Monument to Durfee and coal field estimates arise
David Dudley Field placed a monument in Williamstown Cemetery honoring Rev. Dr. Calvin Durfee historian of Williams College. Pennsylvania’s anthracite fields are estimated to yield 30 million tons annually for three centuries. A subterranean forest was found seven feet underground in Chazy Clinton County New York with many trees well preserved.
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Pennsylvania
David Dudley Field
Williamstown
Mass
Calvin Durfee
Williams College
Chazy
Clinton County
N. Y
Fire damages Rhode Island News Co. in Providence
A fire on Saturday night at the Rhode Island News Co. in Providence caused about 3000 dollars in damage from smoke and water to the stock and about 500 dollars to the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island News Co
Providence
Rhode Island
Window Dedication at Channing Memorial Church Newport
A beautiful vestry transept window at Channing Memorial Church Newport was dedicated Sunday by Mrs. Rufus B. Kingsley of Boston in memory of her Newport distinguished citizen husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channing Memorial Church
Newport
Rufus B. Kingsley
Boston
Bridge Fire Destroys Rail Span near Coventry Center
A wooden bridge on the New York and New England railway over the Pawtuxet's south branch near Coventry Center burned Monday morning, likely from engine sparks. The engine crossed once flames were spotted but could not return, and the bridge was destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York and New England Railway
Pawtuxet
Coventry Center
Fruit Show at Southern Exposition Names Big Premiers
At the Louisville Kentucky Southern Exposition from August 28 to September 1 over 2000 dollars in premiums will be awarded. The grand prize of 500 dollars will go to the best display by a local society or county organization. Fruit growers and farmers are invited to compete.
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Pam
Louisville
London
Lord's
Eton
Harrow
Brighton
Bognor
Littlehampton Worthing
Goodwood Park
Cowes
Ryde
House of Commons
Anb
New York
Italy
Venice
Diomed
Pompeii
Naples
Prater
Vienna
Delig
Constantinople
Cairo
Danube
Rubber boot and shoe factories surge in the nation
The Shoe and Leather Reporter notes sixteen rubber boot and shoe factories, nine producing 1,000 to 5,000 pairs daily and seven at 8,000 to 20,000 pairs, totaling about 90,000 daily or 27,000,000 yearly. Focus shifts to style and finish of rubber shoes, with innovations boosting sales, while producers also seek dirtier stock to cut costs.
Steamer Thief Nabbed After Quick Shore Jump
A young Bristol man named Robert C. McCartney leaped from the Richard Borden as it left Fall River Iron Works and fled with Mrs. Hugh Holmes’s bundles and others. Police traced him to 287 South Main Street, recovered the stolen items, and jailed him for 30 days. McCartney claimed intoxication and nonresponsibility.
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Boup
Richard Borden
Fall River Iron Works
South Water Street
Fall River
Hugh Holmes
Bristol
Joshua E. Nickerson
Thomas Brownell
Peter Markey
South Main Street
Wickenden Street
Robert C. McCartney
New York
Jim Mace
McCartney
Tilden, Wong Chin Foo, and Coney Island Echoes
In Gotham Gossip for New Year era 1883, Tilden’s presidential bid stirs rivalries with Kelly. The piece notes a female Telegraphers Union vice president earning eighty dollars monthly and the wage fight risks hurting many operators. It recalls the cigar makers’ lockout, denounces Wong Chin Foo and Denis Kearney, and describes Japanese student journalists and a transforming Norton’s Point once ruled by ruffians before Norton's and Murray’s efforts made Coney Island fashionable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotham
Tilden
Greystone
Massachusetts
Champion Sullivan
Kelly
Western Union Company
Telegraphers Brotherhood
Wong Chin Foo
Denis Kearney
Kearney
Coney Island
Norton's Point
Norton
Murray
New York
Rome
Manhattan Beach
Brighton Beach
Norton’s Point
The Diseases of Memory by Th Ribot
