Sickness in Havana and New Brunswick Mammals
A week of yellow fever deaths in Havana reports 36 fatalities. An authoritative list catalogs 48 mammal species in New Brunswick. Grant Allen notes primeval animal and plant forms inhabit islands, streams or lakes, or caves amid other thoughts. A telegram from Calcutta to London achieved 12 words per minute. A New York dispatch notes Charles F. Haller’s body found on Ward’s Island after a prior suicide on the Narragansett.
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Grant Allen
New York
Charles F. Haller
Providence
Narragansett
Ward's Island
Charity Hospital
Defenses of Narragansett Bay and Yellowstone MCU
The June Magazine of American History presents a Washington portrait from 1796, a major article on Defenses of Narragansett Bay by General George W. Cullum with maps, and a Yellowstone National Park discovery by P. Koch. Also featured are discussions of Sharpless miniature portraits and several departments, with vaccination notes on Pasteur’s rabies research and dog immunity methods.
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Magazine of American History
Washington
Yellowstone National Park
P. Koch
Bozeman
Montana
Walton W Evans
New York
Lafayette Place
New York City
Lightning Strikes in France Peak Again in 1883
Reports to the Paris Academy of Sciences show the 1883 lightning deaths largely occurred in June and July. July recorded 143 strikes causing thirteen deaths. Victims were near trees chimneys houses on elevations and some in open fields or roadways. Several fatalities involved people with umbrellas.
Sinking Mountain and Rising Lake Reveal Ancient Changes
Near Bona the Jebel Naiba, a 2500 foot isolated mountain, is sinking and forming a large base cavity. Nearby land shows height changes over centuries. In Lake Fezzara, about 30 000 acres now covered, Roman town remains imply the lake did not exist then and the town likely sunk similarly to the mountain.
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Augerra
Bona
Jebel Naiba
Fezzara
Brave souls honored in eternal fame above the graves
Poetic tribute speaks of resting in peace beyond war and battle, honoring brave hearts with flowers and memory. The passage enshrines patriotic love and enduring fame for those who served, with reverent lines about graves and peaceful remembrance.
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Mem'ry
Newport excursionists sail on steamer Richard Borden
One hundred fifty one excursionists departed here Tuesday morning for Newport aboard the Richard Borden. Col. A O Eddy and wife, recently returning from California, arrived back Saturday afternoon. The town council meets Monday at two for its regular session with probate court. Fire department now fully equipped with rubber boots for duty.
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Here
Newport
Richard Borden
A. O. Eddy
California
Worms Follow Humans From Stable Yards To Fields
Dr H F Walker argues earth worms are man’s invariable companions and only exist where people settle. They first appear near stable yards then in soil enriched by stable manure and eventually inhabit all soil whether cultivated or pasture.
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H. F. Walker
Pasteur’s Lab World of Death and Disease
A biography of Louis Pasteur by his son-in-law portrays his laboratory as a grim place. Animals from mice to dogs face death, while hampers from France bring diseased fowls and a pig body. Blood tubes, glass prisons, and countless microbes fill the scene.
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Cuerrivus
Louis Pasteur
France
Pasteur
Pauillac
Masons Visit Somerset Lodge in Fraternal Trip
About 23 members of St. Alban's Lodge of Masons from this town made a fraternal visit to the Somerset Lodge on Monday evening and returned in the early hours of Tuesday morning. An enjoyable time.
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St. Alban’s Lodge of Masons
Somerset Lodge
Annual Meeting of Old Ladies' Home Officers
The annual meeting of the officers and Board of Managers of the Old Ladies' Home will be held in the Memorial Chapel of the Congregational Church on Wednesday June 4 at 430 PM. Fall and punctual attendance is requested.
