Sumner Eulogy Inspires Warm Boston Reception
A May 9 1874 Bristol Enquirer review praises Carl Schurz for his Sumner eulogy in Boston Music Hall. It highlights Schurz as a German orator who captures Sumner’s life, the audience’s reaction, and the ceremony’s eloquence with Wendell Phillips and Phillips Brooks in attendance. The piece notes political indifference in Congress and briefly touches on Victoria’s circle and Russian-British society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sumner
Boston
Carl Shhurz
Ile
Sumner
Wendell Phillips
Phillips Brooks
New England
I Music Hall
Carl Schurz
Marshall Serrano Gains Edge in Spain Battle
Report suggests Marshall Serrano dominates Carlism as Bilboa falls, a move seen weakening insurgent forces and lowering morale among fighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Serrano
Spain
Bilboa
Indiana murder case ends in escape from conviction
Mrs. Clem, tied to an Indiana murder, has escaped conviction after over four trials. The court's action this week prompts criticism that Western justice gains few laurels from the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem
Indiana
The Veto Wears Well and Inflationists’ Second Thoughts
A compact editorial line argues that veto power ages well and that inflationists’ sober reconsiderations are unlikely to provoke upheaval, though their favored plan faces deserved criticism.
Sanborn contracts ignite renewed attention and disgust
The putrid mass of the Sanborn contracts draws renewed scrutiny amid espionage and blackmail accusations. The piece condemns the affair as a disgraceful chapter in our commercial life and hopes for an end to the nuisance before July.
Inflationists Propose Tax on Incomes Over Five Thousand
The proposal targets incomes above five thousand dollars with a renewed tax. Critics say the country will oppose legislation against a class deemed essential to enterprise and the economy.
Arkansas Crisis as Baxter Uses Arrest to Seize Power
The Arkansas trouble is disgraceful and Baxter appears to overreach by arresting the judiciary to influence rulings. Such usurpation prompts calls for a legal resolution by the U.S. government, condemning mob law and urging calm, lawful settlement of disputes among political rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Baxter
United States
Friends of Right
Descent of the Var by American boat from Nice
An American pair built a boat in Nice to descend the Var River, launching at the Ciaudan and entering the river with a swift current. The voyage began calmly but soon faced daunting rapidity as the boat moved like a swan, with plans to continue toward the Mediterranean if time and water allow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Var
Nice
Lewis Herreshoff
Charles F. Eaton
North
Providence
Amasa M. Eaton
Oaklands
Jl Pensero
San Filippo
San Martino Varo
Mediterranean Sea
Evitor
Mediterranean
Ciaudan
M. Scoffier
The
Admirable Voyage Down the Var Ends at Sant Isidore
Travelers navigating the Var faced repeated delays as gravel bars rose above the water. They waded and towed a fragile boat for miles, then resumed a smoother course toward Brach and San Martino, arriving at Sant Isidore by night after heroic perseverance and local aid. Concluded next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlo Alberto
Brach
Carros
San Martino
Var
Hemisphere
Sant Isidore
Centennial Exhibition Aims to Show Industrial Progress
The Centennial celebration risks becoming mere enthusiasm unless an industrial exhibit is prepared. A condensed display of national advancement should be created by skilled men for general distribution on the main Centennial day so Americans nationwide can see what progress has occurred in a century of struggle and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Schenck
J. H. Schenck
Philadelphia
Rhode Island
Gar
Providence
Grand Army OF
Af the Republic
Department of Rhode Island
General Assembly
Foud
Edwin Metcalf
CC. Barney
Agss
C A Barber
Com
Babbitt
A. R. J.T. Phelps
Rival City Journals Spar Over Population and Travel
A St Louis journal accuses Chicago directories of inflating its population with imports. A Chicago paper claims St Louis travelers need not be listed at all. The rival papers ridicule each other’s ambitions and suggest sending delegations to Boston for modesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Chicago
Boston
May Aldine lavish with pictures and period style
Literary notices celebrate the May Aldine featuring John S. Davis The Dying Hound and J D Woodward Florida scenes including Silver Spring and St Johns River The volume highlights many etchings portraits and poems by Annie Leibert Kate Putnam Osgood Henry Morford and others with editorials on Dying Hound Flights through Florida and more Subscriptions five dollars including chromos James Sutton Co 63 Maiden Lane New York City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Davis
J.D. Woodward
Florida
Union
Silver Spring
St. John’s River
Deiker
J. M. Burdeld
John Hows
Otsego
Hartford
Conn
Max Strakosch
May Aldine
Annie Fleibert
New Capitol
Ajax Strakosch
Chromos
James Sutton & Co., Publishers
Maiden Lane
New York City
Summer term opens as townspeople await school start
The first or Summer term of the public schools begins next Monday morning. An extra train Tuesday evening carried about one hundred to Providence. Principal attractions were Lent's New York circus and the San Francisco Minstrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
