Dublin Hangings and Foreign Policy Echoes Across News
The report notes Joe Brady’s execution in Dublin for murder and surveys a wide set of topics from a large tobacco tax take to a wrecked whaling ship off Mocha. It also covers a Kansas City cyclone, Ohio GOP hopes for Langworth, embezzlement in the army, a massive Sunday closing petition, Grant’s dining-room eloquence, and exhortations on American citizenship for foreigners.
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House of Commons
Grant
Chamber of Commerce
New York
Heirs of Bradford Estate Hold Meeting in Cleveland
The New York Times reports a May 10 gathering in Cleveland of 35 Bradford heirs from many states. B Bradford of Carbondale presided, with Judge Le Baron Bradford Colt named permanent president. A committee was formed to pursue recovery of the vast English court held estate.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Bradford
England
B. Bradford
Carbondale
Knon
le Baron Bradford Colt
United States
Harren's Magazine June Issue Offers Diverse IllustratedContents
The June Harren's Magazine presents rich illustrations and varied articles. Frontispiece by E. A. Abbey for Conant's Faustus poem. Lambeth Palace piece by Mrs Z B Gustafson. Kipling on Indian Art. Ingersoll on The Home of Hiawatha. Langley experiments summary. Romanoff history Part I. Coan on Carlsbad waters. new novel A Castle in Spain. Spofford story The Mount of Sorrow. Reade sketch Rus and An Esthetic Idea. poems by Fields Bassett Conant Montgomery Tabb. plus Editor's Easy Chair and archives.
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Central Museum
Lahore
Mayo School of Art
Ernest Ingersoll
Hiawatha
William C. Wykoff
Langley
Allegheny
Mount Whitey
H. Sutherland Edwards
Alexander I
Titus Munson Coan
Carlsbad Waters
Spain
Abbey
Mrs. Spofford
Mount of
Sorrow
Charles Reade
Annie Fields
A. A. Bassett
8. S. Conant
Geo. IE. Montgomery
John B. Tabb
New York Letter Reflects Tornado Activity and Rail Gossip
From Our Own Correspondent dated May 15 1883 describes a double deluge of storms in 48 hours with havoc near Fifth Avenue hotel and Broadway. It notes dog shows drawing crowds, rail fare cuts to Philadelphia, upcoming western travel to Denver and the G A R encampment, Vanderbilt family maneuvers involving Chauncey M Depew, and a cheeky tease about hanging gardens and Brooklyn Bridge arches.
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New York
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Gabe Case
Philadelphia
Metropolis
Denver
Chicago
Vanderbilt
W. H. Vanderbilt
Commodore
West Shore
Hudson
Buffalo
Hudson River
New York Central
Barwick
Brooklyn Bridge
Rapix
Bridgeport Architects Issue Popular Eight Room Cottage Plan
Palliser Palliser & Co. of Bridgeport Connecticut present a modern eight room cottage plan with a tower and variants without the tower or with six rooms. Outlays range from 1700 to 3000 dollars depending on features. The plan details mantels stairs doors casings cornices and similar fittings and has been adopted in over five hundred cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Palliser
Belle of Australia tale in Ballou's Magazine June issue
The June Ballon’s Magazine includes William H. Thames’s The Belle of Australia with Mike the Irish stockman meeting an old-man kangaroo near a Ballarat spring. A mystic Quaker appears seeking police locations and a tender Dutch girl attracts the young hero. Thames & Talbot publish.
