20 Jan 1855
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1855
Page
1
The fragment announces publication details for a Bristol paper with rate card options. It lists rates for insertions, half yearly and annual charges, and notes about religious obituary and political notices, with pricing per line and square inch.
Fragmentary verse evokes music found in the sea and clouds. Refrains mention waves dashing on shore and harps of heaven, with lines about storms, winds, and longing for brighter calm. The irregular text hints at a poetic paraphrase or lyric fragment.
The New Bedford weekly lists 1854 whale fishery data. U S imports: sperm oil 76 696 barrels, whale oil 919 637 barrels, whalebone 3 445 200 pounds, with declines from 1853. Oil stocks on hand Jan 1 1855 about 7600 barrels sperm oil exhausted. whale oil stock high. Arctic and Ochotsk missions show reduced activity and fleet changes, several vessels lost or reported, total pans around 8 557 tons.
A man named Marshall Dean died in a drinking house several miles west of Chepacher after a pattern of drunkenness and neglect. He drank heavily, ate little, and collapsed at about 7 o clock Friday morning, leaving a moral message for reform against alcohol. The account condemns intemperance and urges conscience for those who profit from vice.
The New York Herald claims Martin Speer a Brooklyn resident and naturalized U.S. citizen left Becc his land with a passport from Washington. In Hungary he sought Zagoni's family, met a judge, and was jailed and sentenced to ten years hard labor on a letter's contents unknown to him. The Herald says U.S. minister Jackson's protests are unavailing and urges government action.
An Oxford Chronicle advertisement notes a widower with five children offers to marry the widow of any soldier slain at Alma. Details through Mr. Higgs of South Stoke Oxon. The offer is presented as a contribution to the Patriotic Fund.
An intelligent friend reports a Dover firm that previously did not trade in liquors now sells 2000 barrels per annum mainly to Maine. The Maine sales arise from difficulties of a public sale in that state noted in the Portsmouth Chronicle.
The Masonic Grand Lodge of Massachusetts possesses a lock of George Washingtons hair kept in a golden glass covered casket. It is transmitted from Grand Master to successor, with each holder keeping it in personal charge.
A discussion of how emotions influence health through fear hope and memory. Examples include a German physician curing convulsions by fear of a red hot poker, fever cases corrected by fright, typhus in England leading to a dramatic recovery, and Dr Rush reviving a patient with the phrase The Eagle's Nest.
In New Hampshire a thirty dollar cloak spurs rumors of debt and pride. Mrs Waxwell pushes her husband to collect Burton’s note, triggering store stock attachments and a courthouse deal. Miss Viney exposes the scheme, aiding Burton and rebuking gossip while the village learns to mind its own business.
A garbled passage shows a flaxen haired child and a father figure in a domestic scene. Disjointed lines mention a kiss scene, a missed practical joke, a washtub, and a kitchen tableau. Local banking oddities contrast with a rebuked pawnbroker image and a cleaning polish recipe using vinegar and indigo.
Fragmentary reminiscence describes Dr Rush as an untiring figure while two young men speak with him, one asking about finishing studies and the other reacting to the moment in a casual conversation.
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