01 Apr 1843
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1843
Page
1
The text compiles sermons, weather lore, agricultural tips, and social vignettes. It covers astronomical warnings, peach tree care, steel pen preservation, tales of beggars turned merchants, reflections on vanity and virtue, and miscellaneous anecdotes from European and American sources.
A Providence Herald note mocks publishers who publish long prospectuses for new works and offer to run them for weeks at the autscription price. It notes absurdly high costs and suggests the practice resembles an advertisement priced at thirty or forty dollars in ordinary cases.
A Baltimore Saturday Visitor note describes a prank during Professor Aiken’s lecture in Chembent Hall at the University of Maryland. A male student and a female student dressed as a woman caused laughter by entering late and sitting together, revealing they orchestrated the ruse to study reactions to cross‑dressing and social expectations.
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