New York
San Francisco
Monthly Teachers Association Meeting Notice
The monthly meeting of the Teachers Association will be held at the office of the Superintendent on Thursday evening May 14 beginning at 7 1 2 o clock. All previous appointments will hold good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers Association
Theis Daw
Son of Faulkner Injures Arm In Fall At Play
The son of Mr A Faulkner of Wood Street fractured his arm in a fall at play on the 80th alley and was taken to Rhode Island Hospital for surgical treatment. The lab is about six years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Faulkner
Wood Street
Rhode Island Hospital
Bound magazines added to Y. M. Library shelves
Last week the bound volumes of 1878 magazines such as Harpers Eclectic Galaxy and Young Folks were placed in the Y. M. Library. Today additions include Tempest and Sunshine by M J Holmes and Ten times one is Ten by Frederic Ingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harpers
Eclectic
Galaxy
Young Folks
Y. M
Tempest
M. J. Holmes
Frederic Ingham
Spaulding's Bell Ringers and Ladies Cornet Band at Broadway
Spaulding's Bell Ringers and Ladies Cornet Band play to crowded houses at the Broadway Theatre New York on an eight weeks engagement. After the season they will visit Bristol with new attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spaulding
Broadway Theatre
New York
Bristol
Town Hall Fills For Realtura Lodge I O G T Exhibition
Town Hall was filled Thursday evening for an exhibition by Realtura Lodge No. 82 I O G T. The free event drew ticket holders for a lecture series and was lauded as the finest entertainment of the season under the lodge’s auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Te Town Hall
Realtura Lodge No
Paris Resident George Bourne Visits Parents in Town
Mr George T Bourne, a Paris resident for two years, arrived Saturday for a brief visit to his parents on Church Street and other relatives. His health has improved since moving to Paris. He will travel to the West on Wednesday, then return to New York before sailing home to Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Bourne
Paris
France
Church Street
New York
Ins
Sailor Rescued After Capsize Near Hog Island
Patrick Grace capsized in a sailboat off Hog Island amid a Friday squall. He clung to the submerged hull until John M. Stowe and others rescued him from the cold water. The boat was righted and towed ashore, then re rigged for another voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Grace
Hog Island
Patrick
John M. Stowe
Inquiry on Disposition of Early Morning Burglar Suspect
A reader asks what happened to a man arrested in a burglarious attempt reported on April 23. The writer seeks final disposition from Justice Munro or Captain Hoard and notes the individual was not harmed, hanged, drowned, burned, or fined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Munro
Captain Hoard
Deaths and funeral of local lodge member in Providence era
Mn William J Newman died in Providence and was buried here with North Star Lodge I O O F rites. John Brewster, a dresser at Richmond Manufacturing Co mill, died of self inflicted poisoning. coroner’s jury found death by own action. he leaves a daughter and no nearby relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William.j. Newman
Providence
Stn
James T. Newman
North Star Lodge I. O. O. F
United Brothers Lodge
Allen M. Newman
High Street
Mr. Miller
John Brewster
Richmond Manufacturing Cos
Munro
James F. Stoughton
Charles H. Waldron
Charles F. Simmons
James T. Munro
James M. Mason
William H. Manchester
Brewster
Hebronville
Mass
East Providence
Eagle Lodge
Baptism and Admissions at Congregational Church Service
At Congregational Church on Sunday Rev J P Lane administered infant baptism by sprinking to two candidates and eight individuals were received into church membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Lane
Probate Court and Town Council Meeting Minutes
The Town Council and Court of Probate held a regular meeting in the Council Chamber. Probate proved and ordered recorded the will of William C. Liscomb. an Administrator for Eliza C. Turner’s estate was sought. accounts of several executors and guardians were examined and allowed. Committees named for North Baria Ground and Decoration Day arrangements. adjourned to Monday next.
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Court OF ProbaTe
Messrs
Benjamin H. Gifford
Margaret McItyre
William J. McIntyre
James M. Gifford
Jeremiah Luther
Liiam B. Munro
North Baria Ground
Town of Bristol
Leonard Munro
Fall River
Mass
Pond Clerkis
Salt Bristol
William R. Taylor
Samuel S.munroe
William Bradford
Bristol
Eliza C. Turner
Theodore P. Bogert
Jyne
Twa Selock P Ny
Sai Ristol
Pete Gladding
Lois Easterbrooks
Benjamin T. Esterbrooks
Bristol Phonix
Peter Gladding
Prova Crerk
May term opens at Tur Court with juries formed
Tur Court of Common Pleas begun its May term with William E. Fales named Grand Jury foreman and Asa Peck as Petit Jury foreman. Cases include Benjamin Brown & Sons vs George W Easterbrooks over a collision sinking a sailboat worth 80 and several indictments including idle person, assault and battery, and liquor nuisance. Naturalizations granted for Dempster Stowe Middleton and Burke Peterson.
