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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1858
Page
1
A religious poem contrasts heaven’s eternal day with the author’s night of sorrow and fear. It imagines a celestial landscape of light and perpetual joy while lamenting earthly grief and looming death.
Indefatigable Baltimore Sun reporter notes the visit of old soldiers to the President on Monday. Cal Seaton introduces veterans by name as each is greeted by the Chief Magistrate, with remarks about long residence, city surveys, and early government service. One man recalls carrying survey chains and another entering the National Intelligencer in 1800.
A compilation notes a Philadelphia trial suiting chloroform testimony, a Louisville incident at a surgery, a steamer Galena near-miss with a wedding couple, Leeds town hall organ construction details, Cairo flood aftermath word count, and London's Star report that the Leviathan becomes the Great Eastern.
A traveller's act of paying a shilling for an empty letter leads to Rowland Hill and the penny postage idea. The tale underscores the harshness of the system that drives people to such schemes to send messages. A separate note praises Holland and Belgian washerwomen and borax as a versatile cleansing agent and home remedy.
The London Times reports the Bank of England has changed note paper color and ink to deter counterfeiting. Tests show yellow paper with blue ink resists copying on silver nitrate photographic methods. A sun printing mark on the back could transfer to the front of faked notes. Rail mail link to New Orleans nears completion speeds up transatlantic and inland routes.
A Philadelphia paper cites a London correspondent who laments the Thames has become a vast sewer with stench and filth. He recounts trips to Battersea and witnesses in courts, Parliament, and on bridges all affected by the polluted floating filth and rival sewer projects worsening the crisis.
In a summer tale set in the upper country a lazy citizen lacking corn is buried alive for bread. Interlocutors debate hunger justice, while other antiquated quips expose editorial tricks and social foibles. The closing line urges simplicity in action and manners.
In a late 19th century tale, Joe Chickweed plots to wed Widow Melinda Martin to gain her farm and outmaneuver rival Reuben Sparks. After a private, then public confrontation, Melinda and Joe expose Sparks’ deceit. Joe forgives Sparks and guides him toward honest work as the widow joins Joe’s life.
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