Local Bristol Newspaper Ad Notices
Publication details for Bulsthol Pmenen issued every Saturday from 40 7 Bradford Street Bristol J by W H Bayley with subscription rates two dollars annually in town paid in advance distant subscribers three dollars yearly paid in advance. Advertising rates one dollar per square for three weeks with twenty cents per subsequent insertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulsthol
Bradford Street
Bristol
KR. J
W. H. & Bayley
Bingle
Rhode Island General Assembly Acts Newspaper Pay Increase
The 1852 Rhode Island General Assembly amends the public laws act granting newspaper proprietors, who comply with the act, an additional ten dollars annually. A resolution invites the President elect to visit Rhode Island with the Governor allowed to cover expenses.
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Rhode Iland
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
General Assembly
Lesson
A.D
Messrs C. C. Potter
A. V. Potter
G. J. Browne
House
Messrs. N. Potter
J. B. Francis
Senate
United States
Concord
Washington
A. Potter
Sec’ry
Rhode Island General Assembly Acts and Local Provisions
A collection of acts and resolutions authorizes town justices to file returns, changes election timing for Little Compton and Portsmouth school committees, repeals the Stonington Railroad act, licenses junk shops in Providence with conditions, and revises penalties for assaults with dangerous weapons.
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Little Compton
Portmouth
General Assembly
Portsmouth
Stonington
Board of Aldermen
City of
Providence
Justice of the Peace
A. Potter
Secry
Early 19th Century Acts on Appeals in Criminal Cases and Public School Pay
A collection of acts outlines appeal procedures for convictions before justices of the peace in criminal matters, allowing payment of fines and costs to discharge recognizances before filing reasons of appeal. It also fixes the Commissioner of Public Schools salary at eight hundred dollars yearly and permits concurrent sentencing to start after prior terms, with officials attesting the copy.
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Justices of the
General Assembly
Court of Common Pleas
A. Potter
General Treasury
Warren to appoint town Highway Commissioners
The act allows Warren to choose Commissioners of Highways at annual town meetings. They gain powers and duties of Surveyors of Highways and may receive extra authority for road repairs as per town by laws. The note from Kennebonkport reports Edward W. Stevens died by suicide at his home attic on the 31st last, leaving a family penniless.
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Justices of the Peace
General Assembly
ePy
Potter
Warren
Kennenunkport
Edward W. Stevens
Kennebonkport
Stevens
Boston Courier
The Long Sermon Test and the Sexton’s Key Exchange
A preacher given to lengthy sermons outstays his welcome in a church as the crowd leaves. Hunger and yawns spread until only bare walls remain. The sexton finally hands him the church key and asks him to lock up and return the key later at his house.
Small efforts yield durable gains in life and love
Although the source text is fragmented it contrasts slow steady work with the happiness found in companionship. It expresses that lasting products come from patient effort, and that a man can be fulfilled through affection and a partner's support in life’s pursuits.
Caloric Engine Promises Clean Power and Vast Reach
The article touts the caloric engine as costing about the same as steam, needing far fewer engine men, and running with minimal wear. It claims ships could circumnavigate without coal stops, produce no smoke, and pave the way for broad industrial use and new machines. It also shares anecdotes on fortune from day and Day bluing and explains solids expansion implications for pipes, rails, arches, and building supports.
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Europe
United States
No explicit event headline found in text
A reflective aphorism on friendship describing a companion who shares sorrows, increases joys, reveals the heart, and brings light through life’s hardships. The quote emphasizes the value of true friendship in times of need.
Keep a Good Headway On
A moral essay urges steady effort and diligent labor in work and life. It contrasts swift, purposeful effort with lazy delay and stresses decisive action and generosity over selfish gain. The piece uses nautical metaphors to illustrate progress and fulfillment through steady striving.
Selfless love as key to happiness and misery
A reflection argues that living without selfless love leads to misery. Happiness comes only from giving and loving something beyond self, not from personal gratification.
Keep Up Your Heart in Noble Resolve and Perseverance
A moral tale extols Katie Stewart and a Boston area sister who keeps up her heart through long separation and hardship. It urges steadfast duty, care for orphans, and faith in divine timing as trials test resolve yet promise eventual triumph.
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Lady Anne
Dinoa
Katie Stewart
Boston
Kindness Rewards and Self Approving Givers
The text reflects on darings of kindness that may be unappreciated yet preserve the giver’s self esteem. It argues that small acts of courtesy cost little and will sometimes yield benevolence and happiness in others and in the giver’s own heart, noting blessings of virtue.
Calm Contemplation on Death as a Quiet Harbor
The passage frames death as a desired port for the wise, a tranquil haven beyond struggle. It compares the end to a golden western sunset, where the sun sinks and casts glory on the day’s lingering clouds.
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Fortunate Isles
A Mother's Purity Shapes a Child and Manners
A reflective aphorism on maternal influence and virtue. It asserts that noble surroundings influence taste, covetousness corrupts character, and admitting mistakes marks growth and wisdom over time.
Learning to Spell A Lesson in Diligence
ALengthy editorial urges better spelling and reading attention for young men. It warns mis-spellings harm reputation and employability, cites examples of pride in penmanship, and advises using a dictionary to check words.
Reputation After Death
A reflective quotation on how death reveals a person’s true character more clearly than life. Hawthorne argues death serves as a touchstone, exposing gold or baser metal, and notes the departed would rise or fall in public esteem if seen again after death.
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Hawthorne
Humble Judge Tuve Huwiry Cites Knowledge Over Pride
Tuve Huwiry, famed Abou Yasuph and Bagdad chief judge under Caliph Hadee, refused to adjudicate beyond his competence. A port courtier quips that the Caliph should pay for ignorance, to which Tuve replies the Caliph pays him for what he knows, not for what he does not.
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Tuve Huwiry
Abou Yasuph
Bagdad
Hadee
Bishop Potter recounts power of words to revive patient
The lecture relates two cases where spoken memory restored health. A typhoid patient improved after hearing “The eagle's nest” triggering happy childhood recollections, turning the balance toward recovery. A friend with mental decline improved after days of reminiscence and serene talk, aiding recovery through environmental and conversational stimuli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Potter
Pennsylvania
Lowell Institute
Boston
Rush
Potter
Notable Quotes on Rest and Activity from Historical Figures
fragments recount views on exertion and amusement. Cumberland stresses tireless effort while Arnauld and Sharpe emphasize rest and change as essential for a human life. The text reflects a debate on work, leisure, and mortality.
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Cumberland
Arnauld
Richard Sharpe
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Asa Potter
A. Putter
V. O. Delta
Ait
Swaim
Day
Arnott
Bow Church
London
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