Bre Wenex Published Saturday Morning At No Bradford Street Bristol
Advertising notices list subscription prices and terms for a Bristol paper. Rates: two dollars per year, with various segment charges and column lines. Mentions editors W Bayley and Vance, and notes religious obituary and political notices.
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Bristol
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Day of the Lord by Rev Charles Kingsley
Poem passage invokes the day of the Lord with apocalyptic imagery. It urges renewal, justice, and courage as nations face plague war and Mammon. Strong calls for angels, truth, mercy, and self sacrifice amid a grim, transformative anticipation.
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Charles Kingsley
Hell
Wood Gas Debate Promises New Fuel Source
New York and Philadelphia papers express optimism about producing gas from wood. The Evening Post notes Manhattan Gas Works LED output 8000 to 9000 cubic feet daily with brighter illumination. Europe already lights seven cities with the invention.
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New York
The
Evening Post
Philadelphia
Manhattan
Europe
Detected Shoe Thief Case At St Louis Store
The St Louis Herald reports a young respectable woman entered a St Louis shoe shop asked to see gaiter boots. While the clerk served another customer several pairs disappeared. The clerk accused her, searched her, found boots on hooks attached to her garters, kept his, and released her with others still missing.
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St. Louis Herald
Remarkable tale of Tuntemah alias Simon in Fayette County
A correspondent recounts an African-born man named Tuntemah alias Simon born about 120 years ago, stolen to America in 1160, enslaved by General Washington, later freed and settled in Fayette County where he remains in good health. Recently he has attended several agricultural fairs attracting visitors and appears likely to live many years more.
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Pennsylvania Enquirer
Tuntemah
Simon
Africa
Washington
Fayette County
Atlas
Remedies for cramps and spasms in leg muscles
Those who may be sublet in the night, time to that excruciating pain called cramp, will doubtless glad to learn that tying any kind of bandage tightly round the leg immediately obtains this unpleasant sensation. Another remedy is to excite respiration by breathing forcibly and taking long breaths. this action will invigorate the system and perhaps in less than a minute the disorder will be abated and the pain removed.
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Crahr
Gallipots
Waverley Place
Europe
Lydia Gray
Anna
Mrs. Gray
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Lea Earried
Broadway
Lydia
Jand
Fox
Shay
Mother
White Plains
York
Division “Street
Williams
Harlem
Edna
Maine
Star of Bethlehem
Despond
Leon
Asta
Grand Street
How Kentucky car rs Name
The origin and meaning of Kentucky are traced to a hunter’s account. The land was hunting ground for several tribes, with cane and berries feeding turkeys, leading whites to call it Cane and Turkey and the Indians to adapt Kane Tuckee, then Kentucky.
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Kentucky
Ken Boone
Kane
Receipt For Flarries Dinner Plea
Fragmentary quip suggests skipping dinner leads to happiness as the speaker invites others to try the idea and see the result. No clear event or persons identified.
How to Join the Know Nothings in Amesbury
A local tale recounts an anxious man seeking initiation into the Know Nothings. He visits a barn at ten, steps in, receives a rude surprise and flees, leaving behind his garments as a watchdog relishes the moment.
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Amesbury
A Silent Man Captain Stone Keeps Quiet at Sea
The Cunard steamer Canada’s Captain Stone is famed for utter silence and strict, written orders. Sailors recall his endurance and vigilance, while passengers once teased him. he finally spoke briefly and returned to silence, prompting a remark about his focus on duties. A separate note recalls a man who vowed to wed when he reaches town.
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Stone
Canada
Cunard Line
Capt. Stone
Boston
Lydia's Wages From Godey's Lady's Book
Lydia Gray a city dressmaker's helper faces illness and debt as she agrees to take a country labor job after a doctor orders rest. A farmer's son arranges a low wage betwixt city grind and rural escape, with Lydia seeking relief from urban squalor and family pressure.
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Godey
Alice B. Neal
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