Rates of Advertising and Notices in the Local Paper
Rates for advertising vary by size and duration with one inch one week costing one dollar. Transient notices priced at twenty five cents per week and eight lines equal one inch. Deaths and marriages cost double. Yearly ads by regulars limited to their own business. Ads must be submitted before noon for next issue.
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Bristol Bhoernts
C. A. Greene
Onico
Phanix
Hope Street
Eaco
Bradford Durfee Steam Boat Leaves Bristol for Excursion
Sap Steamer Bradford Durfee will depart Bristol at 10 oclock A M and return from Mount Hope at 3 PM. Proprietors Mr T A Carpenter of Bristol Hotel pledge to spare no pains to make this a premier first class excursion resort with careful attention to passengers.
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Sap
Bradford Durfee
Bristol
Mount Hope
T. A. Carpenter
Bristol Hotel
Shopping as a Man and Woman Pursuit through a Maddening Day
The piece argues shopping is a woman's pastime not a man’s, likening it to a hunt or trip. It depicts the vanity and trials of bargaining across many shops, with women delaying purchases, chasing bargains, and leaving with patterns and pins rather than the desired goods after a long, wearisome expedition.
Favorite Prescription Praised By Ga Druggist And Family
In letters from Hatcher's Station and Baltimore dated March 5 1879 families report recovery from long illnesses using Dr R V Pierce s Favorite Prescription. They call it best for women complaints and commend its benefits after other medicines failed.
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G. S. Waterman
Obed’s Honest Coat and the Night of Robbers
In Thompsonville bank tale Obed Palmer, a poor, beaten son, buys a coat with a note for two dollars from Uncle Romney Williams. He bravely warns of a bank raid, is shot, dies, and his final act is returning the money yet losing the note. Romney honors the boy’s deed with a moving inscription.
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Romney
Thompsonville
Drovers’ Bank
Lucy
Maggie
Obed Palmer
Mr. Williams
Obed
Uncle Romney
Romney Williams
Aunt Lucy
Otter
Abed
Joan Brownjohn
Champion
An Irish Romance on a Garden Plot and Hidden Match
In rural Ireland a family of nine maidens trade aprons for pastry and stage tricks in a tale set near Méath. A passing imperial prince, in buckskin, pursues a playful fox and encounters the bold heroine, revealed as granddaughter of a noble Marquis in a humorous encounter.
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Ireland
Méath
Young Marlow
Man returns after fake death in Franco-German conflict
During the war Teule, captured by Prussians, nearly shot while escaping. Mistakenly jailed with a condemned man, Teule played along to avoid exposure. His wife remarried believing him dead as she learned he had been shot for assaulting a sentry. He later returned home after completing the fortress term.
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Strance
Teule
Germany
Teale
France
War Office
Japan
P. BenJsaMn
Benjamin
Santa Cruz
British West Indies
Charleston
Judah Philip
Judas
Yale College
Yale
Vermont
Jacob Levy
New Orleans
Brooklyn Fire Department
Brooklyn
Magnet of Blessings in God’s Sand by O W Holmes
A reflection on a magnet drawing hidden iron from sand as a metaphor. The author compares an unthankful heart to sand that reveals nothing yet a thankful heart, like a magnet, discovers daily heavenly blessings in life.
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O W. Holmes
Moral Maxims Echoed On Virtue And Thought
A collection of aphorisms on virtue, generosity, thought, and character. Writings emphasize that true wealth lies in goodness and charity, wisdom comes from mindful work, and happiness follows virtuous thoughts rather than riches. Passages exhort humility, self discipline, and independent thinking.
Lying Habit Hard to Break Once Formed
A quotation notes that once a tongue lies easily it is almost impossible to reclaim the habit, and observes that some men who are otherwise honest fall prey to this vice.
Cheerful company sparks effort to spread pleasure
Readers are urged to share positivity and avoid gloom in daily conversations. The note notes that one gains ground by not speaking in a downbeat tone, suggesting friendly interactions uplift others and themselves.
Evening Reverie: Last Hour's Pleasant Light
A reflective passage describes the final hour of the day as a serene, rosy, almost sunset-like moment. It likens the hour to a calm evening sky full of rays, making the day feel richer if it has been happy. The tone is tranquil and nostalgic.
