06 Jan 1855
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1855
Page
1
Public notice from Bristol R I published Saturday lists rates for classified advertising at Nas 7 Bradford Street. Rates include one dollar per line and twenty cents for each additional insertion for notices up to twelve lines. longer ads incur weekly charges with advance payment required.
Poem extols work as true fulfillment citing lilies as example. It urges men and women to seek honest labor, embracing heart occupation as antidote to aimless thoughts. The piece links spiritual well being to productive effort and quotes the saying whoso shall not work shall not eat.
A civic exhortation argues that a town thrives only when residents and merchants back local mechanics. It warns against importing luxury goods and urges merchants to favor village craftsmen to boost domestic wealth, urging mutual support to prevent decay and loss of local business.
An old tale narrator and a fresh arrival from the Bavetild era discuss themes of wealth labor and the meaning of sundown. The dialogue contrasts money and virtue with social economy and seeking friends. The closing gunfire prompts a reflection on murder and daily life in the sunlit world.
About 182 troops of the 8th foot left Fort Leavenworth and were attacked by a large Indian force with copper lances. Major Riley deployed a six pound cannon, fired from 45 degrees, scattering the enemy on a prairie crest. The tale recounts cannons, leadership, and the Indians' retreat toward Texas as the unit returns home.
In calm Atlantic waters a British frigate with a 50 gun armament hears a loud ring from its bell though no strike is made. The officer demands an explanation as sailors suspect an unseen force rang the bell, while the quartermaster notes the sound came from the bell’s location and defies human touch.
A Davenport Iowa church advertisement for its opening warns members to avoid tobacco and spitting in the church. It quips about Washington and profane sweating and notes Miss Gillmore being courted by a man named Haddock with a comic line about a fish.
The Manchester Democrat recalls Massachusetts congressman elect Rev. Mark Trafton a former church lecturer. He stood six feet two inches and, famed as a bold speaker, once persuaded Lord Brougham to allow him a look at the House of Lords during a London visit.
A man eloping with a young woman in Amherstburg area lost control of a sleigh. The woman died from a neck fracture at once while the man sustained a leg fracture and was hospitalized. His wife has gone to care for him, honoring a vowed promise.
A brother editor recalls being jailed for libelling a justice of the peace and being asked by the jailer to give the prison a puff as a public favor.
A man asks another about preferring leg or wing. The reply is a shrug of indifference as the carver pauses, lays down his knife and fork, and resumes his meal in a calm room.
A Western editor replies to a patron by saying that when news is scarce the Bible would provide news to him. The remark frames the editor’s stance on news abundance and reader expectations in a concise reply.
A proverb about editors collecting news while others avoid media. It notes the contrast with physicians lawyers and ministers and mentions a poor man who buys a sink sided dog a shotgun and a twenty shilling gold watch while educating his children in the street and boarding his Shanghai dogs with neighbors.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions redhaired girls allegedly showing faster speech and higher mental effort, with claims about intensity and importance of facts. The text is incomplete and lacks verifiable details.
A garbled 19th century text presents a chaplain remark on parishioners under conviction and a string of fragmented wordplay about the moon heat speed tides and random phrases. The snippet imprecisely references personal and editorial interruptions with odd puns and mispunctuated lines.
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