Bradford newspaper ad rates and voyage tale noted
The notice explains weekly publication by W. H. Bayley with ad rates: one dollar per square, ten dollars yearly, twenty lines weekly limit for yearly advertisers, and settlement terms. It also recounts Josiah Gladding’s brig Frances Lord voyage of 30 815 miles without reefing sails, across wide latitudes and seas, praised by the New York Sun.
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W. H
Bayley
Bradford
Hope
State Streets
Benea
Oedang
Bay of Mexico
Cure for hydrophobia and curious remedies cited in letters
A letter to the St. Louis Republican recounts a dubious cure for hydrophobia involving ash root preparation and dosing for eight to ten days, plus anecdotal notes about snake bites and a sheep. It also touches on US presidents’ ancestry and a critique of spirit theory and Newtonian claims.
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James A. Hubbard
Bond County
Ilinois
St. Louis
Poings of a Rum Shop
A speaker recalls a night of heavy drinking and violence at a tavern. A husband returns home injured and the narrator tends wounds while her children drift into rough sailor lives. She laments widows and wives in hardship and the haunting pull of vice on virtue and family.
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Sue
Hend
Tam
Houde
Martie
Boy Job’s voyage back to faith and home from the sea
The account follows Job, a reading boy from Aitutaki, lured by promises to sea. Captain Pratt of the Mechanic returns him to his homeland, where Job’s piety and prayers earn praise from crew and minister alike. He dies peacefully in America, a devoted Christian amid farewell tears.
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Aitutaki
Pratt
Prat
Captain Pratt
Avery
Aitutakian
John Williama
Jesus
Job
God's Vineyard
Soo
Boyle
America
Canaan
House of God
Christ
Church of God
Mer
Jess
Mr. Boyle
Forgiveness and Mercy Restore a Reconciled Family
A Philadelphia tale of Mr. Hargrave aiding a poverty stricken widow Amy Pierce and her child. Judge Marston, Ellen’s father, learns of their plight and forgives her after a path of charity and mercy leads to a tearful reunion. The act rekindles a family and restores happiness.
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Hargrave
Howard
Philadelphia
Mr. Hargrave
Henry
Luat
Father
Jlenny
Ellen
Ingratitude and duty in a family scene and a judge’s jest
An adult narrator laments ingratitude corroding family life and contrasts it with a devoted son who honors his parents. The piece urges Bible based duty for young men and recalls a joke about a judge and a minister over a horse, reflecting moral lessons in a Philadelphia note.
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Philadelphia
Saturday Court
Sawing Heat Aids Forming And Cutting Hardened Steel
A Scientific American excerpt describes heated steel cut by a thick edged circular iron plate driven in a lathe to slice files and tempered tools without temper loss. It notes a mysterious electricity attributed effect and warns hard new surfaces resist filing. It also mentions instant severing of iron bars with roll-brimstone and incidental notes on iron work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iurkovenenrs
Bisels
Honest Boy Learned Silk Lesson In Merchant Shop
An in-town tale tells how a country gentleman’s son, employed by a dry goods merchant, loses a silk sale by praising a flaw. The merchant explains the boy lacks tact and will not become a merchant. The father laments the lesson, grateful for the warning from the shopkeeper. An alumni note adds a reflective quote on returning to one’s youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ier
Nielgen
The Preacher In A Parish Mocking Its Image And Demands
A fragmentary discussion where Trim the corporal critiques modern preaching. He argues the ideal preacher must attract diverse parishioners, be eloquent, learned, devout, and reforming, yet face resistance from practical minds who favor plain truth over bookish rhetoric. The dialogue exposes tensions between sermon style and audience taste.
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Toby
Ancle
Trim
Mira B
Albioa
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Cadiz
Rio Grande
Rio Grane
Buenos
Aegres
Basnos Ayres
Newark
New York
Norfolk
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New Orleans
New Si
United States
Jackson
Monroe
Pulk
Nouth
Ireland
Washingwn
Jefferson
Mangon
Adamses
van Buren
South Seas
Sandwich
Society
N. Y
Newton
Dudlin
Elizabeth D. Pore
Pricet
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