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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1857
Page
1
A historical notice lists numerous traders and shopkeepers in Bristol and Providence areas. Names include Daniel Tanner barber, Munro grocer, Waldron cloths, M W Pierce Jr, W B Kimball groceries, John Gladding stove dealer, George Whitney bookseller, James Pierce dry goods, George Tilley iron ware, J L Gardner lumber, Paine groceries, Ford provisions, Phelps jewelry, and a Bristol social invitation for friends to call.
A fragmented piece blends a historical missionary riddle with quick summaries of Kansas Free State meetings at Topeka and Topeka Governor Walker events. It notes unity in delaying state organization, opposition to pro slavery conventions, and concerns over voter registration and legitimacy of delegates.
A 16 year tale begins in Salem Virginia with a traveler posing as a gentleman and wooing Emma White. She rejects him when she learns he is a printer, sending him to ruin and weeks of fever. Augusta, the innkeeper’s daughter, cares for him. years later in Richmond, Judge K learns Emma’s ruse and Augusta’s true identity leads to a reunion.
An accident in Lexington Kentucky injured actress Miss Maggne Mitchell when a prop pistol exploded near her. The blaze scorched her face and neck but the wounds were not dangerous and she was recovering. Two Ohio lawmakers recently clashed after one insulted the other and a tobacco quid was thrown in retaliation.
A fifteen year old girl and a youthful lover fled Amboy Illinois by train to elope. The mother pursued and a scuffle ensued on board as authorities intervened at La Salle. The incident, reported by the Boston Journal, ends with police involvement and lingering tensions.
Two young misses gossip about young gentlemen and Charley, noting a supposed beard and a cheek prickling beard tale. The exchange highlights playful jabs and comic misperceptions about growing facial hair.
A Cape Cod clergyman awakes from a nap to find his wife mending his pants. He jokes that she is like the evil adversary, since while the husbandman slept she sowed tares, recalling Gov. Marcy’s charge of fifty cents to the State. The tale blends humor with a biblical allusion.
A cheerful physician from this city noted that promptness in paying and being timely makes people good customers and helps physicians avoid losses. He linked timely behavior with better care access and financial stability for doctors.
A physician questions a death toll and the mismatch with prescribed medicine. Nine deaths are counted while medicine was ordered for ten, but one patient did not take it. The exchange highlights medical record gaps and treatment adherence in a hospital setting.
The saying extols temperance advising youths to emulate oaks by choosing water over drinking alcohol. It frames water as the proper, healthful source for growing youths and critiques intemperance.
An Albany newspaper argues that justice should focus on the woman herself and not her mistakes, urging redress of injuries she suffered. The piece frames gendered harm as the central issue and calls for corrective measures.
A tale of Miss White and Judge K shows a woman’s punishment and later happiness for the couple while Emma White remains a spinster. A Boston scene depicts a Bacchanalian husband tricked by a watchman to seek temperance. In England a nurse-like worker warns a drunk man by threatening a patomy, and a ward incident ends with a calm balance of a dangerous chisel and a nurse’s restraint.
A cook’s note describes dissolving srterstrim in sweet butter milk then adding nolassies and a piece of bitter the size of a butternut. Salt is added, then indian meal to form a thin batter and bake for one hour.
A Providence audience at the old theatre watched a tense scene as a villain prepared to shoot. A bystander pleaded with the hero not to fire, saying love conquers, and the crowd erupted in laughter when the pistol failed to explode.
In Honorable Bailie Pey ton's district a noted villain known for hard work against the Colonel vanished on one election day. The FABIA asks what became of Bill Jones, and cronies reply he may be shut up in Georgia for rough gambling involving cutting trunks from behind stages.
The Lewiston False Journal notes a typox error in an obituary where the deceased was listed as a leading member of the society of soakers instead of shakers. The correction clarifies the proper society association.
In a curious tale from old days a blacksmith rears a bull pup and provokes his father to join a risky exercise on all fours. The pup immediately pins the elder by the nose and the scene spirals into a noisy exchange as onlookers urge restraint and cheer the risky teaching moment.
A humorous exchange shows a mother seeking a medical explanation for her child's nose picking. The doctor offers a technical, if convoluted, medical term about irritation of the mucous membrane while the mother warns of punishment if the doctor is not believed.
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