19 Jan 1867
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1867
Page
1
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A nineteenth century verse piece contemplates time and wisdom as a new year approaches. It asks what lessons heart and mind have learned since last Yuletide and pleads for wisdom, mercy, and peace for loved ones and nations as holly decorates a hopeful renewal.
A coastal tale unfolds as a wife recalls a deadly storm near a cape village. Her husband Angus, a beloved physician, risks life aiding shipwreck survivors before a captain is brought home near death. After hours of hopeful resuscitation, the captain slowly revives with the doctor and Wilson endlessly persisting to save him.
After a near death voyage, Captain Martell survives and Ralph Wilson reunites with Annie Lawrence. Wilson departs hopeful, Annie dreams of the sea, and their stories intertwine as happiness returns with wedding plans and a new business venture in tea and tropical goods.
A long composite column presents religious exhortations about submitting to God’s will, Civil War fortifications around Fort Sumter and Morris Island, notes on Sumter and Battery Wagner, comparisons of human and primate brains, a piece on success in business and household management, moral scraps, and a mother's warning about temperance and the fate of a drunkard.
The article recalls Roman practices that valued women’s health through bathing and abstinence from alcohol. It notes laws and norms criminalizing drinking for mothers, fear of wine around women, and occasional executions linked to scent of intoxicants. It concludes Romans showed endurance and strength from such habits.
In a staged clash the commander Mouravieff outflanked Emperor Nicholas causing capitulation under rules of strategy. The Czars critics led to a rebuke, then Mouravieff was arrested and dismissed in 1838. He spent a decade in retirement until 1848 reforms reopened options with the army.
A London excerpt reveals the pressures on fashionable ladies and their maids, describing strict standards for youthfulness, manners, languages, travel, and even cosmetic techniques that include eye altering dyes and makeup. The piece critiques the era's obsession with appearance and rank.
The Hartford Times recounts Alonzo Dwight Phillips who in Hartford near Manchester devised friction matches while working in a powder mill in 1831. He later marketed them with partners, toured selling rights, amassed sums, but died poor.
In Milan a statue of St. Micheline in a faubourg was found to contain a hidden water reservoir heated by a furnace. The evaporating water rose to the head and fed two eye tubes, causing tears to run down the cheeks. The discovery followed repairs after the Italian revolution.
A London inventor named Ean-Rines proposes a screw fastening for ear rings where a rosette head on the top opens to separate the wires and closes to grip the earlobe, avoiding piercing while keeping the jewelry secure and comfortable.
The article asserts that ice reduces vessel size in inflammatory conditions and relieves pain by pressing on nerves. It claims swallowing small ice lumps can reduce or cure stomach inflammation and urges every family to have access to ice at all times.
An amusing Dublin tale recounts Foley of Tipperary riding through sleet to Barrington in Harcourt Street. After a tense standoff in bed, Foley backs down, and the two share breakfast as Davies, the intended victim, pretends to sleep, avoiding harm.
Excursions to Europe planned for summer with Mr. Cook arranging a network of rail lines and steamship options. Passengers can travel first class to New York, Quebec or Portland, then choice of six or seven steamship lines to London, with routes through Scotland or England to Paris and the Continent. Fare from any part of the States and Canada to Paris and back ranges from 130 to 150 in gold, including access to Mr. Cook's guides interpreters and agents in Europe.
A tale recounts Alderman Waren questioning a man charged with a vague crime. The exchange probes country of origin and sea travel, with sharp retorts about merit and identity reflecting a satirical or garbled historical scene.
A friend of Onra says he has been without money so long his head aches when he tries to recall what a dollar looks like. He calls the idea that we live in a world of change a great fallacy.
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