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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1856
Page
1
Readers urge editors to replace moralizing tales with current foreign news and real events. They demand coverage of weddings deaths and disasters, while rejecting scholastic lore and endless fiction in favor of concrete named places and people.
Readable bits describe a New York paper clipping with tales of wealth and poverty, a two year old girl in a crank, and references to a minister. The garbled text mentions a worker earning twice a week and other disjointed notes from an era’s press.
Charles Lennon falls ill and resists a wrongful scheme to buy notes from Emerson at discount. His wife Ellen guides him to prayer and prudence, and his sickness becomes a pause that saves him from dishonesty. He later learns Emerson’s notes fail as Elkins’ estate oversight reveals no funds.
A narrative of a son named William driven to sea against his father Hatsing’s wishes. He escapes at night from a window onto a shed and travels toward Boston, sleeping outdoors, then continuing his journey until a tavern lodging. His father retrieves him and eventually secures a berth on a brig to London, where William drowns after falling overboard.
A bachelor editor recalls a dream of marriage and cake that turns into a chaotic dinner scene. The tale fades into a courtroom scene about a will disputed under cross examination, with a dramatic wax seal and candle details.
A bereaved sister writes of deep sorrow after her brother's death. She laments her inability to know whether the departed live again and recalls the Bethany miracle as reassurance. The letter expresses mourning, doubt, and a plea for faith amid grief.
A rhymed exhortation praises seeing life positively and reforming habits. It urges prudent spending to avoid debt, notes charity in hardship, and exhorts virtue and penitence through a prudent moral lens. The text reflects a sermonlike moralizing tone with biblical phrasing.
The passage notes a claim that Wellington never used the word duly in his despatches while Napoleon never used the word glory. It comments on a perceived linguistic contrast between the two leaders and their nations.
The piece recounts a mix of historical notes and humorous anecdotes. It mentions England’s early Sabbath timing, a 1606 Parliament fine for Sunday absence, a Texas quack doctor offered a dangerous remedy, a Tyre sultan building a silver chamber, and a strange wedding remark about the bride and dowry.
A medieval tale recounts a T ork husband who learns his wife is unattractive when revealed. After four days of marriage she asks him to name which of her many relations she may reveal, and the husband's reply pleads for her to conceal her face, declaring indifference to any observer.
A garbled meditation on hope as a guiding force through life ending in death and the future. The text muses that happiness requires restraint with others, while past and present frame a coffin and cradle. It reflects on temper, disputes, vice, and consolation amid aging society.
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