Eulogies for Charles Sumner at Capitol
Congress declares Charles Sumner dead and Senate and House pay tribute. Lamar and Rainey praise his noble nature while a southern representative offers a colored tribute to the north. Senator Anthony contributes his solemn words at the Capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Charles Sumner
Senate
House
Messrs
Lamar and
Rainey
Sumner
South
Anthony
Capitol
The Veto on the Currency Bill
A newspaper praises the President's veto of a currency bill arguing it protects specie payments, contracts contraction, and curbs inflation. It lauds the decision as essential for national commerce, labor, and regional equity, noting delayed resumption harms the South and West and praising statesmanship.
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Congress
Plex
South
Colorado Springs Colony and Attractions Highlighted in 1870s Prospect
The piece extols Colorado Springs as the Fountain Colony at the base of Pike's Peak and near Garden of the Gods, Monument Park, and Sweet Soda Springs. It notes a population around 3000 since 1872, cheap coal and timber, good water, education, and a growing winter resort appeal with easy rail access from New York to Denver and beyond.
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Colorado Springs
Fountain Colony
Fountaine Qui Boille
Pike's Peak
Denver
Rio Grande
Colorado
Monument Park
Glen Eprie
Fountain Canyon
New York
T Penn
Central
Pitts
Cin
St. Louis
Kansas City
R.R
Dorchester Child Murder Deliberations Stir Public Outcry
The editorial condemns a Dorchester lad accused of torturing and killing a child for pleasure. It dismisses insanity pleas and calls for stern punishment, arguing New England needs Old Puritan grit to protect life and uphold justice. It questions whether officials' kin would receive leniency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Boston
Dorchester
Durfee to Preach Tomorrow in Advent Chapel
Local clergyman Elder Augustus R. Durfee of Richmond Rhode Island will deliver morning and evening sermons at the Advent Chapel tomorrow.
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Augustus R. Durfee
Richmond
R. I
Advent
Town Council and Court of Probate Meet Next Monday
The regular monthly meeting of the Town Council and Court of Probate will be held in the Council Chamber next Monday afternoon, commencing at two o'clock.
Second in Missionary Lectures Set at Congregational Chapel
The pastor presents the second historical Missionary Lecture tomorrow evening at 7:30 in the Congregational Chapel. Topic: The Japanese Empire.
Bristol Hotel proprietor receives valuable gold watch
Mr M W Newton proprietor of the Bristol Hotel was presented with a gold watch and chain on Thursday evening. His friends who arranged the gesture hosted an elegant collation after the presentation.
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M. W. Newton
Bristol
Bristol Chorus Society Presents Two Fine Concerts
The Bristol Chorus Society under Prof Lyman W Deane gave two fine musical entertainments Monday and Tuesday at Town Hall. Appreciative audiences attended both evenings as solos quartets and choruses drew frequent applause and satisfaction.
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Bristol Chorus Society
Lyman W. Deane
Town Hall
The Charm of Neatness Offers a Glimmer of Hope
The text contrasts dusty homes with upcoming cleaner days. A boy laments imprisonment in a cheerless room while awaiting sweeter times and the relief that tidier surroundings will bring.
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Jove
Bristol Fire District approves tax for debt and year’s expenses
An adjourned Bristol Fire District meeting at Town Hall set a district tax of seven thousand four hundred to seven thousand six hundred dollars on ratable estates to cover last year’s debt and current fire department costs. The treasurer may borrow within the appropriation. a committee studies a pump and building costs for King Philip Steamer No. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Messrs
M. T. Bennett
William Garlay
E. W. Brutsen
I. F. Williams
Samuel D. Wardwell
John F. Petty
Fire Department
William B. Kimball
Henry Goff
Exhibition by Realtura Lodge Promises Evening of Entertainment
The Realtura Lodge of Good Templars plans a Thursday evening exhibition delayed earlier. The Last Loaf drama will be staged with a chorus from lodge members and others and includes performances by children in costume. A crowded house is hoped for. advertisement notes details.
