Confidence in Men and Political Alignments in 1877
The article argues that public trust in businessmen wanes amid recent failures and debt burdens. It urges upright, patient lenders and debtors to restore confidence, naming Packard and politicians like Evarts Schurz and Devens, debating party loyalties and the impact on the Republican hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packard
William M. Evarts
Carl Schurz
Gen. Devens
Zach Chandler
Republican Party
Chandler
Evarts
Iowa
Schurz
Devend
Hayes
Chandler, Blaine and Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railway Faces Week of Breaks
The Baltimore and Ohio Railway reported an unusually high number of broken issues last week. Officials said repairs were prioritized and service interruptions were limited to minor delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore, and Ohio Railway
Strike until the last armed foe expires war motto echoed
Amid chatter and rumor the piece notes a wartime mood with calls to crush violent strikers. It contrasts the President's fate with a critic's claim that a White House favorite never lived there. It mentions a shipment from New York of 1900 bales of domestic dry goods to India and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
India
China
Missing Man Hunt Reaches All Corners of Coastline
A sweeping call invites men of all ages from elderly to youths to join a search near mountains and seaside resorts this summer, noting scarce presence of the feared men across the regional line.
Sailor's Swordfish Attack Sinks Schooner Joe Carlton
The schooner Joe Carlton from New York to Rockland Maine with coal reports a swordfish attack that dragged the vessel to the bottom. The captain and two crewmen harpooned the fish, but Thayer and Perry, two young Rockland men, were drowned and the captain nearly lost his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Carlton
Rockland
New York
Thayer
Perry
Storm Strikes Enfield House Sparing Residents
A thunder shower on July 17 in Enfield New Hampshire struck the home of Simeon Garland. Lightning shattered windows and doors and knocked down staves while passing through the kitchen where six people sat, yet caused no injuries despite a cannonlike concussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enfield
Simeon Garland
Vernon residents clash in small town court case
John Quinn of Vernon, Conn., sues Margaret Dowling for naughtiness. Justice Talcott fines Dowling $2 and costs. Dowling refutes with two complaints against Quinn, who is fined on both. Quinn sues Dowling for liquor without a license. Dowling posted $200 bond for County Court. Edward Dowling is found guilty of attempting to poison her well and is held on $100 bond for Superior Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Quinn
Vernon
Conn
Margaret Dowling
Justice Talcott
Margaret
John
Edward
Speaking of States losses and unwise leadership
The piece questions Republican losses under poor leadership and warns against defeating the opposition through corruption. It argues that victory by corrupt means is worse than defeat and calls for character over political machinery, criticizing current croakers who crave power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
New York Letter on Weather, Beer Show and Storms
From Our Own Correspondent July 24 1877 New York notes scorching heat and volatile barometers. It covers a beer show at Concordia Hall with forty brews and voting, temperance campaigns led by Oliver Cotter, a Madison Avenue Episcopal church securities sale, and outdoor races at Long Island Sound Monmouth Park amid lightning and storms.
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Pan@nix
Sol
New York
Concordia Hall
Avenue A
Murphy
New Lfe
Oliver Cotter
Madison Avenue
Empire and
Williamsburgh Yacht Clubs
Long Island Sound
Monmouth Park
Grand Stand
Creedmoor
Large Astor yacht to be built on Long Island
Mention of a forthcoming luxury schooner yacht for an Astor client, projected to cost about a quarter of a million, the largest and most expensive of its kind. The text also recalls the Mohawk disaster and its hefty losses, plus a Chicago strike spark and broader railroad labor unrest across nine states with millions affected.
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Long Island
Wm. T. Garner
Sraveaue
Boston Post
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Indiana
Tinois
Missouri
Free Country
Publishers Should Be Paid for Gratuitous Notices
The Hartford Times argues that excursion and paying enterprise notices appear free but cost publishers money. At regular rates these notices would cost $28 yearly per daily journal, a substantial tax on publishers with the potential to total several thousand dollars citywide. The piece questions whether newspapers should receive payment for these notices.
