Rhode Island population rises amid statewide gains
Rhode Island shows a nine percent population increase over five years with only five towns posting declines. A Watch Hill to Point Judith life saving station proposal gains interest while seed vessels of the New Zealand bird catching tree reveal sticky gum that entangles birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watch Hill
Point Judith
Rhode Island
New Zealand
Comet Paths and Bacteria Amid Tornado Data
The report notes BS Tuttle's Comet 1853 8 with a 14 year period seen near Nice this year. It details cholera bacillus survival in various media and 1884 tornado activity across the United States with path widths and timings. It also covers historical anesthetics used in early surgery and medieval procedures.
North Carolina Fever of Growth and New Arrivals
A Southern Budget correspondent notes a wave of optimism for North Carolina as settlers, immigrants, and land plans boost the state’s growth. Dr. Clark Whittier buys 60,000 acres to cultivate and improve, signaling a statewide building boom and economic energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Clark Whittier
Maud Muller
Golden Shores
Californian
Old North
Union
F. P. Woodwarp
Public school term begins. Electric Belt ads move. local events
The fall term of the public schools starts next Monday. The Electric Belt Advertising Co. moved to a vacant High street lot between Church and Constitution streets after hosting free outdoor shows. Moore's Band performances drew large crowds on Hope street and nearby streets. Captain Nelson Waldron, former whaling captain and Que bec resident, died August 23 in Windsor Vermont at age 71. son-in-law Harrison Murray, Esq., resides there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Cleveland
Vassar College
Whitney
Navy Department
Roach
Congress
Connecticut Avenue
Fairchild
Massachusetts Avenue
Manning
Miss Matie
Watch Hill
Mass
Great Britain
Interior Department
Lamar
Tam
Land of the Free
Isbor
Electric Belt Advertising Co
State Street
High Street
Church and
Constitution Streets
Galtmangign
Hope Street
Moore
Nelson Waldron
Inte Leonard
Betsey Waldron
Bowditch
Quebec
Vermont
Harrison Murray, Esq
Windsor
Francis
George A
George W
Caroline Francis
Waldron
Jayne
Warren
Joseph
Dayne
Cornelia B
John
Mary LeBaron Pearse
Abundant Apples and Rhode Island Clambake Notes
The article notes an abundant crop on the Church farm at Papasquash despite an off year for apples. It recalls a Rhode Island Society fair at Narragansett Park with horses cattle and women’s handiwork, and describes a Bristol Rhode Island clambake at the Narrows hosted by Mrs. Judge Colt. It also lists marriage intentions and records from Bristol from 1680 to 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papasquash
Rhode Island Society For the Encouragement of
Narragansett Park
Providence
Judge Colt
Charles F. Bowler
Rhode Island
Bowler
James N. Arnold
Warragansett
Colt Visitors and Pearce Funeral Reflections
Attorney General and Mrs. Colt return from a trip via the White Mountains then visit Senator Hale and James G. Blaine in Maine. Cornelia Braprorp Pearce dies in Bristol after long illness. funeral at State Street home with ministers Stevens and Locke leading services. Also fashion notes preview fall fabrics and labeling issues in American textiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. P. Colt
White Mountains
Eugene Hale
Ellsworth
Maine
James G. Blaine
Augusta
State Street
Mr. Stevens
Congregational Church
Mr. Locke
Episcopal Church
Au Naturelle
Lord & Taylor
Simoney Baxne
Memory Lane Returns to Childlike Faithful Times
A reflective verse recalls a lost childhood world of obedience and faith, where happiness felt pure and memories linger. The speaker mourns past simplicity and longs for the purity of days when joy was bound to divine praise.
