17 Aug 1867
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1867
Page
1
Instructions for sending funds by mail include post office orders or registered letter at the buyer risk. It lists engraving shares quantities and prices such as 410 shares, 25 shares, 60 shares, 8 shares, and 100 shares with Engravings, with amounts like 9 50, 23 50, 46 50, 69 00, and 90 00.
Oots and Shoes at 67 Westminster Street Providence advertises spring and summer stock nearing clearance. Ladies Serge Congress boots and Balmorals priced from 125 with a range of children and men’s calf leather footwear also listed.
Jessie Glenburn shares charity with Jean MComb and later braves a mountain blizzard to help her, aided by a mysterious pale woman in a white dress who guides Jessie home. The tale blends kindness, danger, and a supernatural visitation linked to Jessie’s mother.
Jessie Glenburn receives a surprise inheritance from Jean M'Combander, now prosperous after years as housekeeper. Jean, saved through faith and two pounds then, unveils twenty pounds as a blessing, enabling Malcolm Maxwell's household to prosper for generations to come.
A Worcester tale recalls a converted boot-black who pledged total abstinence after a stranger urged him to attend a town hall meeting. The piece then recounts Lord Byron at Middleton Park 1814 15 aided by Lady Jersey amid his isolation and bouts of drinking related to wagers with Lord C-.
A Baptist and a Presbyterian walked together when a light shower began. The Baptist suggested shelter in a store and joked about not being afraid of water while sprinkling. The Presbyterian mocked the idea, and they parted without further argument.
Practical notes advocate picking fruit when fully ripe in dry weather to minimize fermentation and sugar needed to mask acidity. Use nonreactive vessels. tin or silvered interiors preferred. Small white jars suit home canning. egg white paper closures offer an affordable air seal alternative to membranes.
Belgravia portrays Conormina Little Harris as the ultimate villain. The passage condemns him as deceitful and hateful, claiming he harms reputations and mocks those he despises. It portrays his long-standing malice and imagined posthumous curses.
The Fordyce scholar dined daily at Dolly's chop-house for over twenty years. He ate a fixed sequence: ale, port, brandy, then a large rump steak with a bon bouche, often a broiled chicken or fish, then more brandy, and returned to Essex Street for a six o'clock chemistry lecture.
A San Francisco paper suggests a Chinese junk stranded in the Columbia River mud may indicate China foreshadowed European exploration. The piece mocks antiquarian feuds and riffs on fanciful scholars and distant societies debating origins of the continent.
A Ghent gardener working with Galignani’s authority says he can infuse fruit with desired flavors while on the tree. He pricks an apple with a needle, dips it in a flavored liquid, repeats after days, then lets the spore ripen to taste like strawberry or raspberry.
An 1860s letter from Wilmington describes Ann Scofield who, at sixteen, joins her father’s spindle and flyer shop. She becomes draughtsman, foreman, and mechanic, earning sixty dollars weekly with steady work despite many family hardships.
An Atlanta ready-made clothing merchant reveals a dishonest sales ploy described by a New York drummer. He accuses rivals of placing a cheap pocketbook in a returned coat to tempt customers into buying at inflated prices, ensuring quicker sales with no follow up.
The article lists state and national election dates from September to November. It notes Vermont votes September 8, California and others the next day, Mine (likely Maine) on September 9, then Pennsylvania Indiana and Ohio on October 8, followed by the first Tuesday in November including New York New Jersey Delaware Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois Kansas Missouri and Nevada, with Colorado voting November 12 to close the period.
The Portland Argus reports Gilman Willard of Cape Elizabeth Maine died Saturday night in Simonton Cove. He went to his yacht to lock it, did not return, a boat was used to reach the vessel, and Willard was found bound, beaten, and submerged with a hatchet on deck. A short note to his mother mentioned Georgia and affection, and his death is treated as a mystery with no clear cause. Willard, 42, was single and owned property.
In a cited local account from Minois inhabitants report a curious habit as fever and agnedistr arrive. People supposedly climb into a shell bark top to escape the cold and await the "personal earthquake" passing, after which there is little left on the tree.
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