Egyptian Needle and Bread Debate In Gotham
The Bristol Phenix notes that an Egyptian needle costing $200,000 will not aid poor sewing women in Gotham who need bread. It comments on miners, Western prosperity, Southern hospitality, Mrs Grundy on weather, Rev. Joseph Cook resuming work, and the press’s impartial yet fickle nature with quick fading items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotham
Joseph Cook
Mr. Cook
Feyotin Gotham
Tweed
Jay Gould
New York
Eprrozor
F Barbosa
Porto Rico
New York College of Physicians
Europe
England
France
Germany
America
Metropolitan
Cuba
Spain
Connecticut
Egypt
Central Park
Indiana
Custom House
Heaven
Earth
Raprx
Public Servants Under Scrutiny as Citizens Watch
The public urges ongoing review of leaders in Congress and in state legislatures. Citizens insist officials are servants, not masters, and call for accountability through open scrutiny and timely public judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ka Congress
Washington
Funeral of Hon Wingate Hayes Held at Benefit Street Residence
The funeral was solemnized on Saturday forenoon at 344 Benefit Street Providence. Attendees included United States Supreme Court judges state and city officials Rhode Island Bar leaders and many railroad executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingate Hayes
Benefit Street
Providence
Supreme Court
United States
Rhode Island Bar
Financial and political notes from 1877 era press
The column surveys postwar memory, public works plans, and political shifts. It references Civil War veterans, Hayes presidency, Wendell Phillips on Sumner, and New York civic topics. It notes Tweed’s legal exposure, cigar strikes, and cultural reads from The Tribune and The World.
Local notices and weather amid Bristol town events
Locals report sermons by Rev Dr Thayer in Newport and Rev Rotch at State Street M E Church. A frost appears occasional as a storm rumbles, with town remarks on winter. The Bristol Cornet Band plans a Town Hall fair to fund a new leader, Thomas Hudson. A severe storm moistens earth while charity calls for aid, and tributes mark the death of Grornar W Gladding, veteran of the 30th and 15th U S Infantry, buried at North Cemetery Bristol Neck.
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Blackwoon
Leonard Scott Publishing Co
Barclay Street
New York
Helena
Euripides
Helen
East
Schuyler
The
Porte
Egypt
de Leon
N. Y
London Quarterly
Edinburgh
Westminster
British Quarterly Reviews
Blackwood
Bristol Cornet Band
Town Hall
Thomas Hudson
Albert W
Grornar W. Guapprine
Nathaniel Gladding
Bourn Street
Gladding
U. S. Infantry
15Th Regiment
U.S. Infantry
Martin— Simmons
IM Jones
William T. Martin
Warren
Mary E. Simmons
Bristol
Kane—Hunter
Trinity Church
Newart
Walter Langdon Kane
Mary Rothh
Charles Hunter
Newport
Blakely—Baxter
Fall River
Instant
John Blakely
Nellie 8. Baxter
Court of Probate
R.I
Allen Bullock
Anid
Wiliam Harding
Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad
Devisees
James D. Perry
Jonathan Diman
William Franklin
Samuel White
Richard Franklin
Rogers Free Library Building impacts Bristol YMCA
The Bristol Young Men’s Christian Association reports stagnant Building Fund at 2105 30, Library Fund 260 99, and Tract Fund 50 with 4 35 unexpended interest. It notes donation by Mrs. Rogers of 50 worth of books, a shift to free library space, and efforts to engage the youth through religious meetings led by A H Carpenter and church collaboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Young Men’s Christian Association
Barron
Brethren
Robert Rogers
Rogers
Free Library
Thompson
A. H. Carpenter
Vermont
South Christian Church
Brother Carpenter
Lord Jesus Christ
The
Death of Mrs Many F Cuuren in Bristol Community
The Bristol PauNix records the death of Mrs Many F Cuuren, praising her as a noble, pure, and steadfast woman. RN. G. C. Cambridge Mass notes the sentiment from October 21 1877, reflecting on Bristol’s old families and ancestral ties as they mourn the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Many F. Cuuren
Negrand
Peter Church
Narragansett
RN. G. C
Cambridge
Mass
Margery Gray Folklore Poem Recited In Town
A regional note recalls Gov Collins memory and a poem about Margery Gray. It recounts how the aged recluse lived in a lonely cottage, her past decorum, and a midnight murder scene witnessed by the community. The ballad ends with a suggestion of Margery’s lingering mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barron
Gov. Collins
John Darling
Margery Gray
Bristol Female Charitable Society Secretary Report 1877
The 6th anniversary finds the Bristol Female Charitable Society in depression with no treasury balance and reduced last month's appropriation. Loss of two pensioners, but two local seniors replaced, funds strained by lower receipts and higher calls, urging more annual members.
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Bristol
Lydia French
Wm. E. Fales
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Roger Willams Park
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Wendell Phillips
Charles Sumner
Grant
Philips
New York Tribune
Henry W. Cleveland
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Thomas Hardy
R. J. Blackmore
Oliphant
Francon
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State Auditor
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County of
Bristol Female Charitable Society
H. M. Jones
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Trinity
Mission School
A. E. Burnside
Henry B. Anthony
Benjamin T. Eames
Chadwick & Williston
Phope
O. C. Barrows
Oo. D'w. B
Ani
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Margery
St. Michaels Church
Phenix Bank
Union Bank
Peter Gladding
al Stagers
Yy Wolf
Codman
Soley
T. Colt
O'Wolf
Drury
G. Alden
Ansenia M. Bassett
B. F
G. H. Farrington
Warren & Wood
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Hunt
Claree
Glenn
U.S
Buffington
Morris
N.C. Bedell
Parkers
Shilon
Shiloh
WM. H. Buffington
WM. Ji. Buffington
John C. Knowles
Providece
Knowles
Providence Press
G. P. Barnes
G. W. Easterbrooks
Hope Street
South America
Josefa T. Inman
Bible House
D. R. Sheridan
Hope
Bradford Streets
Bedell’s
Awe
Samuel P, Colt
New Westminster Street
T. H. Shipman
Hope and
Union and
High Streets
Geo. A. Pike
Lewis Gower
Bristol County
Nfope and
Sa- WM
Richards
M.D
Odi Fellows Building
Bradford Street
Edward V
Silas G. Shaw
Sullivan
Honora Sullivan
Slocum
Olive J. Simmons
George Slocum
Tiverton
Estes
Matilda
Peter Estes
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of Bristol, I. I
R. Borden
Mason
Durfee
Gannon
Pride of
Lord
Calaix
Gannor
James English
Barker
Port Johnson
Nainquit Mill
Teazer
Darling
Prudence
B. Durfee
Hamilton
William Mount Hope Bay
Helen Mar
Duncan
G. West
Westerly
Rhode Island
Joseph W. Warren
Mary AicFarlen
Jennie Porter
Uardian
Winfield G. Hubbard
Horace R. Hubbard
Horace QC
Sophronia K. Hubbard
Dorace G. Hubbard
W. Frunce
George H. Reynolds
Mount Lane
R. F. Joynes
Vickery House
Thames Street
B. M. Lincoln
Charles Stone
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Moe Bey
High Street
Tubb Arid
Spoonee
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UIT
Miller
Pittsburg
Luc
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Etps
Muse Bib
Middlebor
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Italia Va
Milwaukee
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Philada
Lue Washburn & CO
Middlevoro
Musa
Mminen
J. C. McCerdy & LO
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James
Craddock & CO
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Sanford
Jamaica
J. A. Sitermas
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Sand
Sherman
Herh
Pew
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