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Tur Court of Common Pleas
Burgess
William E. Fales
Ira Q O. Seamanus
Asa Peck
Barrington
Benjamin Brown & Sons
George W. Easterbrooks
Joseph E. Brown
James Brightman
Mount Hope Landing
Border City
Brightman
Fall River
Mount Hope
George
Gower
Pliff
Turner Fox
State
Lewis Grant
House of Correction
James P. Lewis
Nathan Warren
Worth A.greene
Joseph L. Gardner
Dennis Conway
Walter B. Stanton
George M. Gerhard
Providence County
Moses W. Whitney
Fred. H. Brown
John Dempster
John M. Stowe
William H. Middleton
William MacCormick
Richard Burke
Henry Peterson
Nelson C. Newell
James Emerson
J. Turner
Puff
N. van Slyck
Geo. Cooke Jr
Andrew Folsom
Jabez Brown
Warren
Werren Manufacturing Co
Noti
Forcible Ejectment Case and Naturalization Granted
The company ejected the plaintiff from leased premises and he sues Brown for damages. Verdict for plaintiff with damages $50. Counsel listed for plaintiff and defendant. Malone's naturalization petition heard and granted. Court adjourned to meet according to law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
G.I. Cooke, Jr
Pliff
J. Turner
William Malone
Baptisms Performed At Two Churches This Sunday
Rev H M Jones of the First Baptist Church baptized three candidates by immersion on Sunday morning. Rev W T Harlow at the State Street M E Church administered baptism by sprinkling to five candidates on Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Jones
The
First Baptist Church
State Street M. E
W. T. Harlow
Splendid Penmanship Exhibition by King Philip Fire Co
An exhibition in Mr. Lincolns Hope street store displays elegant resolutions for King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co No 1 Bristol RI. They thank Hubbard Hose Co No 2 Capt Frank Harris Middletown Conn for hospitality on their excursion and invite reciprocal visit. Resolutions are engrossed and framed for Sub Bard Hose Co as a memento.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co
Bristol
R. I
Hubbard Hose Co
Frank Harris
Middletown
Conn
Subdard Hose Co
Aga
Ricuanv KR. Mayer
Rovert Lawver
Ayer's Cathartic Pills Endorsement
The article extols purgatives as a settled necessity for all, praising Ayer's Cathartic Pills as the most skillful medicine for their intended cures. It asserts pills have grown in favor since their origin and credits AYER'S PILLS with securing public confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
JF Heeling
Digestive Invigorant Promoted As Alcohol Free
A historic advertisement touts Dr Walker's Vinegar Bitters as a superior digestive aid. It claims bread and meat dissolve with gastric juice and gastric mixtures are neutralized, warning against tinctures and tonics with alcohol. The text emphasizes alcohol free digestion support.
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Bristol Bheme
Schurz
Congress
Capitol
Livingstone
Stanley
Victoria
St. Petersburg
Duke of Edinburg
Victoria Guelph
Windsor
England
Russia
London
Alexandrovna
Literary Notices
Charles A. Barbour
James T. Phelps
G. E. S. Wilkinson
F.G. Bourn
James Anderson
the Times
Johnson
Garrison
Dr. Schenck
Smith
China
WM. W. Richards
M.D
Odd Fellows Building
Bradford Street
Centaur Liniment
Kentayboe
Rose & Co
Broadway
Dr . D. Howe
S. D Mower
N. C. Bedell
Hope
Bradford Streets
R I
S.D. Howe
Chambers St
G. P. Barnes
Hope and
Wardwell Streets
Wardwell Street
Heegan
Arthur
Bartlett and
Catharine Heegan
Kelly
Thomas
Catharine Kelly
NewMan
Willian J. Newman
Barton
Instant
Rebecca M
Geo. Barton
Pierce
Pawtucket
Lucretia Pierce
Wizand
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
Ree
Canonicas
Crawell
Fred. Brown
Wilson
Phonix Sugar Refinery
Olive
Starris
Providece
St. Elmo
Davis
Bristol Gas Light Co
Canonicus
Orswell
Stoop Olive
Mortis
Prudence
Minnie Chace
Ricketson
Fall Uver
É Merah
Faiver
Amiliton
Terry
Galaye Oe
Canonicuar
Orwell
Ana Fiuday
Canonicna
W. E. Chadwick
Central Street
Geo H Reynolds
Bristol Institution For Savings
Rhode Island, &c
Constitution Street
Thames Street
Mary J. Bronson
Pokanoket Storm Mill Company
Joseph le Gardner
James Wolf
Samuel Gladding
M Bennett
Just
Lincoln’s
BOM
Lincoln
Hope Street
P.I
P.Q
No. Main St
A.W
Otheiam R. Taylor
Williad
Anid
Henry Goff
Nehemiahe Cole
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