A promotional note for Library of Science No 46 describing Ribot’s study of memory and its disorders. It outlines the book as a philosophical and scientific exploration of memory phenomena in mental disease and its enduring value to readers of man’s nature. Price 15 cents postpaid. J Fitzgerald, Publisher, 20 Lafayette Place, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Th. Ribot
Library of Science
J. Fitzgerald
Lafayette Place
New York
Proposed exam standard for teachers in town schools
An article proposes a bylaw for teacher applicant examinations with a 75 percent literary standard. Passing does not guarantee appointment but a list of approved candidates would guide temporary substitutes or future hires. A garden at Thames Street was vandalized. crops and flowers damaged, harming Marcus L. Hoar's late occupant Francis Bourn’s property. The writer calls for discovery and legal punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Bourn
Thames Street
Marcus L. Hoar
Japanese Lawn Party at Mite Society Benefit
A Japanese lawn party hosted by the Mite Society of State Street M E Church took place on the grounds of William H Thompson on Franklin Street. Attendees enjoyed lantern decorations and ample refreshments as evening lights glowed, with large attendance and satisfactory receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mite Society
State Street M. E
William H. Thompson
Franklin Street
Hope
Mrs Maria Case Undergoes Major Ovarian Tumor Surgery
Mrs Maria D Case wife of Admiral Ludlow Case underwent Saturday surgery in town to remove an ovarian tumor weighing eighty pounds. Dr Gardner of Providence assisted by Drs Shipman Swan Mitchell Kenyon report strong hopes for recovery. Meanwhile Neptune Boat Club held its fifth annual garden fete at Gov Bourn grounds with Moore’s Band and fireworks drawing a large crowd and high receipts.
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Maria D. Case
Ludlow Case
Gardner
Providence
Neptune Boat Club
Gov. Bourn
Moore
Department of
Messrs. Canfield & Swan
Physicians and Surgeons
H. 8
Portland
Maine
Mammaroneck
New York
Yale College
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Court of Pronare hears wills and assigns executors
The Court of Pronare held a special session in the Council Chamber. Wills for Caroline M. Hill Mary G Lyons Christina Recch Almieda Lake and others were proved allowed or recorded. Executors named with bonds or none. Administrators with the will annexed appointed. Teacher appointments and salaries noted. A letter decries Sabbath desecration and praises council action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Pronare
Caroline M. Hill
Clarisea Gardner
Mary G. Lyons
John A. O. Gladding
Christina Recch
Samuel M. Lindsey
J. Howard Manchester
Frederic A. Easterbrooks
Herbert F. Bennett
Isaac Liscomb
Frederic A. Easterbooks
Almieda Lake
Grace M. E. Church Letter Writer Sparks City Reform Talk
A notice notes Rev. Mr. Jones of Grace M. E. Church writing to a Bristol paper praising local reforms. Another item reports Tue Taonton Daily Gazette’s David Branca Lane Imade meeting voting to join the Irish National League of America with officers named. Free Library additions listed with several titles and donated school texts from Bristol School Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tue Taonton Daily Gazette
Mr. Jones
Grace M. E. Church
Bristol, R. L
David Branca Lane Imade
Irish National League of America
William M. Nerone
Michael McKeon
James F. Christie
John Connery
Robert Connery
Rogers Free Library
Kemble
England
Selden
America
the Comte de Paris
Lacordaire
Dora Greenwell
Lawrence and Romney
W. Clark Russell
Alden
Charlotte M. Yonge
Bristol
Steele
Franklin
Bristol Notes and Local Happenings Highlight Stage and Harbor
James Mead mistaken for John L Sullivan during visit from Newport. William T Read admitted to the Supreme Court bar. Bristol band leader Cardy has vacated post. ram spotters from Providence fail to find any ram sold locally. Spiritual séances at Town Hall draw crowds. harbor activity rises with sailboats seen after breakfast and after tea.
