Bristol Phenix Advertises Rates and Subscriptions
The Bristol Phenix weekly to be published Saturdays by WW H Bayley outlines subscription prices payable in advance and per-year rates. Notices warn advertisers of price per square and arrearage terms, with annual options limited for business clients.
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Bristol Phenix
WW. H
Bayley
Baaprogo
Amma
Bingle
Ewan Stenet Orpa
Boriness.com
Imconti
He Publishar
Toll gates on life’s journey warn against bad company
A moral allegory compares life to a road with toll gates named Pride, Fashion, Pleasure, and Intemperance. It warns that wrong company and habits erode health and fortune, while prudent choice and good routines build character and steer one toward a steady path.
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Soriys
Villian
Rand
Sol
Graveyard Meditation on Loss and Faith
A visitor to the village burial place witnesses rows of simple memorials to pastors, sons, a young mother and others. He reflects on mortality and the fragility of life while noting the impact of faith and divine judgment on the living and the dead.
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Taster
Pervant
Life's vanity and fleeting fame warned in old verses
The piece reflects on mortality and the emptiness of wealth and honor. It cites John Dyer and contrasts life’s brief stage with a child’s birth and inevitable fading, then shifts to a New York Organ critique of Mrs. Lilly’s vanity and society’s gaze.
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John Dyer
Portland Tribune
Sir Walter Scott on the Sabbath in the Quarterly Review
The passage presents Sir Walter Scott’s view on Sabbath observance from the 1828 Quarterly Review. It argues the day is for religious duties, contrasts Protestant and Catholic practices, and cautions against secular pleasures intruding on worship.
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Sir Walter Scott
Walter Scott
Quarterly Review
Lear
Tongue Signs of Fever and Liver Disarray
A historical note links tongue color and coating to various fever types and liver derangements. White fur on the tongue signals simple fever. yellowing suggests bilious or typus fevers. vivid red tips or full surface indicate stomach or bowel mucous membrane inflammation. A white velvety tongue ties to mental illness, while a red lips turning brown dry tongue points to typhus state. The piece stresses the tongue as a highly expressive though unruly organ.
Curiosity on Spider Silk Structure Described
The article explains that a spider’s body holds four masses each with many tiny holes that let threads pass. Thousands of threads combine to form one main thread used to spin a web. The passage highlights the complex way a spider produces silk on its body.
Curious stone relic shown at Liberty Hall in St. Louis
The St Louis Republican reports a 280 pound mineral stone found 1110 feet underground in St Francois county while sinking a lead ore shaft. The flat side bears a horse like animal head with one eye and nostril, surrounded by a coiled snake ring. The reverse shows a large land terrapin with head drawn in and shell enclosed. The artifact is on display at Liberty Hall at Broadway and Cherry Street.
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Liberty Hall
Broadway
Cherry Street
St. Francois County
St. Louis Republican
Awakening Call Against Idle Living From Ancient Sage
A stirring appeal argues that a stagnant life wastes talent like a stalled engine and withers like snow. It urges each person to act for the public good, to be energetic and proactive, lest inactivity invites decay and scorn as time presses forward.
Passenger Courtesy on the Long Journey of Life
A reflective note urges travelers of the day to help each other and keep the journey pleasant. It argues that regardless of the mode of travel, kindness eases the passage for all, and that discomfort shared by one harms the whole ride.
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Sociaote
Akulke
Adulteration of Liquors and Temperance Rhetoric
A. Gilbert, former liquor trader, cites adulteration practices in a Delaware Temperance Herald piece. The text lists chemicals like vitriol copperas and sweet nitre used to adulterate gin brandy wine and whiskey. It includes a Lowell Niagara letter urging women to join temperance efforts and describes the wife of a drunkard’s suffering poverty and neglect.
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A. Gilbert
Delaware ‘Temperance Herald
Ohio Organ
Mutron Meat Claim Promises Cheap Healthful Mutton
A quotation from the American Agriculturist advocates repeating experiments until lean mutton can be produced at half the cost of fat pork. It praises its health benefits, suggesting workers gain more strength and ease of work, and extols smoked Southdown mutton hams as highly delicious, even comparing venison unfavorably.
schooner origin story from Gloucester 1790
In Gloucester on September 8 1790 a bystander asked about the ship called a schooner Andrew Robinson built. Robinson said let her be and the name schooner stuck. Elders and sea captains confirmed no prior European or American vessels of that rig prior to his craft.
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Ontari
Gloucester
Andrew Robinson
Robinson
Europe
America
Mubinson
Fenelon and Louis XIV Chapel Visit Reflects Humble Adoration
The king wonders at a sparse chapel crowd. Fenelon explains he warned of the monarch’s absence to reveal who truly comes to adore God. Other passages urge common sense, study, and vigilance as society faces looming events and a call to live for Christ.
Toast at Shoe and Leather Manufacturers Meeting
A toast delivered at the Shoe and Leather Manufacturers gathering in Danvers prays for all the women in the country to be loved and for the men to work hard.
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Danvers
The Money Match Chapter 1 a Romantic Dilemma
Sophronia a wealthy Rathburn suitor and William a devoted charity scholar clash over love and duty in a tale of wealth status and infidelity. William confronts Sophronia about breaking vows, absolves her, and leaves to pursue his studies while Sophronia faces poverty and choice.
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Sophronia
William
University of
Whale College
Rathburn
Institution of
Rathborn
Hathiburn
Jagsin
Iheart
Sophronia C
Asche
William Receives Call to Pre-Installation Sermon
After completing his theological studies with honors from the University, William is invited to preach a sermon before installation in a small village some distance from his home town. The narrative notes brief elements of his journey and beginnings in ministry.
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William
Trina
Garive-Towey
Wwe Temetie
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