Public notices and subscription rates for weekly paper
The notice outlines publishing timing on Saturdays and subscription prices including two dollars per issue and annual advance rates. It lists advertising charges at one dollar per square for three weeks and maintenance rules for continued ads. It also notes penalties for nonpayment and limits on advertiser line usage.
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W. H. G. Bayley
Bradford Street
Hope
State Streets
Thams
Ofice
BK No Jiapers
Superstition and Death Forewarnings Across Time
A Saturday Courier essay debunks superstition about omens of death. It cites instances from history and daily life, argues fear feeds belief, and notes natural causes behind signs like dog howls, glass breaking, or dreams. It urges rational understanding.
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Mather
Walstein
Baile
Wealstein
Maoster
Valatein
Jo Weat
Wale
Salem
Tad
Saturday Courier
Smiling Over Life Choices and a Tragic Death
A moral pondering on choosing happiness over gloom ends with a report of Danby resident Alex Smith’s suicide by hanging. The note cites his intoxication and failed attempts to influence his wife and himself, as reported by Ithaca Journal. scattered garbled text follows about a Chester incident and funerary remarks.
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Alex. Smith
Danby
Ithaca Journal
Woman of Winter Despair Steals Hopeful Neighbor's Wood
A widow, cold and hungry, contemplates stealing wood from a rich neighbor to feed her children. She hesitates aloud, resisting theft, and decides to return home. The neighbor, hearing her words, is moved and sends eight loads of wood and other aid to her door, saying she "beat the devil out" of him.
Pointed argument on Christianity and infidelity
A preacher quotes Dr Mason in a debate with an infidel about morality and Christian professors. The argument notes that Christians and infidels share God and the same judge and emphasizes equal moral accountability.
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Mason
Dr. M
Roy
Anecdote of William Jay and the Angel of the Church
A fragment from the Irvingite era recounts an odd Bristol to Bath mission to William Jay. An "Angel of the Church" visits, is challenged, and Jay jokes about looking for wings. The piece mixes moral maxims with humorous tales and reflections on fortune, deeds, and virtue.
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Edward Irving
Bristol
Bath
William Jay
Mr. Jay
William A Allas
Broadway Winter Sights and a Hidden Poor Girl
In New York during sleigh time on Broadway a wealthy couple marks a chance encounter with a poor girl of seventeen, drawing a contrast between luxury and need. Emily plans to aid a stranger, while her brother John investigates, and a subplot reveals Emily’s suitor George Renwick as a cunning unscrupulous figure tied to a ruined family.
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Broadway
Gotham
George
Aho
Bleeker Street
John
Renwick
George Renwick
Emily
John Williams
New York
Joan
Madame G's
Tee
Jutin
Baba
Fengih
Bmily
Williams
Kate
Robert
Uncle Brainard
Matt
Family secrets unfold amid deceit and reunion in New York
Catherine Brainard’s illness triggers help from John Williams as Robert Renwick investigates his late uncle’s papers. He uncovers a hidden fortune and schemes to recover it, while Catharine finds solace with Emily Williams, a schoolmate who invites her into refined society.
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Catharine
Robert
Dee
John Williams
John
Jolin
Madame Li's
Bleccher Street
Williams
Emily Walliams
Catharine Brainard
Mture
Hubert Jordan
New York
Sle
Litle
North River
Renwick
Emily Williams
Loth
Alucrisy
Pet Rasa
Muit Sade
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Swift
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Pbizy Tall
Baltimore
Austen Speart
Emily Williame
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