07 Jul 1855
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1855
Page
1
Brestol Phenex lists publication schedule and rates for advertisements. It notes Saturday issues, pricing in advance, and rates per square for insertions. Religious obituary and political ads are referenced in the notice.
A dated 1855 verse from U HJ New York June contemplates life love and mortality. The speaker longs for comfort in a wife and domestic peace to ease earthly struggles and despair. The poem contrasts glittering toys worldly cares with seeking harmony of heart and prayers to God.
On Monday afternoon excitement rose at the wharf near the steamer Caledonia as an elderly gentleman aboard moved nineteen enslaved people from Culpeper Virginia toward Ohio with plans to free them and buy land. Suspicions of potential reenslavement spurred six to escape, while the rest carried baggage ashore and secured a wagon to take them into the city.
Miss Murray sister of a Scotch duke and maid of honor to Queen Victoria visits the United States. An exchange paper notes her frank manners intelligence and kindness of heart. It observes her simple dress contrasts with American extravagance and remarks fashionable women in Europe shun vulgar display.
A decayed elm on Mr. Cozzens farm in southern Garripbell county Kentucky was cut down last Thursday revealing a skeletal body with dried flesh attached, found in a tree cleft about twenty feet above ground.
For subscribers I share a long tried method to keep yellow striped bugs off vines. The writer claims thirty years of success and describes dipping hen feathers in turpentine and applying to vines after every shower.
A section explains a method to prepare potatoes so they stay dry and tender. Potatoes are soaked, then boiled briefly and finished off in their own steam to yield a fresher texture. The guide promises relief from typical overcooked, waterlogged potatoes.
fragmentary text mentions affection and longing but lacks clear events or names to summarize into a factual news item.
A man tricks his wife with a note claiming a gentleman friend will dine with them. She prepares a perfect meal and attire, but the guest is the husband in disguise. They laugh at the ruse and share a dinner. two Irishmen joke about General Jackson. 22 year old Hayes drowns at Blackstone, witness accounts say no rescue was attempted.
A desolate old house mirrors the miserly Martin Kendrick who shrinks from neighbors and hoards wealth. After a stern early life turning to thrift, tragedy reshaped him yet greed returns, driving harsh rents and cold judgments toward his tenants.
In a cold bleak city scene, a miser Martin Kendrick harbors a daughter Florence who elopes with a poor young mechanic. After estrangement, a ten year old Floy appears at his door seeking warmth. She stays, helps around the ramshackle home, cooks, sews, and teaches him to share, transforming their quiet misery into mutual care.
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