Political glimpses and satirical notices from a 19th century digest
A collage of opinion snippets mentions Boston art studies and Modern Athens, John Bull and elephants, Congress corruption fears, Queen Isabella and Alfonso Mercedes, Europe line fences, Eureka for the tramp problem, mud at the White House, colonists invited to settle, a new Pope Leo XIII, Louisianaclass debate, Hoosac Tunnel burdens, and Russia’s troop moves. It closes with reflections on enduring memorials and US sovereignty.
Advertising and liberty as paths to wiser nations
The Boston Post extols newspaper advertising as a key business driver, noting top merchants gain visibility at home and among visitors. It argues that European rulers decline should crumble absolutism, linking liberty, intelligence, and Christian ethics to peaceful, enlightened governance and a rejection of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Boston
Europe
Old World
Harper Weekly Exalted as A Journal of Civilization
A praise-filled description extols Harper's Weekly as a premier publication. It highlights its cultured editorial leadership, sharp current topics, and educational value, urging every family to own the magazine for its beauty and moral influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harpers Weekly
Journal of Civilization
New York Letter 1878 Martha Washington Tea Party Retold
From Our Own Correspondent in New York the 1878 report covers the Martha Washington Reception and Tea Party at the Academy of Music and Nilsson Hall with a Chinese tea garden and orchestra. It notes St Johns Guild aid, the papal conclave coverage, and local press vigor, plus university antics and a chimpanzee exhibit at the Aquarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bristol
G. W
Martha Washington
Academy of Music
Nilsson Hall
Irving Hall
Academy
Thomas Francis Magher
Lewis Wastington
G W
Hal Wace
St. John's Guild
Pius IX
Leo XIII
Cardinal McCloskey
Rome
Vatican
Afair
Afail
Clark Bell
Nasby
Princeton College
Bulackwoon's February issue from Leonard Scott Co.
Bulackwoon's Magazine for February from Leonard Scott Publishing Co New York offers a variety of readable articles harking back to early fame for essays tales travel and adventure. It features Iron clads and Torpedoes A Visit to Sophia Christmas 1877 Ride for Life Mine is Thine Part VII Above the Clouds Reverie on the Bel Alp The Life of the Prince Consort and The Storm in the East No TX. Subscriptions at 4 one year or 15 for all with prepaid postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulackwoon
Leonard Scott Publishing Co
Barclay Street
N. Y
Sophia
Prince Consort
Lennon Quarterly
Edinburgh
Westminster
British Quarterly Reviews
Blacktwood
Bristol Town Council Meets to Discuss School Demands
The regular monthly meeting of the Town Council and Court of Probate will be held in the Council Chamber on Monday next at two o'clock. All persons with demands against Bristol for public schools must present them by Monday next, 4th inst. A fragment urges keeping spirits up and notes a claim that seventy two cents weekly on oatmeal and milk could support one person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RF St. Lucius
Bristol
Diman
Supreme Court
Union
Town Hall
W. W. Newell
Newburyport
Mass
Union Chorus
A. O. Bourn
National Rubber Co
Wood Street
Tuz Rogers
Board of Trust
Melvil Dewey
Amherst College Library
Folio
Young Men's Christian Association
Rogers Free Library
George A. Arnold
Association
Rogers Foundation
School Street
Prohibition caucus and baptisms noted in town notices
A community events roundup lists a Prohibition caucus at the Court House, a baptism at the harbor, funeral attendance by Bristol military units, church services, union gospel meetings, and a large turnout for a Town Hall gathering. It also covers Rogers Free Library catalog preparations, Dewey system adoption, and library donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Gospel
Town Hall
H. N. Moore
Boston
R. K. Remington
Fall River
Library gifts and reading room rules in Providence
A detailed catalog lists donated books and volumes to Rogers Free Library including works by Chase Ward and Bunyan The Holy War plus 27 bound Niles Weekly Register volumes. It also notes a gilt framed Washington Farewell Address engraving and a periodicals list with strict reading room rules and hours for open access and decorum.
