Various 19th Century Events From Newport and Providence
Mrs. Slocum of Newport dies in Providence aged 74. Legislature restores 400-foot liquor clause. Pope Leo XIII’s coronation celebrated in Rome. Seekonk votes no license. Dighton and Walpole election results. Ex Governor Sprague profiting from mills. State debt falls about 2.5 million in February. Pensions payments near 13 million. Orleans Mill fire causes 20 thousand loss. Dr Finlay links mosquitoes to yellow fever. R Elliott Macartney takes Providence Telegram editorship. City of Columbus disaster report leads to Captain Wright’s license revocation. Civil Service reforms praised by President Arthur with emphasis on exams aligned to public school subjects.
Proctor proposes heat sensors warn ships of icebergs
In addressing Atlantic steamship risk from ice, Mr. R A Proctor suggests Edison or Langley sensitive heat measurers as early warning devices. Placed in a ship bow, they could detect iceberg temperature changes a quarter mile away and trigger alerts such as fog horn signals to enhance night and fog safety.
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Atlantic
R. A. Proctor
Edison
Langley
Proctor
Gotham Gossip and Rural Crime Bursts of News
A column blends eccentric culinary oddities from the Ichthyophagous Club with cautions from a veteran detective about thieves and blackmailers in the city. It notes Republican battles against bossism, Blaine canvassing, and field ice dangers at sea, followed by an ad for Tilden Thurber Co Silver Plated Fruit Knives and a lavish Providence store display.
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Gotham
Fifteenth Street
Blaine
Brooks
Arizona
Wowpenry
Messrs. Tilden, Thurber & Co
Westminster Street
Providence
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Tilden, Thurber & Co
New England
Bristol Town Notes and Notable Local Items
The article records local updates from Bristol including repairs to St Marys Church tower on Wood Street, population figures for Bristol County in 1860 1870 and 1880, fire department hose purchase, visits by Hon William T C Wardwell, a move to Manitou Colorado by Ellery W Greene and wife, collections for Western flood sufferers, and praise for firemen after a recent fire. It notes M W Newton furnishing refreshments for firemen and a storehouse fire's site history with a prior 1879 blaze. It mentions Captain John Collins appointment as Collector of Customs, three February cruelty cases, steam yacht Orientas boiler upgrades, baptisms and church membership at State Street M E Church, and farm statistics for Bristol County 1880 including acreage and values.
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State Street
Thames Street
W. T. C. Wardwell
Frederic F. Gladding
National Rubber Co
Union Railroad Co advertises 150 horses for sale and more
The Union Railroad Co of Providence advertises in today’s paper one hundred fifty horses for sale along with omnibuses wagons and sleighs Their twelfth annual sale is noted in another column. The funeral of Mrs Sophia M Bullock of Providence held at Mr George Fitts Franklin street with Rev Tillinghast officiating In the North Cemetery Bristol Nosk 3. Members of Reba Lodge Daughters of Rebekah surprised Mr Alden B Fish at his Central street home bringing gifts and money after his months of ill health.
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Union Railroad Co
Providence
The
Sophia M. Bullock
George Fitts
Franklin Street
Mr. Tillinghast
North Cemetery
Bristol Nosk
Reba Lodge
Rebekah
Alden B. Fish
Central Street
Fish
Samuel E. Whittemore
H. A. Steveng
Congregational Church
St. Alban’s Lodge of Masons
Evangelist Mr Thomas Marsh Opens Gospel Series
In the Advent Chapel High street Mr Thomas Marsh an English evangelist began a gospel address series on Tuesday evening and continues nightly this week. He will preach tomorrow afternoon and evening. In a separate item, a justice court sentenced William Burns to five years at Reform School for horse and buggy theft, and Charles Burns and James Clark to three years for stealing a sailboat. All pleaded guilty to dis orderly conduct and lack of visible means of support. The trio were escorted to Cranston by Sheriff Fisher.
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Thomas Marsh
England
Advent
High Street
Justice Court
William Burns
Josephus Gooding
Reform School
Charles Burns
James Clark
Cranston
Sheriff Fisher
Due Town
Councmaxp Gourt
Pro- Bate
J. Howard Manchester
Ambrose E. Burnside
Addie F. Lawless
Mary G. Lawless
John W. Eddy
Parker Borden
Samuel M. Lindsey
William Ferris
Abby H. Waldron
Ambrose Waldron
Moses Wood
Henry 8. Wood
Edward L Thompson
Hannah G. Swan
George W. Adams
Matthew A. Card
Walter V.reed
Frank V. Reed
Esther B. Franklin
John F. Munro
Hannah C. Dyer
Daniel Ingraham
William J. Darling
Orrin L. Bosworth
Elisha M. Wardwell
Frederic A. Easterbrooks
Mary A. Reed
Ward
Bond
Joseph Munro
Jesse M. Munro
William M. Bailey
Supreme Court
Bailey
Joseph M. Blake
Mary E. Card
Walter V. Reed
Daniel W. Mason
United States
Michael M. McCallion
Charles J. Rogers
Willigm Rogers
James Tobin
William Rogers
Edward Corrigan
Edward E. Nobert
Otis Munro
Mary Ann Freeman
Ellen Kelley
Hugh Kelley
Isaac Liscomb
George H. Liscomb
William R. Taylor
Eliza B
Emma French
Charles R. Cutler
Martha T. Oliver
Peleg P. Rose
Edward P. James
Boston
Carne H Piper
Allen M. Coggeshall
Providence Institution
Savings
Samuel O. Swan
Mary H. Thompson
Ruth Ann Bosworth
Charles H. Swan
John M. Stowe
Mr. Thurber
Samuel G. Trippe
Adeling M. Ellis
Temperance Question Urges Bristol Citizens to Act
The Bristol note calls for earnest public interest in temperance as voters shape policy. It denounces open liquor sales and law evasion, asks for enforceable laws and a faithful officer to curb illegal sales, and questions the need for extra self appointed enforcers after taxes fund sheriffs and deputies.
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Bristol
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Cutler Manufacturing Co
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Press of
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Local Affairs
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Washington, D. C
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U.S Senate
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Bay “Wampanoag
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Edward B. Pearse
E. D. Hall
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Erwin A. Baker
Wagenil & Baker
Union Street
Henry Peterson
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Bristol Gas Works
Court House
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Andrew Lynch
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Freeborn C. Dunbar
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Rogers Free Library
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J. C. Gallup
Hope Street
Anid Town
Electora
Herbert F Bennett
Court of Probate
John F Munro
Robateh
Peleg P Rove
Alld
Bristol Pheniex
Herbert F. Bennett
Adeline Millia
Adelina M Ellis
Tate
Bristol Phenix
Irondance
Prov. Furniture Company
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Broad and
Mathewson Streets
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Vhs Great House Furnishing Company
Pristol
Thos. T. Allan
Monarch
Fall River
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Charley
Henry
Ann Brown
Pawtucket
John Rex
Gray
Lydia
Edward Gray
Tiverton
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
R. Borden
Mason
Aragon
R. Borden, Mason
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Carrie I. P. James
Frederick K. Piper
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Carrie H. P. James
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