Classified notices and local advertisements from Bristol Providence
A cluttered 19th century classified page lists advertisements for religious obituary notices political notices tailoring clothing and ready made garments carpentry and lumber groceries and provisions jewelry and watches hardware and house fittings paper box manufacturing and a variety of tradesmen with addresses on Bradford Thames Hope Westminster and State streets in Bristol and Providence detailing goods services and prices such as paper subscriptions and 4 cent copies and advance payments. The page features numerous business names including SHUMAN FASHIONABLE READY MADE CLOTHING NO 21 AND 23 SOUTH MAIN STREET PROVIDENCE A. FOTTER & BROTHER NO 148 WESTMINSTER STREET PROVIDENCE AND GEORGE H WHITNEY STATIONER PROVIDENCE with a dense listing of merchants and services across several streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Bradford Street
Ieee
AMDT
ThoMas B. Steern
Westminster Street
Providence
R. I. A. Fotter & Brother
L. Gardner
Puma Steam
Thames Street
R. I
Red Petticoat and the Girl for Me Verse
A fragmentary verse comparing red and white petticoats, praising purity and warmth. The speaker contrasts boldness and modesty, urging that true character matters more than color. The poem associates red with warmth, blue with truth, pink with love, and white with purity.
Work cheap for swearing, Deacon condemns profane talk
A deacon rebukes a speaker for using profanity asking what Satan pays for oaths. The respondent says nothing, prompting the deacon to argue the cost in lost respect, conscience, and soul, calling the speech cheap and harming friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd
Calico Cloak Story Teaches Kindness At School
A poor girl nicknamed Calico Cloak endures taunts at Bridgeville Academy until her perseverance and a kind act by Mrs Maynard lead to a move to New York. The tale spreads, inspiring classmates to treat the poor with compassion and ending in a moral about empathy and patience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Taquin
Old Academy
Atory
Little Patchey
Bride Comes to Bridgeville as New Pastor's Wife
Twelve years after Mrs. Lee left town, the young clergyman Mr. Maynard is settled as Bridgeville's pastor. His wife, famed for intellect and authorship, arrives amid curiosity at a sewing circle gathering, prompting reminiscences of old neighbors and a return to a cottage once home to the widow Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Mrs. Britton
Bridgeville
Alrs
Lee
Mrg
Britton
Academy
Linong
Qaliva
The Very Unfortunate Man In Charcoal Sketches
A Salem Register excerpt recalls Neal’s character who laments self reliance and fear of failure. He imagines failures in money, speech, and action, while a friend’s tale about a turtle enthusiast shows a man who decries harming others yet reveals misfortune. The piece opens a series titled the very unfortunate man.
Infant feeding costs and legal status of newspapers
The article discusses infant milk preparation and cost estimates from Hall's Journal of Health, noting boiled skimmed milk with sugar and salt to aid digestion. It also cites a Vermont probate ruling allowing widows the cost of newspapers from estate funds, framing newspapers as a family necessity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Invanr
Hall
Riaur
Vermont
Upkeeping Your Home With Plants And Beauty
A nostalgic home improvement piece extols planting fruit trees vines and shrubs to beautify houses and yards. It urges simple labor to create shaded arbors and fragrant gardens, noting lasting value and liveliness added to the homestead through steady care.
Overloading Teams Hurts Horses and Wagons
A Charleston dinner anecdote shows the folly of heavy loads and overdriven animals harming work horses and carriages. It argues lighter loads save time, extend usefulness, and reduce wear on vehicles and nerves, with a cautionary tale about etiquette missteps at table leading to comic confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esui
Uwiito
Ynhuman
Wade
Drayaga
French Engineer Warns Ship Engine Before Explosion
A French engineer aboard an Ab steimboat cautions the captain that the engine is in poor condition. The captain asks how long it will run, the engineer replies until it bursts. In the next landing race, at least one Frenchman is missing from the crew.
