International Land and Labor Agency Promised by Burritt
From a Birmingham circular Elihu Burritt launches an International Land and Labor Agency to ease English emigration to the United States. It aims to place English farmers and workers in American farms and industries, supply English labor orders, facilitate exchange of improved tools, seeds, and even money transfers, and promote a cross Atlantic exchange of birds and culture. It also notes a recent coal strike in Scranton area where Hyde Park miners returned after a general council order.
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Birmingham
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Elihu Burritt
United States
New England
West
South
America
Os Expresary
Huttienlavlats
Baldwin
Seckno
Europe
Heavenly City
Lytle Park
Scranton
Penn
J.C. Fincher
Connecticut
Schuylkill
Hyde Rark
General Council of Miners
General Council
Hyde Park
Great Council in December and Rome coup de lat
An American resident in Austria reports that December will see the Great Council convene and rumors of a papal coup to seize absolute power without clergy support. The old pope is likened to Hildebrand, and Catholics fear schism or failure as Bavaria and Austria react coldly to the new dogma.
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Great Council
Roma
Lateran
Hildebrand
Bavaria
Austria
Brown University Commencement Exercises Report
The one hundred and first annual Commencement at Brown University Providence occurred on a Wednesday morning. Orations by graduates were well written and gracefully delivered and many were noble specimens of vigorous thought and beautiful expression. The audience well received the literary program, lasting about three hours, with fixed attention and frequent applause.
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Brown University
Providence
English colony for Kansaa8 land sale by National Land Co
A dispatch from St. Louis dated August 26 reports the National Land Company completed a sale to representatives of an English colony of 1,200 families. The 32,000 acres lie 4 to 20 miles northwest of Junction City, mostly rolling prairie, at about 3.75 dollars per acre. Eighteen colonists have arrived and begun improving the land, with most expected to reach Kansas this fall and spring.
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Eee
Kansas
Hoosac Tunnel Excavation Advances at East End
The Lowell Courier reports continued digging at the easterly end of the Hoosac tunnel, over one hundred feet beyond a soft section twelve feet wide that filled with rotten rock and fell, leaving a forty foot high cavity later solidified with timber. Beyond the cavity the rock improves to mica slate, blasting off in large flakes suitable for building, with progress about forty feet per week.
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Tur Hoosac
Lowell Courier
Hoosac
Destitution in Bundelkhand and Malwa Distress
Destitution in Bundelkhand, India persists with nine thousand people in Rewah supported by charity. Magade and Suhawal suffer similar distress under British management in the region. Malwa faces near drought with scarce rain. Rajputana drought impacts fodder, cattle scarce, and salt transport routes rerouted from Sambhur Lake to Agra and train networks to Jubbulpore.
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Anwdia
Bundeleund
India
Rewah
Sambhur
Teypou
Central India
Agra
Jubbulpore
Consolidation of P. D. Hall and Miss Rice in Jacksonville
The Democratic News owner in Jacksonville Oregon notes the marriage of P D Hall to Miss Rice. The squib hints the paper has opposed Chinese but shows fondness for Rice and describes securing a patent girdle as a comic prize. The piece emphasizes selective and prudent culling of the article.
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Hinery Rice
P. D. Hall
Democratic News
Jacksonville
Oregon
Massacre in Spain Report of Executions Near Barcelona
A Madrid letter reports great excitement over nine men executed near Barcelona by Lieut. Col. Cosatis without trial. Eight were Carlists and one a gamekeeper. The official who ordered the shootings was promoted, echoing Gen. Prim’s claim the government would be cruel to quell rebellion.
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Madrid
Barcelona
Cosatis
Officcar
Prim
Havana Journal
United States
Cuba
Jenkins
Prince Arthur
Canada
Prince Albert
Cheyenne
California
Atlantic
Liverpool
Chicago
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Pekin
Canton
Fiji
Sumba
Tanna
Old Colony
Boston
Capt Smith
Norwich
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Cnap
Danbury
New York
Express
SINGUAR ACCIDENT OF A 13 YEAR OLD SULLIVAN
At Fall River on Saturday Arthur Sullivan aged thirteen jumped from an apple tree and landed on a sharp wooden slab half an inch in diameter four inches long. The wood pierced the sole of his right foot and emerged near the inner ankle causing terrible agony until removal. He has been comfortable since.
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Fall River
Arthur Sullivan
Storm Strikes Vermont Damaging Morristown Mills and Bridges
The Vermont storm last Friday caused heavy damage in Morristown where several saw and clapboard mills were swept away, bridges carried off, and highways badly damaged. Estimated damage in the town reaches 815000. The rain was accompanied by lightning causing further destruction.