July number from Leonard Scott Publishing Co. presents varied literary items
The July issue opens with a new story Mine is Thine and includes Abyssinia notes from 1865 officers, Pauline adventures, Dresden Meissen china article, an Heine sketch, and a Lord Abinger brief with anecdotes. Also Part I of The Storm in the East and reprints of The London Quarterly and Blackwood's. Price four dollars yearly or six dollars for all with prepaid postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brackwoon
Leonard Scott Publishing Co
Barclay Street
New York
Abyssinia
Pauline
Wales
Dresden
China
Meissen
Saxony
Heine
Lord Abinger
Grand Court
N. Y
London Quarterly
Edinburgh
Westminster
British Quarterly Reviews
Blackwood’s
First Baptist Church Excursion to Halseys Farm Planned
The Sunday School of the First Baptist Church will make an excursion to Halsey’s Farm on Wednesday next, August 1. Reported lack of base ball matches on the Common as the national game seems to have worn thin locally.
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The
First Baptist Church
Halsey’s
Vacations and Developments Highlight Town News
Rev J P Lane leaves for a month long vacation visiting East Hampstead NH. A two story dwelling for Mr Davis Wilson on Back road is finished. A Bristol Corner Band concert entertained citizens on the Common. A two story building at Wood and State for Mr Michael Christie provides store on first floor and tenements above. Weeds flourish in a vacant lot between Hope street and Town Hall opposite Collins Park. Trinity Church outlines schedule for Ninth Sunday after Trinity with various services. A Thames street disturbance ends with Kirby jailed and fined $1 and costs.
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Wood
State Streets
Michael Christie
Hope Street
Town Hall
Collins’s Park
Bristol
County of
Rhode Ialand
Alea T Usher
Mary Lesher
Thomas Jo Usher
Elizabeth J Usher
Bristol Institution For Savings
Thames Street
Sid Thames Street
Richmond Manufacturing Company
Charlotte DeWolf
Maria Rogers
Charles Fales
Lounderdt
Bristol Band Plays At Hairam's Fireworks Feast
The Bristol Cornet Band performed in Silver Spring last Wednesday evening, providing music for Hairam's fifth annual feast of fireworks and lanterns for local friends and patrons at the seaside resort. The Neptune Boat Club in town is newly formed with William R. Trotter as Commodore and Frederic Williams as Secretary among others, while a local market offers fresh blue fish prepared for an upscale dinner.
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Bristol Cornet
Silver Spring
Hairam
Har
Neptune Boat Club
William R. Trotter
Arthur Cortell
Frederic Williams
Harry Jones
Excursionists From Towns Visit Oakland Beach Steamer Ride
About seventy five excursionists from this town and Warren traveled to Oakland Beach on the steamer Trances last Monday. Pastors from State Street M E Church and First Congregational Church traded pulpits on Sunday morning.
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Warren
Oakland Beach
State Street M. E. Church
First Congregational Church
Scar Now the festive firefly seen in great numbers
A vivid description notes a surge of fireflies appearing after twilight, painting the countryside with bright points. The scene evokes a festive atmosphere as countless glow insects emerge under the night sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scar
Twilight
Rhode Island Steamer Makes Newport Harbor Circuit
The steamer Rhode Island left Providence for the light ship and coasted through Newport waters. It then returned, making a circuit in our harbor and turning opposite the Premix office at 1.30 p.m. for its homeward trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Providence
Newport Waters
Premix
Warren Gazette Improves Under New Propr proprietors
The Warren Gazette shows notable improvement in appearance since the paper passed to new proprietors Messrs Coomer and Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Gazette
Messrs
Coomer & Martin
Bigamy Suspect Released on Bail After County Jail Confinement
Mr. L. Aylesworth, committed to the county jail on the 19th for eight charges of bigamy, was released on bail last Tuesday.