The Paradox of Chance in Everyday Events
A philosophical riff argues against the idea that events like a boy drinking at a well or a couple meeting by chance are purely random. It traces how causes, not luck, shape outcomes such as injury, marriage, and births, suggesting chance is always mediated by preceding conditions and choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuff
Lee
Ywater
Bnitn
Uae
Brosen
Charaden and the character as personal proof
A discussion on how character shapes a person and their surroundings. The author argues that strong character leaves a mark on clothing and furniture, making items reflect the wearer, while two similar spaces can still differ sharply in disorder and nuance.
Self respect as moral compass guides actions
A reflective note urges Thomas to cultivate healthy self respect not vanity. The idea is that personal conscience matters even if others never notice, and such inner discipline will deter him from idle or wrong deeds.
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Thomas
Pawnee Marriage Tale From Nebraska City Chronicle
A Pawnee chief named Whitewater and a squaw called Wal mussingah were married at Nebraska City. The bride wore a red flannel shirt a checked apron buffalo robe white felt hat and a beaded apron with porcupine quills. The groom wore a militia coat an old coffee check and Spanish spurs on bare feet.
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Whitewater
Wal-mush- E-Shingah
Nebraska City
Melancholy Wanderer in Strange City Crowds
A young man wanders through a strange city alone among crowds. He lacks money and friends, receives no welcome, and wears tight boots and coins in his pockets, creating a bleak, solitary scene.
Curious Will of Gov Blatchet Proved in 1783
A Plymouth Massachusetts will from 1783 includes a singular clause asking that the body be kept without offense and that one toe be cut off to ensure death. It also asks the wife to consider marriage after years of trouble with an old fool. Additionally a note remarks on happiness from two life tips about vexing situations.
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Mr. Rarey
D. Sullivan
Sullivan
New England
Biddias
Egge
Ccrious Witt
Gov. Blatchet
Plymouth
Maes
Swiss and French Quarrel Over Honor and Money
A fragmentary dialogue shows a Frenchman asking a Switzer why Swiss favor money while the French fight for honor. The Switzer replies that both sides battle for what they lack, highlighting a perceived contrast in motives.
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Tauppos
Humorous Scraps From a Lively Inland Home Front
A collage of titled vignettes and village quips about family life and travel. Jokes about babies fussing at inns, misunderstandings between husbands and wives, and the quirks of domestic routine appear in dialogic snippets and misheard phrases. The tone imitates a bustling parish column full of light satire.
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Benjamin Tilley
Lewis W. Taft
Japan
Tron
Thamed Street
H. W. Gifford
Bradford
Hope Streets
Drury
Hope Street
J. N. Burgess
Shuman
South Main Street
Crawford Easterbrooks
Can &c
Thames and
Bradford Streets
WM. H. Spooner
C. Hope Street
Mount Hope House
Jacob Goodhart
Westminster
Exchange Street
R. L
Josiah Gladding
Joan S. Ford
Hood, Brick, &c
Foot of
Franklin
W. B. Kimball
Corner Hope
Church Atreets
Goodhue & Son
Opticians
C. &c. Matexeireet
George W. Douglass
Corner of
Hope
Ace Tanik
Shampaoing
Sitate Street
Tal. 1
Risty
Tiriatal
Otis Hunko
State Streets
Manufac
North
Alain Street
Kall River
Massachusetts
John Allen
Thames
James P. Pierce
John
Hunreq
Flerdware
Pete
Praltond Street
Geo. H. Whitney
Ecknilers Stationer Pane Af Peownt
Manu
Weatminster Sthace
Benjamin
Barrus
Orarges
Phelps
Wahms
Tebcote
Agen
Janes St. Bistoh
Franklin Market
Whanies
Franklin St
Gorr
FORD
Chaniel"wackay
Tistira
Furzie
Central America
Johnny
Luad
Mina
Pleven
Evar
Byron
Tia
Mary Lark
Mast
Actuol-House
Calico
Lud Brooks
Brown
Mary
Joy
Lsboulu
New York
Lizzie
Mridgeville Academy
Brutiers
Bridgeville Academy
Echou
Jala
Neal
Hesrimg
Salem Register
Hulmes
Gurud
Pardens
Chie
Borron
Charleston
Syringfeld Republican
Peter Pijor
Peter
Bonifae
Pat
Athoueemeid
Jane
Burt
Mosulcs
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