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Realtura Lodge of Good Templars
I. O. G. T. Exhibition Town Hall
Eneterbrooks’s
Bedells
Legends of Mount Hope Footprint At Papasquash Point
A historical note recalls a tale of King Philip and the devil playing quoits from Mount Hope to Papasquash Point. Rev. James Wallis Eastburn mentions flat stones near Papasquash with a large foot impression once linked to the devil.
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Philip
Devil
Mount Hope
Papasquash Point
James Wallis Eastburn
Mrs Theodora Colt and Son Return From Old World Tour
Mrs Theodora Colt and her son S Pomeroy Colt returned home after eleven months abroad visiting major cities and sights. A large welcome greeted them with the Colt mansion on Hope Street illuminated. On Monday the Excelsoir Corset Band serenaded them and they were honored with a reception. They brought back fine artworks and rare sid elegant works of art including The Last Lot Thursday.
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Theodora Dew. Colt
S. Pomeroy Colt
Colt
Hope Street
Excelsior Corset
Continent
Woman’s Crusade Ban on Saloons Impresses Bristol Opinion
The text argues the Western women’s crusade differs from careless church proscriptions and endorses a longstanding remedy used by the movement. It credits Dr Dio Lewis and insists saloon owners be targeted first, saloon visits after, asserting the plan has yielded results elsewhere and can work in Bristol with faithful application.
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Epitor
Bristol
Quincy
Mass
Friends of Temperance
West
Cincinnati
Xenia
Columbus
Dio Lewis
Real Estate Transactions and School Scholar List, April 1874
April real estate transfers include Harriet Whitney to Mary Keily on Catherine Street for 400 and Isaac Washburn sales on State Street for 5750 and 100. Other deeds involve Wood, Prospect, Milk, and back road parcels. School scholars lists show names by North, South, Center, Advanced, and Intermediate primary groups through April 24 1874.
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Harriet C. Whitney
Mary Keily
Catherine Street
William Bradford
William R. ‘Taylor
William J. Gooding
Henry G. Dearth
Milk Street
Samuel White
Abby J. Rimeres
Warren
Isaac Washburn
Joanna Kunze
State Street
Hope
Thames Streets
Emeline B. Allyn
Benjamin M. Greene
Benjamin F. Greene
Jonathan Adcock
Peter Reilly
Wood Street
Union
Burton Streets
Thomas R. Caulfield
Helen L. Howard
Prospect Street
Mount Jane
Thomas Connery
Helen J. Howard
Mount Lane
NORTH
Patrick Morris
Nellie Morris
Lizzie O'Connor
Mary Hammit
SOUTH
Jennie Gallup
Theodosia Smith
Annie Gallup
Lillie Lawless
Sarah J. Head
Frankie Dimond
Mary Head
Lilie Horton
Mary Conery
Johnny Lannon
Ruthie Luscomb
Johnnie Levy
Katie McCarty
Jimmie McCarty
Willie Remington
Caspar Walters
Mount Hope and Yamoyden lore from Bristol shores
A Bristol reminiscence recounts Mount Hope near Montaup form the backdrop for Yamoyden by Eastburn written in 1817 18. The piece traces Metacomet King Philip’s era scenery from Mount Hope to Fall River and Warren with Mount Jane willow walks and historic De Wolf estate.
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Pawtucket
A. V. Griswold
Yamoyden
Eastburn
Santa Cruz
Narragansett
Mount Hope Bays
Montaup
Mount Hope
Bristol
Sand
Metacomet
Philip
Fall River
Warren
Forrest
Stone
James de Wolf
United States
Rhode Island
William Bradford DeWolf
DeWolf
Doctor Blimber
Carpathian Sea
Oliver Twist
Mount Jane
Polydor
Adjna
Green Common
Pappoose
William H. DeWolf
St. Michael’s Church
Loverocks
Ferry Hill
Newport
New
Public installation of Mount Hope Temple officers set for May 6
Public invited to the Mount Hope Temple of Honor No. 15 installation at their Bradford street hall on Wednesday evening May 6. Speakers from abroad will attend. The notice also touts Wilder's patent automatic bobbin winders and promotes sewing machine accessories sold by D A Pierce at Hope and State streets for improved bobbin winding and stitching.
