Centuries of Sensations Drive Reflections on Our Founding Era
The author urges readers to revisit the nation’s centennial preparations and the early American struggle. It contrasts present busyness with the bravery and perseverance of Concord, Lexington, and Saratoga era figures, praising the founding fathers' resilience and vision. Enthusiasm for honorable progress is seen as a moral fuel for current growth.
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Concord
Lexington
Banker Hill
Saratoga
Christendom
Look Out for a New Crop of Learned Men
A dated relish on colleges and education notes mills grinding their grists and full hoppers, predicting abundant results of learning soon spread across the land.
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College
Dr Kenealy’s Irksome Duty To English Dignitaries
The counsel for the bogus Tickleborne acts as a perpetual irritant to English dignitaries, stubbornly resisting immediate submission. Some men impose unrest unless they provoke turmoil, and he embodies that restless, persistent friction.
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Dr. Kenealy
Put-in-Bay Angling Tale Credits Jay Cooke
Jay Cooke is credited with a novel fishing method at Put-in-Bay using a large glass jar filled with minnows. Big fish gathered around the jar as Cooke dropped his hook and pulled out minnows, a sport described as unsportsmanlike yet entertaining until he tired of it.
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Tar Jay Cooke
Put-in-Bay
New Hampshire Politics and Local Restraint Observed
The piece notes Republicans hold a Governor in New Hampshire with a strong showing and suggests residence there could ease extravagance concerns. It contrasts the Fogg Democracy as having made a poor record amid recent political unrest, implying lasting damage to their standing.
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New Hampshire
Granite State
The Gilded Age as a Forerunner of Brass Era Books
A compact editorial riff on literary value and money. It contrasts Mark Twain’s gilded era with future works said to yield vast profits, mocking critics who chase cash over lasting merit. The piece notes authors may gain more recognition from humorous works than business scandals, warning of inevitable change.
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Mark Twain
Credit Mobiliser
Unstable Society Faces Lead Doses for Murderers
A contaminated outlook warns that rising insanity may lead society to prepare lethal doses in pockets with Colt firearms as the chilling method to punish murderers. The piece portrays a grim, introspective warning about future violence and public self defense.
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Colt
Canada judge condemns Brooklyn Beecher trial in court
A Canada judge rebuked a lawyer trying to extract details from the Beecher scandal in his courtroom. The judge called the Brooklyn trial a disgrace to the jurisprudence of the nations and urged that it not be mentioned in his presence again.
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Canada
Beecher
Tis
Brooklyn
Fairbanks scales output rises at St. Johnsbury plant
Fairbanks scales produced for the week ending June 12 include 96 day and 7 track scales. Despite hard times, the St. Johnsbury works have shipped 2500 more scales since January 1 than in the first five months of last year.
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St. Johnsbury
Delightful Summer Trip Up the Hudson by Day Boat
A short summer recreation offers a passage up the Hudson river on a day boat. The banks present varied scenery and stately homes of our republican princes appear at intervals just back from the shore. It’s like a ride through fairy land on a bright day.
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Hudson River
Fairy Land
PortsmouTh Tragedy Report of a double tragedy in Portsmou th
The Portstown tragedy recounts Robert L. Casey shooting his wife through the heart and then killing himself after forcing a marriage between his wife and James Haskins at Fall River. Casey, a former soldier and coal miner, had threatened others and left a threatening note and severed ties with friends. The coroner found willful murder. Casey is in custody in feeble condition.
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Portsmouth
Robert L. Casey
Newport News
Casey
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Arizona
Ohe James Haskins
Fall River
Haskins
Dirk
Tamaqua
Tama
Pythias
Knights of Pythias
F. Cee
Robert L. Casey McCreary Lodge
Audenried Pa
Acey Anthony
R. L. Casey
Jim
Eugene Bowles and the Ishmaelite critique note
A late 19th century Springfield Republican vignette warns citizens to be cautious amid fires and sparks. It lampoons Bowles as volatile and indispensable, while dismissing Five and Ten as insufficient. The Ishmaelite’s Daily Record is labeled a curiosity of the times.
