Brestor Prenex Saturday Publication Rates and Notices
Publication details for Brestor Prenex at 7 Bradford Street Bristol R I. provide subscription rates two dollars per year in advance for towns. forty dollars for non resидents in advance. Single copies four cents. Advertising charged one dollar per square for three insertions and twenty five cents for each subsequent insertion. Religious obituaries and political notices treated as advertisements.
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Brestor Prenex
Bradford Street
Bristol
R. W. We S
Bayley
Petes
September Poem on Autumn’s Color and farewells
A fragmentary poem reflects autumn’s beauty and sorrow. It speaks of September forests brightening, parting season, farewells, lovers and friends, and nature’s cycle as months pass toward winter. The piece contrasts garlanded life with impending decline and rebirth.
Remedy for Dysentery From a Boston Citizen
A reader writes to the Boston Journal proposing a home remedy for dysentery. Dissolve salt in vinegar and give adults measured doses, claiming it cured an attack during travel and at farms. The letter asks publication to help others and save lives.
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The
Boston Journal
Gierson
Philadelphia
Pitsburg
Lumber Market Shifts as Drought Slows Logs
The Bangor Journal notes drought slows rafting and halves log output, with logs already manufactured and prices rising. Merchants report strong business and rising confidence amid dwindling supply and an unusually long sawing season.
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Lumpex Maniker
Bangor Journal
Clergy Warn Against Modern Revelations From Questionable Sources
In a Transfiguration sermon Rev E H Chapin rebuked public obsession with future state mysteries and denied value of external revelations. Rev Dr Hedge of Providence noted many claimed revelations lack authority, arguing living teachers offer clearer guidance than dead eminent writers.
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Te Barreas
E. H. Chapin
Iom
Hedge
Providence
Boston Transcript
Illinois farmers optimistic on great corn yield
A Illinois journal notes glowing reports on corn prospects for fall crops. Correspondents across the States hail favorable yields and say southern Illinois is free from threats, forecasting an unprecedented harvest.
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Tee
Lillinois
States
Illinoia
Two White Deer Arrive From St Louis for Rokyountains Purchase
Two white deer arrived in Cincinnati from St Louis. The Rokyountains are described as a roe and another animal with mixed fur. They were bought for $2000.
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Ohio
St Louis
Mourning customs critique and social vanity discussed
A reflective essay denounces costly mourning practices that burden families financially while praising genuine grief. It contrasts ancient austerity with modern displays of sorrow, cites examples of hypocritical behavior, and warns that extravagance in mourning harms the living through debt and wasted resources.
Santa Anna's Wealth and Movements Reported Abroad
Havana dispatch reports Santa Anna, besides holdings in Venezuela and the U.S., possessing up to seven million dollars outside Mexico. The sum includes two million with the Bank of England and other deposits and a large amount aboard a steamer. He plans to go to Caracas then Vera Cruz to arrange government affairs and may be joined by Iturbide and Guerrero after the voyage.
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Santa Anna
Havana
The
National Intelligencer
Venezuela
United States
Bank of England
Mexico
Caraccas
Vera Cruz
Guerrero
Poetical Rail Journey from Cortland to Syracuse
A correspondent recounts a train trip from Cortland to Syracuse in verse. He notes meeting Fairchild, describes Van Bergen piloting the engine, the moonlit rivers and car wind, and ends with the warning to mind your eye while riding a rail.
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Roap Pogtay
Broome County Republican
Syracuse
Cortland
Fairchild
van Bergen
Kindness Overpowers Wrath in Everyday Strife
A fragmented note suggests that gentle, sincere acts from a pleasant person can calm anger more effectively than harsh words or force. The text likens courtesy to a softer power that diffuses conflict than aggression.
Oddball Tale From Old Town Delivers Laughs and Lessons
A peculiar traveler and his clan wander through a chaotic scene as onlookers try to interpret their actions. The old man clings to misinformed beliefs about presidents and Cuba while his wife smokes a cob pipe. Children trade onions for letters, sing Barbara Allen, and mingle with shopkeepers who mistake soda mixtures for medicine. The family resists subscription, opposes schooling, and dismisses learning as vanity, with one son briefly teaching before pursuing divinity.
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Generala
Cuba
Barbara Allen
The Value of a Dollar and Moral Lessons
A lengthy editorial discusses the true worth of money, praising hard labor over dissipation. It argues that leaders must exemplify productive industry and warns how money spent on vice harms society. A fable about a gnat and a lion illustrates small forces impacting the mighty.
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Hower
Scarce Vegetation Noted In Cape Cod Report
A Canada paper reports extreme drought in Cape Cod with vegetation sparse to the point of few mullen stalks and a single huckleberry bush. The item contrasts harsh warnings with the saying soft words heal and urges remembrance of Amkewa.
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Cape Cod
A .Hucklebe
Canada Paper
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