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Newspaper

Bristol Phenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1864

Page

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WUE Largest Stock of Fancy Goons in the State

Item notes a large collection of fancy goons available in the state and advertised for sale. It highlights breadth of stock and suggests competitive pricing. No further names or dates are provided.

Loyal Soldier’s Prayer For Mother

A dying young soldier, the sole support of his ailing mother, pleads who will care for her after his death. He asks his comrades to let him die bravely in battle while imagining his mother’s sorrow and seeking comfort for her in his absence.

Mother Angela

Tender of words and Sweet-Brier in a poet’s memory

A poem reflects on a beloved Sweet-Brier as a loyal constant amid changing days. The speaker cherishes its companionship and presence, praising its fragrance, home valley, and enduring influence.

Village Gossip Sparked by Aunt Lizzy and the Squire

In a neighboring village Aunt Lizzy the deacon’s sisterly confidant spurs scandal as she and Squire P debate moral conduct. Lizzy reveals a long whispered secret about a church member, testing truth and discretion amid village chatter and practical jokes.

Village Church Scandal Unfolds In Provincial Meeting

A local meeting is held to settle rumors about Aunt Lizzy and Squire Ps wife Susey B at Bos ton area. The parson, deacons, and villagers confront gossip about Lycan, oath swearing, and alleged church member improprieties with Aunt Lizzy’s confession shockingly revealed.

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Printer and Subscribers Clash Over Editorial Autonomy

An exchange between Trim and Uncle Toby lampoons newspaper life as a printer pleases some readers while subscribers demand accuracy. The dialogue highlights the editor stage, reader wrath, and the tension between pleasing the public and keeping to truth.

Two Blacksmith Brothers Live In One Family

About twenty two years ago two brothers from Kannebunk married and settled in the same shop once run by their father and grandfather. The two families now live together sharing meals and harmony. One brother moved to California, then returned after earning a substantial sum. the tale notes their wives’ equal participation at the table and the odd twist of shared earnings and family life.

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Greatest American Wonders Across Geography and Industry

A fragmented survey lists world records attributed to the United States including Niagara Falls, Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, the Mississippi River, Lake Superior, Cedar Creek Natural Bridge in Virginia, the Missouri iron mountain, Nantucket and New Bedford whale fleets, Chicago grain trade, Craton Aqueduct in New York, and Pennsylvania coal deposits. The passage extols American institutions and national pride.

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Fragmented musings on life memory and legacy

The passage reflects on life’s fragility and the desire for lasting remembrance. It contemplates how individuals fade quickly after death while families continue, urging the living to honor those who pass and to value enduring memory.

Sorrento Landscape in Lavish Poetical Imagery

A lush, lyrical description of Sorrento and its surrounding mountains and coast. The writer paints purple and blue skies, olive and pine slopes, orange groves, pomegranate trees, and snowy villages cascading down from cliffside orchards into the calm tideless bay.

Lavalier Wouthern Austern Oltife

Plethora of Gold and Currency Decline Across Economies

The article explains how money supply beyond or below the needed amount shifts value. It notes Indian rupees buying less abroad while English prices rise, and ladies dress costs reflect currency depreciation. Contraction and expansion of money affect general price levels and mercantile activity.

India England

Walking on a Raft Tale Traveled Mile in Twenty Minutes

An old tale follows a tavern wanderer who crosses a mile long whalebone raft, misjudges its length, and ends up back at the tavern he started from. The narrator jokes about twins and strange drinks as the man debates a legendary twin brother and a travesty of time.

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Indian sharpshooter deception wins wager in camp

A Burn sieacerpa correspondent relays a Civil War era tale from Lodi New York where an Artillery sharpshooter from the western Smie posed as a tree to ambush a rebel sniper. He concealed pine limbs and skin, waited as the target fired, then sprang and captured the foe, securing a wager as the prisoner was led to camp.

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Peebleshire Episode Ends With Turf Dyke Tragedy

In Peeblesshire Scotland a religious man hiding behind a turf dyke was buried when foes toppled the wall during his prayers. He shouted a grim quip as the structure collapsed, remarking on the hard joke of life versus earnest belief.

Peebleshire Scotland Jack Jick Epinsuna Courant

A Kind Word for Mother

A reflective essay urges respect for mothers through aging and hardship. It compares a mother’s care to the sun’s constant presence and laments ingratitude while alive, noting how memories of maternal tenderness deepen after death.

Advertising Rates and Notices Summary

Notice text outlines yearly advertising terms for Plients Mercantile Advertisers and transient ads. Rates include $12 per week for yearly advertising and $1.00 for first week per square with 33 cents for each additional week. Notices and death notices charged double. Religious obituary and political notices also charged as advertisements. Job printing offered with neat service at reasonable terms.

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Generals Scott and Mother Honor in Autobiography

The opening paragraph of General Scotts autobiography, now in press, gives a tribute to his mother. It notes his birth on June 13, 1786 near Petersburg Virginia, and mentions his parents William Scott and Ann Mason, both natives of the same neighborhood.

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Wrong Man at London Train Depot Leads to Humorous Mix-up

A mistaken reunion at a London depot ends in comic embarrassment after a woman greets the wrong man as her husband. She embraces a stranger, then discovers she has kissed the wrong man, who apologizes and offers to salute the proper Charley.

London England Adan Charley Gillant Lothario

Two Hundred and Nine Cats

In August 1861 a German volunteer left behind his wife and large number of cats in the Third ward. The widow vowed to protect the cats and their numerous offspring, keeping them in a shed near the premises as described by witnesses.

Daft Chie Baa Cat Jerehildran Grand Childeen

Why He Was Rejected Recruiter Tale Of a Rejected Man

A recruiting agent takes a fine specimen to the surgeon for examination and the man is rejected. Indignation rises among the recruiting committee as they inspect the man and question the doctor’s rationale. The ward room empties quickly after the rejection is explained.

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Snakes Used as Watch Dogs Reported in Caylon

Sir Emerson Tonnent cites a Caylon communication about cobras kept in homes to deter thieves. In a wealthy household, cobras replace dogs, guarding entrances and roaming freely while attacking no one. The account notes this is not an isolated case and claims reliable sources corroborate it.

Emerson Tonnent Judia

Counterfeit Currency Notes Baffle Treasury Office

Several counterfeit postal currency notes were detected at the United States Treasury office in Eton. The notes were described as well executed and difficult to detect, with Chief Detective vouching for their counterfeit origin, while some Department officers including Gen. Spinner dispute the assessment and deem them genuine.

United States Eton Theee Department Gen. Spinner

Fragmented Classified Ad Mix From Elmira Ledger

An OCR damaged notice lists a crude housework ad seeking a girl with strict conditions and insults, citing a monthly home evening and limited kin. It also retells Sir Walter Scott words and random antiquated phrases about virtue and a statue without a tongue, reflecting garbled local text.

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