Bristol Prenex. Published Every Saturday Morning in Bristol
The notice advertises newspaper publication terms and advertising rates. It lists subscription and insertion charges, half yearly prices, and per line rates. It mentions advance payment, space costs, and allowances for yearly advertisers, with formatting and schedule details for the Bristol publication.
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Bradford
Bristol
W. H
Bayley
Yano
Sabatechiius Colliers
Deliers Anon
Hsssa
Dellape
FBI
Annua
Privil Seaton
Jete Saad
Recollections of Childhood The Dying Teacher
A nostalgic poem recounts a pupil’s memories of a calm village school and a beloved teacher who smiles and speaks of brighter lands. The teacher's absence grows as days pass, leaving a sense of a never ending holiday in heaven.
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Heaven
Hanoan Summer Preserve Hams With Hay Packing Method
A Genesse Farmer writer describes preserving hams by smoking then packing in cotton bags with pressed sweet hay. Bags are labeled with year, hung in a dry place to age five to seven years, yielding better boiling results. Hay adds flavor and moisture, but must be well pressed to prevent pests and sweating.
Farmer’s Potatoes From Rot-Free Mercer Seed Method
A farmer writes to the editor detailing a method to grow potatoes free from rot. He describes fall or spring plowing, spreading 15 tons of manure, forming double furrows, planting pieces with four eyes six inches apart, salt top dressing, and careful harvesting to yield loose soil and deep growth. He claims six hundred bushels stored rot-free.
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Okw
Clade, &c
Consumption described as a consuming, fatal disease theme
A late 19th century style essay quotes a writer on consumption describing its inexorable advance and the terror it inspires. It becomes a meditation on fear, the fading of strength, and the reliance on God as body and spirit weaken. The prose uses vivid imagery of a worm gnawing at vitals and a summer cloud fading.
Faith as anchor in life and the comet’s era
The passage cites a sermon praising faith as the crucial link for women and compares male and female spiritual grounding. It then recounts Whiston’s predicted comet of October 1712 with public reactions, clergy seeking prayers, mass marriages, bank runs, and warnings from fire officers about the Bank of England.
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Whiston
Lambeth
Gilbert Heathcote
London
Bank of England
Southey
Onions and Morale in Public Discourse
A Journal of Commerce correspondent argues morale declines with onion prices and sulfur rich crops. The piece blames the national fondness for onions for social ills, claiming an atmosphere of vice and moral weakness surrounds such produce. The writer lampoons the idea via imagery of onions affecting humanity.
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Journal of Commerce
Weathersfield
Presses Squexae A Test Of Friendship In A Country Tale
A country youth urged Miss Mary to sing after she refused he pressed her. she fainted. The narrator uses the incident to ponder how true friendship shows in necessity and whether words reveal real feelings or merely lip service.
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Mary
Truant Boy Drowns After Wandering from Bridge
Edward Butler, nine, drowned at New London on Washington’s birthday while skipping school. He wandered onto Winthrop’s neck over a railroad bridge to avoid parental anger, fell after nightfall, and was found by clothes but not identified.
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Edward Butler
New London
New London Chronicle
Washington
Winthrop
Idle Days Bring Suffering Axiom in Chinese Saying
The text presents a Chinese axiom praising the idea that idleness by one person for a day causes harm to others. It treats the saying as a beautiful tradition and suggests a moral weight to every day of inactivity.
Evie Thoughts Versus Wild Beasts
A reflective note compares inner thoughts to wild beasts, arguing that thoughts travel easily while physical dangers can be avoided. The speaker warns that troubling thoughts invade every space and hinder peace, presenting a caution about mental battles.
Errors in Composting Manure and Farm Yard Practice
Professor Norton argues against mixing soil or lime with farm yard manure and emphasizes preserving nitrogen. He warns that adding soil retards decomposition and lime wastes ammonia, reducing manure value.
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Norton
Love in a Cottage Sketch from The Pictorial Drawing Room Companion
Frank Belmont rich New Yorker falls for Julia Heathcote at a Boston ball. Poverty haunts plans to marry until Belmont reveals a fortune. They elope to a shabby cottage then excel in grand Belmont Hall, with Julia enduring privations and later embracing luxury.
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The
Pictorial Drawing Room Companion
Julia Heathcote
Charles
Mia Bee
Frank Belmont
Boston
New Yorker
Charley Hastings
New England
Beacty
Belmont
Mr. Belmont
Julia
Mias Heathcote
Mephistopheles
Fitis
Charley
New York City
Frank
New York
Claude Melnotie
Pauline
Ataira
Maloney
Darter
Belmont Hall
Hudson
Downstaire
Bor
Sleep Before Midnight Aids Health And Well Being
The piece extols early retirement and sleep before midnight as natural and healthful. It warns against late rising, heavy feather beds, sealed rooms, and artificial light, arguing these habits harm nerves, eyes, and overall vitality. It critiques theatre going and late-night socializing for opposing nature’s law and injuring health.
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Christendom
Sleep and health tips for daytime rest and routine
The passage argues against daytime napping for most people, noting it can disturb nighttime sleep and cause wakefulness. It advises a morning routine, staying active, avoiding bed during the day, and rising to wash and drink water to improve appetite, vigor, and mood. It urges three months of regular practice and notes benefits for various groups.
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Prudente
Nateral
A Goon Ruts Rich Man’s Lesson on Work
A wealthy man recalls his poverty as a boy and credits his success to finishing work first, then allowing himself play. He says his father taught him to always complete tasks promptly and never spend earned money prematurely, forming a habit that led to prosperity. He urges readers to adopt the same discipline.
Sermon on Thanksgiving Day Sparks a Silly Protest
From Rondout on the Hudson a correspondent recalls a minister urging stricter observance of the Thanksgiving Sabbath and announcing a sermon, while a wiry man in a blue coat interrupted with a crude request for more details about the sermon.
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Rondout
Hudson
Dominic
Dentist and Patient Laugh Over Free Tooth Pull
A humorous scene in a dentist office features Pat bargaining for free extractions. The patient jokes about a first tooth to be pulled and refuses the second, while the doctor jokes about charging nothing for the second tooth. The banter ends with Pat leaving before the second tooth is pulled.
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Emerald
Father Matthy
Pat
Pat Sven Vand
Maryland Bishop Rejects Lotteries for Religious Objects
Bishop Whittingham of Maryland denounces lotteries as evil and refuses to sanction any form of chance-based distribution of winnings. He argues that even charitable or policy related uses corrupt the community and calls on others to oppose such schemes.
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Lorreay Granta
Whittingham
Episcopal Church
Maryland
Fragmented Dialogue on Meals and Mobs in Historical Text
The text shows a rough dialogue with names like Kerrie and Parson, discussing meals and daily life. It references cooking, fish, hogs, lobsters, and a new method of dispersing mobs by posing around a contribution box, reflecting period language and fragmentary OCR.
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Brestol
Aatebel
Stepa
Come
Ava
Thas
Evie
O&d 'Mn
Charles Hastings
Albany
Balmont
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