Bristol Phenix Saturday News Ad Rates and Policies
Bristol Phenix published each Saturday morning at 7 Bradford Street. Subscriptions two dollars per year, payable in advance. single copies six cents. Advertisements one dollar per square for three weeks, twenty cents per insertion after. Yearly advertisers pay ten dollars per year. limited to twenty lines per week. Discontinuations require payment of all due advertisements.
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Bristol Phenix
Bayley
Bradford Street
Adeponce
Orffen
Bristol School Committee Report 1817 18 Details Growth Plans
The Bristol School Committee reports harmonious progress in public schools, noting high attendance and good discipline. It calls for building expansion to seat more pupils, proposes a new classical department, outlines expenditures and receipts, and urges a $1400 annual increase for next year.
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Bristol
M. W. Reed
Turin
S. L Cotton
Wehool
J.C. Rich
M. M. Luther
Vaughn
P. RB. Bradford
J. G. Wyatt
P. R. Bradford
D. & Gashee
M. W. Heed
Teg
Thomas Shepard
Martin Bennett
Choosing horses by size and temperament in farming
The article argues against extremes in livestock and horse size advising farmers to prefer well formed, shorter legged animals over oversized types. It cautions that largest animals are less useful, harder to manage, and not best for business, and notes practical buying advice based on temperament and proven performance.
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Catle
Going to Law Ends in Ruin A Lawyer and Boots Case
A lawyer counsels a client who sues a shoemaker over boots. The client plans to hide funds, paying a portion to settle quietly. The tale ends with the client preferring fifty dollars to prevent the shoemaker from receiving the payment.
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Squire
Pigeon Cove
Anid
Vertain
Jerusalem
Changes in a Week and Reflections on Character
An essay-like reflection on how a week alters fortunes from joy to poverty, health to sickness, and success to failure. It contrasts outward appearance with inner worth, urging readers not to judge by looks and to value humble hearts and noble feelings over surface charm.
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Elise
Lars
D. C. Colesworthu
Luxuries of Pik Romans Describe Extravagant Tables
The article recounts Roman dining splendor from Action period to Galba era with peacocks cranes of Malta nightingales and venison. It mentions Trojan horse dishes golden pearls in vinegar eight hours for twelve guests and lavish room names and costs. It ends with a Georgia judge’s court tale about a whale dish and admonishing the clerk.
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Galba
Malta
Mark Antony
Caligula
Lucullus
Cicero
Pompey
Apulla
Donley
Polowtt
Curran and the Farmer at the Fair Ledger
A farmer carrying a hundred pounds left the money with a public house landlord for safekeeping. When he later asked for the funds, the landlord misinterpreted the amount and doubted the farmer’s claim, revealing a cautious misunderstanding at the inn.
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Ras
Curious Legal Swindle Recounted In Ancient Courtroom Tale
A farmer seeks Curran counsel to recover money from a landlord in a staged plan. The scheme succeeds as the farmer gets both hundreds back. A second excerpt from Adventures in Monico describes a loyal wolf helper sharing camp meals. In a Boston Common Pleas case a cow doctor testifies with comic rustic language about treating cattle and a death due to questionable hay.
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Bardulgh
Curran
Court of Common Pleas
Boston
Dar. Stoppano
Scituate
Toma
Hane
Iver
Hanson
Maynard
Litchfield
Castor Ile
Agin
Facts About Bees Ants Glow Worms And Birds
The passage discusses insect and animal trivia noting how food can influence bees but not change their family. It describes queen bee selection within twenty five hours, complex ant houses, mechanical beaver-like chains, winged males in some species, glow worms emitting light, ostrich egg hatching behavior, and the cuckoo laying eggs in host nests with matching bird-feeding patterns.
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