Morality of the Press on Byron and public gossip
The article condemns intrusions into private life and argues the press should not air Lady Byron's private history. It cautions against sensational treating of matrimonial infidelity and urges protecting youth from corrupting material, emphasizing moral influence over daring exposure. It notes similar censure of Swinburne and Reade and laments sensationalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Byron
Stowe
Atlantic Monthly
Byron
Guieciuli
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Charles Reade
Lady Byron
Mrs. Stowe
Suez Canal origin and early construction summary
A historical note on the Suez Canal from Lippincott's Magazine outlines early ideas, surveys, and the 1854 contract between Egypt and Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez. It covers ownership terms, Egypt’s concessions and buybacks, labor, dredging costs, projected tolls, and plans to build specialized vessels to navigate Red Sea obstacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suez Canal
Napoleon
Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez
Aleady
Red Sea
England
India
Lippacott
The Late Froor and Public Hardship Report
A Providence Press item notes widespread destruction and tax burdens from the late Hood, praising communal aid while criticizing pardons and corruption in government. It covers a wife reclaiming savings, a spate of pardons, and the oyster war with Virginia, detailing state and federal responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Taneler Sound
Canby
States Constabulary
Rhode Island Bridge Companys Struggles With Repeated Damages
The Fall River Monitor reports the Rhode Island Bridge Company has faced repeated destruction and costly repairs since 1795. A current bridge opening exceeds 200 feet, with projected repairs estimated at twenty to thirty thousand dollars. Previous bridges collapsed amid massive expenditures, leaving years of alternates by boat until a stone structure was built. The sequence shows cycles of destruction, repair, and partial operation spanning over a century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River Monitor
Rhode Island Bridge Company
Portsmouth
Last Hours of FRANKLIN PIEACE Correspondent's Telegraph
A Boston Journal correspondent describes the final hours of Franklin Piece as he endured hiccups and neuralgic pains, facing grave symptoms yet staying conscious and calm. He conversed about public affairs, reflecting on his career and colleagues before dying around 5 PM with a peaceful, resigned expression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Pieace
Concord
Boston Journal
Flo
Memers
Ireland in crisis despite relaxed English policy
A Kerry letter says Irish villagers see no relief from liberal reforms and feel doomed to sorrow. They distrust Parliament, cling to hope only for emigration to America, and believe tenant rights and religious equality have lost value amid ongoing agrarian hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Irelan
Kerry
America
Ireland
Mackerel Fleet Expands as Gloucester Trade Surges
The Gloucester Advertiser reports eight arrivals from the Bay in the past two weeks with good fares and plans for many more by month-end. About forty sail have landed first fares, and fifty vessels have shipped mackerel home by steamer, with ores landing at 150 to 350 bands. The total catch is expected to exceed last year, though shore crews have had a quiet fortnight and report plentiful mackerel but avoid the hovok.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester Advertiser
Chinese Bron performance described by San Francisco editor
A local editor of the San Francisco chronicle attended a Chinese band performance and likened it to a boiler factory scene with riveters, a mammoth tin shop, a large mill, a drunken party, hundreds of instruments, and a riotous roof, conveying a vivid impression of a first class Chinese band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bristol Steamer Runs Aground In Storm Near Cuoddingtons Point
The Bristol of the Fall River line, en route from Fall River to New York, grounded on Cuoddingtons Point above Coasters Harbor during a Sunday storm. The vessel remained ashore overnight in heavy wind and thick fog, but all passengers were unharmed and returned to Fall River, then continued by the Providence on Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Fall River
New York
Cuoddington's Point
Coasters’ Harbor
Providence
Alden and Standish Descendants Share Chicago Home
In West Maison street Chicago John Alden a lineal descendant of the Puritan John Alden celebrated by Longfellow resides with Miles Standish another descendant. The Alden is a quiet man while Standish pursues his own courting, continuing family traits from their progenitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Maison Street
Chicago
John Alden
Longfellow
Miles Standish
Alden
Standish
Detroit swells dress as Washington costumes gain vogue
Detroit socialites embrace Washington attire with notable flair as the district observes a rise in patriotically themed costumes. The trend markets itself in saloons where the headgear and uniforms attract attention, signaling a growing fashion current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
George Washington
California squashes six feet long amid other coast notes
Newsgraphs California reports extraordinarily long squashes and a flood of miscellaneous items from New York bank notes to emigration effects in Sweden. Mentions Horatio Seymour inviting reporters to a potato dig on his farm and a deadly accident at a Salem tannery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Bank of Commerce
New York
Horatio Seymour
Fruit trees in bloom and town notices