The Vine Twig and the Self-Love Seek Consolation
The vine twig shows no more ingenuity as it climbs rugged crags toward a cool stream than our injured self love seeks consolation from fate and fortune's inevitable stroke.
Man The Inferior One And The Struggle With Self
A passage contemplates a man who, despite mastering rocks winds stars and seas, remains ruled by turbulent passions. Knowledge of nature and fate does not grant divine peace within. The allegory contrasts external mastery with inner spiritual governance and humility before God.
Heart Worship Not Money, Charity with Heart
A sermon urging that God desires hearts, feelings, time, and anxiety over money. It condemns money charities for poverty they cause and stresses divine charity over mammon. Cites Edward Irving on worshiping with heart, soul, mind, and strength, not public or private bodies.
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Edward Irving
Early Morning Spiritual Discipline for Daily Light
Beecher argues the first hour sets the day. Morning thoughts should rise to God, cleansing and calming the spirit. Without preparation, daily passions dull the soul. with early devotion, one remains a child of light and views affairs in a spiritual, clear frame.
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Lord Jesus Christ
Beecher
Babylonian splendor and ruin in an ancient tale
A long reminiscence on ancient Babylon recounts 60 mile walls, 25 brass gates, 50 avenues, a Euphrates bridge and a mountain garden built for Nebuchadnezzar's wife. The tale ends with the fall of the city and a reflective nod to its gold and splendor before doom.
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Babylon
Euphrates
Dreath
Nebuchadnezzar
Media
Tropics
Belus
Dr. Talmage
Boots for Sweetheart Ends With a Darwinian Bargain
A Toronto cigar-store clerk bought a $2 pair of boots for his sweetheart and marked them $5 to boost apparent value. The girl returned the boots claiming a better bargain, received a $4 pair and $1 cash back, while the seller faced a $3 shortfall bill later. The young man paid the difference, suspecting the romance may be more costly than anticipated.
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King Street
Toronto
Erie
Temperance debate in parliament ends as Ford cites pauper burial
A Canadian parliamentary exchange on temperance features Mr. Ford of Queen’s County alluding to a pauper’s burial due to liquor use. Mr. Pugh of Halifax, a liquor seller by trade, defends his vocation while Ford compares his wagon making to a temperance lecture in a nutshell.
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Ford
Queen’s County
Pugh
Halifax
Remarkable Dinwiddie County Find A 130 Year Old
A Viner paper reports a venerable African American man found in Dinwiddie County claiming to be 130 years old and said to be spryer than most men at 120 according to the account.
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Dinwiddie County
Dr Bull's Baby Syrup Promoted as Safe Medicine
Advert reads that many preparations claim to be gentler but can be dangerous. Dr Bull's Baby Syrup is described as perfectly safe at all times, priced at 2b cents and sold by all druggists.
Laughing Cadence Described From City Laughs
A Cincinnati Enquirer correlative piece notes a new fashion of laughter sweeping the metropolis. The essay explains a sequence from quiet demurity to a rising crescendo, with facial gestures and breath control illustrating this playful display likely to spread to summer resorts.
The Dovustrut Economy on Clothing Purchases
The article argues against buying cheap ready made underclothes and calicoes, noting rapid wear and costly upkeep. It states higher priced fabrics last longer, and warns that employing inexperienced servants at low wages harms efficiency and household comfort.
Church Conferences Urge Plain Speaking and Honest Practice
Leaders urge practical preaching and faithful living to reach the masses in church gatherings. The call emphasizes clear messages from pulpits and consistent conduct in pews to attract wider public interest and trust.
Apples of gold and wealth elude those in pursuit
A reflective line warns that many chase wealth and material riches yet lose the mind’s peace and the ability to enjoy what they gain.
Tropical Reparation advertised for rheumatism and inflammation
An 1880 Bristol advertisement promotes Tropical Reparation an alkali absorbent for rheumatism neuralgia nerve disorders and inflammation priced at 50 cents. The claim emphasizes strong inflammation relief and comparable efficacy.
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Parkee
Bristol
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