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Ter
Springfield Republican
Bowles
Ishmaelite
Daily Record
Times
Census Captain’s Book Shows Age Mix-Up in Aus tin
In Aus tin Nevada Captain Harper conducting a census is challenged by a visiting woman who declares the ages listed in his book are wrong and insists her age is forty five though he bets she is over sixty. The captain records her as forty five but doubts the claim.
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Austin
Nevada
Harper
Unclear fragment hints at medical or personal struggle
A fragmented OCR item notes a person named Blair and a struggle with injections or blood, suggesting a medical or personal health context. The text is incomplete, with references to veins and a hope for spirit to help, but no clear incident, date, or outcome.
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Frank
Blair Gainé
Darwinism Critics Ignore Persistent Animal Forms
The essay argues no perceptible change in inferior animals over time. It cites the bear hylen as unchanged, the apterix in New Zealand nearing extinction, and the dodo as a non-evolving creature. It asserts successive higher creations occurred without blending and compares extinction to a candle becoming a lamp.
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Syria
New Zealand
Vasco di Gama
Spotted Tail's Daughter and Her Fatal Love
A tale from General Brisbin's forthcoming book recounts Spotted Tail's daughter at Fort Laramie. She loves an Ohio volunteer cavalry officer who cannot marry. Grieving, the chief carries her to the Rockies where she dies, and she asks him to spare his people and lay her beside the fort in a peaceful resting place.
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Spotted Tail
Brisbin
Fort Laramie
Ohio Regiment of Volunteer Cavalry
Rocky Mountains
Happy Spirit Land
Grain and lumber markets move as prices fall
A casual reading notes President Grant with Sherman’s new volume amid general indifference. Meanwhile lumber prices soften with Hemlock boards and joists down from fifteen to twelve cents, spruce floor plank at sixteen cents, and other coarse lumber following similar drops.
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Grant
Sherman
Fry -Thit
Troy
Newspaper Directory shows vast losses in 19th century press
Rowell's forthcoming Newspaper Directory outlines over one thousand failed newspapers in the nation during the past year. It details losses to publishers subscribers and advertisers totaling more than eight million dollars, with the Republic of New York alone losing about half a million. The collapses affected 275 merchants and adventurers, 315 school teachers, 57 lawyers, four blacksmiths, 33 plasterers, 10 farmers, 200 literary enthusiasts, 100 ambitious but imprudent young men, and six lottery operators.
Town Council Adjourned Meeting Set for Monday Evening
The Town Council will hold an adjourned meeting in the Council Chamber next Monday evening.
Stone Crusher Procession Plans Unassigned Place
The town notes that no position has been allocated in the Fourth of July procession for Uncle Joe and his stone crusher unit, leaving the fate of the entry uncertain.
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Joe
Elder Warner to Preach at Advent Chapel
Elder A. B. Warner of Providence will preach tomorrow in the Advent Chapel both day and evening services.
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A. B. Warner
Providence
Advent Chapel
Strawberry festival events entertain at Reba Lodge
The strawberry festivals this week at Reba Lodge and hosted by the Ladies of State Street M E Church provided enjoyable occasions for attendees with community participation and festive atmosphere.
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Reba Lodge
Ladies of
State Street M. E. Church
Supreme Court Session Sets Nine O'clock Start at State House
A session of the Supreme Court, adjourned from the March term, will convene today at nine o'clock in the morning at the State House. The brief session resumes after the adjournment from March term.
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Supreme Court
State House
Teaching Youth to Shoot Dangers of Early Firearm Training
A reflective note argues that giving pistols to the young risks lowering their judgment. It warns that introducing firearms too soon can distort the development of sound ideas and responsible conduct.
Reallura Lodge to discuss semi monthly meetings
The Reallura Lodge of Good Temp lars will consider the subject of semi monthly meetings at their meeting next Thursday evening. Members are expected to be present in force.
Fisherman draws body of Edward Kenny from sea near Portsmouth
A man identified as Edward Kenny who drowned in December aft was found Friday last in a fish seine near Common Fence Point Portsmouth. The remains were removed to Fall River Kenny's former residence. Arnold's Ice Cream Saloon at 27 Bradford Street opens for the season offering cream flavors and full plates with quick Fourth of July orders.
