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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1845
Page
1
Saturday morning publication by W H Bayley costs one dollar yearly with options for advance payment. Rates show per square charges for three weeks, and penalties apply for continued insertions. Yearly advertisers face limits and penalties if arrears remain unpaid.
The verses describe Love never sleeping as pain and sorrow grip a grieving mother and child. A divine watchful presence lifts souls beyond time, offering mercy and relief when mortal weary hearts seek light. A plea to God of Love asks for purity and truth beyond worldly radiance.
A reader cites global mercantile shipping at 8 million tons yielding about 24 million yearly profit after costs, argues war debts amount to 310 trillion and would require vast taxes, and notes U S grain harvests and military appropriations as context. It includes reflections on empire, religion, and historical curiosities from 1759 to 1845.
In a cold Rochester hovel a whiskey-obsessed father is confronted by a visitor about alcohol abuse. The family of a dying infant Willie and four children endure hunger, cold, and despair as the mother sorrows, the father contemplates reform, and a neighbor offers aid leading to a pledged resolve to quit liquor.
A man who signed a temperance pledge by the body of his dead child is recalled by a handshake as he returns west with a stock of dry gear bought in New York. The scene evokes memories of years past and the impact of the pledge.
A humorous first person memoir describes a newspaper page's early life from birth in a carrier’s hands to being sold, borrowed, worn, and finally kept as a farmer’s kitchen keepsake. It reflects on readers tastes, printing habits, and the paper’s role as a carrier of news and ads.
The Western Cultivator explains a method for propagating onions by drying and smoking selected parts to propagate. In spring the pieces are planted diagonally in quarters with ample spacing. After planting in good soil and careful deepening, the onions grow large and strong, increasing markedly.
A fragmentary article presents capacity tables for boxes and measures, detailing volumes for barrels bushels pecks and quarts. It also includes an extended quotation from Bulwer about mankind’s destiny and the heavens, reflecting existential musings.
A historical notice discusses Lucian Hall, executed in Connecticut at age twenty eight for murder. It recounts his last words urging religious instruction, Sabbath observance, and parental influence, and comments on morality, faith, and warnings to youth. The piece weaves moral reflections with social commentary on dress, vanity, and hope for reformers.
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