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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1854
Page
2
In a nostalgic frontier scene the Scout and Ellen recall past captures and dangers as a wedding unfolds in the Block-house. The ceremony marks renewed ties and awaits future meetings, while memories of raids and a miller’s profits mingle with moonlit flirtation and hopeful vows.
From the Manchester Mirror comes news of a Sunday accident in New Boston New Hampshire as a wagon carriage fails on a steep hill. Samuel Marden and daughter are hurt though not fatally. Jonathan Marden and wife suffer serious injuries. Stephen Wilson dies within hours. Mark Todd and John Geers suffer concussions and other harms. several others injured to varying degrees.
A Wells ad agent pressed a lawmaker to place a vote in the ballot for Senator in the Legislature. The member allegedly accepted a $10 bribe to influence the vote while another brother legislator watched. The agent claimed to deliver funds and urged the vote for a specific outcome.
Farmers and residents in the Norfolk and adjacent districts are encouraged to apply for state aid and support programs as agricultural conditions and rural needs are highlighted. Local officials urge coordination with state departments to access available resources.
Readable excerpt details a Bristol Rhode Island style schedule for July 4 1854 events including a national salute processions church services orations and music. It lists military units bands fire companies and civic officials to participate and cautions on safety during the parade. It also notes related celebrations in Providence Newport and Pall River and records a cholera-like illness case in Mans a Day cae.
The piece contrasts northern sorrow with southern victory, urging a soberer Independence Day tone. It notes recent legislature as an abandonment of founding principles, calls for restrained celebrations, and emphasizes national healing. A Rhode Island Masonry event is also described with details of procession, church service, and officers.
The column mocks public fear of cholera, notes urban bustle and Fourth of July revelry, and recounts tales of risk taking by George Law in gaming rooms and Barnum's Crystal Palace struggles. It also mentions arrests tied to Gift Enterprises and a large gift exhibition slated by Hart.
The clergyman writes of a simple preventive using a teaspoonful of powdered charcoal in coffee or liquid several times weekly. For active cholera, mix equal weights of lavadanum and brandy, give a tea spoon every five minutes, then space doses as the patient improves. One noted case recovered from a blue stage.
Cholera rages in Hickman Kentucky with about six deaths per day in a 1500 population town. In the three days before the 20th Independence Missouri reported 25 cholera deaths, with fatal cases at Weston and St. Joseph. Across Illinois Central Railway laborers near La Salle also faced heavy mortality.
John Keefe of Providence was convicted on two liquor law violations. He was fined $20 and costs and sentenced to ten days in jail on each complaint. An appeal was noted, with subsequent unclear further events mentioned without clear details.
Telegraph reports from July describe bombardments at Silistria and Redout Kallivan, Turkish countermines, and Russian losses including Pacha of Silistria. News notes British and American vessels in Shanghai and Cadiz actions, with varied negotiations and uncertain outcomes as June ends.
Last evening a box sent to the Marine Hospital exploded in the Steward Mr. Allison’s room injuring him and his wife. Mrs. Allison lost both arms and suffered a skull fracture while Mr. Allison was badly mangled. The blast shattered furniture and windows. A bomb about eight inches in diameter was said to be inside. No suspect identified yet. On June 27 both victims died. Allison reportedly named Cornell as a possible attacker before death.
In Ripley on Saturday evening inmates of a coffee house threw rotten eggs at a temperance meeting. The crowd rifled the house. those opposing liquor were rough handled, but no lives were lost. City heat made business dull.
A fragment describes a violent murder at Dandridge on the 16th. Elijah Moore and two female relatives are found dead with severe body injuries. A missing item tied to the murdered man is noted, but details are unclear in the readable text.
In New York the number of cholera cases dropped by 10 to 15 fewer than the previous week, reflecting a downward trend in the outbreak.
Fragmentary item reports a language issue raised by New Bedford officials involving the Native Government and foreign powers. It notes tension between French, English, and other groups and references Commissioner Gregg and the Sands Islands in a political context.
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