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Edward Kenny
Common Fence Point
Portsmouth
Fall River
Kenny
Arnold
Bradford Street
Local Boat Company Aids Gaspee Burning of 1772
A boat from this town led by Captain Simeon Potter participated in the burning of the Gaspee in Providence River on June 10, 1772. A forthcoming communication next week will publish full particulars of the event.
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Simeon Potter
Gaspee
Providence River
Debate Topic At Lyceum On Government Debt
The subject for discussion before the Young Men's Lyceum next Wednesday evening will be a government debt is injurious to welfare and enterprise. Affirmative French and Kimball. Negative Pitman and Munson.
Forty sixth annual meeting of the American Institute of Instruction
The forty sixth annual meeting will be held at Music Hall Providence on July 7 8 and 9. A circular lists the daily order of exercises and all interested in education are invited to participate in the discussions.
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American Institute of Instruction
Music Hall
Westminster Street
Providence
Local Agent Advertises Cement Drain Pipes in Thames Street
Es Mr N N Cole of Thames street acts as agent for garden vases borders pipes and other cement products from the Providence Power Cement Drain Pipe Co Providence. Specimens may be seen at his store opposite the Sugar Refinery and a forthcoming company advertisement is noted for the next page.
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N.N. Cole
Thames Street
Providence Power Cement Drain Pipe Co
Providence
Death of Hon Tappan Wentworth of National Rubber
Hon Tappan Wentworth, president of the National Rubber Company of Lowell Mass, died at his residence after a long illness on Saturday the 12th inst aged seventy three. In his memory the company flag was flown at half mast at the works on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday and work was suspended on the funeral day.
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Tappan Wentworth
National Rubber Company
Lowell
Mass
Wentworth
National Rubber Co
Prinity Chikel Service Held at Towns Hall Soon
Rev iG A A Scoggeshall of Central Falls officiated a service for Prinity Chikel held in Towns Hall soon after Sunday last.
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Ig. A A. Scoggeshall
Falls
Be Alad Boy Wounded by Accidental Pistol Discharge
Be Alad nine years old, son of Mr Benjamin Hoar, was wounded in one hand by an accidental pistol discharge at school on Monday. The lad had loaned the pistol to another boy and did not know it was loaded upon its return. The pistol caused a severe flesh wound and was dressed by Dr Drury amid excitement and a general rush at the school.
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Benjamin
Drury
Miracle escape on a fright train in Warren incident
Walter S. Fish, brakeman on the Providence Warren and Bristol Railroad, narrowly escaped when a buggy car on a turnout rail car came loose. He fell from the speeding car, was struck on the back, and suffered a badly cut head and a bruised back but avoided the wheels.
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Walter S. Fish
Providence
Fourth of July celebrations planned in Bristol town
Arrangements for Independence Day events are under way with Bristol Light Infantry and King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 1 joining the procession. Escort by Bristol Train of Artillery. State Street M E Church choir at Town Hall. Bristol Cornet Band providing music. Col S P Coltis named chief marshal. Fireworks and lanterns planned on the Common. full programme to be published in next week's Pan inix.
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Bristol Light Infantry
King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 1
Bristol Train of Artillery
State Street
M. E
Town Hall
Bristol Cornet Band
S. P. Coltis
Towns Celebrate 200th Anniversary in Swansea Grove
Swansea Somerset Warren and Barrington Rhode Island towns celebrate King Philip’s War origins and Swansea founding with a 200 year observance in Pearse’s Grove Swansea. A procession forms at Cole’s Station on the Fall River and Warren railroad at eleven A M and marches to the Grove. Hon. George B. Loring of Salem will give the address. An old fashioned clam bake and music by the full American Band of Providence accompany the event.
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Swansea
Somerset
Mass
Warren and
Barrington
R. I
Providence
Dne
Marocn
Grove
George B. Loring
Salem
Agricultural Society
Mas
Warren
G Philip
Geo. B. Loring
Massachuetts
Rhode Island
Wayrren Artillery
D. W. Reeves
Agricultural Club
Cole's Station
Nathan Goff, Jr
Bristol
Cole’s
Sud
Fall River
Jel-Lw
Mount Hope Farm Sold to Robert Schulze in Rhode Island
Mr Mark Anthony DeWolf sold Mount Hope Farm of about 170 acres adjoining William Bradford DeWolf to Robert Schulze of New York. The property borders Mount Hope Bay and nearby lands and will be fitted as a fashionable summer resort. Also Rhode Island Historical Society marks 200th anniversary of King Philip’s War with events at Mount Hope, including speeches by Brinley Diman Dexter and others, a clam bake, and a steamer trip from Providence.
