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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1851
Page
1
Bristol prune public notice printed every Saturday morning at 40 Roadford Street Bristol RB J W A S Bayley advert rates in advance annual terms charge per square and fractions for continued ads yearly advertisers limited to 28 lines per week with own business restriction credits and publication rules.
A poetic reminiscence on youth and aging blending Coleridge themes with Nature and Love. The speaker recalls youth as a shared life with Time, noting changing body and eternal thought. It contrasts spring imagery with the ache of age and the idea that Youth remains a house-mate in memory.
The New York Evangelist reports the Protestant chapel at Rome remains open after attacks by Propagandists. Rev Dr. Bacon notes a failed effort to withdraw permission, aided by Pope Pius Ninth and Cardinal Antonelli. The congregation is small, but the American Chapel in Rome is described as a significant institution.
Atyegen Manstavonner reports that Polly Barrows of Freetown Me died after her husband lease Barrows struck her in a state of intoxication. The jury found the death resulted from blows to the back face and chest that ruptured a lung vein, leading to demise about twelve hours later.
The Rev. Plisha Fisk died at his residence in Wrentham on Saturday week, aged 84 years and 4 months. He graduated from Brown University in 1795 and was among the oldest clergymen in the state. He preached his half century sermon in July last.
A garbled 19th century fragment describes a cold evening social at a Por Acquaintance gathering. A guest arrives around ten in full dress and finds only two women in merino, enjoying a modest fire and cold room as the thermometer sits below zero.
A dubious New York professor boasts rare slang mastery and aims to teach aspirants. He recalls studying under a man who influenced Congress, praises himself, and flirts with potential students while recounting a social scene at a hotel.
An Irishwoman close to death calls her husband Jamie and mentions Miss Marloney owing six shillings and Miss McCraw giving a dollar. The exchanges mix wit and deathbed humor as relatives react with dialect phrases.
The readable fragments discuss oats and health notes, indicating no sickness among subjects. Specifics are unclear due to garbled text, but the gist points to oats affecting wellness with no illnesses reported.
Ephraim Aldridge, a frugal shopkeeper, amasses wealth while his fellow apprentice Maurice Lane grows poorer. A desperate will scheme unfolds as Jonas Aldridge schemes to seize wealth, while Lane and Mary suffer in poverty. An ending death and deceit expose true values beyond money.
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