Gladstone in Sight Prompts Church Controversy and Reflections
The Bristol Phente discusses Gladstone's renewed focus after his Parliament defeat on Catholic church relations. Archbishop Manning responds with cautious critique, urging calm in religious debate. The piece situates England as a restless, secularizing age and notes implications for US readers, then shifts to New England's response to a recent storm and its impact on industry.
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Gladstone
Manning
Mr. Gladstone
England
Solomon
Church
Bismarck
Germany
Political Lottery Jokes Amid 1874 Campaign
The piece mocks Democratic victory limits with a vast appetite for a small cake and questions how many can be fed. It hints at Postmaster Jewell’s unpopularity among rivals and suggests political firebranding. Rumor links Professor James Russell Lowell to a potential Russian mission and weighs personal gain versus national benefit.
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Toke
James Russell Lowell
Investigation of Republican voters in Massachusetts ends with mock scrutiny
In Massachusetts some men urge accountability for Republican voters who backed Independent nominations. The effort yields no real results and elicits public amusement as critics review the self styled inquiry. The piece argues private judgment remains essential and an investigation would be a heavy task for any but a political Hercules.
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Old Bay
Strikes Criticized as Mad in Hard New York Winter
The New York Tribune argues three strikes are failures as idle workers outnumber those quitting, warning that vacancies will be filled and winter will bring low wages. Employers face hard choices on paying any wages amid widespread unemployment and possible lasting damage.
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The
New York Tribune
Tor Messrs. R. S. Pearse & Son
Slope Street
Elections do not prove Democratic will but warn GOP reform
The Bristol Phonix editorial argues that the recent elections show discontent with Republican leadership and corruption, not a shift to Democratic rule. It urges the party to return to purity and integrity, noting Wisconsin’s 29 000 majority as a warning to abandon old practices.
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Bristol PH
Bristol Phonix
Republican Party
New York City
Wisconsin
British polar plan sparks rival steamers for next spring
Austria’s successful polar efforts prompt Britain to announce two government steamers will sail in May. The captain of one vessel and a navy officer are named, and American explorers may trail in a race to lead in polar discovery. A new artesian well near New Canton Illinois erupts water twenty three feet high, with six more pumps expanding a fifteen to twenty foot column around a thirty foot spray basin.
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Scietice
Austria
Tor
New Cancon
Ill
United States
Theophilus Parsons
Messrs. 8. S. Scranton & Co
Hartford
Parsons
Harvard University
Democrats face uncertain path after Grant succession bid
The piece mocks early Democratic confidence in a guaranteed national win, arguing that past failures in Massachusetts show a hen can fail to hatch again. It warns against assuming ongoing success without considering the eggs placed by rival Republicans and future conditions.
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Grant
Massachusetts
Democracy
Death of Sylvanus L. Pease Esq a valued Vineyard citizen
The Vineyard Gazelle notes the death of Sylvanus L Pease Esq longtime Edgartown postmaster and Methodist Church member who served forty years in town and fourteen as postmaster His unselfish nature and effort to please neighbors left a lasting impact with a large funeral attendance and lasting local memory.
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Sylvanus L. Pease
Mr. Pease
Methodist Church
Edgartown
Pease
Vineyard Gazelle
Providence excursion notes and town postmaster appointment
About three hundred and fifty went to Providence for the Thanksgiving excursion. John B. Pearce, Esq., was signed as postmaster of this town. Liquor trial cases were postponed to next Monday. Thanksgiving services were held at Episcopal, Methodist, and Baptist churches at 11 A M. Namguit Mill resumes full operation Monday. St Mary's Church fair raised nearly two thousand dollars. A rumor of a colored boy on Union street during the storm caused early morning excitement, later clarified.
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Providence
John B. ‘Pearce
St. Mary's Church
Union Street
Bristol Fire District to Meet in Town Hall for Appropriation
A Bristol Fire District meeting is scheduled at Town Hall on Monday evening at 7:30 to discuss funds for expanded fire fighting facilities. The notice urges a full turnout by property holders to ensure the department is well equipped for emergencies.
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Bristol
Town Hall
Privateer tales and town crime old Bristol brims with drama
A breezy Bristol harbor feature recounts the Yankee privateer James Ladieu capturing six ships from London bound for the West Indies, a fog saves the prize General Wellesley, and a brutal Bristol chase ends with a lopsided sail. In a separate item five Warren youths are jailed for midnight revelry and fined.
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Bristol
James D'Wolf
Farcastle
Miurases
Jack
Bristol Harbor
Old Jack
Ben
Tom
PHa@nix
James Ladieu
Barrington
English Channel
London
West Indies
United States
Wellesley
St. George
Ladieu
General Wellesley
Carolina
Charleston Bar
Seaman
Allen
Beebe
Warren
H.C
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U.S
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J. F. Driscol
Lady Friends of
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George H. Munro
Association
H. G. Dane
Mr. Dane
Rowley
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Cross of St. Paul's Dome
Alps
Thames Street
Hope Street
Hoar
Munro
Parson
Walker
California
Science OF Health
S. R. Wells
Broadway
New York
DE. S
D. Howe
N. C. Bedell
Cormer Hope
Bradford
S.D. Howe
Chambers St
Boschee
Wm. H. Buffington
Wmh. Richards
Odd Fellows Building
Bradford Street
G.P
Barnes, N.D
Hope and
Wardwell Streets
Wardwell Street
Schenck
Schuenck
J.H Schenck & Son
N.E. Corner
Sixth
Arch Streets
Phila
Quincy House
Boston
Leonora T. Gladding
John A.C. Gladding
Rohan
Andrew Rohan
Vaughan
Warwick
Deacon Bowen Vaughan
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
R. I
B. Durfee
Gannon
Fin Providence
RK. Borden
Durfee
Fall River
Maria Louisa
Evaria
Phenix Sugar
Ida
Goff
Newport
John L. Tracery
Merservey
Alexandria
National Rubber Co
Caroline
Dyer
R. Borden
Terry
R. Durfee
Godley
Hamilton
Wells
East Greenwich
P. Borden
J. B. Vundusen
Carson
Portsmouth
Pratt
Astral Oil
Astral
Chas. Pratt & Co
Fulton ST
Oliver Johnson & CO
Rhode Island
Enlistmas
A. A. Walker
Tremont Street
Alpine Company, Publishers
Maiden Lane
Pearse & Son
Whitney & CO
Norwich
Conn
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DR. Price
Express
Price
Chas. T. Price
William Street
GEO. A. Prince & CO
Buffalo
Scranton &,Co
Hartford, Conn
Phenix
T. F. Burt
William SY
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