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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1857
Page
1
The Yarmouth Register urges year end attention to small debts in a community. It argues punctual payment supports publishers printers and traders, warning neglect harms credit and local business. A suggested remedy is borrowing to pay small bills to avoid mass debt.
Mrs. Sarah Sitter underwent an extraordinary procedure removing eleven gallons of water from her body. The fluid weighed ten pounds per gallon, totaling 110 pounds, with the operation reported as nearly painless. A slight hope for recovery is noted.
An aging narrator recounts a boyhood in Georgia and the rise of deep love for Lily, his sister-like companion. After returning home a thwarted romance meets tragedy as illness, death, and a struggle for faith reshape his memories and hopes for heaven.
Publication details for Che Burstol-Bhenix in Bristol RI dated 1883 outline subscription costs for residents and non residents with annual advance payment options, single copies at four cents, and ad rates at one dollar per square for three weeks plus twenty cents per additional insertion. Classifieds and obituaries priced as advertisements.
A report praises a woman aboard Neptunes Car who, taught navigation by Capt Jacob Patten, took command after brain fever and blindness struck the captain. She steered the clipper from New York to San Francisco, bringing the vessel safely into port amid crew trouble.
A gang robbed a residence on Prince Street NewsYeartsieyeyey, seizing a diamond epine valued at 300 dollars, a gold watch and chain, and other valuables. The crime occurred swiftly as residents raised the alarm, and the offenders fled with the booty.
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