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Newspaper
Bristol Gazette
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1833
Page
2
A fragmented review covers a Majer Downing farm distress and Amos Norcross foreclosure risk, a Thames Church marriage mishap with a glove, Bristol mass temperance meetings, the Angenoria voyages and Sunday School aid, Rhode Island court sentences for highway robbery forgery and murder, and local notices including a new Woonseeker Falls paper launch and two Galloways seen aloft.
A moralizing notice warns of a rising Matrimonial fever sweeping towns. It urges caution amid weddings and praises local furniture firms Norris Brown and Bourn for furnishing houses. The item also reports church installations in Newport and brief overseas news from England and Jamaica.
The Bristol Gazelle urges citizens especially members of the Young Men's Temperance Society to support a Public Library. It argues intellectual progress opposes superstition and highlights the broader push for learning, urging action rather than reflexão. It notes contemporary debates, including theological discussions and a self inflicted death, with local references and calls for civic enterprise.
The paper thanks A Young Man and the poet S T for contributions and acknowledges P R for additional fine touches. A confirms A on the list of poetic correspondents and notes a friend’s request will be addressed in the next issue.
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