The Bristol Whig and Bristol News Ad Pricing
The Bristol Whenie edited weekly at No 7 Bradford Street Bristol Rhode Island lists subscription rates Two Dollars and fifty cents per year One dollar twenty five cents for six months if paid in advance Three Dollars if payment delayed to year end Single copies five cents No paper discontinued until arrearages paid Postage Bristol county twenty cents per year No mail to other parts of state or country
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Bristol
Bradford Street
Merchants Steam Ship Company Incorporation Notice
Public notices from the Rhode Island Secretary of State detail petitions to form the Merchants Steam Ship Company of Bristol and the Pohanoket and Rhode Island Ferry Company, with business in Bristol and authority under Revised Statutes Chapters 125 and 128. Also included are probate notices for guardianships and insolvent estates in Bristol and Warren, with court dates and publication orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
General Assembly
Portamouth
Drietel
Portsmouth
Bersted
Dillac Company
Seeton
John RO Bartlett
Julio S Meo
Badiah BO Pevol Guoardian
Perron
Lirtinw
Guardian
Purvis Pepfagladding
Roue
Henry
Burtch
Warren
Rhode Island
Salisbury
Bussel Handy
Ofice
Warren Manufy Co
Furth
F.A Burgess
H.G Williams
Lewis T. Hoab
Great Watch Sale by Arrandale Co at One Dollar Each
A sensational New York sale offers watches, rings, bracelets, and more at one dollar each. Arrandale & Co. promotes certificates for articles. buyers may pay 25 cents for a certificate and claim items by mail. Agents sought nationwide with commissions on certificates.
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Broadway
New York
Goa
Thia
Arrasdale & Co
Ae Ranel
Arrandale & CO
Broadway, N. Y
Everlasting Skirt with New Patent Fastener
A. Ving associates promote Bardwell Co's New Patent Hoopless Skirt Fastener. The design fixes front fastening, hides the clasp, improves pockets, and uses steel with linen finish. Tapes are glued and double clasped to hoops to maintain form, marketed at manufacturer prices.
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Bardwell & Co
Weanlso
Paper Warehouse Advertises Broad Paper Supplies
F H Richmond announces a Prov exchange place address offering varied papers at low prices. They list many weights and sizes for mezzanine and printer papers plus book covers, newsprint, wrappers, leaves, and blank orders by mail.
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F. H. Richmond
Exchange Place
Anufactores
Bacerna, WaaprPixa
Enver
Alan
Sraw
Favoristes
Chinner
March Wind and Little Ones Across the Snow
A fragmentary 1865 poem describes a cold March day and children venturing from their cottage doors. The north wind howls while bright flowers and sunlit paths offer hope, yet hardship is hinted as life’s way. The piece contrasts sorrow with resilient innocence.
Temperance Efforts During War and its Homecoming
A Civil War era letter laments army intemperance from enlistment through furloughs, notes strict prohibitions and surgeon general actions, and urges temperance reform at home to protect soldiers returning from battle. It warns of postwar relapse when veterans face bars and temptations, urging public duty and laws to support abstinence.
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Plange
Gret
Campea
Wan Alen
Hasan
Washington
Aurgena
Potomac Army
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Jersey C
Iy Ferry
Broadway
North River
Howe
Jeff Northampton
Green Mountain Homes
Vermont
Teath
Munroe
Northampton
New England
Brattleboro
Thamon
Ivete
Gentle handling of restive horses yields safer drives
A long discussion of humane horse training advocates kindness over whipping. A Boston lawyer’s stubborn horse and a Genesse Farmer writer’s mare illustrate a method: driver and horse slowly build trust, harness the animal, speak softly, and allow the horse to start only when ready, promising gradual cure with repeated calm sessions.
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Boston
Mill Dam
Genesse
Saya
Paine
The Value of Social Conversation in Daily Life
Teun muses on parsing sociability showing that friendly talk fosters lively exchange but depends on the person. Without engaging dialogue, conversations grow dull and tiresome, yet genuine interaction enhances mutual understanding and is a lasting social pleasure.
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Teun
The Path Upward Through Labor and Virtue
A discussion on social mobility through industry and education. It argues that children gain opportunity through steady work, skill, and example, while warning against hollow riches and deceit. The piece envisions laborers rising to gentility as a natural, merit based progress.
No Title Yet Yet A Clergy of Social Attitude
A reader condemns men who complain of being undervalued and argues they must prove worth through actions. The piece urges self-respect, independence, and positive deeds rather than sniping at society. It suggests rising above those who look down on you and avoiding petty self pity.
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Thera
Awell
Allah Fulka
New England Lady Faces Devilish Test of Courage
A renowned New England woman habitually returning home unaccompanied faces a frightening bluff by rogues who stage a mock demon encounter. She remains poised, calmly addressing the devil and affirming her bravery, proving she fears nothing and embodies moral strength.
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New England
Oeoiwca
Crete
Untitled reflection on youth and marriage expectations
A reflective piece discusses young women viewing marriage and society with idealized views. It cautions that many expect exceptions to common fate and warns they may ignore potential risks and social pressures. The excerpt critiques repressive attitudes and urges thoughtful consideration of consequences.
Lessons on Industrious Habits From A Cautionary Tale
A moral exhortation urges diligence and usefulness, warning that idle upbringing breeds thieves and crime. It praises men who were industrious as boys and encourages the reader to seek one useful activity to aid others, arguing work fosters virtue and counters laziness.
Knot Theory of Life and Highway Law in Rhode Island
A scanned 1865 Rhode Island act notes knot like life problems with three requisites and outlines highway surveyor powers to trim obstructions and enter adjacent lands, plus boundary definitions between East Providence Pawtucket and Providence and measures to promote military enlistment.
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General Assembly
Uahways
Zieh
Auoh
East Providence
Pawtucket
Fast Providence
Office Sale Notice of Prompt Settlement Terms
Executed at this office with neatness and dispatch on reasonable terms as the stated arrangement for the transaction.
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Bristol County
State
The
United States
Regal
Joan R Bartlett
Mary
Vickery
Vychery
Thys Comet
John Wilcox
Boutherty
Bohnom Gifford
Danterest
Imhoe
Twoueloch
Peter Gladding
Propare
John Guardingilltam RO Taylor
John G. Harding
Allogance
Baistur
William H
Bristol Phoenix
Peter Glanding
California
Wagie
Rasses & Oe
Arrandale
AVING
Pierce Brothers
Eery
Aldo
Flisceellann
Groaviersa
Taney Dreams
Mairiisa
Couleur Rae Coubl Gau
Dirk
Sileet
Tate
Ailenasy
Bond
Antosa
Notormua
Alma
Laws OF
Tata Te
Baet Providence
Seokonk River
Mitu Rover
Bameen
Mansschusetts
Grinnell Point
Walker's Pot
Cirnes
Central Bridge
Orsterly
Washington Bridge
Wid
Wid Draw
Buston and Providence Railroad Company
Burges
Fristaum Burges
Providence River
Kettle Point
Barrington
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