Revolving between names and notes from old papers
Maggie Martin of Cincinnati is said to be insane from excess tea. Ant Isaac Spencer died in Newcastle Pa from frostbite suffered six years ago. A Baltimore citizen paid 7200 dollars in unpaid taxes. Garza revolutionists plead guilty hoping for light sentences. A gold ore vein is found in Lost Louisiana mine Montgomery county Ark. Chicago stockholders probe alleged World’s Fair swindle totaling nearly 500000 dollars. Massachusetts Senate refuses Prohibition petition for ballot placement. Dominion and Newfoundland revoke duties on fish and Canadian products. Annapolis Naval Academy final exams nearly complete. several vacancies noted. Burial certificate for Marquis De Salleles altered to imply widowhood. Dr Richard T Ely leaves Johns Hopkins for Wisconsin chair. author of An Introduction to Political Economy. Alaska schools observe Columbus Day with Native classifications. instruction to prepare pupils for observances. Secretary Blaine reportedly unlikely to seek nomination. if pressed, party will demand services from a loyal member.
Colored population in New England and Magazine of American History index
The census shows modest growth of colored residents in New England with Rhode Island highest at over 2 percent in 1890. Massachusetts 23 570. Maine 1 723. New Hampshire 690. Vermont 1 004. Rhode Island 7 647. Connecticut 12 820. The June issue of the Magazine of American History features numerous articles and an index highlighting experts and topics from King George policy to Daniel Webster and Benjamin Franklin. Subscription $5 annually. published at 743 Broadway, New York.
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New England
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Connecticut
Magazine of American History
Edward F. de Lancey
George
England
America
New Parks
Fordham Morris
United States
Japan
William Elliot Griffey
Boston
John Maunsell
Maunsell van Rensselaer
D D
Columbia
Edward A. Oldham
Washington
Daniel Webster
Horatio King
James W Gerard
Charles Ledyard Norton
Benjamin Franklin
Clarence Winthrop Bowen
Hendrick
W. M. Beauchamp
Richard Dillard
North Carolina
Broadway
New York
Harper's Weekly
George S. Putnam
American Cavalry School
West Point
Remington
John Gilmer Speed
Kentucky
Rome
G. Boisser
Trangandine Railroad
South America
Mississippi Valley
Hall Caine
Capt'n Davy
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Promises Skin Beauty Cure
An old advertisement claims a clear complexion by purifying blood with Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It asserts pimples and blotches vanish when the body is cleansed, urging readers to ensure they obtain the genuine preparation named Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
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Ayer
The Butchers' National Protective Association Announces Dallas Site
The Butchers' Association plans to locate packing houses and stock pens in Dallas at a projected cost of half a million dollars. The National Conference of Charities and Correction meets annually to discuss reforms for the poor, ignorant, and criminal, with the 19th session set for Denver in June 1892. The conference features committees on charities, reform, education, insanity care, and immigration, invites broad participation, and offers details via secretary Alexander Johnson in Indianapolis.
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The
Butchers’ National Protective Association
Dallas
Europe
New World
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Denver
Alexander Johnson
Indianapolis
Ind
Great Circus Opens in Boston June Six For Week
The Adam Forepaugh Show begins a six day Boston engagement on June 6 with a parade on Monday morning. It promises a larger, more meritorious season than previous tours and then travels to key New England centers on its fifty five car train. The centerpiece is The Fall of Nineveh with over one thousand performers including chorus and ballet.
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Boston
Jane
New England
Adam Forepaugh
West
Summer children's fashion notes from Best & Co
The column describes dainty summer outfits for children including kilts in wash fabrics for boys and dresses with yokes and lace finishes for girls. It highlights wide baby ribbons, leghorn hats with plumes, elastic waistbands, and breezy fabrics like gingham crepe and veiling. Best & Co of Liliputian Bazar in New York is thanked for items and care guides are advertised.