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Vermont
Morristown
Treasurer Spinner Demands Tax Returns From Banks
Tris announced that Treasurer Spinner will soon send a circular to National Banking Institutions declaring noncompliance with the law. It orders semi-denial returns of taxable circulating notes, deans and capital, warns of penalties, and demands prompt statements under threat of prosecution.
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Tris
Spinner
Fractional Currency Flaws at New York Bank Note Firms
Some fractional currency supplied by the New York Bank Note Companies is said to be 80 percent badly printed and unfit for use, raising concerns about quality and public trust in early monetary issues.
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New York Bank Note Companies
First National Bank of Albany
Adam van Allen
San Francisco
Opening of the Suez Canal Promises New Global Links
The seventeenth day of next November may mark the canal’s formal opening for commercial purposes. The isthmus spans about seventy-two miles, with a barren surface now fertilized by Nile floods. Observers note desert showers and dense fogs near new plantations, bringing apparent climate changes and thriving villages at canal stations.
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Suez Canal
Europe
Asia
Africa
Siez
Paris
Crirse Washermen Showdowns in San Francisco Laundry Scene
A dated, sensationalized account praises Chinamen as washermen for their skill and low prices while describing unusual methods such as dampening clothes by mouth and spraying through teeth. The piece notes pristine shirt results, buttoned garments, and half-price rates versus local women, with a bitter undertone about cultural stereotypes.
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San Francisco
Rare Cattle Disease Report From Shrewsbury Mass
A herd in Shrewsbury Massachusetts afflicted by a disease once misidentified as pleuro-pneumonia shows lungs healthy on exterior but bronchi filled with minute thread like worms. These white thread worms 1 to 3 inches long clog air passages, disease deemed rare here and not considered contagious. Providence Journal notes English descriptions of the illness.
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Shrewsbury
Mass
Providence Journal
Singular railroad accident claims Worcester conductor life
Samuel Preston of Worcester, conductor of a Boston and Albany freight train, died last Monday evening in a singular accident near Newton. While walking atop the cars to pass a tank car, lamp flames ignited gases from the petroleum tank, causing an explosion that hurled him into the oil filled tank. He suffered severe burns and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where he died within hours. The Newton fire department extinguished the burning car.
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Newton Fire Department
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New York Post
The
Science Association
Salem
Larwill Station
Ohio
W. Starker
Presbyterian Church
Tuk
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Torrey
Providence and
Boston Railroad
Newport
Old Colony
New York and
Bristol
Providence
Fall River
New York
Discovery of Iron Ore Range in Alaska Reported
ANOTHER DISCOVERY IN ALASKA. Professor Davidson of the United States Coast Survey has reportedly found a mountain range of iron ore near the seacoast. The range rises about two thousand feet, with unknown extent, and Alaska’s rivers, walrus, codfish, salmon, northern pines, coal mines, and iron ore mountains are cited as promising resources for future speculation.
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Alaska
Davidson
United States Coast Survey
N. ¥. Herald
Double headed locomotive for Pacific Railroad described
The Taunton Gazette reports a new two engine fused locomotive designed for bidirectional travel, avoiding turntables. Built at William Mason's works, it weighs fifty four tons, has six pairs of 3 ft 9 in wheels, 15 in cylinders, 24 in stroke, and 25 700 pounds of power. It carries three thousand gallons of water and over two tons of coal, aimed at hauling long freight and other trains, claimed as one of the most powerful and durable engines in the country.
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The
Taunton Gazette
William Mason
Pacific Railroad
Cotton Mills Across States Sharpen Cincinnati Exhibit
Georgia reports forty seven mills and South Carolina forty while Missouri runs twenty seven Alabama eleven Tennessee forty and North Carolina hosts many mills. The product is fine shirtings and sheeting and the Cincinnati samples compare well with New England goods.
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South Carolina
Missouri
Alabama
Tennessee
North Carolina
Cincinnati
New England
Tragic Local Accidental Drowning In Yard Barrel
At Lowell on Monday a little daughter of Mr. George L. Spalding fell into a partly buried barrel of water while playing in a neighbor's yard. She was found within minutes with only part of her body under water and life was extinct.
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Lowell
George L. Spailding
New York Observer Attacks Mrs Stowe On Byron Tale
The New York Observer cites Mrs Stowe's claimed revelation about Lord Byron and his wife as a fable, while The Independent calls the piece startling yet unsupported, misdated, and ill-advised for publication.
