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Newspaper
Bristol Gazette
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1833
Page
3
A Boston auction room robbery nets about eight hundred dollars. Reports include a duel wound in Amelia Island, Thanksgiving proclamations in Massachusetts and Connecticut, shipboard incidents in Ports mouth and Bay, etc. The item also notes fatalities, fires, and various maritime launches, with insurance dividends, criminal statistics, and a Bristol library discussion.
An adjourned meeting of the Bristol Marine Bible Society will be held at the Congregational Hall on Monday evening next. OTIS STORRS, Secretary.
Notices of several marriage ceremonies listed by towns and ministers. Couples include Josiah Gladding and Susan Swift, Vincent Carr and Adaline Field, Jesse Fillmore and Mary Ann Wilson, Mark Antony O Wolf Howe and Julia Amory, Joseph W. Field and Ann Grinnell, George S. Tilley and Frances Hull, William A. Gordon and Maria Williams, William W. Greene and Jane A. Grey.
In Newport on Sunday last Mr Enos Peck ham age 102. Miss Catharine G Weaver aged 16. Mrs Frances G wife of John Greene Fall River aged 19. In Providence Mrs Hannah C Sweet aged 24. In Portsmouth R I Capt Richard Field aged 50. In Fall River Mrs Amanda M Keep aged 19. On Saturday Mrs Rhoda Allen widow of
Obituary items list several deaths with ages in Dartmouth and Providence including Captain Beriah Allen and Mrs Catharine Sherman. A Revolutionary War veteran, Henry Alexander, is noted as aged. New York market notes reflect Western flour at 35,620 held in store, Cuban sugar at 8s, coffee and molasses steady.
Sail and steam vessel notes from Oct 19 to Oct 25 list arrivals from New York Providence and Taunton, brigantines, schooners and sloops including Ewa Nertaieet and Gen Jachean. Entries cover departures and cargoes wood salt provisions and market remarks Turks Island and New Bedford trade details.
The long Wharf shop announces a fall assortment including blue and brown cloths, calicoes, linens, fabrics, and groceries at low prices. A late October appearance also notes an evening school and a Hope Office lottery listings section with multiple draws and capital prizes.
An 1830s advertisement touts thirty kinds of patent medicines prepared by Leider Pay at 20 Peace Street Boston Mass. It promises wholesale pricing to traders, claims new medicines unseen by rivals, and lists items like Dr. Anderson's Eye Water and Dr. Mivhell's Civilian Salve. The notice underscores directions and wholesale access for country traders and stores.
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