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Jas. B. Lane
Thomas P. Shepherd
George S. Chase
R. S. State Hospital
Samuel Ward
R. L
John Ward
Henry T. Drowne
Wall Street
N. Y
Ale
J. Lewis
Betsey B. Coggeshall
Samuel Coggeshall
Washington
William DeWolf
Rogers Free Library
Charlotte DeWolf
Emerson’s and Koch
Harpers
Scribner’s
Lippincott’s
Atlantic
St. Nicholas’ Magazine
Littell’s Living Age
Popular Science Monthly and Supplement
I Hull’s Journal of Health
North American Review
The
Nineteenth Century
North British Review
London Quarterly
Blackwood’s Magazine
Edinburgh Review
Westminster Review
Harpers’ Illustrated Weekly
Harpers’ Bazar
Illustrated Christian Weekly
Dwight's Journal of Music
N. E. Journal of Education
New York Nation
New York Weekly Tribune
the Youth’s Companion
the American Agriculturist
the Literary World
the London Punch
the Scientific American
Boston Daily Journal
Providence Daily Journal
New York Daily World
New York
Evening Post
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Bristol Phenix
Athens
John Bull
Pa Forney
Philadelphia Press
da Congress
Isabella
Spain
Alfonso
Mercedes
Jonathan
White House
Pio Nono
Massachusetts
Bardon
Hoosac Tunnel
Russia
Turkey
Congress
United States
Maine
America
Darwin
Aquarium
Africa
Uncle Sam
Hoper LeFavour
R. I. Militia
Pawtucket
T. Snowpen Thomas
Thomas
State Street
M. E
Pottstown
Methodist Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
Dickinson College
Charlisle
Thomas A. Morris
Harrisburg
Edmund S. Jones
Lancaster
M E
Pottsville
Maryland
House of Delegates
Reverdy Johnson
Thomas Price
Baltimore
John A. J. Cresswell
U. S
Lincoln
Lincoln. From 1862 To 1865, Mr. Thomas
U. S. Army
Methodist E. Church
Bastol
Rhode Island
Ames
Providence
Methodist
Fulton Circuit
Lancaster County
Scott and Cohocksink
Coatesville
Phelps
Gooding
Hennessey
Bradford Street
Sa Trinity Chapel
St. Michael's
Namquit Mill
Collins Park
Augustus Durfee
E. Edson
Joel M. Spencer
Friends of Prohibition
Court House
Baptist Church
Bristol Train of Artillery
Bristol Light Infantry
Heber LeBavour
Trinity Church
Mr. Dauganne
Zion Church
Newport
Mary E. Thompson
Y. M. C. Association
Providence River
Horr
Bright
Hunt
Hount
M.S. Eldridge
Dorrance Street
Adams Express
Clarke
Gill Shorter
Alabama
C. A. Nutting
Boschee
WM. H. Buffington
Hale
Pike
Ayer
Punxsatatoney
Argus
Shiloh
Silloh
WM. II, Buffington
WM. JL. Buffington
WM. HW. Buffington
Broad Street
City Hotel
Westminster Street
AJ. Magoon
Joshua Gray
Fele
Rose H. Smith
Tigh Street
Gaudmhe Roon
Providence Manual Fire Insurance Co
Thames Street
Tone
A.M Tod
Bom
JP Snow Tre Peur
Pnce
Washington, N
Murray
Crusade
Hubbard Bros
Springfield
Sn T. AW. Shipman
Hope Street
G. P. Barnes
G. W. Eaasterbrooks
Sarr Dlr
Sheridan
Hope
Bradford
Bedell
R. I
Mocé
Samuel P Colt
Geo. A. Pike
N.C Bedell’s
Bradford Streets
High Street
Constitution Street
West Side
Lewii Gower
Hope and
Ofice
South America
Joseph T. Inman
Bible Frouse
WM. Oie. Richards
Homeopathist
Odd Fellows Building
Bradord Street
Huston
Porrk
Neowport
Thomas J. Hunter
Henrietta O. Pope
That City
Merrill
Trier
Fall Rilver
Anson I. Merrill
Carrie I. Tripp
Dewolf
Algernon Sidney DeWolf, Jr
A. Sidney
Clara D. DeWolf
Goff
Joha Goff
Celestina Goff
Martin
Barrington
Belinda P
Stephen B. Martin
Albro
Portsmouth
Eliza Manchester Albro
Peleg Albro
Beaman
Hattie B. Beaman
Elmer A. Beaman
James
Catherine D. James
Daniel James
Tillinghast
Thomas C. Tillinghast
Gardiner
Peleg W. Gardiner
Sprague
Mary G. Sprague
John J. Sprague
Jencks
Ruth Y Jencks
LeFavour
Geo Heber LeFavour
Griffith
Lavinia
John Griffth
Greene
East Greenwich
Feu
Godfrey A. Greene
Traftor
Somerset
Charles Trafton
Chace
Acushnet
Cynthia T Chace
George Chace
Brook
Caleb M. G. Bryor
Peck
Henry Peck
Gallur
Ledyard
Conn
Sarah Gallup
Jacob Gallup
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of Bristol, I.I
Canonicus
Orswell
Mondat
Oregon
Aid
Baker
Wickford
Teazer
Darling
Prudence
Wm. F. Mitchell
Verity
Whale
Edwards
Canonicas
Pearse’s Avenue
Chiarles F. Paine
N. N. Cole
Frederick P. Manchester
Theodore Sherald
Mary T. Fish
Annie Sebsatin
John B. Pearce
Johnson
Johnson & CO
Bangor
Rene Ri
Ladd & Davis
Ladd &Davis
Providence, K. FP
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