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Best & Co
Liliputian Bazar
Twenty Third Street
New York
Smpney EaRwe
First Lynching Arrest Hits Alabama History
La Bix men charged with participating in the lynching of two white men are jailed in Collerton Alabama. This marks the first such arrest in the history of the state.
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Collerton
Ala
Weather Improves Trade Amid Floods and Crops Fears
Better weather lifts many businesses as floods still hinder some distribution and crop fears curb purchases. The impact is regional and waning though, with nationwide trade stimulated as conditions improve. Labor remains generally active with fewer strikes, and money markets stay well supplied and easy.
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Dun & Co
Columbus Day and the Role of Public Schools
The proposal urges American public schools to lead Columbus Day commemorations for the four hundredth anniversary. It argues that free education should drive a nationwide, synchronized celebration involving schoolchildren and the Exposition dedication. The event should have a broad, nationwide impact beyond local observances.
Mr Reep S Revenge and a Season of Roasts in Congress
The piece examines Mr Thomas Reed of Maine and the Democratic House, noting humorous critiques and perceived shifts in power. It references Supreme Court rulings on quorum, battles over free silver, and a depiction of ex-autocrat sentiment, with Harper’s Weekly commentary on the era and a June Foon magazine note.
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Reep
Thomas Reed
Maine
Supreme Court
Democratic House
Burrows
Congress
Harper's Weekly
Month of roses and town affairs in Bristol
The Town Council will hold its regular monthly meeting in the Council Chamber on Monday next at 2 o'clock PM. The Court of Probate will meet Monday at 10 o'clock AM. Dr Philip F Dillon of the Soldiers' Home has been admitted to fellowship in the Rhode Island Medical Society. Bishop M A DeW Howe and family from Reading PA are staying near Mount Hope. Mrs V B Ostrander will arrive tomorrow to occupy her summer residence on Church Street. The Bristol Train of Artillery lawn party continues nightly with high attendance and hope for a grand night. The remains of Willie Briggs arrived for interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery. Jonathan D Waldron was presented an ebony cane by St Michael's Church for 34 years as treasurer. A man named Beard, formerly of Reading, MA, about 80, music teacher, died of natural causes in a Bradford Street pool room. body given for internment.
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Court of Probate
Council Chamber
A. BS
Philip F. Dillon
Soldiers’ Home
Rhode Island Medical Society
Willie
Walter D. Briggs
Charles H. Norrin
Fowler
Fresno County
California
Juniper Hill Cemetery
Jonathan D. Waldron
St. Michael's Church
Beard
Reading
Mass
Bradford Street
Pike
Simmons
Bristol Choral Society third concert praised at Town Hall
The Bristol Choral Society gave its third season concert in Town Hall on Wednesday under conductor Jules Jordan. A large appreciative audience witnessed fine chorus and soloists with the program deemed a grand success in every respect. The same issue notes an upcoming B T. A. Veteran Association annual meeting at Artillery's Armory on Monday evening with officers to be elected and reports due.
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Bristol Choral Society
Town Hall
Jules Jordan
B T. A. Veteran Association
Artillery
State Street
Home for Aged Women Receives Yearly Meeting
The annual meeting of the Home for Aged Women was held at the Y M C A room on Wednesday June 1 at 4 PM. Officers were elected for the ensuing year including President Miss Harriet B Luther and Treasurer Miss Rebecca Norris. The home will open for inmates once arrangements are made and carpets or furniture are requested from supporters.
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Rebecca Norris
Eleanor D. Slade
Wm. H. Spooner
Mary A. Wardwell
E. B. Bache
C. A. Johnson
8. W. Church
Annie McDougall
Thomas Grant
Edwin Sparks
Wm H Spooner
G. H. Farrington
John Lake
John G. Watson
Death of Mrs Mary H Gray Clarke of Cambridgeport
Mrs Mary H Gray Clarke wife of Dr A P Clarke died Monday at her residence 693 Main Street Cambridgeport Mass Born March 23 1835 she was daughter of Gideon and Hannah Gray a descendant of Col Thomas Gray of Bristol RI and Edward Gray who emigrated to Plymouth colony in 1643 She helped in military hospitals during the war of the rebellion wrote for magazines and was author of juvenile cantatas and poems Her husband and two daughters Louise and Genevieve survive.