Arraigned John Gleason on counterfeiting charges in Boston
John Gleason, of this town, was arraigned before U S Commissioner Hallet in Boston on Friday, February 20, charged with passing mutilated or counterfeit bills on several national banks and U S currency, and with insufficiency of bail set at $5000 for examination.
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John Gleason
U. S
Hallet
Boston
United States
Lecture on The Balance of Power by Gen Barbiere
Gen Joseph Barbiere of Tennessee will lecture at Town Hall next Monday evening. He will discuss The Balance of Power international and inter state in a formal address.
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Joseph Barbiere
Tennessee
Town Hall
Inter State
Juniper Hill Cemetery
Young Men's Christian Association
Effeer
R Doringhi
Establishing a Bureau at Our Office at Auction Price
Our office established a new bureau, purchased for one dollar and ten cents at auction. We value it highly, more than Mr Coomer's tame robin.
Night Voices of Animals Stir Your Sleep
A reflective piece contrasts the soothing sounds from pets and horses with neighbors’ view of Bedlam. The narrator notes a deep difference between their world and others' perceptions, highlighting nightly melodies against loud disapproval.
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Bedlam
Ellenora Steam Yacht Ready for Baltimore Parties
A steam yacht named Ellenora, thirty-two feet long, has been completed for parties in Baltimore Maryland by the Messrs Herreshoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellenora
Baltimore
Messrs. Herreshoffs
Dog days bind you to danger, threaten to attach to enemies
The passage warns that dog days are not enjoyable for humans. They trap you to objects and increase the risk of becoming attached to your enemy.
Bristol Cornet Band Elects Officers Under New Charter
The Bristol Cornet Band organized under a new General Assembly charter elected officers including President Thomas Hudson, Vice President Albert W. C. Davis, Secretary Frank L. Hoar, Treasurer Benjamin R. Wilson Jr., Librarian Angie Pierce, and Janitor William F. Hart.
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Bristol Cornet Band
General Assembly
Thomas Hudson
Albert W. C. Davis
Frank L. Hoar
Benjamin R. Wilson, Jr
Angie Pierce
William F. Hart
Lecture by Gen Barbiere Draws Large Southern Audiences
Town Hall crowd expected Monday as Gen Barbiere delivers a noted lecture praised by audiences in the South and West. Tickets are priced at twenty five cents. A verse laments a poor young man with empty purse unable to travel or enjoy summer days, his life filled with weariness and gloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
Gen. Barbiere
Walking Match at Artillery Armory Ends in McCallan Victory
Dalty McCallan defeats William Swan in a 15 mile walking contest at the Artillery Armory State Street. McCallan completes the distance in 2 hours 42 minutes, Swan finish 1 minute 5 seconds slower. Fastest mile 8 minutes 15 seconds by McCallan with judges Perry Anthony Jr and Smith. Time keepers Straight and Bowen. Large crowd watches.
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Artillery
State Street
Dalty McCallar
William Swan
McCallan
Swan
R. H. Perry
Beppo the horse Calls for Company in Quiet Night
In Locality the country at midnight a noisy horse in the field calls loudly for company. Beppo’s mistress sympathizes and calls to him while another woman in the house remains unsympathetic and irritable about the racket. The unsympathizing woman misses sleep as Beppo persists with his plaintive calls.
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Beppo
First Rhode Island Geography Published in 1877
Rappe Isuanp Epinion or Mrrcne's New Intermediate Geography 1877 offers eight pages of description and a full Rhode Island map. J H Butler Co and G E Whittemore plus Hunter White publish in Providence. text by L W Russell with praise from visitors.
