Brestol Phenene Weekly Ad Rates and Policies
Publication notice from Brestol Phenene at 7 Bradford Street Wristbol outlining subscription rates for towns and distant subscribers, single-copy price, and advertising charges. It specifies advance payment terms and restrictions on ad content and posting frequency, with annual rates and limitations for yearly advertisers.
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Bradford Street
Wristol
A. Ly
W. HW
Bayley
Watts
Outfitting for Gold Seekers at Oak Hall Boston 1849
A sprawling advert announces SIMMONS & CO at Oak Hall Boston offering a vast stock for 1849. It catalogs mining gear and travel goods from cloaks to mining waistcoats, rubber coats, tents, bags, and tools with prices and a push to buy before the Californian rush. The notice promises extensive itinerant service and a printed list of essential articles for six workers or two to three years.
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Boston
Esu
Ctary
Niles
California
Luwit’ Reives
Porket Kriyos
Dirk —Pistule
Monty Boltiy
Liege
Qeke Hull
Feather River
Sutter
Tito
Oak Hall Rotunda
San’ Francisco
C. Ito
United States
Diamond Indowa
Ea Preg
W. Simmons & CO
Slow eating discovered to curb overindulgence and health ills
A pamphlet extols slow eating as a cure for overeating claiming it improves health intellect morality. It advises small mouthfuls and biting off tiny portions with teaspoons to master appetite. The piece notes a suicide over unrequited love at Bank Spring Church near Camden and reports anti slavery actions and press efforts in the West.
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Axp Syirog
Davis
Bank Spring Church
Camden
Tavern near Whitehall seized for loyalist posting in 1770
The piece recalls Edwin Wordin proclaiming a commodious tavern near Whitehall New York as a convenient royal lodging for soldiers. It also quotes temperance warnings and satirical bits from Mrs Partington about medicine and fashion, mixing historical notes with humor.
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Edwin Wordin
Whitehall
New York
Bordin
Revivixe Powen or Reucion Tyrant Henry Mar
Henry Mar declares in court that religious influence has refined his mind and opened him to sublime and beautiful impressions through painting poetry and music. He asserts a personal awakening and spiritual experience shaping his views.
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Henry Martyr
Fidelity and true friendship endure in adversity
The piece urges steadfast friendship in hard times. It contrasts genuine fidelity with hypocrisy, noting that true friends stand by you through sickness and sorrow, sacrificing wealth and honor for others’ happiness and receiving sympathy in return.
Education shaping character through gentle conduct
The passage extols a daughter's intelligence shaped by schooling and a mother's example. It emphasizes that true character comes from home and a mother's patient influence, noting how calm, gentle speech fosters kind feelings in children.
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Miem
Lessons on marriage from Fredericka Bremer’s pen
The excerpt distills Bremer’s reflections on married life urging honesty, daily effort to please one's partner, and keeping faith and God in mind. It cautions against neglect, warns that small faults can affect lifelong ties, and emphasizes wives’ trust and husbands’ fidelity.
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Fredericka Bremer
Fortune of an Orphan in Olive Branch scene of sorrow
A night visit to a death chamber reveals a mournful scene. A young girl grips the cold corpse as sobs rise around her, while a nurse urges silence and mortality pervades the dimly lit room.
Dark room mourners witness death of young wife
A dark-haired man sits vigil by his dead wife aged under thirty as mourners fill the room. A poetical narrator notes her beauty, the child sobbing on her breast, and a future shadowed by loss as Florence Graham faces an unknown fate.
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Aous
Griel
Jady
Alice
Florence
Florence Graham
Mother's Death Inspired New Hope In Graham House
Two years after a widow’s death Mr. Graham marries Alice, who becomes Florence’s stepmother. Florence, now a striking twelve, endures a haunting memory of her late mother as she is embraced by Alice. The house glows with celebration then sinks into quiet as the night deepens and Florence weeps alone in her chamber.
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Graham
Mr. Graham
Alice
Florence
Florence Finds Solace in Silent Melancholy
A reflective note speaks of sadness and loneliness as a woman finds comfort in her solitary hours recalling past records. The closing line offers farewell and peace to Florence as she endures sorrow with quiet resilience.
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Florence
Florence Graham and a Father’s Forbidden Tangled Love
Florence, now fourteen, forms a deep bond with her father while an unwelcomed stepmother Alice casts a shadow over their home. Florence befriends Jane Wesley and grows close to Jane’s brother Henry, drawing into a budding, complicated affection as school life unfolds and separation begins to loom.
Florence in the Hour of Sorrow at Her Father’s Bed
An image loaded scene unfolds in the Florence household as the dying father awaits his daughter Florence. The room holds mourners, a tense hush, and a young sixteen year old suddenly entering to console her gravely ill father while strangers bustle unseen. Florence arrives and sobs upon his chest.
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Florence
Alice
Mr. Graham
Florened
Irl
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