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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1858
Page
1
A fragmented list shows merchants and trades on Hope Street and nearby corners. Entries include Benjamin M. Lincoln Boots and Shoes, Gifford Intelligence Office, Burgess Bookseller, Pierce clothing and furnishings, Kimball groceries, Goodhue & Son opticians, Tanner hairdresser, Frappier paper box maker, Allen clothing moves, Pierce dry goods, and Muneo medicines near Bradford Street.
Excerpts blend a poem on idealized sunset Eden with Rev. Henry Ward Beecher on self denial. The prose discusses memory, longing, and a haunted coastal Eden, followed by Beecher’s sermon outline on balancing faculties, resisting lower desires, pursuing higher aims, and living with courage and charity.
London's New York Times correspondent reports Murphy of America defeated Staunton in a swift game, sparking talk of a Murphy Anderson clash in England within weeks. The piece also notes debates in chess and other odds in the sport.
A Germantown notice extols blackberry wine as unequaled in flavor and medicinal value. It advises those with 80 fruit-bearing plants nearby to make wine annually using crushed berries, boiling water, resting 24 hours, then fermenting with two pounds of sugar per gallon until October for ready consumption.
The flood losses at Cairo are estimated under 60,000 dollars with 7000 dollars to repair rail lines by the Illinois Central. Citizens face up to 50,000 dollars in damage to furniture buildings and stock as water rose forty seven feet, two feet above all prior heights. A Mississippi paper notes a dubious man was persuaded to leave by neighbors who left funds for his travel. he took the money then fled the country.
Narrator recounts a misty past as the Patagonian Brothers a double act with John Griffiths. Ties to Ally Morrison end in tragedy after jealousy and a deadly moment before a trapeze balloon stunt in London.
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