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Mrrcne
Joly
Rhode Island
J. H. Butler
Rhode Island Teachers Association
Russell
Narragansett Bay
J. H. Bauer & Co
Conneticut
Vermont
Rhoda Island
New England
Trees on Hope Street Frustrate Citizens With Odor
Bristol notes the odor from old tolu trees lining Hope Street in front of the Russell house. The smell at times is nearly unbearable, affecting daily life for a portion of each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Russell House
Hope Street
Worcester Minister Reveals Cathedrals of Europe Lecture
Rev Dr Huntington of Worcester Massachusetts delivered an interesting and instructive lecture on the Cathedrals of Europe at St Michael's Chapel last Tuesday evening.
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Dr. Huntington
Worcester
Mass
Europe
St. Michael’s Chapel
House on Bradford Street Enlarged and Modernized
The cottage house on the south side of Bradford street east of High street, once owned by the late Deacon George M. Coit and now by Mrs. William Davis, has been enlarged with east and west additions, two bay windows, and a large kitchen addition, with extensive interior and exterior modernization and improvement.
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Bradford Street
High Street
George M. Coit
William Davis
Freight Halt for Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Westbound
Notice states no freight will be received at present for Chicago St Louis Cincinnati and other points West and South by the P W and Bristol Railroad Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
P. W. & Bristol Railroad Company
Potato bug spotted high on Rogers Free Library roof
A workman on the Rogers Free Library roof spotted a potato bug crawling on a board high above the town. The creature’s palace view of the town came amid stories of potato time and many potatoes being slaughtered. The bug’s movements were nipped in the bud and it will rise no more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers Free Library
Saloon Fight Ends With Stabbing on Thames Street
At midnight last week a saloon brawl on Thames Street led to a man being stabbed in the right hip while trying to separate fighters. The two inch deep cut required medical care from Dr. G. P. Barnes on Hope Street before the wounded man returned home. The assault suspect will face examination in the Justice Court on Thursday.
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Thames Street
G. P. Barnes
Hope Street
Iaken
Justice Court
Bristol High School appoints Anna B. Manchester assistant teacher
A special meeting of the School Committee on Thursday evening elected Miss Anna B. Manchester as assistant teacher at Bristol High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kam Ato
Anna B. Manchester
Bristol High School
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White House
Damascus
Desert
Happy Man
Bedell’s
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P. W. & Bristol Railroad Co
Minot L. Ingraham
Union
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Gower
J. P. Lane
East Hampstead
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Davis Wilson
Bristol Corner
Trinity
Kirby
Indy
Realtura Lodge
Silver Spray Lodge
Tarentula
N. G. Herreshoff
Messra. Herreshoffs
R. I
LeBaron Bradford
N.C. Bedell
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E. A. Nichols
Wm. E. Chadwick
Henry Gof, Jr
James Tobin
John F. Cole
Britta
G. W. Easterbrooks
Prov. Press Co
Hunts
Hunt
Joe
Messrs. Warren & Wood
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Sea Side
Glenn
Hill
Clarer
Schenck
DaCosta
Parker
Green
Buffington
Geo Lewis Gower
Jett
Jos. M Blake
Sar Ballou & French
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Danie
Ballol
John Turner
George T French
Easterbrooks
Samuel P Colt
Fa T. UW. Stlipman
Hope
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Geo. A. Pike
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Abbie A. Wood
Frishie
Essex
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Henry Russell Frisbie
Middletown
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James J. Essex
Collyer
Pawtucket
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William L. Briggs
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Coax
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Phoenix Marine Journal
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Allen
S. T. Serrell
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Nort
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Benj. M. “Lincoln
Iliz
David A Fish
David A. Fish
Charles Wor Doringh
Bustel
Hezekiah Nunroe
Samuel White
Said White
R “Keating
Joe Barbiere
Tonga
Id Town Hall
Tory
Sound
West
Pocket Book
Strerreshof
John Sanders
Hb OW. Brunsen
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Miller
J. A . Miller
English & Classical School
Snow
Mowry & Goff
THER
Bernard Adams
Thos. Corrian
Fred. Jameson
Isabella Allsop
Alice Carr
Mary A. Corrigan
Mary Healey
Katie Healy
John F. Pearce
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