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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1865
Page
1
An 1840 advertisement touts the Sallesroama sewing machine with a no-rip stitch and low friction drive, claiming half the power of competitors and operable by a 12 year old girl. The page also features a sentimental Christmas Eve poem about stockings by the chimney and memories of childhood as time passes.
Portly Kryph enters a fine looking dwelling on Christmas Eve within an old mansion. The scene centers on a widow seeking warmth and family joy as memories of a lost son and the house’s melancholy echo, with a backdrop of a house full of sorrow and hopeful reunion.
A reverent Christmas scene recalls a mother as her son, a courageous soldier, answers his country’s call. The narrative honors Howard Ingerpull’s devotion to liberty and justice, and how family love meets the duty of service amid a nation’s struggle.
A New England mother endures loss and keeps faith as her son Howard Ingersoll dies in battle. She finds strength in charity toward the wounded, remembers his courage, and prepares comforting gifts for others during Christmas beside prayers of gratitude for Christ’s birth. Her resolve centers on hopeful sacrifice and spiritual consolation.
A meditation on errors in writing and printing from Renaissance scholars and printers. It argues that authors rarely deserve blame for imperfect manuscripts and that editors labor long to render text readable. The piece also contemplates the ethics of gift giving, stressing generosity over wealth and the care needed in choosing and accepting presents.
A father seeking a durable legacy for his son should send him to an institution for general practical education. The gained knowledge endures beyond riches and appearances, lasting while life and reason exist.
A moral exhortation outlining how to think speak and act with honesty temperance and charity. It urges grave courteous conduct frugal diet and faithful obedience. Prayer memory and recreation should be lawful brief and mindful of death and glory.
A farmer who bought a calf kept it in a stable while a traveling organ grinder and dancing bear lodged at his home. The bear attacked the traveling butcher who had planned theft, and the bear injured him until he fled. The farmer and guest returned to bed after the scare.
A fragmented poem-like piece contrasts a tranquil river scene with a violent temperamental man. The narrator notes how beauty and nature soothe yet hint at turmoil when a wild man asserts force, disturbing peace and provoking harsh, suggestive imagery.
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