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Byfield Hall
Warner
Richards
Locke
Mount Hope Temple of Honor No. 15
Bradford Street
Wilder
D. A. Pierce
Hope
State Streets
Schenck
Quincy House
Boston
S D Howe
Ss. D Nowe
NC. Bedell
Corner Hope
Bradford Streets
Bristol
Chambers St
New York
Lane
New Cottage
Mount Jane
Mason W. Pierce
M. W
Wardwell Street
W. E. Chadwick
Geo
Reynolds
Joseph L. Gardner
Bristol Institution For Savings
Rhode Island
Constitution Street
Thames Street
Mary J. Brunson
Pokanoket Steam Mill Company
Joseph I. Gardner
James D’wolf
Samuel Gladding
Aprson M. Bennett
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Annie M. Faulkner
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Mary Hempelman
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Jennie Briggs
Charles H. Manchester
Lyman G. Horton
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Delia F. Johnson
Annora Brogan
Rudolph Dornheim
Henry Swan
Edward C. Warner
Sallie Barkley
Lida H. Fitch
Mary B. Gooding
Minnie R. Gorham
Belle I. Garlay
Minnie L. Kohltfurber
Nethe R. Selden
Gramular
Lizzie B. Perkins
Isabella Wilkinson
Emma Crowley
A. M. Whittemore
Maggie Campbell
Charles E. Cole
W A. McCormick
Ernest E. Fales
Herbert Porter
William H. Sweet
Third Grammar School
Eugene X. Andem
J. Herbert Lane
George H. Lindsey
Clarence Morris
E.L.Q. Watson
Zoa Chace
Lizzie C. Dimond
Nannie Mott
Emma F. Swan
Mary E. Gayton
Minnie C. Lindsey
Annie W. Lindsey
Edith Gray
Robert S. Gray
Charles M. White
Aimon T. White
Frank W. Potter
Willie S. Gray
Arthur A. Sayles
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George M. Gray
Willie A. Thayers
Percy T. Gray
Winfield
Wright
B. Nanchester
Georgia
A. Gray
Wilts
Wisnchester
Parsons
Johnson
Ayer
Charleston Courier
WM. H. Richards
Odd Fellows Building
Far P. Barnes
Hope and
Wardwell Streets
J. J H. Schenck
Philadelphia
Sooma
Cannon—Mcgovern
C.J. Rogers
John Cannon
Catherine McGovern
Salisbury
Easterrnooks
St. Michaels Church
G. L Locke
James C Salisbury
Providence
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George W Easterbrooks
Seabury—Wilcox
Tiverton Four Corners
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Holden N Wilcox
Tiverton
Emily II
Clarence I
Sophia Guild
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
RK. I
Canonicus
Orswell
James Barker
Pointer Wilson
New Bedford
Ida
Gof
Schr Condova
Steadman
N. N Cole
Hamilton
Parry
Irom
Caroline
Dyer
Orewell
U.S
Mocassin
Border City
Brightman
Falliver
Qrewell
Terry
Olive
Morris
Canoniens
Kall River
John Lake
Bristol County
A. P
C. V. Perry
Gardner’s Wharf
Spooner
Edwared B. Taylor
Otis Monky
Tin Weare
S&c
Seppe
Davis
My2
James H. Quadding
Wah
Burton Stratreeta
J. B. Munro
T T Allan & CO
Vicinity
Marseilles
Ribbons
Windsor
MC Hairs
T.T. Allan & Co
T. T. My2
Allan & CO
JO. B. Munro
Kenta OE
Centaur Liniment
J.B. Rose & Co
Broadway
Costivencas
Harrison
Sharbiegon
E.s.harrison & CO
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