Thiers for France and the Republic's Renewal
The piece extols MM Thiers as a bold defender of 1789 Republican principles amid amid political unrest in France. It contrasts his stance with Marshal Mac Mahon and Count De Chambord, urging Thiers to regain the presidency to curb monarchist plots and restore liberal governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Thiers
France
Count de Chambord
Mark
Comte de Paris
Louis Phillipe
Republic
Marshal Mac Mahon
Nancy
MacMahon
Thiers
Postwar association loses bite as leaders depart
The International Association that caused alarm after the Franco German war appears to have tumbled in influence. Some leaders have quit, another member attacks the group, while young men enter veteran circles to seek a last taste of power and prestige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Association
Old Providence teacher Hannah Inman recalls 25 cent weekly pay
By Little Rhody notes a 93 year old survivor Miss Hannah Inman who taught in Providence seventy five years ago. She long served at twenty five cents a week and the piece muses how modern teachers would view such pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhody
Hannah Inman
Providence
Suspensions of payments ease and bank policy shift
The piece recalls a past calamity of suspension of specie payments and notes how today bank suspensions and bill payments are common. Greenbacks rise in value while banks rely on certified checks and protest notes. The crisis creates a medley of prices and cashless stock dividends, as money becomes locked and values unclear.
Calm financial recovery urged to curb reckless speculation
An editorial warns the metropolis and nation to embrace quiet times and legitimate enterprise to avoid the social ills caused by risky schemes and gigantic failures. It laments the suffering of the poor when wealth receives sympathy and calls for restraint to prevent further economic harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tay
Wish for specie payments to solidify values
The speaker hopes the Government will return to specie payments to provide a stable monetary basis. It reflects a longing for tangible currency backing rather than paper promises.
Chicago Minister Fears Railway Half Fair Acceptance
Rev. Robert Collyer of Chicago argues that accepting half fares on railways would make ministers appear like beggars and could erode respect for clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Collyer
Chicago
Man Finishes Dickens Draft and Claims Substantial Offer
A writer who worked on Dickens's unfinished fiction says he completed the task and is attempting to persuade readers that someone offered him 2000 dollars for the manuscript.
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Dickens
Plasterer Garvey Laments Crime in New York
tz Garvey of the Boss Tweed ring resides at Battle Mountain Nevada and hopes to become an honest miner instead of stealing in New York.
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Tz Garvey
Boss Tweed Ring
Battle Mountain
Nevada
New York
Practical St Louis street grading proposals by Mrs Ellen Sheeley
A practical demonstration in St Louis features Ellen Sheeley proposing to grade five new streets. The plan contrasts with complaints about a widow, aiming to show progress in municipal work.
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St. Louis
Ellen Sheeley
Count de Chambord Aims for French Kingship
The papers note the Count de Chambord preparing for kingship of France. He may struggle to sell his stock in the French market and could see it quoted at zero.
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Count de Chambord
France
Brist
Sarah A. Blount
Jubal Blount
Bristol
Peter Gladding
Pees Court
James E. French
George T. Frend Gan
James E.french
CENIX
Moving the crops and a bag of meal warning
The passage notes that moving the crops has become a favored phrase and urges instant attention from all parties. It suggests a possible hidden issue in the meal bag attributed to Wall Street and warns of a potential danger to the economy.
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Wall Street
Bradlaugh’s Reform Tactic Sways Angry Workers
An imported agitator notes Americans resist his red flag and shifts to conservatism to win favor and fund his campaign. He answers skeptics with a pragmatic stance, saying “if it only pays” when pressed by working men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tar Bradlaugh
Adams and Welles clash over Seward memory
Charles Francis Adams faces stern critique from Hon. Gideon Welles who attacks his attempt to elevate William H. Seward’s character at the expense of Abraham Lincoln. Welles declares Adams ignorant of Lincoln and defends Lincoln’s memory against such bias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Francis Adams
Gideon Welles
William H. Seward
Abraham Lincoln
Adams
Mixed Claims Commission awards to British subjects
The Mixed Claims Commission has completed its labors and awarded nearly two million to British subjects. Original demands stood at ninety five million, a large reduction achieved by the award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Senne
Reformers Lose Steam After Gaining Office
The text notes how some reformers push to purge corruption in government yet once in power show memory lapses as old practices resume, with wheels turning similarly to before. It highlights inconsistency between rhetoric and action in governance.
