Individual Rights and Public Influence Discussed in 1869 Essay
A 1869 Bristol Phoeniz column on individual rights questions the reach of personal liberty, public opinion, and the dangers of despotism in office. It cites Job and warns how longstanding leaders risk tyranny as society evolves, urging restraint and reform for the common good. The piece also covers The National Peace Jubilee praising Gilmore's program and a broad forecast of bountiful crops in Wisconsin and Minnesota with favorable spring conditions.
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Job
Biu
Trisdam
Joly
Boston Journal
America
Europe
Gilmore
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Des Moines
NEWS G R A P H S JUNE MEETING AT NEWPORT AND OTHER NOTES
A June Newport meeting advertised with AREWARD from Western farmers for a grasshopper trap. Reports include Henry Rosson, an Englishman, hanging himself in Lowell Tuesday evening. An Illinois editor placed in the Binghamton Inebriate Asylum. Various market notes, disasters, and curious incidents across the country.
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Newport
Areward
Henry Rosson
Lowell
Binghamton
Narrow Escape From Third Floor Fall At New Haven
A three year old girl leaned from a third story window and toppled over. The shoe string loop caught on a blind fastener, suspending her briefly until onlookers upstairs rescued her. It was a close call with instant death narrowly avoided.
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New Haven
President Grants Rules for Indian Affairs Regulation
Inptin A.FAIRS President Grant issues a detailed set of rules for governing Indian affairs and the department. The measures bind the Bureau and the commission under the new law, aiming to benefit the tribes through the President’s solicitude and explicit duties.
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Inptin A.fairs
Grant
Return of Fall River Bristol line celebrated at port
The consolidated steamboat line returned to its Fall River start. The Bristol with officers and guests docked to crowds. A music band played while a collation was served and officials delivered welcome speeches.
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Fall River
Bristol
Bartford Trust Treasurer Resigns Over Tiny Deficit
The treasurer of a renowned Bartford trust company resigns after a so-called gentle little compassion. he was found to be a defaulter for twenty six thousand dollars, triggering scrutiny of the institution and concerns over financial oversight.
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Bartford Trust Company
Bee
Local Yachting Work Lights Up Spring Season at Herreshoff Yard
In Mr. John B. Herreshoff's yard in spring, about thirty workers built four six ton sail boats and near completion a fifth, while many small craft followed. The yard overhauled several yachts for prominent clubs including the Hoboken and Atlantic Yacht Clubs, and the Sadie schooner converted to a sloop won prizes in Atlantic and New York Yacht Club events. A juvenile theft case in Bradford street led to reform school placement, and town council actions covered guardian appointments, street improvements, weights and measures, bathing rules, public nuisances, and paving plans with several committees appointed to manage Independence Day events and town boundaries.
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John B. Herreshoff
Messrs
Samuel Shore
Pawtucket
George A. Thayer, Esq
Atlantic Yacht Club
Herreshoff
Sadie
New York Yacht Club
Slerreshoff
Bath
J. Lee, Jr
Boston
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Nathaniel Coggeshall
George Smith
Phebe Handy
George W. Monro
George B. Munro
John H. Waldron
Ian
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Edward W. Greene
Sarah P. Manchester
William M. Bailey
Fanny L. Perry
Supreme Court
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William H. Simmons
Jeremiah I. Greene
Nathan Simmons
Edward B. Munro
Walter C. F. Barker
Said Simmons
John B. Pearce
James Heard
High Street
John B. Taylor
William T. C. Wardwell
William J. Bradford
George F. Stanton
William J. Miller
Isaac F. Williams
William H. Spooner
E. W. Brunson
National Rubber Co
Wood Street
Franklin Street
Court Street
Henry Goff
Boxed infant remains found near church foundation trench
Workmen digging for St Marys Church foundation uncovered two small boxes containing decayed infant bones. The remains were well preserved in places and buried only about twenty inches from the surface near the old wall line of the lot.
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St. Mary's Church
Town Council Adopts Weights and Measures Ordinance
Budget items listed include kerosene lamps and printing. The council passed a town ordinance to seal weights and balances for coal sales, requiring weighers to certify weight before delivery and imposing a $20 penalty for noncompliance. Names of elected weighers are mentioned in an accompanying council report.
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William H. Morse
Joseph L. Gardner
Joseph Almy
James D. Wardwell, Jr
James N. Gifford
Seth Paull
Thomas J. Usher
John W. Pearse
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