22 Dec 1874
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Newspaper
Tennessee Bristol News
Location
Bristol, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1874
Page
1
The notice states pricing for club use at 21.00 per copy with a 82.90 annual rate and mentions Tuesday issues. It appears to be a publisher’s tariff note with a disclaimer about opinions attributed to the contributor.
A weary observer recounts a sweeping tour of 19th century New York, contrasting old and new eras. He details Broadway and Central Park migrations, the rise of Fast River Bridge and Grand Central, and notes famed venues like the Lyceum and Hippodrome. He praises Plymouth Church and Beecher, and shares chance meetings with Virginia merchant Wim. Gibboney, highlighting the city’s rapid growth and crowded, lively character.
A wandering observer recalls Fifth Avenue splendor at Stewart's marble store and the East River bridges, praising C. E. Evans and the Dominion Line while warning of thieves targeting visitors and detailing a tense street encounter with opportunists in New York.
A narrator describes encounters with two Richmond men and their evasive plans to obtain money, then recounts a murder at two in the morning near Sandy Hook. Mosier dies from a gunshot after a Philadelphia crime, while Douglas lingers and reveals details. The piece also notes Cyprus excavations and ancient Greek artifacts found by General di Vesvola, including statuettes and heads in marble and terra cotta.
In Waterloo Iowa the license rose to a prohibitory level and the saloon was crushed a club-room grew from its remains. The ex publican runs a stock operation under state law issuing stock cards as certificates. Drunk patrons have their tickets punched for beer while benzine prompts holes. Liquor price drops and dram drinking becomes fashionable despite rising drunkenness and flourishing dealers.
The Boston Advocate argues for strong support of local newspapers as vital community boosters. It claims local papers reflect a town’s character, commerce, and progress through editorials, features, and ads, urging readers to subscribe and back editors and staff for a thriving colonywide press.
An Indianapolis youth sought fifty cents worth of strychnine in a drug store claiming a good purpose. The clerk refused, the youth feigned death after tasting a harmless sugar of milk powder, then revived when told it was nonpoison. The incident sparked by imagination, not poison. Also notes on Edwin Booth, Madame Nilsson, Potter Palmer, Northwestern University, and a butter packing patent. Two Maryland women saved three men and a boy from a bridge disaster by paddling to their aid.
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