Roots of an Apple Tree Mark Roger Williams Grave
The report recounts exhuming Roger Williams grave in Rhode Island after 183 years. The easterly grave identified as Williams, with coffins eroded to carbon traces. A notable apple tree next to the grave shows roots penetrating the site, and the article muses on how Williams’ organic matter may have transformed into the tree and even produce fruit.
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Hartford Press
Williams
Rhode Island
Roger Williams
Mr. Williams
Roger Willims
Condemned Fenian Prisons Feature in Toronto Globe Sketches
The Toronto Globe presents sketches on Fenian prisoners under death sentence. It notes Robert B. Lynch born in Galway and outlines his career from 1837 at Dublin Castle to emigration, business in St Louis, and travel in the Americas. Lynch served as major and quartermaster in the 24th Wisconsin volunteers and later held posts in Louisville before returning to Canada.
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Toronto Globe
Robert B. Lynch
Galway
Department of the Board of Charitable Donations and Requests
Dublin Castle
United States
St Louis
West Indies
Wisconsin Volunteers
Louisville
Cana
Placeholder Title From Damaged OCR Text
Damaged OCR fragment references a June date and minutes from a parish, with unclear names and places. The legible items indicate archival notes about a minister or official, a fort Erie setting, and a 45 year tenure.
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Ida
Bern
Fort Erie
Debunking Freedmen Education Sparks Southern Debate
A Southern newspaper rebukes a Bureau inspector's report on freedmen education, denouncing the idea as alien to white Southerners. It rails against reading by black pupils and mocks religious and political schooling, arguing education will corrupt morals and perpetuate inequality.
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Iit
South
New York Tribune
Dick Turpin
Henry Ward Beecher
Baptist Church
Judicial Testimony on Drunkenness and Prison Population
The late Rowland Burr, judge and jail commissioner at Toronto, testified before Canadian Parliament that nine of ten male prisoners and nineteen of twenty female prisoners were sent to jail by intoxicating liquor. He examined nearly 2000 prisoners, most signed a Maine Liquor Law petition, citing liquor as ruin. He recorded 100 Toronto liquor dealers over 54 years and noted extensive social losses from drunkenness including deaths, orphans, and property damage. The witness cited broad figures and urged constitutional arguments against liquor harms, ending with admonitions about political compromise and leadership.
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Rowland Burr
Msq
Toronto
Canada
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