Bristol Newspaper Ad Rates and Subscriptions
Published every Saturday morning at 40 Bradford Street Bristol R ley py W H 8 Bayley terms to subscribers roads in town two dollars dom art half yearly in advance distant readers dollars per annum payable in advance single copies at the office advertisements inserted at one dollar per square for three weeks twenty cents for each subsequent insertion twelve constituted square all advertisements continued until forbid and charged as above yearly advertisers ten dollars per annum paper included privilege of yearly advertisers limited to 18 lines per week and to their own immediate business
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Gor
Celeste
of Toledo & Co
Mr. Winslow
Winslow
Snuther
Kiv
Hepelese
House of ‘Toledo & Co
Garrant
Mr. Davis
Ihia Davis
A Prayer For A Heart That Breathes In Kindness
A poem extols a kind heart that responds to others' woes and seeks no earthly reward. It envisions lifting burdens with love, healing grief, and finding heavenly reward after passing through golden gates. The verse praises selfless compassion as the true wealth of humanity.
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Priefa
Earth
Golden Gates
Heaven
The Voice or Praven Expresses Ideal Christian Womanhood
The excerpt reflects on female virtue and religion, praising gentle, pure female character as a light guiding men. It contrasts women’s serene devotion with men's harsher worldly duties, highlighting prayer, modesty, and reverence as central to womanly influence and spiritual radiance.
A Lesson in Action and Accountability
A father tests his son Amos with nails in a wall to mark wrong deeds and pulls out nails for good acts. Over weeks the wall fills with holes while the keg for good deeds empties and refills, prompting reflection on true change and lingering impact of past misdeeds.
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Axon
Aimos
Amos
Dong Amos
Himson
Awhos
Amun
Ned Winslow and the School Gift that Shaped a Future
A poor laborer named Davis seeks schooling for his son Ned. A generous merchant, Winslow, pays Ned’s schooling and stock investments to improve his life. Ned grows into a skilled worker and later a trusted employee, while Winslow’s charity yields dividends in character and success for Davis’s family.
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Ned
Mr. Winelow
Davis
Mr. Winslow
Remembered Investment Saves a Fallen Merchant
In Grahams Magazine January, a debtor spared ruin after a grateful merchant Davie intervened. Winslow reveals an old charity investment that revived both him and the other man, highlighting how neglect of such chances can doom one to failure.
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Diafte
Mr. Winslow
Davis
Wade
Grahams Magazine
Jan
Marital Mischief and Wit Highlight A Newburyport Tale
A quirky 19th century item recounts a widower seeking a housekeeper who ends in a marriage, while a jokey street encounter leads to another wedding. The oblique note mentions William Dinneronp’s death in Panama and a series of homely maxims about beauty, virtue, and industry.
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Sige
Newburyport Herald
Steam Carrraces and Bear Hunts Across Borders
A Newton native claims a steam carriage can replace horses on common roads, carrying twenty persons with one operator and at half the cost. California bears are captured with ropes from horseback, with some bears weighing up to twelve hundred pounds. An anecdote recalls Washington praying at White Plains, inspiring his troops and supporters to press on for independence.
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Mr. Winslow
Tone Ieatt
Edward Davis
Newton
Boston Journal
California
Waeninoron
Laurie Tood
Home Journal
Washington
Society of Friends
White Plains
George Waahington
Marthe
George Washington
Social Intercounse. A plea for universal fellowship and duty
A column extols extending fellowship to all men who discharge duties and maintain order and welfare. It condemns unwilling sympathy and forced smiles toward the less fortunate and urges upright deportment and intelligent minds as true claims of virtue. A later note recalls Webster and public interest in wild animals, then a tale of a Germany town area mother praising her tender-hearted sons who cry at tasks.
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Dan
Webster
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Gaul
Troland
England
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Davie
Clu
Yuen
Witslow
Jad
Busin
Van
Sol
Webb & Waldron
Webb & Waldrone
Edward
Forshia
Buttonwood Street
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Fortune
Young Davis
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House of Toledo & Co
Rio
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Panama
Comber
Germany
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