Bristol newspaper advertising rates and office notice
Published every Saturday at 7 Bradford Street Bristol by W Hi S Bayley. Rates: to residents 1.00 per year in advance, non residents 2.00 per year in advance. Single copies 0.04. Advents 1.00 per square for three insertions, 0.20 for each additional. Yearly ads 10.00 per year. Religious obituaries and political notices charged as ads.
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Brestol Pwanex
Bradford Street
Bristol
R. Is
W. Hi. S. Bayley
Dollere
Youthful mother and infant seek sunshine and end in shade
A reflective poem from the Home Journal describes a mother watching a baby seize a glittering sunbeam as a treasure. The child’s joy gives way to disappointment when the light vanishes, likening the lesson to life where sought sunshine often yields only shade.
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The
Home Journal
Gage
The Minister's Visit and a Child's Question
A Sunday morning scene unfolds as the Rev Mr enters a family room where children play and a mother sews. The minister speaks with formal cold dignity and blessings, while a four year old later asks softly if the father is present, amid uneasy tension. A separate anecdote recalls a lawyer addressing the court as the judge nods and eats, delaying proceedings.
Prarcexeo Inishman Railway Accident
A gentleman connected with a railroad concerns and his Irish servant were thrown to the ground when a horse spooked. The gentleman suffered minor bruises and lost his wig while the servant Pat clutched his head bleeding, mistaking the master's hat for his own. The incident unfolds with comic confusion and fear.
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Prarcexeo Inishman
Pat
Worth and memory in Georgian aphorisms and pest advice
The text reflects on choosing virtue over wealth in marriage and notes a preference for forgetfulness of honors and conquests. It adds a British tip to destroy house flies using oxymel in a tumbler with a funnel-cap paper attractant, claiming success in reducing numbers.
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Max
Lhemistocles
Symmachus
Humorous Scraps From 19th Century Tales And Observations
A collection of light anecdotes and quips from the era. A wag at Union College jokes about a hotel room being drawn or quartered. An editor joke about broken English. A Montreal wood saw machine threatens hand sawing. Wisdom on eternity and temperance. A forged signature case in Ireland and a wartime recruiting joke about a stuttering conscript. A captain uses humor to dismiss a reluctant recruit.
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Union College
Montreal
On board and ashore captains differ, says Dr Bibra
Dr. Bibra, a German writer of a new travel book, bluntly remarks that true character is revealed only once aboard. He compares a captain at sea to a captain on shore before departure, noting the gap between a bride and a wife mirrors that change.
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Bibra
Difference Between Sense and Cunning Shown
The contrast highlights how a man of sense and modesty shines through his abilities while a cunning impudent person debases himself and becomes a societal disgrace.
Not Diverted From Duty Amid Worldly Censure
An archival fragment captures moral admonitions about public opinion and personal duty. It recalls a judge-like moment with a man named Curran and a remark about a blade bearing the maker’s name. A blacksmith closes the day with apprentices and a hint of a neighborly farming lineage.
Gossip of Woodvale ends with Harlow lab exposure
Mrs. Crocker schemes to unmask Mr. Harlow as a villain but misreads clues. Her spying leads to a village uproar when magistrates reveal Harlow’s laboratory tools used for science not crime. The accuser stands exposed as the scene shifts to the famous hidden workshop.
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Harlow
Mrs. Crocker
Timothy Donigan
Mr. Harlow
Tim
Mr. Donigan
Woodvale
Villaiy
Mr. Crocker
Susannah
Mrs. Laning
Tim Dogigan
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