Large numbers of apple pear cherry and other fruit trees in this town are in bloom. A communication on the subject of water arrived too late for today’s paper and will appear next week. The Teacher's Institute will be held in town on Thursday and Friday November 11 and 12 at Town Hall. Mr Abraham Peckham left at our office last Tuesday morning a piece of raspberry vine bearing a dozen or more berries, more than half fully ripe and large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Pierce
Concary
NX H
Hood
Ee Teacher's Institute
Town Hall
Abraham Peckham
Brage
Cheleen Eva and
Bene Mra N Sakers House
Bragg
Trrooktry
Tive
Beecuer
American Sastiebes Company
Hartford
Conn
Autobiography Subscriptions to Be Solicited Locally
Mr L. D Ashbey, agent for the Autobiography and Personal Recollections of John B. Gough will begin canvassing this town for subscribers. A recent storm with a southeast gale caused rain and minor street damage last Sunday night, the third in the series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D Ashbey
John B. Gough
Sermon at Catholic Congregational Church on Am I My Brother's Keeper
Rev Dr Thayer of Newport delivered a sermon last Sunday evening before the Young Men's Christian Association in the Catholic Congregational Church. He reflected on Genesis 4 9 asking Am I my brother's keeper in a discussion of brotherly responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Congregational Church
Young Men's Christian Association
Dr Thayer
Newport
Tragic death of five or six year old boy at Market wharf
Five or six year old Edward Goff, son of Mr Edward Goff, drowned after his cap and body were found in the Market wharf area. Brother from Diman's market reported the body and resuscitation attempts failed. Town Council adjourned meeting notes appointed Henry Goff to study widening Crane's lane. Bristol Gas Light Co accounts for quarter ending October 1 show charges for street lamps and public buildings amounting to 286.18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bory Drownep
Edward Goff
Henry Goff
Crane's Lane
Bristol Gas Light Co
Littel
Taileweed
Contemporary
Chasiker
Goeth Lisaaine
Pallsali Gazette
Segpahl Telegraph
Guenib
Edie
Lirrez. & Gar, Publishers
Bromfield Street
Boston
Court of Probate Adopts Admins for Two Estates
An adjourned probate meeting in the Council Chamber proved the will and codicil of James P. Pierce and named Mason W. Pierce Jr as Administrator with the will annexed, bond ten thousand dollars. The court reversed a prior decree and appointed William Bradford as Administrator de bonis non for William H. Allyn, bond seven thousand five hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Probate
Council Chamber
James P. Pierce
Mason W. Pierce, Jr
William H. Allyn
William Bradford
Attempted murder rocks Wood and Burton streets
William J. Davis, a National Rubber Company employee, was fired at while walking home about eleven o'clock last Monday night. The ball hit the bowl of his tobacco pipe in his left hand, Davis cried for help, and neighbors responded. Police seek the unknown assailant, believed to have aimed at another man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Davis
National Rubber Company
Wood and
Burton Streets
Davis
Tat Coca Brown to Perform in Town Hall Friday Night
Tat Coca Brown brings a popular a fine priced entertainment to Town Hall on Friday evening with a new programme. His clean humor and genuine wit attract large crowds. Support comes from A Howard Broxton, a noted ballad singer with a clear voice, ensuring a full house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tat Coca Brown
Town Hall
Mr Brown
Brown
Phiz
A. Howard Broxton
Juniper Hill Cemetery Improvements Highlight Grand Grounds
A detailed tour of Juniper Hill Cemetery notes a Gothic keeper’s lodge near the main entrance, views toward Narragansett Bay, and minimal storm damage. It highlights the Fales and Briggs lots with Nipmuc granite curbing, the 22 foot Quincy granite monument designed by F K Ballou, and new markers for Major Jacob Babbitt and Gov Byron Diman. Additional improvements and unsold lots are promised in future notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juniren Hite
Juniper Hill
Narragansett Bay
Zion Avenue
James Lawless
Fales
William Fales
Nipmuc
C. A. Hall
Providence
Alfred Pierce
Quincy
F. K. Ballou
Boston
Mass
William E. Fales
Briggs
L. W. Briggs
Walter D. Briggs
Jacob Babbitt
Byron Diman
Pisenh Avenue
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Bheniz
Electon
United States
Ulysses S. Grant
A. D
United States of America
A. & Grant
Iamilton Fis
Parpon
Andy Johnson
Michael Noon
Michael
Providence Press
Sweden
New Brunswick
Joan Catgin
Salem
France
Ascow
St. Maurice River
Canada
Quebec
Calvert
Texas
Holland
Rotterdam
Roma
Pontifical Zouages
Pierce
Washington
Union Pacific Railroad
Poughkeepsie
Bartonville
George Rorison
Lansing
Hoosac Tunnel
Rothschilds
Indian River
Cape Sable
Fox
Little Rock
Ark
St Thomas
Crawford County
Ind
Land
Palestine
Uxbridge
Brayton
New Orleans
Fair Grounds
Charles Rogers
Adam
Mankind
Garden of Eden
Mesopotamia
New Mampshire
Profile House
Pemigrewasset
Plymouth
Asa Phillips 2d
Mystic
Montauk
Phillips
Logal Tintypes
Capta
Exjamin Brayton
Comptroller’s Office
Ente Railway
CompPany
West St
Benjamin Brayton
Lewis
James Fisk, Jr
C. H. R. Doringh
William ©. Fales
James Davis Ingraham
West Indies
Ingraham
Cuba
Messrs
A.T
T. J. Usher
Bradford Durfee
Presidence
Canonicus
John
Johnson
Shervidawsa
Ay Branch
New -York Crehle Watch Co
Healir
Creide Watch Co
Durrance Street
A. H. Haayex
Peabody Medical Intitute—seléom
Parker
Internal Revenue Department
Ulankete
Literary Notices
Barvor
Europe
Mesers Elliots
Thames & Tabot
Duston
Heartie and Home
Messrs Pettengill & Bates
Park Row
Dy A. D. Richanson
Nutter
Pacific Railroad
Henry Ward Beecher
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