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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1864
Page
1
Small colonial style notice from a Bristol based newspaper shows subscription prices and mailing details. It lists editor and proprietor C A Greene and offers six month and annual rates, with advance payment terms and postage notes.
The advertisement extols Godey’s Lady’s Book as a premier fashion and household guide with fashion plates, knitting, embroidery, crochet, drawing lessons, and original music. It boasts worldwide fashion access, gardening and vanity topics, and exclusive contributor works.
Terms of the Lady's Book for 1865 outline subscription rates and club options. Lists prices for single and grouped copies, add on magazines, and required payments, with address at Philadelphia. Includes note on paper costs and extra charges for club extensions.
A historical notice extols Harper's AEW Monthly Magazine as a premier publication with a monthly circulation around 170,000. It highlights its mix of literature and philosophy, woodcut illustrations, and its role in spreading a love of pure literature among American readers.
The Publishers perfected a mailing system to supply the Magazine and Wreer directly from the Office of Publication. Postage on Hazece's Magazine is 24 years 9 year, to be paid at the subscriber's post office.
The notice advertises HiRes Magazine for a year and extra copies for clubs, with pricing for sets and back numbers. It lists express shipping at purchaser expense, volume sets at 8225, single volumes at 300, cloth binding materials at 38 cents, and mail orders prepaid. Contact Harper Brothers in New York for details.
Advertises Sufterick's patterns for boys and girls from ages one to fifteen including jackets pants and outer garments. Promoter G H Fabbington claims seventeen years in tailoring and guarantees patterns are practical and readable with real value.
An account recounts a ritual punishment after a servant allegedly killed a king’s subject. Three sacred alligators named Sagaptaog Seebops and Sanjati were summoned to the river where a crowd watched the creatures execute vengeance. The offender was forced to face the punishment as the body parts were disposed of in the water.
A rural lyric by James T. Fields unfolds with winter imagery. The speaker notes stark trees a shrinking landscape and a quiet lake while invoking memory and family gathering by the hearth as a storm approaches.
A humorous verse notes that asking a woman's age is impolite and risky. It humorously claims a woman guards a secret age, suggesting she remains youthful while others guess. The poem plays on social norms and flirtation, ending with a refrain that a man who does not know will never surpass the age of eighteen.
A mother recalls small items her child left behind including seeds in a vase a kite a bow and cap a slate a cup and ball and a learned writing slate. She asks Anna to take him out to play and to leave the closet door shut, reflecting on a deep maternal sorrow.
The document presents a Rhode Island gubernatorial proclamation issued by James Y. Smith Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The text confirms the official title and governing authority of the state executive.
Governor James Y Smith urges towns to examine citizens aged eighteen to forty five for enrollment reform under Provost Marshal General directives. Boards of Enrollment to hear exemption claims. clergy and officials urged to aid corrections. Meetings announced for the January 1, 1885 deadline across the state.
Bee subscribes for seven thirty Treasury Notes of the new Popular Loan. Notes run three years from Aug 15, 1864, at 3 10 percent interest with semi annual coupons. They are convertible at maturity into 5 20 six percent bonds payable in gold. Aug 13 11 De Lainfr, Ext. Mous. De Lalm es at 2) Oct 20 Perry & Barnard's.
A poor youth Abel Morton finds a heavy purse on a village road. He returns it to Mr. Thompson, owner of a large farm and trader, choosing honesty over wealth. Thompson hires him after testing his integrity, and Abel earns good wages.
A tale shows Abel Morton prospering under his employer while his wife helps the widow find shelter. The Morton household welcomes back health and happiness as the elder woman guides Abel with honesty and duty. Children cry out Papa as Abel sees broad acres and a stable, respectable future.
AVariant archaic exhortation stresses that a good name guards against calumny and remains a beacon through trials. It urges cherishing virtue, integrity, and reputation as the strongest defense in life’s journey, promising lasting respect and prosperity.
A philosophical meditation on whiteness as purity and virtue. The writer contrasts lasting influence, honest character, and reverence for virtue with flatterers and insincere praise, arguing true honor arises from steadfast virtue and moral authority.
The article traces historical beliefs linking throwing shoes to luck across cultures. From bridal customs to Irish office rites, verses and old almanacs note shoe tossing as a sign of good fortune or a rite of passage for those changing homes or burdens.
A Canada Farwer correspondent gives a method to estimate shelled corn quantity. Measure length, breadth, and depth of space, multiply, and adjust by four to get bushels. For ears, multiply by eight.
A Connecticut farmer Uriah Abell clears fields of stones and tries to remove a massive boulder near his house. A traveling Yankee offers a plan with cider and dinner then uses a wooden prop to loosen the rock. The rock finally tumbles, spurring a lesson on safely removing stones from fields.
The piece explains various methods to prepare corn products from green ears to ground meal. It describes corn exke, corn bread, mush and marg, corn meal pudding, and a sentimental quotation, arguing corn is a wholesome staple for rich and poor. It ends with a Daniel Webster sentiment about rebuilding minds with principles.
A Yorkshire farmer hides his niece Annie’s misdeeds amid stories of poverty and politeness. He plans to expose her by laying money on the table, but her gentle resistance and his restraint reveal the complex social bonds of family and duty. The episode explores humility, pride, and communal values in a rustic setting.
A feudal lord seeks marriage to a chamber maid after mourning his first wife. The maid resists, the bell rings a second time, and a cook’s maid is pressed into service. They marry at St Benet's church as the charted social custom dictates, highlighting themes of fate and restraint in life.
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