Bresecol Prmenen Advertises Bristol Weekly Service
The notice announces a Bristol based weekly publication by W. H. & Bayley at 40 Bradford Street. Subscriptions cost two dollars in town half yearly in advance. distant subscribers pay three dollars annually. Advertising is one dollar per square for three weeks, with twenty cents for each successive insertion. Yearly rates and line limits are described.
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Bresecol Prmenen
Bradford Street
Bristol
B. 1
W. H. & Bayley
Pullege A Gins Alvertivers Io
The Fruits of a Half Century
A Philadelphia Ledger reprint notes rapid changes over fifty years with steam boats, railroads, telegraph, and steam-powered printing transforming American life. It highlights 3000 steamboats, 10000 miles of rail, 22000 miles in Britain and US, news from Washington to New Orleans in seconds, and printing speeds of 20000 papers per hour, predicting further growth in a century.
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American
Amerens
England
Washington
New Orleans
Philadelphia Ledger
Seven Ancient Wonders of the World Recalled in Detail
The passage lists the brass Colossus of Rhodes 120 feet high built by Cares in 288 B C and destroyed by earthquake after twelve years. It mentions the Pyramids of Egypt built by 360,000 workers over 50 years, the Roman Aqueducts by Appius Claudius, the Labyrinth of Psammetichus with 1000 marble chambers, the Pharos of Alexandria by Ptolemy, the walls of Babylon by Semiramis, and the Temple of Diana at Ephesus completed under Servius II with 126 pillars, all destroyed or replaced by later structures.
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Rhodes
Cares
Egypt
Rome
Appius Claudius
Nile
Pharos
Alexandria
Ptolemy Philadelphus
Marle
Babylon
Semiramis
Employment Trends in New York Porcelain Workshops
About two hundred American women work in New York porcelain workshops. Most are in burnishing after firing, with painting done by male artists. It is probable that in the future women may also be employed in painting.
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New York
The Roman crucifixion described in antiquity
The Hebrews derived the punishment from the Romans. The upright beam was fixed in the ground, the criminal raised up and fastened to the cross with nails through hands and feet. A tablet labeled the crime atop the cross. Victims died from fever, thirst, pain, and mortification, often lasting thirty six hours or more depending on weather and constitution.
Despise Not Thy Mother When She Is Old
The passage extols honoring a mother regardless of age noting her enduring maternal relation. It contrasts aging with the sun’s constant relation, affirming a mother’s ongoing springlike presence despite gray hair or changing seasons.
Home Comforts Over Luxuries, Casennet Statement
A passage argues that a happy home rests on neatness order and a cheerful heart rather than carpeted floors or luxury items. Luxury is not despised but insignia cannot replace the mood that makes a cottage fireside feel as real as a grand salon.
Contents of an omnibus in New York City
A sketch of a crowded omnibus ride through South Ferry Trinity Church Wall Street and Pier, with passengers described in vivid caricature. It notes dresses of ladies and manners of gentry as a mix of scenes from Astor House Barnum’s Museum Cafe de Paris and the Irish mother encounter, ending with a Beverly doctor sexton joke about interments.
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The
New York Times
South Ferry
Trinity Chu
Trinity Church
Hodges
W Pale
Wall Street
Barnum's
Marina
Tilly Tallboy
Astor House
Cafe de Paris
Mamma
Sexton
Beverly
Mark Akenside English poet and physician of renown
Mark Akenside born 1621 at Newcastle upon Tyne son of a butcher. He chose medicine over the ministry but gained fame as a poet especially Pleasures of the Imagination. He died in 1770 at age 49 after contributing much to mankind. His writings spread in England and America.
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Mark Akenside
New Castle Upon Tyne
Leit
Sei
England
America
The Wonderful Orator and the Monkey’s Purse
A tale of a monkey stealing a woman’s purse aboard a vessel and tossing coins overboard. The woman reflects that justice is served by water and milk earnings, then notes politicians, scholars, artists, ministers, and editors all carry different hair.
The Coral Ring and the Temperance Pledge
In the Christian Sanvenir a story unfolds around Florence Elmore and her cousin Edward Ashton. Florence, a fashionable heiress, confronts boredom and selfishness in society while Edward urges a higher purpose, proposing Florence persuade intoxicated suitor George Elliott to sign the temperance pledge through a delicate moral influence.
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Florence
Fortesque
Txremem
Florence Rost
Elliot
Edward
Elliott
New State of Things
Fioveasp
Elmore
Edward Ashton
George Elliott
Red Cross
Lady Fair
Florence Tom
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Papa
John
Sally
Coelebs
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