Jubilee man Mr. P S Gilmore testimonial in Boston
The narrative hints Mr P S Gilmore known as the Jubilee man faced a testimonial event at the Boston Theatre on a Sabbath eve. Locals speak of preserving Sabbath sacredness and regret the association with a broken Sabbath in Boston’s social memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. S. Gilmore
Boston
Hub
NY Attorney General Nominee Seen As Less Aggressive
The article questions the Republican choice for New York Attorney General likening the candidate to General Barlow yet noting a less aggressive stance. It suggests Tweed sympathy may influence the decision and warns defeat could teach the schemers a lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Barlow
Tweed
Suspicion Arises Over Captain Hall's Death
Morton of the Arctic Ship Polaris reports Captain Hall died after returning from an expedition in good health. The account fuels suspicion of foul play and calls for swift government action if investigations confirm a crime against those serving national interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton
Hall
Roundly Abused Conductor May Cost Railroads Dearly
A Maine case yields a damages award of 4250 for insults to a passenger. The writer argues conductors’ impudence adds up quickly, hurts dividends, and could make conductors a costly luxury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Tauecetevich
Local Church Preaches Tomorrow in Advent Chapel
Local Elder E R Wood of Exeter will preach tomorrow afternoon and evening in the Advent Chapel. Bristol Train of Artillery members should attend the Armory meeting next Monday evening for important business. Regular weekly drills resumed last Monday.
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E. R. Wood
Exeter
Advent Chapel
Bristol
Court OF PresaTe
Eleanor B. Church
William ‘R. Taylor
Peter Gladding
William Bradford
John B. Munro
Lane E. French
Otis Munro
Antonio de Fragas
William R. Taylor
George W. Monro
Tenth annual Y M C A meeting reports growth and funds
The Y M C A held its tenth annual meeting at the association rooms. Receipts and expenditures exceed 900 dollars with a 29.94 dollar balance. Membership up 56 and library gains 139 volumes. demand for enlarged rooms noted. Public lectures and prayer meetings continued. new year set for vigorous work for young men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
Board of Managers
United States
North East
Town wide highway curb work urged for property owners
The town notes steady highway improvement over two years with curbing and sidewalks repaired in many areas. Officials credit Surveyors of Highways and the Town Council for prudent appropriations, while urging private property owners to complete curbing in front of their lots to protect and raise land values. The piece recounts a civic stance on public works and citizen responsibility.
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Surveyors of Highways
Alexander Manchester
Harriet E. Townsend
Samuel
Munroe
Benjamin H. Gifford
George Smith
James Sharkey
Jubal Blount
Sarah Blount
John A. Rich
KE. W
E. J
Church Street
Said Street
James A. Miller
Town Bridge
Pappasquash Road
Samuel D. Lindsey
Academy
Court of Common Pleas
Parmenus Skinner
Josephus Gooding
Charles H. Spooner
George H. Farrington
Charles H. Manchester
John A. Umfreville
Richard F. Joynes
Samuel Liscomb
Ambrose B. LeLois
William J. Diman
George W. Peckham
James D. Wardwell, Jr
Joseph P. Thompson
State Farm
Court of
Newton Waldron
Munro
Hope
Franklin
Charles Johnson
Filial Duty and the Stork Lesson in Dutch Lore
The article reflects on the debt of gratitude children owe to parents and their duty to care for frail elders. It cites the permanence of divine words and notes Dutch veneration and protection for storks, using the bird as a symbol of filial duty and the heavy penalty for harming it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Fire Company Resolution Thanks Newport Guests
At a Thursday meeting King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co No 1 adopted a unanimous preamble and resolutions praising the Newport Middletown and Hartford excursion. They thank Rough & Ready Engine Co No 2 Hercules Engine Co No 7 and Newport Fire Department members for the welcome and hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kine Parmie Steam Fire Engine Co
James F. Stoughton
Middletown
Hartford
New London
Newport
Hall of Hercules No. 7
A. L. Burdick
P. C. Shultz
Connecticut River
Hubbard Hose Company
Stoughton
Harris
Hubbard Hose Co
Union Park
Coffin
Bristol
King Philip Steamer Company
Hubbard Hose
McDonough
Dickinson
Assurance Hall
K. P.s
State Street
Central Row
Main
Engine 1
No. 1
Alert Hose ,Co. 1
Hook and Ladder No
Pearl Street
Heublein
Bristol Boys
Horse Guard
Hartford Fire Department
D. L. Aberdein
Bristol Company
Aberdein
Foreman Stoughton
F. L. Allen Hook and Ladder Co
Hydraulion Co
C. L. Baker
E. P. Bowen
Wm. J. Miller
Bristol Cornet Band
King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co. No.1
Rough & Ready Engine Co. No
Hercules Engine Co
Fire Department of
Frank Harris
Douglass Hose Co
Wm. H. Pitt
O. W. Coffin
Y M C A Entertainment Opens With Stereopticon Show
The Y M C A course of entertainments will open Thursday with Black's Stereopticon. The display uses nature photographs enlarged by a Drummond microscope and chemical light to create life size, vivid images twelve to eighteen feet across. New York City appropriated $6000 to bring Arctic scenes to its schools.
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Black
Drummond
New York
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Bristol Train of Artillery
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Lieut. Gov. van Zandt
Henry B. Anthony
Kate Stanton
Edward H. Hazard, Esq
Joseph S. Hawley
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Wadsworth
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Pittsburgh, Pas
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Brown University
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