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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1845
Page
3
The text surveys diverse items from 19th century newspapers including weather notes frost risks in the south and river blocks, comments on piracy and slave trade petitions, ship and harbor news from London to New York, and scattered forecasts on fruit prospects and market conditions. It references Vermont Chronicle and Albany Advertiser style reports with varied dates and places.
A notice lists an address lecture this Thursday at 7 past, with James N. Sixes as speaker, followed by a Wednesday afternoon talk at Congregations Hall on duties to primary schools. Mothers with children invited. An adjourned Young Men's Temperance Society meeting at South Christies Church Vestry Monday at 7:30.
The New Bedford Shipping List reports whale bone imports and prices with large weekly transactions and improvements in the Northwest Coast markets. Brighton market data show beef cattle, sheep, swine, and farm prices, along with notices on quality and retail ranges. A medical pitch promotes Sherman’s Worm Lozenges as a remedy for child worm symptoms.
In Providence 15th district a notice states Mr. Erastus D. Everett of Boston plans to marry Miss Sarah Low, daughter of the late Thomas Holden of Warwick. The announcement notes the betrothal and the families involved.
In Newport on the 19th after a long illness Mrs Mary Davis wife of Mr Nathanial Davie Jr aged 94. In Portsmouth on the 6th Mrs Mary Slocum widow of the late Borden Slocum aged 94. In town on Tuesday morning last George son of Mr George Mucru 9d aged 10 months. In 4th after a long and painful illness Mrs Mary S Voss wife of the late Mr Thomas Voss aged 94.
A fragmentary 1848 notice lists several schooners and sloops with their origins and destinations. Vague ship names such as Wm H Allen and Eime Pearse appear alongside references to Providence and Narragansett.
The brief fragment mentions teams and people Wallace and Greenport with a game or event, but no date or clear outcome. Unspecified counts like 46 months, 1000 epm, and June 94 appear, making exact details uncertain.
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