Breltors Pweren Publication Pricing and Notices
The notice describes weekly publication in Bristol with Saturday morning issue at 10. Advertisers pay by the inch with a base rate of one dollar per line and advance payment required. It limits weekly advertisements to 18 lines and to the advertiser’s own business, detailing square inch pricing and line counts.
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Breltors Pweren
Saadyard
Bristol
Bayley
Dietante
A. Lew. Gore
Faceless Is A Loving Heart Poem Fragment
A poetic fragment speaks of a loving heart enduring youth and outward charms. It contrasts fading beauty with inner wealth, wishing peace, gentleness, and steadfast affection despite time and hardship. The voice yearns for a kind heart to guide life and easing care.
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Dart
Toads for Rheumatic Ointment Noted at Local Grocery
A Boston-like remark reports a bin beneath F Richardson's Grocery on State Street Bridge containing six to eight hundred live toads. The Auburn Advocate notes these toads are intended as ingredients for a new rheumatic ointment.
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F. Richardson
State Street Bridge
Auburn Advocate
Chinaman Builds Miniature Steam Engine in San Francisco
A San Francisco resident has constructed a miniature steam engine that astonishes and delights his countrymen. Another Chinaman is said to have built a steam engine before. The first maker is now building a six horsepower engine to take to Canton to win orders for larger machines.
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San Francisco
Canton
Concert of Historic New Haven Singers Draws Crowd for Orphan Fund
Center Church hosted a novel Monday evening concert titled early candle light featuring veteran New Haven singers from 30 to 40 years ago. About twelve hundred tickets at 25 cents each sold quickly, proceeds benefiting the Orphan Asylum. The audience reacted warmly and requested an encore.
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Artas
Centre Church
New Haven
Jerusalem
Coronation
Ocean
Hasaloartes
Orphan Asylum
Rags and Paper Stock Demand Drives Households
In a discussion on paper scarcity households are urged to save rags for paper makers and to aid the spread of information printed on limited stock. The piece argues rag collection supports knowledge and laments the spread of falsehoods while praising honor and true Christian character.
Mothers Influence in a Sailor’s Return and Redemption
In a rural tale, Will leaves to seek adventure while his mother prays for him and his father voices harsh judgments. A cottage death and a mother’s tearful faith propel Will to return, repent, and vow to honor his mother, with a church scene sealing his conversion.
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Parson Grey
Harry
Will
Betes
Jack Halpine
Wil
George Harmon or the dishonest clerk tale
A clerk George Harmon schemes to rob his employer Mr Hale after failing to obtain a salary raise. He steals a thousand dollars from a post office letter, flees marriage, is pursued, and later returns in disguise. He reveals to Mrs Harmon that he is alive, has become prosperous, and earns forgiveness from Hale. The tale ends with a moral about temptation and honesty.
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George Harmon
George
Joe
Baltimore
Mr. Hale
Hale
C—— Post Office
The Mistake of American Youth Emphasizes Honest Labor
An editorial argues that inviting youths toward clerks and white collar roles overlooks the dignity of farming and crafts. It cites the farmer and mechanic as steady means to secure a future, noting many ventures fail while disciplined labor builds enduring wealth and respect.
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Ite
One Happy Hearted Plea for Kindness and Joy
A reflective piece urges readers to spread happiness by simple acts to ease sorrow. It questions unkindness in families and circles, arguing daily effort to make others happy would banish envy, revenge, and discord and transform the world into a kinder Eden.
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Wheelland
Strange punishment described by Chinese execution method
The Chinese repository recounts a gruesome death where a criminal is bound with cotton saturated in tallow and leashed to burn slowly. He is dipped and left to breathe firelight beside his father’s grave, the body consumed in a slow degreasing blaze.
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Strance
Dialogue Quips on Paradise and Purgatory Between Doctor and Lady
A cross tempered doctor tells a patient that if women entered paradise their tongues would turn it to purgatory. The lady retorts that some physicians there would make it a desert, sparking witty banter on manners and virtue.
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Paradise
Funny Mistaxs on the Cincinnati Railway
A garbled 19th century railcar anecdote describes a passenger misplacing a ticket in her dress with other items, leading to an awkward exchange with a fellow traveler who notices the unusual stash and offers help.
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Pashy
Cincinnati
Ilton
Dayton
Fragmented Quote From Beafaba On Virtue And Nobility
The text presents a distorted remark about virtue and self view attributed to Beafaba. It suggests a hypothetical claim of virtue if no one existed to judge, implying self reference and the idea that personal worth depends on others’ perception.
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Dol
Ang
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Beafaba
Gerein
Lim
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