Bristol Phoenix Advertising Rates and Terms
The Bristol Phoenix lists subscription prices and advertising charges. Subscriptions in town are two dollars per year with advance for distant subscribers at two dollars, single copies six cents. Advertising is one dollar per square for three weeks with twenty cents for each extra insertion. fourteens lines equal a square. The publisher reserves arrears policy and advertiser limits.
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Bravrond Sr
Setween Hore
Tuaneti
Pressing for Peace in the Mexican War Termination
In Providence, a call for immediate peace in the Mexican War urges all parties to petition Congress to stop hostilities. Christians, clergy, and the press are asked to unite across regions to end the conflict, emphasizing education and civic duty as pathways to peace.
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Mexico
Pany
Congress
United States
Prince of Peace
God of Peace
Eace
Jes
Governor Brings Public Address On Pittsfield Tragedy
His Excellency Gov Briggs denounces a drunken act that tore Pittsfield apart injuring a man and leaving a widow. He condemns alcohol as the cause, calling for accountability beyond the law and divine judgment, noting the ruin caused to families and communities.
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Gov. Briggs
Pittsfield
Thanksgiving sermon on intemperance by Dr. Tyng described
New York correspondent notes Dr Tyng of the Episcopal church preached on intemperance comparing the Legion demon to power and vice. He warned of victims among kin and the community and condemned the father at the luxuriant table as a setting of deadly drink. He urged reception of the message with consideration.
Specimen of a Poor Woman’s Plight and Rum Trade
A note from the Sillwater Gazette recounts a poor wife selling overripe fruit to buy food. At a grocery she is charged one chilling and a third of a pint of rum, with the grocer deducting the remainder for three glasses. She pleads for help for her hungry children but is refused.
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Sillwater Gazette
Sageisms Selected and Moral Maxims on Life
A collection of brief aphorisms praising inner virtue and prayer. It emphasizes morning habit, mental discipline, and the connection between religion and refined taste. The passage uses quotes and anecdotes to illustrate how faith shapes thought and daily conduct.
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Burkitt
Chatacuitr
Charles Lamb
East India House
Warning to Liquor Sellers and Its Damaging Effects
A charged address urges prohibition by detailing the ruin linked to liquor. It cites 19th century examples: convicts at eastern Penitentiary in 1846, Otsego and Albany counties dealers and outcomes, Peterboro licenses, and Cincinnati dealers, arguing liquor sellers harm themselves and deserve warnings.
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Otsego County
New York
Cincinnati
Penn
The Quaker and the Countryman Market Lesson
A Quaker visits a market stall and buys decayed citrons. The seller then offers nutmegs praised as garden produce. The fruit proves worthless and the Quaker distrusts the vendor. The next day the same seller asks again, but the Quaker departs, learning that falsehoods harm trust and profit.
GOOD WIVES AND THE TOILING POOR
A Portland Tribune essay extols virtues of industrious humble wives and the moral duty to aid the poor. It argues a good wife shows practical steadiness in work, frugality, and support for parents, while Jesus is cited as lending dignity to the working classes and urging brothers to rise.
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Portland Tribune
Jesus the Redeemer
Jesus
Archbishop Whately Urges Broad News Knowledge in Press
In Manchester, Archbishop Whately argues newspapers should present full rather than partial views to readers and editors. He says light, not bias, guides public judgment and that knowledge offered to members helps them choose between good and evil. He cites Providence and the prophet’s call to select good.
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Providenc
Providence
University
Morpheus
Judea
Kingdom of
Heaven
Alcott
Mass
Anison
Brooklyn
Theophilon Thistle
Boston
Albany
Jupiter
Mercury
Teaw
New York
Salem
M. B
Academy
East Greenwich
Nuvaparcus
Archbishop Whately
Manchester
England
Belcome
Earth
Disarrorsi at Dinner Party Sparks Polite Refusal
A damaged passage depicts a guest asking to converse with Charles at a dinner by the lilies of the Ite darling, but a decisive reply of no prompts astonishment and silence among attendees. The scene hints at social friction and etiquette breaches.
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Charles
Deane
Memory and Time Across Life’s Quiet Hours
A reflective passage traces memory’s pull across youth, maturity, and old age. It recalls how the glow of earlier vigor returns in moments of quiet, the day’s energy cooling to gentle recollection, and the hopeful morning of renewal appearing in the heart.
No fiction in the Columbian Lier exposes a benevolent scheme
A satirical scene shows Miss A seeking donors for a charity to clothe and educate poor children. Deacon W gently mocks motives of patrons, exposing social vanity, names lists, and the perfunctory support of ladies and gentlemen while hinting at hollow philanthropy.
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