Brestor Prenex Advertisement Notice
Brestor Prenex publication details advertise terms for classified notices. It lists address 40 Bradford Street Bristol A J and publisher W H Bayley with rates for insertion and advancement. Terms include one dollar per square for first insertion, twenty cents per each subsequent insertion, and twelve lines minimum. Yearly advertisers pay ten dollars.
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Brestor Prenex
Bradford Street
Bristol
A. J
W. H
Bayley
Reese
Bingle
Watil Myer
Death and mystery in verse and curious reports
A mixed page features a poem on Death with contemplative stanzas depicting stages of life from childhood to old age, followed by a Memphis Whig note about a widow saving her husband on a steamboat and an odd Georgia correspondent's report of a musical mouse in Glynn County. The items mix literary reflection with brief sensational reportage.
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Memphis Whig
New Orleans
Memphis
Earth
Glynn
Government pays Cunard mail contract for fifty two round voyages
A British House of Commons report shows compensation to Cunard for fifty two round mail voyages yearly totaling £173,340 about $839,000 for 304, miles traveled at roughly 82.83 miles per dollar. The Collins line gets £858,000 for twenty six round voyages, about twice as much per voyage and averaging 86.62 per mile.
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Ocgan Mat
Conrencrs
House of Commons
Cunard
Collins Line
Cunard Line
Secret drawer preserves letters from Marie Antoinette era
An elderly man once close to Marie Antoinette kept a small table from the queen’s era. After his death his nephews divided his possessions and sold the table to an auction broker. While cleaning it, the broker found a hidden drawer with five letters including two to Marie Antoinette signed Ecker and three from the Comte d Artois, though only the former two hold public interest.
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Marie Antoinette
Rue Des Martyr
Ecker
Comte d’Artois
Amusing hotel incident in New York involving a southern gentleman
Three or four weeks ago in a premier New York hotel a distinguished southern former cabinet member dined in his parlor rather than at table d hote. A servant, a negro, stood behind him as the guest asked the man to retire. The servant refused to leave claiming responsibility for the silver.
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New York
Jeng
Death of Rear Admiral Gorgeam Reported by British Navy
The death of Rear Admiral Gorgeam was announced by the navy. He served on the southern coast operations and in connection with the burning of Nitra te wh laet with Great aenie ae 7. Hothan Freee the Baia ripen St.
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Fei Gorgeam
le Wa
Nitra
Aenie
Baia Ripen
Locust Log Hides in Ship Yard Kept Secret for a Century
A Finch ship yard crew in Poughkeepsie reports uncovering a large road hidden inside a locust log. The log weighs seven and a half pounds and appears sound and about 100 years old. The manner of its concealment and duration hidden remain a mystery.
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Poughkeepsie Daily Press
Finch
Draft Forwarded to Maine Returned with Poem Message
In May Mesers Wyse & Co. sent a draft of about 1800 to Maine, found lost, then returned by the forwarding firm in a letter postmarked New York dated Barton Mass Aug 16, 1853. The letter quotes a morse of conscience and resolves personal fate amid poverty and public obloquy.
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Middletown Sentinel
Eight Year Old Boy Falls Down Mine Shaft in Pa
An eight year old boy fell 63 feet down No 2 shaft at the North American mine Pa and struck a Cornish miner at the bottom. The boy was soaked and escaped by climbing ladders while the miner gave chase accusing the boy of deliberate mischief.
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No. 2
Monument planned for brave boy drowned by companions near Chicago
An account reports the drowning of a boy by older youths who held him underwater to force him to join a robbery. The incident occurred near Chicago. The Democratic Press received donations of 810 and 100 for a monument to the memory of the brave lad, with more contributions expected.
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Steat
Chicago
Democratic Press
Gentle Lessons on Worth and Fate Amid Schoolroom Echoes
A narrator reflects on a lesson urging young women to estimate personal worth while noting that society often judges men and women by standard measures. The piece warns against rapid judgments and cautions Clemmy to consider how a woman earns her living and the risks of vanity. A grave aside mentions Moses Loss of Skenecties New York died from complications after leg amputation.
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Clemmy
Desiree and the slave sale in a New Orleans tale
A Southern planter and his wife plot to rescue a fair mulatto child Desiree by sending her to the North as a free educated girl while selling her mother Jenny to a distant plantation. The plan hinges on deception, while the enslaved mother endures a poignant farewell and a grim future under bondage. The narrative shifts to a boarding school setting and introduces new characters amid a summer’s ending scene.
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New Orleans
Allston
Agnes Duvalle
Litcle
Agnes
Piccaninnies
Cmsar
Pompey
Jenney
Missouri
Desiree Mu
Tirs
Mrs. Allston
Mr. Allston
Jenny
Desiree
Harrison
Red River
Orth
cHaever II
Jennie
Pemiee
Zaw
Peter
Mmother
Missy
Aunt Agnes
Aunt Adnes
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J. B. A. Bone
Pope
Death
Reat
Moses Loss
Skenentles
The
American Union
Desirer
Mary W. Jamain
Madame Usher
Dachal Curtis
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