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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1848
Page
1
Bresten Pmenen is a weekly Bristol notice page printed at Bradford Etalet. Rates are one dollar per square for three insertions and twelve ems per square for each additional insertion. Yearly advertisers limited to 18 lines per week and to their own immediate business.
Historical advertisement extols MAS BE EIDDER'S Dysentery Cordial as an immediate cure for cholera morbus dysentery diarrhea summer complaints of children sea sickness and general debility. It claims years of use across climates proves reliable, relieves vomiting stops diarrhea restores regular bowels within hours and supports recovery in chronic cases, teething children and seasickness.
A cautioned notice warns against imposters selling Cholera Morbus Dysentery and Diarrhea Cordial. It promotes Mrs. E Kidder’s original remedy in bottles near a quart, sold at one dollar, with Bristol sales by Briggs & Drury and Hoxton address. The piece labels the medicine as the true original admired nationwide.
Local supplier Babcock offers a wide assortment of parlor office and cook stoves and sheet iron ware at 59 Thames Street. The shop touts the Republic and All Tight patterns, carriages, linings, and trims for ironwork with on hand stock and custom sheet iron work available.
The Providence Journal recalls the Seaver house fire and a landmark case over paper money during the penal law era. Obed Seaver and Charles Lippitt clash at the county court as Judge Thompson ponders constitutional rights amid public sentiment. The lasting quip says the cow and a run to Lockwotton settle the matter.
A critique of editing as a demanding craft showing editors must endure public scrutiny. It contrasts petty views with the discipline and humility required, arguing editors reveal themselves through selection and publication and must be frank to avoid later mortifications.
An officer of the Papitto regiment recalls entering Alvarda where Mexicans pretended a corpse on a table to lure authorities. They used a fake burial order to force the door and surprise the dead man who then sprang away, entertaining onlookers.
A dated sermon urges readers to pay subscription dues and advance a year to keep the newspaper, arguing the printer’s labor and costs must be fully covered. It recalls a humorous anecdote about a clergyman and an inn guest, illustrating social missteps linked to unequal marriages and public embarrassment.
In Woodfield a historic market garden near St Edmund's Abbey frames Aggy Durrant a sparing widow who tends herbs and cures, aids neighbors, and quietly educates her grandson George, while town gossip and class quirks swirl around her charitable life and costly dreams of college for George.
A memoir fragment tells of life in confinement at Lord Wendover’s hall. The narrator, once mistreated and imprisoned, finds love with William Dorrett and escapes to a rural life in Suffolk. Her marriage, happiness, and later trials with family sorrow follow as she sustains her strength.
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