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James Mead
Newport
John L. Sullivan
Warren
Bristol
William T. Read
Supreme Court
Read
Providence
Cardy
States
Harris
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The
Bristol Phoniz
Commodore Jeffers
Washington
St. Thomas
Samuel J. Tilden
Barnum
Hamilton
Ont
Asbury Park
N. J
Washington Market
New York City
Mexico
Narragansett Pier
Samuel James
Cottage City
L. Candee & Co
New Haven
Conn
August Loehman
Martin Millmore
Solders
Boston Common
Farmer’s Companion
Prixe Monthly
Marlboro
Mzss
Fermats
Prixea
Atorles
Barstor
Barstor, BR. I
Cox
John Howard Payne
Benjamin F. Taylor
Chicago da Journal
Oak Hill Cemetery
Washington, D. C
Milan
Spanish Main
Simogns
Glory
Dixie Land
Rappahannock River
Local Affairs
Mrs
Edward Hoffman
Bristol Ferry
Yar Wm. F. DeWolf, Esq
Chicago
E. D. Hall
Burnside Memorial
Messrs. Card & Bullock
Simeon A. Newman
William Newman
United States Army
Governor's Island
Bradford DeWolf
Beguins
Switzerland
Nice
Montreux
F. Benj. M. Lincoln, Esq
Hope Street
Franklin and
Oliver Streets
Martha T. Oliver
Henry Goff
Uptown Mill
H. H. Bosworth
Bay View Avenue
Wood Street
Parker Borden
Michael Hammell
James N. Bullock
Gates
Fairman Rogers
Philadelphia
Florida
Aon
Prof. Rogers
Scuoon Committee
James A. Estee
Annie B. Manchester
Harriet B. Luther
Elizabeth H. Pitman
H. Augusta Coggeshall
North
Arabella J. Coggeshall
South
Mary A. Pitman
Sarah R. Slade
Anna R. Thompson
Juliette E. Coggeshall
Cassie M. Thurston
Ina P. Warren
Annie J. Adams
Annie W. Fitch
Annie P. Waldron
Geraldine O. Simmons
Lida W. Fitch
Minnie R. Gorham
Ada Munro
Gertrude E. Church
Bristol Neck
Sharanton H. Baker
Bprorz
Narragansett
W. On
Jax Gounp
Herreshoit
Atalanta
Jay
Gould
Mr. Jaffray
Irvington
Wall Street
Jay Gould
Western Union
Y. Journal
Prentiss
Elizabeth H
Stephens
C. A
Small
Montgomery
Florence
Peggy
Burnett
Ces Hodgson
Virginia
James
Andrew A. Humphries
Arthur
Rap Canfield
J. C. Gallup
WM. H. Richards
Odd Fellows Building
Bradford Street
G. P. Barnes
Hope and
Bradford Streets
T. H. Shipman
Surgdon
State Street
High Streets
Joseph Wardwell
Silver Spring
H. P. Bliss
Marlboro Chemical Co
Marlboro, Mass
Patent Office
Presbley & Green
Simon Hillig
H.A. Stevens
Charles F. Simon and
Mies Anha C. Hillig
Annieelia Griswold Brullock
St. Michael's Church
Lydia
E. N. Lathrop
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
R. I
B. Durfee
Gannon
Borden, Mason
Witch Hazel
Arnold
Rondout
Namquit Mill
Whale
Stowe
Prudence
Alice Bell
Carter
National Rubber Co
R. Borden
Mason
Helen Mar
Law
Edwards
Sarah Jane
Stakes
Lena Hunter
Fisher
B. Borden
P. W. & B. R. RB Depot
Corwin
Choige
S. C. Corwin
Mount Hope
Samuel W. Church
Charles H. Church
Court of Probate
Christina Reccir
Asta Bristol
EL M. Lindsey
Robate Court
Noche Re Aeques
Guardian
Sarah A. Eatbo
Wextoy
Adeline M. Ellis
Samuel G. Trippe
Buiswer
Cuerk
Wreas
Frances H. Leonard
John H. Leonard
Charles A, Waldron
Normal
WATT
T.b.stockwell
Board of Trustees
North Main Street
Geldowsky Furniture
Prov, Furniture Company
Broad Street
Mathewson
Providence, R. I
Great House
United States
New England
Victora Lawns India Mall
T T. Allan
Monarchs Dye House
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