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Newspaper
Bristol Gazette
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1833
Page
1
The fragment shows an early Bristol Gazette style notice with scattered pricing for ads and a stray report on cholera and rebellion abroad. It mentions subscription terms, ad rates, and mailing or addressing instructions, with a brief aside on Mexico reporting and mortality figures.
The piece reports Madrid papers to August 31 and Malaga to September 12, the king’s health, and a horrific steamboat Sew England explosion near New York. It details explosions, fires, and mass injuries aboard the vessel, describing passengers burned, crushed, and killed with vivid but restrained severity.
A letter to the Norfolk Beacon describes an apparent steamboat explosion off the coast near Calfee Inlet with wreckage washing ashore. Witness statements note a vessel blown up and likely all aboard perished, with fragments of deck and wheelhouses found. The incident ties to an epidemic in Mexico and a Canton factory fire is also mentioned in related dispatches.
A narrator recalls a young man from a village who, after initial vigor, succumbs to alcohol. Over five months his health deteriorates from erect bearing to bloated, trembleing hand, bloodshot eyes, and deepening misery. The piece laments temperance and warns readers to learn from such experiences.
A brief dialogue titled A DIALOGUE presents Dick and Sambo in a humorous exchange. Dick asks about family while Sambo reports a flusteration at their house, suggesting a domestic disturbance without graphic detail.
A serialized moral tale details Mrs. Burlington's crusade against social evils, the hardships of war widows and mothers, and her struggle to shield children. Arthur Burlington returns alive after presumed death, restoring relief and reconciliation to a family fractured by grief and societal pressures.
A father and husband, already living on a pittance, faces a grim future as war looms. He contemplates the risk to his family and career as rumors of barracks and foreign service spread, threatening to leave four dependents destitute. His two daughters grasp the looming danger and report the news.
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