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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1852
Page
1
Fragmented OCR advert text outlines ad line limits and pricing rules. It mentions 18 line restrictions per advertiser, advances for insertions, and penalties for non compliance. No clear persons or organizations are identifiable.
Uncle Joshua and Major discuss a Baltimore convention nomination for Franklin Pierce. The town supports a strong party stance, praising Pierce as hero of the Mexican War and preparing a torchlight ratification with a festive rally.
A tainted letter from the National Intelligencer recounts Downingville Maine July 20 1882 with talk of General Franklin Pierce nomination and political weather. Uncle Joshua doubts the hoax then accepts the Democratic push as real and substantial.
In Virginia during the 1849 cholera epidemic enslaved workers feared dying. An overseer found a slave who had left work to “meditate” in the woods, claiming he went to prepare his mind for death and later admitted he must have “overprayed” himself.
A fragmented romantic story recounts a lover named Acee who wooed a deaf and mute instructress. He pretended to be earnest within the school setting, learning how to reveal his feelings as Ovid might describe. After six months the couple reached the altar but a paper asking to confirm the union interrupted the moment.
A Portuguese judge, troubled by rack induced confessions, staged an experiment by killing his master’s horse to test truthfulness. The groom confessed under torture, was sentenced to death, and the judge later revealed the motive and the falsity of torture led to the ruling against such confessions.
Charles Dickens in House Words notes the cotton trade's stakes for the United States and its impact on two million workers. He warns that any cotton shortage would halt mills, strand ships, and cause mass starvation among dependent families.
A facetious Boston editor extols women as the best newspaper subscribers saying they pay reliably and support both preacher and printer. He notes eight years of service with no losses from female subscribers and asserts a woman’s name in his book guarantees good payment, though he jokes about gender roles.
Mrs Partington questions modern medical terms while the doctor differentiates phlebotomy from disease. The scene blends humor and satire as she muses on medical jargon, with roadside manners and commentary on doctors thriving amid changing times.
A tale recalls a young guest invited to dine with a quick-tempered gentleman. In a second floor dining room the host flings a dull knife after a servant, prompting the guest to sprint the ham after the blade, quipping his plan to dine downstairs.
The text presents a garbled exchange between Jonas and Sukey about love and appetite, interspersed with distorted dialect and technical phrases. It includes scattered references to locomotives, propulsion, and a character named Siow, ending with a claim about understanding and a remark about a lord and a nigger, then a line about feasts.
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