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Parsonfield
Gr Augustus L. Chaffee
San Antonio
England
Gordon
Khartoum
Sqn
China
Spain
United States
Gr" Sullivan
Cincinnati
Greenwich Academy
South
Virginia
Texas
Staunton
James A. Welch
Montville, Conn
Gen. Grant
Boston
Tremont Temple
Henry Ward Beecher
Julia Ward Howe
BS Tuttle
Nice
Apy
Rahts
Signal Service Bureau
New England
Rocky Mountains
Lagneau
Pliny
Southern Pryes
N.C
Dante
Satan
Will Carleton
Batan
Brother Pomp Verkins
Pomp Perkins
Brudder Jones
Brudder Huckleberry
West
Roey
Ridley
E. Ridley & Sons
Grand, Allen
Orchard Streets
Local Affairs
Bourne
Richard Borden
Rocky Point
George W. Peckham
Bristol Neck
Here
Newport
Block Island
Henry Crocker
First Baptist Church
A. A. Hoyt
Advent Church
Court of Probate
Burnside Memorial Building
Emily Wynant
New York
Joshua Wilbour
Hope and
Union Streets
Albert Pharo
Seth Paull
J. Russell Pearse
Thomas Pearse
Nathaniel Gladding
Namquit
Herreshoff Manufacturing Co
National Rubber Co
Putman
W. ‘Taft
Mendon
Middle
William Valentine
Taft
William Sheafe Chace
St. Michael’s Church
A. E. Drew
New Bedford
State Street M. E
M. R. Vincent
Bat
Salvation Army
Town Hall
Post Office
Pearce
Bristol
Ling
George Washington
Sylvanus
Jane
Sarah Ann Lewis
Anna Jenckes
Henry Wight
Liscomb
John, Jr
Rebecca Thurston
N. Byfield
Ann
James Wardwell, Jr
Margaret Wilson
Priscilla
John Oldridge
Leah
Aaron Easterbrooks
Abigail Sandford
Lydia
Daniel Sanford
Nathaniel
Nancy
Sarah Lawless
Sarah
Elizabeth
Gilbert Richmond
William C
Anne Lake
Hebron Vincent
Jeremiah D
Elizabeth Wood
Thomas Shepard
Simon Dew
Phebe Munro
Little
Peggy
Joseph Gallup
Otis
Pembroke
Elizabeth Howland
John Usher
Thomas
Margaret Lawton
Samuel
Hannah Carr
Nathaniel Fales
Edward
Mary Burnham
Norwich
Kirtland
Mary
Nathaniel Reynolds
The
Phoenix
Cornelia Braprorp
John 8. Pearce
Christ
Joe Rogers
Phenix
Briscoy
John Potter
God's Acre
Edinburgh
Svulllivan
M. F
Ireland
Thomas Power O’connor
M. P
Philadelphia
Pain
James
Tennyson
Alfred Lord
Becket
London
Maurice
F. D
Cuntis
George William
Ciewens
Mark Twain
Charles Dudley Warner
Hartford
Otrenant
Mrs. Hester
Mansuatt
Emma
Colston
Old
Faunog
D. W
D. D
Pax
Edgar Allen
George E. Woodberry
Sukey
Lucy
Grace
Becky
Eveline
Patty
Ruth
Eunice
Eliza
Phebes
Polly
Hannah
Tad
Aigut
Len
Earth
Nina Gray Clarke
Cambridge, Mase
James Pyle
U_ 8
Grant
Critica
William Dickson & Co
Chicago
Ws T. UH. Suipman
Hope
High Streets
J. C. Gallup
Sherman
Joseph Wardwell
C.B. Munro’s
Bradford Streets
C. A. Greene
Ofice
Phcgenix Marine Journal
Port of
R. Borden
Mason
Fall River
Fire Fly
Dewey
East Greenwich
R. G. Whilldin
Young
Hattie Lou
Lore
Dhr
Mare Rogers
Ryask
Ladoga
King
Nert
Lucile
Herreshof
Raynor
Elizabethport
BR. Borden
Doughton
Mackey
N. York
Canonicus
Orswell
Prov. Furniture Company
BIG Bargain Depot
COR
Broad & Mathewson
Providence, R. Y
Great House
RI Society For the Encouragement OF Domestic Industry
Willholdpa GabdlaQkowr
Industeil Exhitien
B. I
Union Railroad Co
Park
New York & New England KR. R. Co
Cranston Depot
N. Y Providence & Rosaton R. RK. Co
Auburn
Auburn Station
T. W. Shalley
Grand Stand
North Main Street
R. I
Charles IL. Peckham
Charles W. Smith
P. Vauaun
Kent
O.C. Goodell
E. C. Munro's
Yale Chemical CO
New Haven
Conn
ASON
E. C Munko
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