Centenary era politics and New England concern
In a 1876 column the writer critiques party maneuvering and inflationism, praises Col Bristow’s campaign speech, and condemns sensational stump rhetoric. It notes Marble Adams and Massachusetts politics, warns of slow revival, and mocks old guard conservatism amid national political shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Francis Adams
Massachusetts
St. Louis
Adams
England
Democratic Party
Maine Awakens as Parties Strive for Centennial Victory
The speaker notes intense effort in Maine as both parties press for influence ahead of the centennial year. He argues the East resists certain doctrines and endorses Republican principles as essential for national progress. Maine is urged to act justly in the forthcoming contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Pine Tree
St. Louis
Tilden &Co
East
Republican Party
New England
Bristol Town News Roundup
Supreme Court term to begin in town on Monday morning. Rain showers refreshed area but springs and wells remain low. Bristol Cornet Band held an open air concert on the Common. Rev Samuel Moran of Providence to officiate at Trinity Church tomorrow with service times noted. Coal prices drop with Franklin coal now six dollars at doors. Mrs Sophronia T Farris, widow of Benjamin T Farris, died in Providence aged 51. funeral in Bristol. St Michael's church ladies held kettle drum event at Town Hall with food and crafts profits. John Champlain of Brooklyn visited Bristol, then had accident near Bay View Avenue suffering a compound leg fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Burston Pacnix
Fulton Market
Provident Savings Life Insurance Co
Sheppard Homans
A. F. Wilmarth
Provident
Homans
Daniel O'Leary
Hibernia
Tiffany & Co
O'Leary
Harvard
Thames
Oxford
Yale
England
London Rowing Association
London
Beaverwycks
Watkins
Columbia
America
Cornell
Samuel Moran
Providence
Trinity Church
Sophronia T. Farris
Benjamin T. Farris
Benjamin T. Easterbrooks
Young Ladies Club
St. Michael’s Church
Town Hall
St John Champlain
Brooklyn
N. Y
Warren
Bristol
Bay View Avenue
Sweet
Nellie E. Minsher
Mount Hope
Miss Minsher
St. Michael’s Sabbath School
Bliss Minsher
Rhode Island Historical Society
Briggs
Howe
Nichols
Hope Street
Minsher
A. U
Locke
Ellen Edwina Minsher
Juniper Hill Cemetery
St. Michael's
Nellie
Bristol Phenix
Saint Michael’s Church
Nellie Minsher
Benjamin Church
Mount
Puanix
Maseasoi
Real Estate Transfers In Bay View And Nearby Streets
Multiple 19th century property transfers listed with buyers and sellers. Transactions include lots and houses on Bay View Avenue Usher Street Franklin Street Congregational Street and other local streets with prices ranging from 1.00 to 1250 dollars. Names include Whitford Simmons Shaw Simmons Peters Maytum Fox Munro Eddy Fales Bourn Pitman White Bourn Pearse and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monts
Clark$ Whitford
Charles W. Shaw
Bay View Avenue
Wood Street
Juniper Hill Lane
Charles F. Simmons
James Peters
Usher Street
Mount Jane
Samuel Thompson
Charles M. Maytum
Robert H. Simmons
George A. Simmons
Mary J. Fox
Bay View Heights
Samuel White
Otis Munro
Warren
Martin O. Stokes
Albert C. Eddy
Bristol Ferry
Martha V. Fales
Philip B. Bourn
Republican Ratification Meeting at Town Hall
A large Hayes and Wheeler Campaign Club rally occurred on Thursday evening with flag and banner displays at Hope and Bradford and a grand ratification meeting at Town Hall. Speeches by Hon. John Turner and Judge E. T. Case, plus Burnside and Anthony, drew wide crowds amid band music and cheering portraits of Republican nominees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reppeliican
Hayes and Wheeler Campaign Club
Hope and
Bradford
State Streets
Town Hall
H. and W. Club
Bristol
Hope
State Street
John Turner
E. T. Case
Providence
Campaign Quartette Club
