Bristol Preenex Weekly Ad Rates and Terms
Bristol Preenex, published Saturdays from Bradford Street Bristol BR by W H Bayley. Subscriptions two dollars per half year in town, distant rates payable in advance. Single copies four cents at the office. Advertisements one dollar per square with twenty cents per sentence. yearly advertisers limited to eighteen insertions per week.
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Bristol Prenex
Bradford Strret
Bristol
W.H
Bayley
The Waste of War and a Vision of Global Charity
The speaker laments war costs and wasted talents and imagines peace expanding across the world. He envisions universal education free to all, hospitals and asylums for the needy, and a global Pantheon honoring the great while a universal temple promotes peace and a Christian chorus rising across nations.
Acts and resolutions from the last General Assembly session
Public acts include amendments for town council license grants, fish preservation in Narragansett Bay, and private acts restoring civil rights for Thomas W. Dorr and Warren Remington. Resolutions cover rules, governor salaries, prison expansion funds, archival duties, and audits.
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General Assembly
Narragansett Bay
Thomas W. Dorr
Warren Remington
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Justices of the Peace
Request to dig for Pirate Cave entrance in Lynn
A Lynn resident petitions the Mayor and Aldermen for permission to excavate at a local site known as Dungeon veg to seek the entrance of the Pirate's Cave linked to a legend of buried treasure. The aim is to uncover bones and treasure reportedly hidden by a freebooter during the 1658 earthquake.
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Lynn
Dungeon Vek
Lewis
Man Freed from Chains Inspires Hope in Asylum Case
The Jacksonville Journal reports Superintendent Ayres of the county Asylum for the Poor removed heavy chains from an insane patient long kept in bondage. The man, long tormented, first raved then calmed, declared his gratitude, and finally embraced liberty. He afterward sought steady work and regained vigor.
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Waar Kiveness
Ayres
County Asylum For
Jacksonville
Ill
Mysterious Arratn Report On Tuscarora Leaks
Captain John A. Macomber reports the Tuscarora off Rarotonga leaking 700 strokes per hour. Off Mangea the leak rose to 30 000 to 40 000 strokes in a day. Nine crewmen refused to work after Mangea, planning to reach land by boat, raising fears the crew helped sabotage the ship. Moraper Washington May 13. Mrs Day dies after being shot by her husband as she and sister fled into her father’s house.
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Tue
Arratn
Pantiatuy
John A. Macomber
The
Herald
Pacific
Tuscarora
Rarotonga
Leek J
Mangea
Sydney
New Bedford Mercury
Moraper
Washington
Conognous Feat on Pennsylvania Railroad Wheels
Conductor crew at Harrisburg found two Irishmen asleep, each perched on a truck cross piece eight inches above ground, having ridden 145 miles. They received $4 each as payment. Their backs rubbed grease and dust from the axles, masking their race.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Vhey
Hurricane Creeks Yamaska banks cave in Canada death toll unknown
A long column recalls a series of tragic events including a landslide along the Yamaska river in Canada with three homes destroyed and a woman and two children drowned. It also mentions Michigan laws on debt collection and a dramatic tale of Doctor Faust and Lord Quakerstown, followed by a sobering village drama of Lilly Alleyne and her guardianship as she and a grandparent face upheaval.
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Yamaska River
Canada
Catile, &c
Faust Werther
London
Stuttgardt
Taat
Waa
Lord Quakerstown
England
Dover
Stuttgard
Abegar
Paris
Bank of England
London Police
Lord Uaierston
de. Faust
Mogland
Lilly Alleyne
Lilly
Heaven
Mamma
Mamama
Earth
Mr. Ardens
Ters
Mrs. Brown
Ms. Arden
Land
Hende
Grace
Gexton
Sally
Mr. Arden
Mawma
Mrs. Maylie
Edward Alleyne
Grace Lee
Mr. Alleyne
Maylie
Saophine
Moonlit Evening Described as Bright and Feather Light
An elderly woman, noted for fuzzy ideas, described a summer night as beautiful and bright. She said the moon made everything as light as a feather.
Reverend sportsman boasts of hare-finding skill
A reverend sportsman boasts of infallible hare finding. A quaker retorts he would sit undisturbed all year, prompting a bout of witty wordplay about study and seat.
Trinity Church trustees plan new Episcopal church in upper city
The New York Mirror reports trustees intend to build an Episcopal church in upper New York City with a design unmatched by any local structure and a projected cost of one million dollars.
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New York Mirror
Trinity Church
New York
Wexford Vital Get Rid Of Beggars By Simple Wash
A report claims Wexford officials banished beggars by a 24 hour imprisonment and thorough washing of vagrants. The method reportedly worked well after a second trial, with magistrates noting remarkable results.
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Wexford
Paria Story of a Resurrected Hung Man
In a Paris correspondence tale, a Doctor Wert her of Sturgardt obtained permission to study a hanged man. After the body was moved to his lab, the subject revived when air entered through a neck wound and wandered the room before reclaiming the doctor’s clothes and watch. The father, appearing in the scene, asserts his prior social status as a former felon.
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Heaven
Paradise
Paris
St. Louis
Faust Werther
Stuugardt
High Court of Justice
Also Mentioned on This Page
PoeTracr
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine
Penzante
Halle
Wallhalla
Mighigan
Wil Iswe
Milligan
Elizabeth Paine
Caleb M. Paine
Attleboro
Channing
Portland Transcript
Lilly. Alleyne
Emma
Harald
Abe
Mrs. Benson
Mr Alleyne
Weston
Mr. Allayne
Lill
Oakland Lodge
Harold
Oakland Logde
Mrs. Ainslee
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