Providence Fire Department Expenditures 1878 Report
The city of Providence spent 127165.71 for the fire department in 1878, with 62135.05 for salaries, 32379.19 on water engine houses and hydrants, 10000 for new apparatus, and 22651.47 for other department needs. The piece then shifts to social commentary, noting Boston’s charities, the old South Church, and a satirical view of public spending and press questions, ending with a New York date and a detailed account of Washington’s inauguration reenactment and Pinafore fever in theaters.
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St. John’s Guild
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Washington
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Boston
Robert R. Livingston
Livingston
Samuel A. Otis
Senate
John Adams
Samuel A. Otas
Count de Moustier
Don Diego Gardoqui
Richard Henry Lee
Oliver Ellsworth
Baron Steuben
Alexander Hamilton
Knox
Edmond Randolph
Ebenezer Hazard
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Brooklyn
San Francisco
Pinafore
Joseph Porter
K.C. B
Buttercup
Gotham
Long Island
New Jersey
Newark
Central Park
Jay Gould
Reynard
Union Pacific
Gould
Raprx
Messrs
G. Jones & Co
Washington Street
Providence Booksellers
Tue Rogers
Paanix
Howears
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Congress
Lady Franklin Bay
Discovery Bay
Beresford
Washington, D. C
Arctic
Henry Grinnell
J. M. Butler
Childs & Peterson
Philadelphia
Thomas G. Holmes
Tropics
Havana
West Indies
Central
South America
W. P. Hickock
Ambrose E. Burnside
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Burnside and Conkling in sharp Senate exchange
A Boston Advertiser Washington report says General Burnside answered Conkling with strong English in a brief, decisive reply to alleged insults. The article lauds Burnside’s dignity and temper, noting his genial manners and respected bearing. It cites praise from Boston’s correspondent and describes the episode as a pointed but justified clash.
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Roscoe Conkling
U. S. Senate
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Senator Burnside
Conkling
General Burnside
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Boston Advertiser
Hop Bitters hailed by physicians as miracle cure
A board of eminent physicians and chemists announced a discovery that by combining known remedies a wondrous medicine was produced to cure a wide range of diseases. Despite early skepticism, trials proved its merits and Hop Bitters are now praised as benefactors.
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