Brest ou Powenex. Bristol Saturday Advertising Notice
An old Bristol newspaper advertisement lists weekly publication details at Beadford Street, with rates for advertisements and single copies. It specifies pricing per line, square measurements, and charging rules for continued inserts, including discounts for yearly advertisers and a limit of 18 lines per week to advertisers for their own business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brest OU Pwenex
Beadford Street
Bristol
Bley
W. B. & Bayley
What is a year in life’s changing scene
A brief wave on life’s stream a fleeting dream. Time’s iron heart beats on and youth gives way to summer, autumn, and winter. The poem muses on time’s passage from spring to death, suggesting each year is a page in life’s book.
Extreme cold effects and tobacco warnings in early reports
Lectures cited extreme polar temperatures where pain and frostbite hardened skin and fingers. Separate items warn tobacco chewing harms health, recounting a paralyzed youth, a Chester coin from Julian the Apostate, and a Paris massacre survivor’s narrow escape in Burlington Gazette notices.
Life and Levers of Joseph Story Revealed by Time Use
Excerpt from Life and Levers of Joseph Story edited by his son portrays Judge Story’s mental labor. It credits systematic industry, varied labor, and sharp concentration as keys to his swift achievements helping him avoid burnout and stay productive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juyce Story
Joseph Story
D'Agueseau
Hineelf
Autumn Burial Mystery Unfolds in Connecticut Village
In a rural Connecticut valley village, a mournful churchyard burial reveals a family tragedy. An orphan son, believed estranged, returns in tears to claim his mother vowed in a tale of grief, crime, and a long-lost kinship, prompting a somber moral about parental love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Moo
Sitle
Boston
Resder
Coal beds near Narragansett Bay promise large supplies
The article describes a coal seam near the bay that was found only inches above water level, with a sunken well and a surface pile burning for winter fuel. It notes the bed dips toward water, planning careful development with pumps and machinery to access dry work and expand mining, aided by the Portsmouth Coal Company and J. R. Barbour of Worcester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Journal
Rhode Island
Dr. Hayes
Roxbury Chemical Works
Boston
Portsmouth
Poremouth
Hayes
Portmouth
Pennsylvania
Delaware River
Buston
Zerby's Run
Portamouth
Mere
Jackson
Case
Errata
Bristol
Thia
Narragansett Bay
New York
Boson
Gud
Providence and Worcester Railroad
Portsmouth Coal Company
J. R. Barbour
Worcester
Mass
The Value of Cleanliness and Manner in Society
A reflection on personal presentation and social grace urging meticulous grooming, clear speech, and polite conduct. It warns against neglecting minor sociable rituals and stresses that true happiness comes from honest, kind-hearted home life rather than showy status.
Education secrets and a Rockford sermon pause
Elder Knapp preached in Rockford Illinois as his audience slept. He urged balancing discipline and child spirit while noting the church had not yet raised enough to pay for a new bell and mentioned others who would fund lodging and the twenty five note for the ovenh price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knapp
Rockford
Illinois
Boston
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