Bristol Phenix Ad Rates and Publication Terms
Bristol Phenix printed Saturday mornings by W. H. Bayley at Bradford Street. Subscription rates: two dollars per year in advance for town readers, two dollars for distant subscribers in advance. Single copies six cents at the office. Advertisements: one dollar per square for three weeks, then forty cents per square for each subsequent insertion. Continued ads charged as above. Yearly advertisers limited to twenty lines per week. notices not renewed.
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Eulweribera
Fuebid
Pany Siena
Anna
Paper AG
OG Nu
Iiscombnue
Arcentages
Geers
Wne
Wala
Wade
Oyster law amendment imposes heavy fines in Rhode Island
1848 Rhode Island act tightens penalties for oyster theft with a $100 fine and up to one year in jail for taking oysters from private grounds. It allows lessees to arrest violators and forfeit stolen oysters to the state. The act simplifies proof and nullifies private bed ownership in prosecutions.
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Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
General Assembly
Henry Bowen
Rhode Island Tax Debate Spars with Bankers and Farmers
In a June debate in the General Assembly from Bristol, Mr DceWolf criticizes proposed bank taxation as unfairly privileging commerce and manufacturing. He argues Rhode Island has other productive property including navigation, ships, and luxury goods, and condemns exempting merchants and shipowners while taxing banks. He mocks poverty cries and warns against misrepresenting farmers, noting wealthy non-bank holders and widow orphans as among bank stockowners.
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General Assembly
Ma. Sreaken
Rhode Island
Banks
Paris
Union
Sean Gos
Mr. Speaker
Rhode Island Tax Debate and Dorrism Referenced
A Rhode Island speaker argues for a property tax based on productive value amid debates on banking taxes and public finance. He warns that excess taxation may provoke farmer resistance and invokes Dorrism and Puritan lineage to question the dominant party’s approach.
Rhode Island Tax Burden Sparks Public Stance
The passage argues Rhode Islanders, including farmers, shipowners, manufacturers, and capitalists, will not accept tax exemptions for themselves and will bear the public burden alongside banks. It claims they are honest and intelligent and oppose shifting taxes onto banks while paying in full.
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Rhode Island
Rhode Toland
Flat field culture better than raised hills for corn
A 1842 Massachusetts storm disrupted six acres of corn with all plants prostrated. After a few days the stalks stood upright again, revealing that flat land and wind resilience aided recovery. The Germantown Telegraph notes local farms saw rapid reestablishment and uniform growth sans hull.
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Massachusetts
Cambridge
Boston
Germantown
The Earth Rewards Honest Tilling in Autumn
The author warns against cheating the earth in farming. Those who try to gain by deception with manure and tricks will find the soil returns the truth in harvest. Honest labor and fair treatment of the land yield rewards, while deceit ends in regret.
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Oly
Yale temperance address warns of intemperance
The Yale College speaker recalls early companions whose talents were ruined by drink, noting a brilliant mind that beat an automaton chess player and others who rose and fell into ruin or vanished into mire and filth due to intemperance.
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Mr. Potter
Yale College
New Haven
Jie
America
Slartford Courant
What is Good and Bad Luck in Beecher’s Lectures for Young Men
The excerpt discusses luck as a mix of fortune and personal conduct. It contrasts industrious, honest characters with those ruined by temper, misjudgment, or vice. Beecher argues that diligence, discipline, and virtue render luck impregnable, while laziness and deceit invite ruin.
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H. W. Beecher
The Happy World and a Virtuous Heart
A reflective piece on happiness linking a virtuous heart to contentment. It contrasts cheerful minds with wealth and notes beauty in nature as a source of pure joy. The text cites love and fragility of women as hidden pangs and speaks of inner peace as central to happiness.
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Oope
Sea Bathing and True Manhood in Aimed Reflections
Text discusses sea bathing as healthful and mentally uplifting, comparing it to exercise and noting sea views bolster nervous vitality. It then reflects on genuine manhood, contrasting noble traits with outward appearances and social masks, and warns against cruel amusements to babies. Includes a humorous bread-baking anecdote and a proverb on neglecting injuries.
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