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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1843
Page
2
In a lengthening family scene, Uncle Clements visits the Banks household amid heated tensions over sleeping arrangements. Lelia frets over Aunt Phillis and Miss Banks watch, while Charles and Uncle Banks offer quiet support as others contend over rooms and dignity.
A passage describes Aunt Phillis muttering about a young woman and her perceived innocence. The scene shifts to Phillis sitting by the fire hinting at jealousy and self reproach as she contemplates the sleeping figure and the implications of a spark on the muslin night cap.
A wide critique argues crime swells across the United States with pirates murders and frauds. A banking swindle and shipwreck losses are cited as evidence, urging education and religion for reform. Includes notes on seamen prayers, a camp meeting on Martha's Vineyard, Root's writing books, a fatal railroad accident, and Texan prisoners in Mexico.
A reflective piece on summer’s months showing drought’s gloom and generous showers. It notes corn and potatoes thriving, apples fair, pears plentiful, peaches scarce, and discusses fruit ripening as nature’s harvest proceeds under providence.
The rite of consecration for a bishop was held at St John’s Church yesterday at ten in the morning. Six bishops assisted including Brownell Connecticut Onderdonk New York Hopkins Vermont Doane New Jersey Jung Virginia and Whittingham Maryland. The ceremony featured a sermon by Bishop Whittingham with an earnest exhortation to church order and holiness. News from Havana followed about the Christoval Colon bringing tobacco demand and a slave cargo seen near Matagazy with illness among the captives.
A jury returned a Not Guilty verdict for I. P. Dowden after a six day trial. The jury briefly deliberated, then announced the verdict amid audible reactions. The District Attorney abandoned two forgery indictments and jurors signed a note praying for Dowden’s restoration to office. Historical notes mention testimony from ZC. Lee and Treasury officials regarding Mrs. Dorsey.
A scattered nineteenth century update describes onions as nourishing and used by the French in soup stock for exertion. It notes a bountiful wheat harvest in the St Joseph valley with Terre Coupe forecast to yield 160,000 bushels. A newborn found deceased, and a Halifax mackerel and herring report accompany a Buffalo death with $100 found on the victim.
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