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Mark Anthony DeWolf
Robert Schulze
New York
Mount Hope Farm
William Bradford DeWolf
Messrs
William B. DeWolf
Davis Wilson
Wilson
Charles H. R Doring
Mount Hope Bay
Samuel W. Church
Wm. B. DeWolf
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Historical Society
King Philp
Mount Hope
Francis Brinley
Newport
J. Lewis Diman
Providence
Mr. Dexter
Boston
Arnold
Shepard
Lippitt
Collins
Parsons
William J. Miller
J. G. Clarke
South
Kingstown
Bradford
Dartee
the Society
Bristol
Longtime Lowell lawyer congressman Henry T Wentworth dies
Henry Tappan Wentworth died at Lowell on Saturday afternoon. Born September 3, 1802 in Dover New York, he moved to Lowell in 1833 and held a prominent Middlesex bar role. A Whig, he served in Congress against Henry Wilson in 1852, and held multiple terms in the State Senate and Legislature. He leaves a widow and no children.
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Henry Tappan Wentworth
Lowelly
Boston Journal
Dover
Sapthmahas
Burleigh
South Berwick
Great, Falls
Lowell
Middlesex
Congress
Henry Wilson
Wilson
Wentworth
Common Council of
State Senate
New York Pilot Bread Delights Sold At Spooner Bakery
A New York pilot bread and vanilla biscuit described as the best produced is sold fresh at Charles H. Spooner, Esq. on State Street. A gentleman tasting the quality called it the best pilot bread he ever saw, praising its fine flavor and suitability as eating ware.
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New York
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Bristol Pheri
Market Wharf
Ingraham
J. R. Talbot
D. A. Manny
Wm. F. Paull
Morton D. Andrews
Mrs. Wardwell
L. Anderstrom
F. W. Pierce
H. J. Munson
Sarah
Paradise
Dewolf
Pyle
Janes Pyle
Jeldly
Charlotte Russe
Apld-Ly
Laws OF
General Assembly
Court of Common Pleas
Joshua M. Addeman
William H. Buffington
spice—Sherman
Meinidirs
U. S.grant
Court Street
TNE Aldine
Mothers
Europe
Pyrenees
Albert Rieger
Vienna
Sarmont
Auvergne
Bunker Hill
Scott
Durham Cathedral
Luther B. Wyman
Virginia
Richmond
Bellenden
Florence Allen
Germantown
Chandos Fulton
John Thompson, Jr
Alice Williams
C. Woodward Hutson
Brook of Kildare
Sarah D. Clark
Aldine
The
Aldine Company Publishers
Maiden Lane
New York City
Richards
N.D
OfFier
Odd Fellows Building
Morrris
Morris
N. C. Bedell
United States
Looney
Lanigan
C.J. Rogers
Michael Looney
Catharine Lanigan
Wilbur
Little Compton
Alice W
George H. Wilbur
Horton
Pawtucket
Charlotte B. Horton
Rachel
Rowland Sherman
Henry Simmons
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
B. Durfee
Gannon
BR. Borden
Durfee
L. B. Copperthwaite
Jones
Georgetown
Chief
Terry
Caroline
Dyer
Hamilton
Wells
Fred Brown
Amos Falkenburgh
Philadelphia
Seth
RB. Borden
John Curtin
Gardner
Wickford
B. Borden
NIEW
Bris
James Smith
Peter Gladding
JO . Crump
Sune
Gho. H. Reynolds
Valuade
High
Bradford Streets
Alice B. Alden
Sid. Dewolf
Ice Cream
Geo. A. Arnold
Pearse’s Grove
Swansha
Phaeton
Phoenix
Japan
W. H. Spooner
Lorient
L.C. Greene
Henry Goff, Jr
Jane
Raaing
Ferdinand Baril
John G. Verity
Mary Kerby
John B. Pearce
Franklin Coal
Joshua Gray
Providence, R.- I
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