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Old Ladies’ Home
Memorial Chapel
The
Congregational Church
R. A
Patents Granted in Rhode Island May 27 1884
List of U S patents issued to Rhode Island residents on May 27 1884 reported by Franklin Hough. Names include Wm H Beehler Newport electric weighing machines device. Wm W Covell Providence assignor to F Marcy damper pull. Seth S Getchell Woonsocket assignor to Draper Sons Olcan. Richard W Grinnell Providence automatic fire extinguisher. Wm Halkyard Providence attaching buttons to shoes. Adolph Von Schade Newport bottle washer.
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Ruovz
Providence
O. F. Garvey
Pawtucket
Seth S. Getchell
Woonsocket
G Draper & Sons
Onlcan
Richard W . F. Grinnell
Wm. Halkyard
Body found on Mount Hope Bay shore identified as Robert Warburton
A decomposed body recovered near Dr Canfield's farm on Mount Hope Bay was identified as Robert Warburton of Fall River. He was about 50, a cotton mill spinner, drowned from a sailboat on April 16. Friends claimed the remains and took them to Fall River Thursday morning.
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Mount Hope Bay
Dr. Canfield
Robert Warburton
Fall River
Warburton
Funeral of Cornelius W. B. Ostrander at Trinity Church
The May 21 1833 funeral for Cornelius W B Ostrander at Trinity Church drew business leaders and relatives. Ministers included Dr Morgan Dix and others with a surpliced choir and organ, Handel and Croft selections, and hymns Nearer My God to Thee Abide with Me. The body lay in an oak coffin with wheat lilacs ivy and palms. Relatives present included his widow two sons Hiram Ostrander and a brother. The procession headed by the choir departed for Greenwood after a brief service at No 38 West Twenty seventh Street.
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New York Tribune
Trinity Church
Cornelius W. B. Ostrander
Morgan Dix
S. H. Weston
Swope
Messrs
W. H. Cooke
P. A. H. Brown
Hill and
Alberts
Saul
Croft
Thomas
William Ostrander
Hiram Ostrander
Thomas L. Ogden
William Jay
Bowie Cash
N. P. Bailey
E D. Randolph
G. A. Robbins
Alfred Cammann
Herman H. Cammann
Greenwood
West Twenty Seventh Street
Town officers duties and street lights under fire in Bristol
An opinion piece criticizes town officers as servants not rulers and urges economical spending. It compares 1883 costs for gas burners in Warren and Bristol, questions why funds for street lights are cut, and asks what right deprives Bristol residents of lighting while funds exist.
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Warren
Bristol
Barstot
Fiat Lux
Borroz
Bris
Bristol Street Lights Cut Off After Town Meeting Debate
A Bristol letter-writer questions the Town Council's cutting the street lights while police funds appear unused. He argues taxpayers approved lighting costs, notes police reductions, and laments light loss. The piece also visits Metacom Avenue history and local lore surrounding the Back Road and Indian pathways.
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Lovell
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Bristol Young Men’s Rifle, Athletic and
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James F. Christie
Terrance Morris
Rogers Free Library
H. A. Stevens
Bristol Veteran Association
Wood Street
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H. H. Bosworth
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Boston
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Lope and
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E. D. Hall
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Mary E. Thornton
Oston
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
R. S
R. Borden
Mason
John Warren
Gardner
Port Johnson
Herreshof M’t'g Co
Texzer
Darling
Prudence
Baltimore
Canonicus
Orswell
Schr. Teager
Barea
Fel River
Frida
I. Borden
Henry Crocker
Middle District
Mr. Hewlett
St. Michael’s Church
G. L. Locke
Providence, Warren
Exchange Place
A. M
Market Square
Waterman Stone
R.I. Society For the Encouragement of
Narragansett Park
R.I
North Main Street
New England
Chas. H. Peckham
K. I
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FE. M. Wardwell
WM. Williams
R. I
Farrington
Butterick
Palace Refrigerator
Prov. Furniture Company
Mathewson Street
Providence, Br, I
Providence Furniture Company
United States
Victoria Lawn
Thos
T. Allan
Monarch
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