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Boston Herald
Mary H. Gray Carke
Cambridgeport
Mary H. Gray Clarke
A. P. Clarke
Main Street
Mass
Clarke
Gideon
Hannah Gray
Col
Thomas Gray
Bristol
B. I
Edward Gray
England
Plymouth Colony
Mary Chilton
Plymouth Rock
East Greenwich
R. I
Union
Inex Louise
Genevieve
Regatta Day at Harbor With Prize Winners Announced
The article details a regatta near the National Rubber Co wharf, with spectators along the shores and a warming gun at 1:30 PM. The Alice, O. F. Herreshoff, won the Tilden & Thurber cup in the first class, with multiple other boats placing in second through fifth classes. Prizes and cup rules are outlined, along with committee and timekeeper names and a note about Hood's Sarsaparilla and upcoming magazine content.
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Catyail Alice
O. F. Herreshoff
Wm. G. Titcomb
Catter
Resolutions honor Waldron for 34 years as parish treasurer
The Parish of St. Michael's Bristol records lasting esteem for Jonathan D. Waldron who served as treasurer from Easter 1858 to Easter 1892 and declined reelection due to age. The group approves memorials to his upright service, orders parish records updated, and requests copies to be shared with Mr Waldron and Bristol readers.
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Wuereas
Jonathan D. Waldron
St. Michael’s
Bristol
Waldron
St Michael's Church
Briston Puanix
George L. Locke
Alfred Luther
Thomas J Asker
J H Pitman
Andrew R Trotter
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Alaska
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Jacques Flandreau
New Rochelle
Rumford Chemical Works
Providence
R. 1
David A. Curtis
Carvica la Favre
National Vegetarian Society
Elizabeth Robinson Loovil
F. N Barrett
Clover Publishing Co
Park Place
New York City
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M. A. Dew. Howe and Family
Reading, Pa
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V. B. Ostrander
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Colleen Bawn
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Harry H. Cabo
Harry F Min
Hood
Lydia
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Lydia K. Pinkham
Lyan, Maete
St. Michael’s Church
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James F. DeWolf
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G.A R. Hall
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Buffalo Bill
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Panwix
Bayard Tucherman
Vo. N. Y
Wilmot Harrison
London
Beaveston
Nathaniel H
Mo. N. Y
Annoxp
Sir Edwin
Erniora
Highlands of
Major W. Cornwallis Harris
Lanpon
Melville D
Eli Perkins
Fannan
Frederic W
Nero
N.Y
Kretine
Rudyard
N. Y
Maxy
Liz Pearline
James Pyle
New Yorta
J. B.barnaby Co
Dorrance and Westminster Sts
Providence, R. I
LA Polio
Zvica Topics
West Twenty-third Street
Aiviews
Bar Harbor
Garibayedoff
John W Foster
William E Curtis
Department of State
G. A
Pawtocket
Mary H
Giceon
Gorf
Warren
Jeremiah
H.C
J Goff. Suiith
Barrington
Lewis B. Smith
A. P. Nerone
Bristol Hotel
Herbert F
Oliver Johnson & CO
Exchange Street
Sheilac Grocerjee
H Spooner
Thames Street
Old Colony Yards
Hop and
Wardwell Strets
Forterma &c
Deatr Samuel Taylor
William Paull
Seth Pant
Augustus K. Paul
Ph.nix
Herbert F. Bennett
Eristol
Mary Jane Gransen
Mary Jane Bransen
Bristol Phentix
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