafe
John Hare Powel
Philadelphia
Heap
Patrick Head
Relle
Lucy Reele
Francis Kelle
Pratt
North Dighton
Mass
Patience
Jonathan Pratt
McStrop
San Francisco
Cal
June Lith
Elizabeth
Daniel McLeod
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
BR. I
B. Durfee
Gannon
R. Borden
Durfee
Fall
Suger
Lady Eben
Somers
J. Connery
Chief
Hamilton
Welig
Brovigene
Quickstep
Hutchinson
Im Hondout
Richmond Mfg. Co 8 .Steamer B. Durfee
Gannona Onda
Borden
Schr. Amos. Falkenburg
Facket
Fae Phila
Bia
Seth Paul
del Ae Allen
Zeper Elizabethport
Seth Paull
BR. Borden
Caroline
Dyer
Rborden
John Cortin
Aldiich
Wickford
Goon
Railway
Shultz
High Street
Otis Munro
Geo. H. Reynolds
Pleasant Street
Attest
Justin Peter Gladding
Thos. Davis
Mount Lane, Bristol, R
Bress
Ferry Hill
Hope Street
State Streets
WM. Fred, Fish
F.M, Reed
Jarean Geo, C. Goodwin & CO
Toston
Warren & Bristol
Sime
Waterman Stone
William H. Ferris
William Ferris
Charles B.gardner
William Moran
Willie L Johnson
Martha Hodgen
Sarah FE. Munro
Sarah A. Munro
E. A. Robbins
John B. Pearce
Eldridge
Onios A. G. Eldridge
Main and
Church Streets
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