Bristol Phenix Advertising Rates and Notices Ad Summary
Classified notice from Bristol Phenix announces weekly publication every Saturday morning at 40 7 O84 PPO Kv Street Bristol with advertising rates: one dollar per square for the first insertion and twelve pence per line for each subsequent insertion. It lists various types and terms for yearly adverts and business announcements.
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Brlstou Phenex
Bristol
G. Bayley
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Feaupinlaia Bod
Proclamation by Rhode Island Governor on Thanksgiving Observance
Governor Francis M. Dimond proclaims a Thanksgiving day in Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, urging citizens to give thanks to Providence and to avoid frivolity. He recalls national blessings, calls for gratitude, education praise, and moral restraint amid social and political challenges.
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Francis M. Dimond
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
Francism
Dimond
Rhode Toland
Providence
United States
Tuynind Ow
Vetus
The Broken Merchant and the Tale of Real LPR
A Manchester silk maker’s failure drives a wife and two children from comfort to poverty in Liverpool. Years later an Australia bound husband returns, wealthy and reuniting the family, with £14,000 and Australian holdings, prompting a hopeful emigration tale.
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Fata
Australis
Manchester
Liv
Australia
England
Pempete
T Journal of Families
Liverpool
Mysterious Deaths Link Queen Ulrike and Countess Steenbock
The report tells of Queen Ulrike of Sweeden dying in an open coffin as Countess Steenbock, unseen since her illness, miraculously appears in grief then vanishes. Guards witness the queen’s apparition before the countess is found dead in Stockholm at the same moment. An official inquiry notes the extraordinary sequence.
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Ulrike
Sweeden
Steenbock
Countess Steenbock
Stockholm
Royal Horse Guard
Steenback
Cou
Fragmentary medical note on leaf treatment for wounds
A damaged text fragment discusses using leaves salent plication for cuts and other wounds. It suggests leaves may be bruised and opened along a line and that the wound will cicatrize quickly.
Untitled note on Maintenance and Friendship
The fragment notes ongoing repair work and a hint of keeping friendships intact. It mentions constants of repair and implies photos or progress without clear details. No names, dates, places, or concrete events are readable.
Remembering Annie De Wolf and Her Sisters in Tragic Loss
A Sept 27, 1853 tribute recalls Annie and sisters Charlotte and Mary De Wolf, struck by a fatal accident on Boston Bay State. The piece laments their kindness, piety, and school achievements, describes the funeral hymn and public sympathy, and notes the parents’ deep grief and spiritual solace.
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Chicago
Annie
Ares
Racor
Mrs. Child
Philothea
Inventor touts patent ocean float for shipwrecks
A London inventor proposes a patent ocean float to save treasures and lives in shipwrecks. One float could land about three tons of cargo and six people, with six floats aiding up to thirty-six persons. In twenty-six trips, lines would link ship and shore, creating a buoyant raft by uniting floats with swivels and rings. He argues ships should carry one or more floats as essential safety gear.
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London
Beaurmave. Trus.-to a tote article in Frazer’s Magazine
An excerpted passage argues education starts with a mother’s look and a father’s nod with gentle familial scenes. It links early learning to kindness, benevolence, and immediate moral acts rather than formal schooling, invoking nature and restrained admiration.
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Beaurmave. Trus
Frazer
Pride and labor in youth warned against
The piece argues some hesitate to reveal they must work for a living while condemning pride as a greater disgrace than poverty. It claims relief from labor leads to greater evils, citing criminal courts, prisons, and poor houses as evidence.
Resignation of Lockhart as Quarterly Review Editor
The editor Lockhart has resigned due to ill health. His successor will be the Rev. Whitwell, Biwin of Booton, a long time contributor to the Review.
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Lockhart
Quarterly Review
Whitwell. Biwin
Booton
Review
Remarkable Journey From Workhouse to French Prize Winner
A long account details a boy named George rising from poverty in a workhouse to study with Mr. Gallaudet. He learns to read, gains trust, becomes a cabinet-maker’s apprentice, and impresses with mathematical and linguistic skill. His talents win prizes in France and the Royal Society, earning patronage from Napoleon era courts and an offer from the Russian Empire.
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George
Gallaudet
Tate
Jimo Ney
France
Tion
Hinetl
Frengey
Napoleon
Lewis Cass
Louis Phillipey
St. James
Royal Society
United States
Nicholas
London
St. Petersburg
Royal College
Journal of Commerce
English rail brag turns to cautionary tale of speed
An Englishman bragged about faster rails to a Yankee aboard a fast English train. The story recalls bells failing to announce towns, whistles failing, and the journey racing ahead with dangers and near misses as the narrator describes wrecks and deaths along the way.
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England
Mw 4
Snid Tishman
Conaianmie
America
Sid
Anid
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