04 Jan 1862
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1862
Page
1
A poet narrates a bleak November by the grate while knitting socks for Union soldiers. She imagines troops in camp and on the field, fearing injury and death, and prays for warmth for wearied feet as she finishes another sock.
A reader praises a salt gargle made from dissolving salt in water and using it three times daily as an effective throat preventive. The note claims relief from dry hacking coughs and frequent colds throughout winter and extends the recommendation to other readers with throat disease.
A Wisconsin judge rules that pure liquor benefits health while a bad or drugged product cannot be tolerated and warns dealers from below not to send inferior liquor. The jurors return a verdict for the defendant. Also quoted, John Hunter asserts a rule of persistence and a Putnam County farmer with eight children equals two miles of kin.
Governor William Sprague announces Rhode Island’s eastern boundary as fixed by the US Supreme Court decree in the Massachusetts versus Rhode Island case. The proclamation details the boundary line from Burnt Swamp in Wrentham to the Atlantic, referencing monuments, rivers, towns, and marked points, and cites the 1860 act authorizing boundary adjustment.
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