The Bristol Chenix Ad Rates and Notices
The Bristol Chenix announces weekly publication at 7 Bradford Street Bristol Rhode Island with subscription rates of two dollars per year in town and two dollars per year for non residents, four cents per issue and advertising charges one dollar per square for three weeks followed by twenty cents per insertion. Religious obituary and political notices charged at advertising rates.
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Bristol Chenix
Bradford Street
Bristol
R. I
W. H. S. Bayley
Singular Rescue Aboard the Switzerland Off Mersey
On March 15 a crew member James Smith fell overboard from the Switzerland while near the Mersey. The boat launched after a long delay and rescued him with blood from a neck wound. He said he preferred death by his own hand to drowning in the storm, yet he was recovering aboard the ship.
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Switzerland
Conway
New York
Mersey
James Smith
Ornshead
Ex Mayor Howland Donates Two Years Salary to Library
The New Bedford Standard reports ex mayor Howland has given 1600 dollars earned as mayor to the Free Public Library. It is described as a handsome donation with public spirit.
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Handsone
New Bedford Standard
Howland
New Bedford
Free Public Library
Notorious horse thief arrested in Estell County
Constables Land and Erwin captured a feared horse stealer who was tied to a horse to flee. The assailant drew a revolver, killing Erwin instantly and mortally wounding Land before escaping. the other officer died six to seven hours later.
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Estell County
Land
Erwin
St Nicholas Hotel to be enlarged to house more guests
The St Nicholas Hotel in New York will be expanded. The present size will fit about one thousand guests and with additions could shelter about fifteen hundred. A note compares this superlative hotel to a snug village under one roof. Paris reports gloves rise in price as skins grow rarer with gloves costing up to 4 francs.
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St. Nicholas Hotel
New York
Locomotive Hit by Telegraph Line Plows Through Two Miles
A locomotive travelling from St Louis to Springfield became attached to a downed telegraph wire in a windstorm. The line tore down poles for about two miles, producing continuous crashes as poles fell in sequence. The engine reached town safely and the engineer realized what followed.
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St. Louis
Springfield
Dean Couple Bound by Cour tched Rule After Wedding
The New York Evening Post reports John Dean after marriage to Miss Boer was sent to a country school to finish his studies while his wife remains with her father's family. The stipulation, in the court's presence, forbids any intercourse for the coming year except in the presence of friends.
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Joan Dean
Ann Nis Wire
New York Evening Post
John Dean
Miss Boer
Reutine
Capital extension work advances on Washington dome project
Summer has boosted progress on the Capital extension in Washington. Baltimore furnishes the large iron tastings for the dome with brackets around 6600 pounds and thirty six column shafts near 9900 pounds each. Fresco work continues on ceilings of the House and Senate as planners aim to have the chambers ready for occupancy next winter.
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Washington
Baltimore
House
Senate
Swindle of Emigrants Continues in New York
Authorities report ongoing fraud by bogus ticket sellers in New York City. About 300 people are defrauded monthly purchasing tickets to California, totaling roughly $6000 in losses each month.
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New York
California
German Horse Thief Henry Howes Faces Capture
George Howes alias George House posed as a German to Roxbury officers and was found to be an old offender. He fled to Kingston stealing a horse and carriage, then headed toward parts unknown. Reported last seen in Quincy with authorities eager to capture him.
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George Howes
George House
Roxbury
Hingham
Myers
Kingston
Quincy
The Falun Miners Tale of the Bride and the Miner
In Falun Sweden a betrothed miner vanishes before their wedding as plague and war sweep past. Fifty years later the bride reclaims his corpse from iron mine waste, recognizes him, and tells him to sleep until day. She later dies and is laid beside him in a churchyard grave, promising reunion.
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Falun
Sweden
St. Lucia’s
Poland
America
Prussia
Copenhagen
Smth
St. John’s Day
Envious tenant bears a cross to mock and ruin
Robert Hope quarrels with his neighbor Samuel Hullins over a pension envy. After a landlord offers to cancel rent in exchange for wearing a chalk cross, Robert wears a white cross on his coat. Neighbors mock him, schoolchildren jeer, and a tavern brawl ensues before he contemplates removing the mark.
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Robert Hope
Samuel Hullins
Samuel
Admiral Nelson
Trafalgar
Robert
Hope
Hullins
Mr. Taylor
Taylor
Mistress Hope
Fox
Mr. Hope
Patty Stevens
Peggy ‘Turton
Palestine
Mr. Johnson
Mr. Claylor
Harry Stoke
Peggy Turton
Lesson for envious and impatient characters
A reflective exhortation urges readers to recall past events and trust that God assigns burdens proportionally. It cautions against envy and assumes unseen suffering in others. It emphasizes patience courage and faith as the remedy to heavy crosses.
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Mr. Hope
Woman Keeps Secret After London Glove Theft
An urban tale recounts a London woman who, after paying for gloves with banknotes, is robbed by a glover on Finchley Common. Suspecting the same man’s voice, she confronts him privately, recovers the purse, admonishes him, and rewards discretion with ten pounds. The glover confesses, but names stay hidden.
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London
Barnet
Finchly Common
Glover
Glover's
Resta
Beauty and Purpose Expand the Body and Soul
Professor Upham argues that true personal beauty comes from noble aims and meaningful work. By pursuing worthy hopes, both the soul and body gain expansion and symmetry.
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Professor Upham
Discipline of the mind and moral conduct exhortation
A sermon-like discourse emphasizes mental discipline over rote study, urging careful use of time and habit formation. It urges obedience to God, personal accountability for all faculties, and ends with a tale of a dying neighbor and a sudden death in Calais, Me.
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Sir Robert Peel
Rhode Island Law Targets Common Nuisances
Rhode Island acts to suppress houses of ill fame grog shops and such nuisances. The bill imposes fines from one hundred to one thousand dollars and terms up to one year for maintaining or allowing nuisances. It permits immediate eviction by owners and enables town councils to remove nuisances. The act takes effect upon passage.
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General Assembly
City of
Providence
Newport
John &. Bartlett
Emperor’s skin used as Persian diplomatic prop
In 269, Valerian was captured by Super of Persia and killed or executed by his emperor’s order. The body was flayed, cured, painted red, and displayed in the capitol temple as a trophy. Later it served as a political tool to humble Roman envoys at the Persian court, who faced the mounted spectacle during negotiations.
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Valerian
Rome
Super
Persia
Roeman
Capitol
Sutir
Dr. Doraz
Six youths sought in East Deer for singing school disruption
The Pittsburg Gazette reports warrants issued in East Deer township for the arrest of six young individuals accused of riding a rural school master who refused the use of the building for a singing school. The youths allegedly secreted themselves to avoid capture.
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Pittsburg
Gazelle
East Deer Township
Blind man and dog pursue thief after dog seized in Paris
A blind man with a small dog faced a thief in Paris when the dog was snatched. He recovered the dog after chasing the rogue, striking the thief with a cudgel and continuing on with his guide animal.
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Paris
Inscription on Lake Superior tombstone for John Smith
The stone at La Point on Lake Superior bears a damaged inscription reading John Smith accidentally she ep and mark of affection by his bivethes. The text is fragmentary and hard to decipher.
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la Point
Lake Supérior
John Smith
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