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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1849
Page
1
A scanned ad page from a weekly paper shows unclear pricing and advertising rules. It notes publication every Saturday morning and includes details about yearly and daily rates, with several garbled entries about rates and deadlines. The legible items reference advertising in a 19th century Bradford issue.
Poem by George Howe on the death at sea of Edward Bradford son of Capt William Bradford aboard the sloop Henry off the African coast. The verses mourn the boy and his brothers, invoking divine mercy and the sea’s dangers, with tribute to the fallen seafarers.
A bleak portrait of an aging printer tracking time’s passage from youth to decline. Once vibrant, he labors daily at a lamp’s dreary glow, now bent by years with dwindling strength, awaiting the day his form fades from view.
A dramatic tale from Berwick follows Sir John Cochranes imprisonment and a dramatic rescue. Grisel, his granddaughter, pleads with her father and the king while danger and a courthouse intrigue unfold. The robber, a mysterious savior, reveals himself as Cochranes long‑lost granddaughter.
A philosophical meditation on wealth, power, and proportional living contrasts a wealthy ruler’s inflated pretensions with humble, enduring values. It argues true richness lies in thought and sensation, not in luxury, urging restraint and inner wealth over ostentation.
A fragmented column surveys moral maxims and peculiar zoological notes. It cites a temperance meeting in Paris Canada West and a curious account of diving pigs in a Nomegian creek area, alongside a New York legal update about inheritance and marital property.
A mosaic of curiosities and tales spans travel accounts, vanishings, and marvels. It cites Marcus, Bengal native Numas de Cugna, and Cas tegueda, along with Sardinian eagle hunts and a dramatic public sentence.
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