Wm. H. Spooner
Messrs
W. H. Spooner
LB. B. Colt
H. B. Anthony
H. J. Spooner
Jonathan L. Spencer
A. E. Burnside
N. W. Aldrich
Young Woman Rescued After Thrown From Wharf
A young woman named Lucy Saunders attempted suicide by jumping from the National Rubber Co wharf Tuesday. Bystanders saved her, and she was taken to her John Street boarding house. Jealousy and rage were cited as motives. Town Council and Court of Probate held a regular meeting. wills of White and Greene probated, executors named, bonds posted, and inventories and appraisals recorded. Also notes on public accounts and a new steam yacht, the Viola, built by Herreshoff, with a trial on the Hudson and voyage to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Saunders
Tuesaday
National Rubber Co
John Street
Ramn
Spooner
Wardwell
Smith
George N. White
Eliza
White
Sabin T. White
Elizabeth White
Richard R. Magee
Hugh Holmes
Thomas J. Usher
Johnh. Pitman
Archibald Bell
Mary W. Greene
Dana Greene
Bond
Albert R. Greene
B. RB. Phalen
J. B. Herreshoff
Bristol
Rhode Island
Hudson River
Philadelphia
Viola
Herreshoff
Newport
New York
Taylor Street
Wallabout Bridge
Battery
Hudson
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Butler
Lowell
Women’s Rights
Chicago
Macaulay
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Carl Schurz
Hayes
Col. Bristow
New York World
Marble
Schuylkill
Ravix
Capt
Kidd
Indiana
Eminence
Indianapolis
Parker
C. Elder
BE. R. Wood
Advent
Supreme Court
Bristol Cornet Band
Franklin
J. B. Burgess
Aban
T. T. Allan
Boston
William Winslow
Rocky Point
Dupree
Church Street House
Rata
Dr. Dupree
USA
Ats
Jonathan Alger, Jr
Jonathan Alger
John Phair
Robert McKay
William Toye
James McCormick
James Anderson
Ludlow Case
Guardian
Samuel Vickery
John H. Vickery
Harris
M. D
N. Y. Hospital
Huss
Bright
Hunt
Lutter
Sylvanus Cobb
Christian Freeman
S. Conn
Glen
Hill
Speer
Paris
Geo. A. Pike
Bradford Streets
Ofice
Geo. T. Feexch
Wardwell Streets
WM. H. Richards
Odd Fellows Building
Bradford Street
Re Ta
G. P. Barnes
G. W. Easterbrooke
DaCosta
N. GC. Bedell
John T. Earle
James F. O'Donnell
W. W. Thorpe
Alluiing Lou
John &. Pearce
George—Perez
C. J. Rogers
John George
Sé Innez Perez
Spooner—Pierce
Moosup Valley
R. I
G. W. Kennedy
George C. Spooner
Mary A. Pierce
Sterling, Conn
Adam8
Potter
R.I
Liverpool
Joseph L
Anc
Catharine Minsher
Kt. I
Sherman
2D Instant
Manchester
Swanzey
August Slat
Matthew C
Henry Manchester
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
Mt. As
R. Borden
Mason
Fall River
B. Durfee
Gannon
Sohr
Wills
Portsmouth
W. H. Bowen
Jackson
E. H. Nash
Sawyer
James Connors
LB. Durfee
Chance Shot
R. Durfee
Providency
Wm. Marvel
Dyer
Schr. Whale
Edwards
Prudence
Schr
Teazer
Darling
Cole’s River
Alice
Gladding
Genevieve
Card
Sylph
Nayatt
Rear Guard
Thames Street
Constitution Street
Bristol Harbor
Reynolds Manufacturing Company
Joseph Lardner
Lemuel C. Richmond
Bristol Institution
Gardner
Court of Common Pleas
Martin Bennett
Hon. Court of Probate
Thomas Cole
James Gilmore
Nathaniel Fales
Martha V.fales
William C. Diman
Annie E. Diman
Sail Town
George Street
Schubarth & Co
Edward E. Figh
Seth Paull
Thayes Street
Baxter
VY. Perry
8& Dana Greene
RH. Greene
Geo. Deboketon Greene
Samuel Dana Greene
Samuel Dana Greene, Jr
Mary Richmond Greene
George DeHoketon Greene
Mary Willis Greene
Bristol Phnix
Petehk
Union
High Streets
H. Herbert Bosworth
J. G. Whittier
H. W. Longfellow
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Miles Standish
H. W. Longeliow
Enoch Arden
Alfred Tennyson
Nathaniel Hawthorne
James T. Fields
W. D. Howells
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Lady Geraldine
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Sir Laanfal
James Russell Lowell
G. H. Farrington
Jibbitts & Landall
Westminster Street
Helen
Aston
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