Severe Hurricane Ravages Town Causing Massive Damage
A severe cyclone swept the town on Wednesday tearing up two hundred street trees many fruit trees and damaging ships walls and chimneys. Major industries including rubber works and mills sustained losses with several buildings unroofed and railways washed out. While many homes were damaged the town reported no confirmed deaths though injuries and substantial property losses are noted.
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National Rubber Company
First Baptist Church
Mount Jane
William HI. Card
Mount Road
James de Wolf
Charles Barber
Rock Street
Thomas Martin
Warren
Mr Nichols
Bristol Neck
Middle Road
Charlesales
John S Jograham
Iptuates
Messrs
U.N Camp & Co
Mater Mills
Richmond Manufacturing Co
Reynolds Manufacturing Co
Memorial
Congregational Church
John Turner
Church Street
James B White
Franklin Street
State Street
Gardner's Wharf
Long Wharf
National Rubber Co's
Sprague’s
Steamboat Wharf
Market Wharf
Condova
Benjamin
Butler
Redwood
Gardner
Newport
DeWolf
Helen
Carroll
Rockport
Maine
Rocky Point
Teazer
Fly
Diman
Julia
Charles F. Herreshoff
Poppasquash
Usher's Cove
Potter's Cove
Prudence
Bridge Flats
National Rubber Co
Wardwell Brothers
Bradford Street
Shiames Street
Gladding
Charles F. Werreshoff, Jr
Providence
Bradford Durfee
Bristol
Fall River
Pappasquash Point
Warren Harbor
Fiere
Barrington
Damascus the oldest city in the world and a note on play
The article extols Damascus as the world’s oldest city, a historic trading hub with enduring landmarks and exotic goods. It juxtaposes ancient history with modern life near Damascus, then shifts to a discourse on play versus work, arguing growth and recreation are the primary roles of play in early development and its restorative value.
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Damascus
Tyre
Sidon
Baalbec
Palmyra
Nineveh
Babylon
Euphrates
Abraham
Saul of
Tarsus
Mediterranean
Mahomet
Julian
East
Isaiah
Syria
Portugal
England
Henry VII
Tamerlane
Lebanon
Maine
Chicago Advance
Women and the Laws in Morton Speech at Boston
The July Boston speech by Emmett Morton argues against female suffrage. It claims God did not grant women power to enforce their will and that law without enforcement fails, yet excludes women from voting while praising virtue and modesty as the basis for governance. The piece critiques laws as tender to women’s alleged frailty while praising the suffrage stance of men.
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Inn
Fu Yu
Frozen well in Vermont reveals unusual ice bound pass
A Vermont notice from Tur Frozen WEIL or Biraxmow Brandon describes a 41 foot deep well dug in 1859 by Andrew Trembly. Water lies 3 feet deep but ice seals the well in late November. Ice walls are visible and a boy later broke the ice to allow water access. Two nearby wells show similar frozen strata, one south finds no frozen earth.
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Brandon
Andrew Trembly
Decorative Painting Foil Method Arrives in Paris
A new painting method reduces odor by applying paint to tin foil laid on damp glass in a shop. After drying the foil is rolled and transported to walls where a waterproof base is prepared and the foil is applied like wallpaper. Gilding can also be done by attaching gilt leaf to the foil.
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Paris
Birch Rods Proposed for Best Baby Jumpers
SomERopy claims birch rods make the best baby jumpers, suggesting a practical material choice for caregivers. The remark reflects a period belief in durable wooden supports for infant mobility.
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Someropy
Mammoth Found Preserved in Ice on Lena River Banks
In 1799 a native chief hunting for ivory along the Lena spotted an immense block of ice containing a mammoth like an elephant, nine feet tall with sixteen foot tusks. After five years the ice melted, revealing flesh and hide. Locals carved tusks and bones, wolves fed on the carcass, and naturalists later transported the bones to St Petersburg, where the mammoth became a world wonder in the museum.
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Fivpisa Tre Masanori
Lena
St Petershire
Laws of Life: Sleep and Nervous Strain Warned
A fragment from a 19th century tract argues that sleeping together harms nervous health. It claims that the “absorber” rests while the “eliminator” is unsettled, causing nightly disturbance and daytime fretfulness. The text condemns habitual shared beds as universally deflecting well being.
Temper and discipline in raising a happy child
The passage argues that a child's temper stems from unhappy circumstances rather than flawed nature. It notes an active, sensitive child faces more conflicts than a contemplative one, and warns that scolding increases irritability. It advocates cheerful, sympathetic parenting and avoiding punishment to nurture good affections. happiness fosters growth.
French Lacemakers Largely Women and Vast in Numbers
About 200000 lacemakers in France are women and girls earning on average 24 cents daily for ten hours of hard work. Peasant workers craft lace at home using region specific materials, with raw material costs totaling six to twenty percent of output. Production is valued at 210.2 million annually and exports go to the United States Great Britain Brazil Russia India and others.
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France
United States
Great Britaan
Brazil
Russia
India
Harvard Law Students Fight Rhode Island Rescue
A pair of Southern law students from Harvard, including Shocco Jones of North Carolina, fled after a violent duel then went to Rhode Island to honor their challenge. Rhode Island Governor issued a reward for Jones’s arrest, claiming five hundred dollars. Jones replied the proclamation was fraudulent, questioned the salary versus term, and warned he would fight again if needed in New England, planning to post himself in Massachusetts and his rival in Connecticut.
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Ritove Island
Harvard
Shocco Jones
North Carolina
Rhode Island
Jones
Shocco
New England
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Explorers Describe Colorado River Echoes at Yampa Confluence
Col Powell writes of the Colorado River where the Yampa enters the Green. A seven hundred foot high rock forms a long banked feature, then curves and runs parallel for another mile. An east side park below the Yampa hosts hollow domes and rock echoes. voices repeat across the river, with ten to twelve echoes observed.
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Col Powell
Colorado River
Judge Rebukes Webster In Equinomical Moment
A Arkansas judge, after a patient search through Webster for the word equinomical, declares that any man who writes a dictionary with such a miss misses his vote. The scene unfolds as the doctor reads aloud and the judge defends Daniel Webster’s lexicography with a sharp quip.
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Arkansas
Pye
Daniel Webster
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