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New York Observer
California codfishery boom and strange era notes
A miscellaneous 19th century column cites a California codfishery surge, odd notes about butter prices in St Albans, famed performers in California, a sham “champion kleptomaniac,” a wrecked barge, a gas pipe proposal, and various local incidents from towns like Woonsocket and New Bedford. It compiles rapid vignettes with names, places, and events including ships, fires, crimes, and political quips.
Buckley's Burlesque Opera Troupe Full House at Town Hall
Local item notes a full audience Monday evening for Buckley's Burlesque Opera Troupe in Town Hall. A brief weather note mentions a shower Thursday noon. An amateur Mount Jane farmer reports corn ten feet tall after July planting. Rev. H M Sones of Fredonia NY will preach tomorrow at the First Baptist Church. A sizable crowd attended South Somerset M E Church clambake and picnic Tuesday.
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Ce” Buckley
Town Hall
Mount Jane
H. M. Sones
Fredonia
New York
First Baptist Church
South Somerset
M. E
Cold weather Couldn't Stop Big Crowd For B C B's Concert
A large gathering listened to the music of the B C B's Wednesday evening despite cold conditions. The event drew residents and visitors, with attendees staying for performances and enjoying the evening despite the chill.
Phantom carriage sighting draws crowd near Poppasquash
About two to three hundred people gathered along the road to Poppasquash last Saturday night hoping to glimpse the phantom carriage. No sighting was reported by observers.
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Poppasquash
Hutchinson Family Singers Weeknight Town Hall Appearance
A selective and appreciative audience gathered Tuesday evening at Town Hall to enjoy the Hutchinson Family's singing performance.
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Town Hall
Hutchinson
Town Council and Court of Probate Meeting Noted
The regular monthly meeting of the Town Council and Court of Probate will be held in the Council Chamber on Monday afternoon next at two o'clock.
Church Service Canceled Due to Pastor Illness
There was no preaching at State Street M E Church last Sunday because Rev Dre Whedon, the pastor, was sick. The absence left the congregation without a sermon as worship proceeded with prayers and hymns.
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State Street M. E
Dre Whedon
Russell Bullock Resigns Federal Judge Post
The town learns Wen J Russell Bullock has resigned as Judge of the United States District Court for the district due to illness.
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Wen. J. Russell Bullock
United States District Court
Rev D A Whedon to Preach at State Street Church
The Rev D A Whedon D D is expected to preach before the Y M C A association at State Street Methodist Church on Sunday evening next at seven thirty.
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D. A. Whedon D. D
Y . C. Association
State Street Methodist Church
Agricultural Clambake Ad Invites Attendence at Pearce's Grave
Read the advertisement of the Agricultural Clambake and if you want to attend an A 1 bake go to Pearce's Grave and you will be sure of one day's real enjoyment.
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Pearce
Uncle Joe Quotes on Cold Water and Ghostly Road View
The speaker claims that those who drink only cold water will not see the ghostly team along Poppasquash road. Iced champagne allegedly provided the finest sighting of the apparition yet reported.
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Uncle Joe
Henry C Sayles Elected Middle District School Teacher
At a Thursday School Committee meeting Woonsocket’s Henry C Sayles was unanimously elected to teach the Middle District School, replacing the declined Virgil O Ilardon. Sayles is described as experienced and well qualified for the post.
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Henry C. Sayles
Woonsocket
Virgil O Ilardon
Sayles
Town Overreach on Street Lines Sparks Property Alarm
Cuartes D W Browne warns against vague municipal power to realign historic street boundaries at owners expense. He cites unlawful demands to cut or setback house fronts, urging citizens with substantial interests to resist council encroachments and defend title against dubious reestablishment schemes.
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Brown
Rex
Jones & Robinson Reges
Smith Brothers & Co
Bristol
Confpdea
Cuartes D'Worr Browne
Bristol Select School Begins Second Term
The Bristol Select School at the corner of High and Church streets opens its second term on Monday next and invites enrollment.
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Bristol Select School
High and
Church Streets
Sco
Watson's Art Journal Fashion Plate Pattern Feature
In the New York weekly Watson's Art Journal a fashion plate and full sized pattern accompany each issue. The August 28 edition includes a tunic pattern, praised by readers as worth the subscription cost for three months.
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Watson's
Art Journal
New York
Reckless man nearly crushed by Bristol railroad loco
A reckless fellow narrowly escaped severe injury at Bristol last Friday evening when he tried to cross the track in front of a locomotive. The cow catcher picked him up and tossed him clear of the wheels.
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Bristol
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