Distant Glimpses From A Varied 19th Century Page
The selection surveys international politics and industry with items on Erie Canal and DeWitt Clinton, Vanderbilt wealth, London and English law, and the English Parliament. It notes Prince Louis Napoleon, Vermont’s heat, and aHarper’s issue preview while praising Chambers's Cyclopedia of English Literature and listing its prices and discounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers
Morocco
American Book Exchange
Beekman Street
New York
Ixco
Toulon and its winds and baths amid the Mediterranean
The narrator describes Toulon as a historic French naval hub on the Var coast, once besieged by England and Spain, with a modern harbor and fortifications. He laments the mistral wind and city filth, contrasts it with Tamaris gardens, and notes the climate and sea views, admiring foreign plant life and Mediterranean scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Touton
Lours
France
Poantx
Toulon
Department
Var
Paris
Mediterranean
Brest
Atlantic
Europe
Telo
Martius
Marseilles
Arles
Charles of Anjou
Louis XIV
Francoisist
Tres Grande Et Tresforte
Charles the
Henry
Sainte Catherine
Saint Antoine
Louis
Vauban
Harse
England
Holland
Savoy
Bonaparte
Chefleu
Draguignon
Port de la Montagne
Riviera
Mistral
Strabo
The
Midi
Africa
Bay of
San Francisco
California
Tamaris
Bay
Pacific
May Weather And Court Of Probate Notes
Fine weather for May and a note about Decoration Day next Friday accompany a Providence Court of Probate session that examined claims against Henry Codman’s estate for five hours. Guardian Samuel P. Colt approved bills around 4500 dollars. Also advertised is a Providence Opera House weeklong engagement of A M Palmer’s Union Square Theatre Company performing The Banker's Daughter with original cast and scenery. The funeral of Seth Lincoln was held at his Hope Street home with a large gathering including forty National Rubber Co. employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Probate
Henry Codman
Samuel P. Colt
Providence Opera House
A. M. Palmer
Union Square Theatre Company
New York
J. W. Collier
Banker's Daughter
Seth Lincoln
Hope Street
W. W. Morrison
National Rubber Co
Knowledge Free in Library Warmth and Civic Duty
A discussion extols libraries as free gateways to knowledge and civic improvement. It contrasts past hardships with present access, then transitions to the Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bristol Home for Destitute Children, detailing Board actions, finances, staff, and gifts including a deed of gift from Elisha Hathaway. It notes a death in town and council actions about streets, taxes, and a library grant, ending with a commemorative tribute to Seth Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
The
Baptist Church
Lawless
Dr. Morrison
Elisha Hathaway
Bristol Neck
Hathaway
Pueyrx
C. A. Greene
Poenix
Board of Managers
Seth Lincoln
State Street
M. E. Church
Mark
Robert Ho
George A Simmons
Gant
Robert H
Edward
Catherine Canden
Hook
George A. Simmons
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Glebe
Bristol Bhentz
Leadville
Sgr
Congress
Turkey
DeWitt Clinton
Cornelius J. Vanderbilt
Alfonso
Mercedes
Vermont
New Hampshire
Senate
Washington
Xa Getter Colby, Esq
Newton
Mass
Grant
Lary Cleamer
Independent
Louis Napoleon
John Bull
Ocean Telegraph
Czar
Bearconsfield
Bismarck
Harper's Magazine
Parliament
House of Lords
Japan
Vichy
George Sand
Hasta Luego
Ili
Maud
Jonadab
John W. Dick
East Providence
First Baptist Church
H. M. Jones
John S. Petty
the Rubber Works
State Street M. E
W. McK. Bray
Henry C. Talbee
Mount Hope
Bradford Durfee
Gannon
Newport
J. Anderstrom
Board of Children
Rogers Fund
Providence Institution For Savings
Usher Bros
L. B. Anderstrom
Dr. Drury
Congregational Society
Miss B. Bourn
Coward
Crocker
Brunson
North
Wm. B. Spooner
John P. Lake
Miss Slade
Walter B. Stanton
St. Michael's Church
James Lawless
William H. West
Burton Street
William A. Manchester
High Street
Martin Bennett
Sarah Flanders
Charles H. Johnson
Franklin Street
John G. Watson
Rogers Free Library
Thomas F. Lindsey
William R. Taylor
Boors Rortue Rogers Frez Liprany
Engineer’s Department
U. S. Army
A. E. Burnside
U. S. Senate
Mississippi River
Connecticut River
Nebraska
Dakota
Warren
Soo
Williamson
Delafield
Svo
Colorado
New Mexico
Ruffner
Totten
Woodbury
Fort Pulaski
Gillmore
Fox
Wisconsin
U. S
Black Hills
Ludlow
Carroll
Yellowstone Park
Santa Fe
Macomb
Great Basin
Urabia
Simpson
Fortieth Parallel
Clarence King
G. BR
the Phoenix, Thistle-Down
Medusa
Horr’s Red Market
Brown & Co
Cincinnati
Grand Hotel
Chew Jackson
Aar
G. P. Barnes
G. W. Easterbrooks
Sa WM. Nl
Westminster Street
Providence
Geo. A. Pike
Hope and
Bradford Streets
T. H. Shipman
Bradford Street
G. C. Goodwin &Co
Boston
Capwell—Rounds
Pawtucket
Frederick L. Capwell
Ida Rounds
Warren Mounds
Lincoln
Bowden
Sarah Bowden
Larkin
Ellen Larkin
Thomas Larkin
Howland
Tiverton
Stone Bridge
George Howland
Cassttoff
Henry Cassitoff
Carter
Fanny
Jackson Carter
Barrows
Sarah N
Horace G. Hartowa
Sita
Warwick
Alfred Smith
Dimwan
Fail River
Betsey K
Henry Diman
Providence Furniture
Broad Street
Mathewson
Brussels
Wever
Providence Furniture Company
EF. I
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
R. I
Borden, Mason
Fall River
Nellie Eaton
Townsend
Calais
R. Borden
Mason
W. EF. Mitchell
Conklin
Prudence
St. Borden
Ida
Collins
Bullock’s Point
Francis L Godfrey
Godfrey
Philadelphia
Railroad Co
Schr
John, Curtis
Ellsworth
Wm. T. C. Wardwell
Delevan Peck
Carr
Nayatt
Sharp
Eeee Parrott
B. H. G.ladding
Westminster St
Exchange Place
Providence, R.I
T. Potter Wight & CO
Bankers
Wall St
N. Y
Adams, Brown & Co
Broad St
N.Y
Rhode Island
William Roursie
J. Connor
C. T. Crocker
Mary A. Grady
John Robinson
Mercy Waldron
John B. Pearce
TELIS
Bart
Lawi
Mount Lane
Usher
Prospect Streets
Hugh Brady
Union Street
Capt. Devol
Union
High
J. R. Bullock
WM. C. Sherman
Tillinghast & Sherman
View Council
Mi7
Peter Gladdinu