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Newspaper

Bristol Phenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1860

Page

1

Town Treasurer's Report and Public Notices Fragment

The page presents a town treasurer's report detailing receipts and payments from April 1859 to April 1860, listing sources like taxes licenses and rents, plus numerous payments to town officers, services, and public works. It also includes notes on town debt, school lands, and a long digression on mule herds and a parable about tattling, ending with a speculative antiquities column and a description of the British crown.

Manchester Acholara Bayley Binind Bank of Bristol Tein Hall W. Bradford T. Lo Board of Canvasier Peter Gladding John Miller John B. Pearce Stephen Peck C. Hovey J. B. Pearce Donnehan Ing Donnehaon Ireland Bennett J. Munro J. B. Fish Pearce M. T. Bennett B. NM. Green Alfred Bosworth Williston J. Bayer Asylum J. Spooner Newport John ‘Turner B. M. Green Lown B. J. Munro Thor Donneban Town Braca W. E. Manchester Henry W. H. Spence Jns. Wilson Ne. M. Bunn Manson W. Pierce Oroner BE. Cluff Gas Co Ap’s John Sayer G Lamps R. Dunbar Ing Lamps Thos Norris Coffin Dennis Stephen Peck Fasterbrooks Groceries &O Leas Credit Produce John Gladding John Gladding 3d Bill Tin Ware J. Maxfield Wardwell Alfred Luther Wardwell & Co Easterbrooke F. Diman N. Primar Gust T. Gray Coal and Woodistrict Wood St Oe Council May Blake Chis Ad Sam’ Norris W. J. Miller J. P. Pierce Peter Gladdion L. W. Briggs J. B. Munro Corwin Hoar P. B. Bourn E. M. Horton Messrs Usher Eliza Tanner Mary ‘L. B. Pearce Board of Thomas Donal Geo. Munro R. Thrasher Shubad B. Cole Bravel Dist Rambel Martin Wm. P. Munro Maria Richardson Sam’s Albert Barks Hope Street Plerce RH. Poty A.T T. J. Usher Dans P. Colburn J. B D. P. Colburn John H Ourn Zown Hall P i Bourn W. Diman Town of Bristol A. S. D. D' Wolf Bal Wolf Town A. Bidney D’wolf W. P. Munro Byron Diman Wm. Church J. Gooding L Martin Pat H. Church Noo BS -Walker-Pierce Laber On Crook Geo. B. Munro P Munro Shubael B. Cole Teaiah D. Simmons Ferry Road Minturn Gideon Gray Diva Gooding Jobnich W.h Simmons Samuel Martin LT. Church James White BE. M. Horton Fisg Becket Bill Gladding Bros W.H.S. ‘Bayley Geo. Ale Bradford Miller & Simonds Bradland A. Lather Mary E. Sparks K.P Fire Department King Philip Co H. Blundel iDaniel Tanner King Phi J. D. Waldron K. P. Engi Bill K. Philip D. ‘Fanner K.philip W. H. Pitman iTbert Sears Henry Doty Allen Eugene Fish Care Hydraul D. ‘Tanner Care K. Philip J. Alien Chas Pulloc P. W. Taft Middle Dist Perry Bourn Easterbrooks Assis’ North Grammar Munro C Batty B. MA Lewis Greene Wood Luther Manchester S Sherman Baxter Peckas M Smith Neistrict Aire Cho Owles & ‘Anthony James Hoar Lindsey P. Lindsey Stoc E. Collins P. Kole Be. Gole Gust J . ‘Heat S. Davieg N.E. Hebees Taft's Istri¢T G. Py Jindeoxe Bill Atock Stindry Schoo John F Mbnro Bill Gtock Ditto L. Cale & Co Efsean M. E Weiter Getler Saan Schoals Cael BF Smith WiHoar WiHoar's: Ning. Sie Be Arab Ag Nnrory Iti Adry

Paper hanging blamed for fever and house ruin

A Scientific American note warns that repeated wallpapering without removing old layers can harbor toxic vapors and cause fever. A provincial house emptied as illness struck the family, prompting a thorough clearance that ended the fever and restored value.

Scientific American Apon Et Ory

Newspaper Borrowers Disturb Home Peace and Purchaser Rights

A letter argues newspapers must stay clean and intact for subscribers. It condemns borrowers as nuisances who dirty, crease, or spoil issues, calling for harsh measures to prevent them from disturbing loyal readers.

Singular Black Rain Falls Over Syracuse City

A strange dark rain shower occurred yesterday afternoon in Syracuse. At about 4 o clock a black ink like liquid colored faces hands clothes and signs. Residents reported stained garments and some saved sediment for analysis.

Ange Syracuse Journal Vollara Fifth Ward

Deep sowing peas proves productive in Williams town

A farmer reports testing deep pea planting to extend vine bearing. He ploughed a furrow, spread dead peas at the bottom, covered to twelve or fourteen inches, and the peas rose through the soil bearing continually, suggesting peas culture could become more profitable if results hold.

Williamstown

Fragmented civic reflection on knowledge and duty

A garbled fragment argues that educated people may discharge duties more effectively than the unfettered many, suggesting doubt about whether knowledge is truly superior to widespread ignorance. It references the value of a better brother neighbor and friend through superior knowledge.

Tex Gazatr

Fragmentary Moral Reflection on Mercy and Endurance

A damaged text fragment contemplates mercy as a path to increase blessings and miseries as to be removed. It contrasts enduring suffering with thoughtful gratitude and patience, noting improvements are not always aligned with true virtue.

Baptismal Scene At Rev Magoon Church Moves Viewers

On a Saturday morning at Rev Dr Magoon's church in Albany several young folks were baptized. A sixteen year old girl, in illness described as consump tion, wore her white baptism robe with plans to later place it in her coffin. Her mother consented, and the pastor performed the immersion after prayer. The scene moved spectators to tears and the girl wished to return for communion in the afternoon. She sang the doxology and whispered she had "loved fought a good fight" after the ceremony.

Albany Dr. Magoon Paul

Parents blame servants for child mortality rise

Doctors in New York and Brooklyn report that excessive reliance on servants harms children. They note better health and temper in children cared for by their parents, with fewer accidents and injuries when parents supervise dressing and bedtime.

New York Brooklyn

Fragments on Pride Humility and Existence in a Dreamlike Rhetoric

A fragmented contemplative piece contrasts pride with humility, asking whether the proud man errs or suffers and if he can escape death. It riffs on existence, divine order, and the moral weight of pride versus humility amid disjointed phrases and thematic imagery.

Indiana Cord Fruebel

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