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Ballon
Australia
William H. Thames
Mike
Ballarat
Bella
Thames & Talbo
Hawley Street
Boston
Straw Hats and Civic Notices Dominate May Events
Straw hats are coming as Trinity Sunday nears and Decoration Day approaches on Wednesday May 30. The Women's Christian Temperance Union will meet Tuesday evening at Mrs. William H. Bell on Hope Street. Governor-elect A O Bourn returns from Europe after six weeks. Advent Christian Church led by Rev Chas Earl Preston announces Sunday services and youth convention delegates depart for Milwaukee. The Bristol County Supreme Court adjourned for advisement in the Brady divorce case. A barn on Metacom Avenue was burned early Tuesday, insured for 300 with losses around 500. Town Council held a special meeting electing Rev D A Whedon to the School Committee and approving hydrant and street project contracts. Fire department bills totaling 444.48 referred to the Auditor.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
William H. Bell
Hope Street
Advent Christian Church
Chas
Earl Preston
F. L. Piper
Melvin Village
N.H
Supreme Court For
Bristol County
Court House
Hugh Brady
Mary Brady
D. A. Whedon
P. Colt
Williams
Wardwell
Peckham
Bay View Avenue
Fire Department
Bristol Phanix
R. Smith
Montcalm
Opwego
Fort William Henry
Rhode Island
France
Bristol
Louis XV
Louisburg
Quebec
Wolfe
Abraham Crane
Crane
Wallace
Poppagquash Point
Royal Navy
Sullivan
West India
America
Guinea
John O’wolf
Norwest
John
Pacific
Samuel Patterson
Barrington
D’wolf
Sibéria
Qhhotsk
Baltic
St. Petersburg
Adams
Tho Jefferson
John Adams
Tom Jefferson
Cowan Przas
Tibi Ghast
Richard Magee
Thames Street
State
Richard R. Magee
Justice Court
James 8. Mason
State Vs
R. R. Magee
Thomas A. Carpenter
State Street
Carpenter
Thomas Nevins
John McCusky
Florentina Schneider
P. Ut
C. A. Waldron
Warren
Association
Artillery Armory
St. Michael’s Church
G. L. Locke
Henry J. Spooner
Providence
Ordination at Trinity Church Rev William B R Trotter
The service marked by a full congregation as William R B Trotter was ordained deacon at Trinity Church assisted by Bishop Clark and visiting clergy from Providence and New York. A large choir and notable music accompanied the ceremony followed by a clergy luncheon and an evening confirmation.
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Griswold
St. Michael’s Church
Trotter
Trinity Church
Providence
Henshaw
Messrs
Odell
Colwell
Weller and Webb
Chapin
Barrington
Goodwin
East Greenwich
Carpenter
Appo+nang
Magill
Newport
Richey
New York
General Theological Seminary
All Saints Church
St. Stephen's
All Saints Church, Providence
Foote
Edwards
Clark
Ninth annual W C T U Rhode Island meeting announced
The Women's Christian Temperance Union of Rhode Island invites the public to its ninth annual meeting at the Congregational Church on May 24 and 25. Mrs J K Barney will lead with state officers assisting. Thursday includes prayer, reports, and speeches. Friday covers continued business and further program.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union of
Rhode Island
Congregational Church
J. K. Barney
Herreshoff 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration in Bristol
A Bristol reception honors Mr and Mrs Charles Frederic Herreshoff on their 50th wedding anniversary at Mrs Chesebro's Hope Street home. Family, friends from Providence and others attend with flowers gifts including gold watches. Details follow of Home for Destitute Children officers and Bristol veteran observances for May 30th memorial events with speeches, processions, and cemetery ceremonies.
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Charles Frederic Herreshoff
James B. Herreshoff
London
Herreshoff
Boston
M. J. Motte
Providence
Home For Destitute Children
Louisa Anderstrom
Annie B. Watson
O. M. Shepard
Hattie Wardwell
Rebecca Norris
James M. Gifford
M. A. Bourne
Evelyn Bache
Edward L Thompson
Ambrose Waldron
Richard Dunbar
Maria Wilcox
George A. Arnold
John P. Simmons
Congregational Church
M. T. Bennett
St. Michael's
Andrew R. Trotter
Methodist
Frederic A. Warner
Baptist
Charles H. Spooner
Death of a Carriage Horse Belonging to Col Usher
A valuable carriage horse owned by Col. T. F. Usher died from inflammation of the bowels last Monday evening. The item notes a full moon next Monday morning and lists library additions and charitable donations including works on art and education.
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T. F. Usher
Evaporating to a Valuable Treatise Stirs Interest
A brief notice from the American Affg. Col. of Waynesboro Pa announces a valuable treatise on evaporation topics. It promises to send the work free on application to interested readers.
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Affg
Waynesboro
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