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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1865
Page
2
Contemporary opinion calls for mercy toward Jefferson Davis and allies, while outlining the difference between pardon and conviction. It notes that official clemency rests with courts and the executive, and stresses the public interest in law and order amid Civil War consequences.
A profile of Jay Cooke as a leading Philadelphia banker and the nation’s top subscription agent for Civil War loans. It recounts his role in selling the 5200 loan, the 1864 First Series 7 30 bonds, and the rapid subscription growth under his management, aided by partners Henry D Cooke and H C Fahnestock.
The first and second numbers of a new bright children's paper edited by Alfred L Sewall in Chicago offer sixteen pages of original stories tales and reading matter. Subscription is one dollar per year with specimen copies at ten cents. Each yearly subscriber receives a portrait engraving of Mr Lincoln as a gift.
The military commission trial in Nashville exposes the bloodiest Civil War era crimes of Champ Ferguson. Authorities claim he murdered far more than the stated forty four, possibly over one hundred, boasting of cold blood killings beyond combat. He asserts Confederate service but lacks documentation, and faces hanging.
A California letter notes year round fresh vegetables lack flavor or novelty. A Rhode Island Yankee laments over familiar peas, saying they taste flat. Swamp rat county humor aside, readers crave simple winter fixings and fried apples with pork.
Albert L Starkweather faces a preliminary examination for killing his mother and sister in Mancheaster Connecticut. The trial began in a hall but adjourned to a grove due to unstable flooring. Allies Campbell, the woman he planned to wed, attended and stood nearby throughout the proceedings.
Death notice for Rebecca Wheelwright Clark widow of Thomas M Clark of Newburyport aged BL years. She died July 29 at the home of her son Rev Rufus W Clark in Albany. Survived by four witnesses including Thomas M Clark DD bishop Rhode Island Rufus W Clark DDD pastor Albany George H Clark DD rector Hartford Samuel A Clark rector Elizabeth.
The Pirretigs Gazette notes an agreement among paper makers to raise prices. If confirmed it could trigger a complete reimposition of duties on foreign paper next winter, a likely consequence warned by the source authoritative in origin.
The July figures show values for manufacturing and production including slaughtered animals and gross receipts, with licenses and penalties recorded. Separate items note General Grant’s housing arrangements and Galena ties, a drowning tragedy in Outonagon, Michigan, Canadian dependence on U S trade, and fears over reciprocity or annexation impacting enterprise and politics.
A 1864 journal notes a new object glass by Powell and Lealand with a fifty thousandth inch focus. Described by Dr. Lionel Beale, it doubles the power of prior lenses and magnifies three thousand diameters. It promises breakthroughs in studying lower organisms and matter’s ultimate structure.
A July 17 Constantinople letter reports cholera devastation in Alexandria and Cairo with nearly a thousand deaths daily in major towns between them. It notes flight from the country and cites the Viceroy in Constantinople as a figure in the reporting.
The Norwich line steamboat train from New London to Boston left the tracks seven miles north of New London. Four Mara and Mr A J Adams of Northboro died. Twelve to fifteen others were injured though none seriously. The wounded received attention from citizens. Dispatches say fifteen or twenty were badly hurt.
fragments discuss Texas railroads being organized after disorder and a return to industry. mentions Richard Hildrech’s death in Florence Tent y and health issues. notes counterfeit bank notes and a butter keeping tip. lists national bank numbers and capital. and comments on fashion in Mrs Maria Childs era.
Reports describe experiments in Philadelphia converting a live hog into corned pork in twenty minutes by inserting an instrument into the main artery. The process, claimed to cut food costs by about fifty percent. John Slodge of Danbury Connecticut was badly burned when an empty whiskey barrel exploded while he held a lit candle.
A long jumble of 1865 dispatches reports Festems illness and unpaid pay in Washington, a ship captain keeping bees on land and at sea, a six foot shark near New York, local deaths and court cases, emigration figures, counterfeit notes, robberies, and political tidbits from New York to Boston. The itemized notes cover war veterans, police activity, and social curiosities.
Local affairs report a severe and painful incident at a sugar refinery where John McKenzie, an employee who had arrived eight weeks ago from the old country, fell into a hot tank while cleaning it. He suffered extensive burns and scalds from shoulders to hips, with both arms affected. The attending physician says wounds are very painful but not as uncomfortable as could be expected.
The Rhode Island Clam Bake Association promotes its annual bake to occur on a Wednesday in 234 under shade trees near Briato Ferry. It expects several hundred visitors and proceeds will fund Methodist Chapel repairs in Portsmouth.
Two flat class steamers have been contracted for and will be built without delay for the Merchant's Steamship Company to run between this town and New York. They are planned to begin operation around May or June.
For two weeks many excursions from the town have sailed to Rocky Point aboard smaller vessels with full crews of excursionists. The Bristol Cornet Band the Bristol Artillery and the King Philip Fire Company joined the trip on Thursday.
An advertisement notes GH Sélee's Hair Life as the best option for restoring natural healthy roots. It mentions keeping roots looking neat and healthy and lists a few more bottles for sale by J N Burgess.
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