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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1852
Page
1
Bristol Prene weekly notice page lists subscription rates and advertising charges. It states publication at 40 T Bradford Street Bristol and details advance payments, rates per square for local and distant insertions, and yearly ad limits for advertisers.
The poem describes spring awakening in a forest and fields. Violet sprouts, songbirds arrive from the South, streams warm and flow, winds refresh the grasses, lambs play, butterflies dance, hummingbirds glint near woodbine, and white clouds drift across a bright blue sky as swallows frolic.
Washington journalist reports Porter of Nashville Tennesee has invented a repeating rifle that loads and primes itself. A scientist plans a trial and the War Department may test it. The gun uses chambers with sixty charges and can fire as fast as a watch tick.
The Bankers Magazine lists nine hundred twenty-one banks in the United States with a combined capital of 245,803,000 dollars, a total circulation of 150,052,000 dollars, and a coin fund of 50,000,000 dollars.
A Treasury report states the United States operates 1391 steam vessels including 96 marine steamships and 382 steam propellers. Inland steamers total 766 vessels with 204,613 tons, marine ships 212,500 tons, for a combined 417,113 tons, the largest mercantile steam tonnage in the world.
The piece notes James J of Eng and a temperance reformer praising a law that empowers magistrates to arrest habitual drunkards and compel abstinence or imprisonment. It argues the law is sensible as it preserves liberty by restraining temptation and cites English cases where similar laws worked well.
In Delhi New York on the 11th a young man William Puffer left home to operate a water powered wood saw. He slipped into the wheel and his weight pinned his neck between the wheel arm and icy wall, freezing to death before morning.
An obscure 19th century digressive line mentions a demon and the advice to consult mischief and trouble before acting. The fragment references a rainy period and the idea of not acting rashly, attributed to Dr. Mather's saying. The text is incomplete and stylistically irregular.
The article notes nine ounces of lime purifying forty gallons of water to yield five hundred and sixty gallons of hard water, with sixteen hours needed for settling impurities. It also reports a striking rain event on Sunday night with a sudden copious shower lasting seven to ten minutes under a clear sky, followed by two distant cloud streaks and no clear cause.
At year start New Jersey counted 111 Divisions of the Sons of Temperance with 6851 members. Funds on hand or invested totaled 27,263.65 dollars, receipts for the year 19,879.15, relief and burial expenditures 7,782.77, deaths 28, about 1 in 215. Partial six month data shows 5040 temperance tracts distributed and 119 public meetings held by Divisions.
A reflective meditation likens the soul to a musical instrument and urges a God strengthened spirit to endure sorrow with firm yet sweet tones. The passage emphasizes resilience in face of adversity while maintaining grace.
A weary Boston widow Mrs Stanley and her son George navigate poverty after the death of husband Daniel Stanley. An old desk purchased for eighty cents triggers a tale linking Capt. Richard Smith and the Maria shipwreck to future fortune. George earns a potential partnership with Goodhue Rich & Co in New York, with support from benevolent patrons.
The speaker notes inability to proceed without a pawn or sale as previously stated, yet a hopeful pattern persists. Daily reliance on the saying as thy day is so shall thy strength be buoyed her spirit despite looming despair.
Fragmentary text discusses uneasy gentility and a long worn garment. The excerpt suggests a critique of social status and persistence of fashion, but the passage is incomplete and lacks concrete events or identifiable subjects.
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