19 Mar 1853
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1853
Page
1
Advertisement text from a Bristol newspaper announces subscription rates for town residents in 2 dollars yearly or 1.5 dollars half yearly, with paper included in yearly ads and a 1-dollar introductory price for new subscribers. Inquiries directed to the office at 4, 7 Bradford Street Bristol.
An 19th century advertises CONSUMPTION above Fixpentorant by an experienced physician chemist. It promises a preparation of roots herbs and vegetable substances to ease cough and inflammation of the throat and lungs without opium calomel or minerals. The ad lists depots in New York Boston and Bristol and asserts safety for young and delicate patients.
The 1853 Rhode Island General Assembly enacts restrictions on child labor in manufacturing. It sets ten hour daily limits, bans employment of children under twelve, imposes penalties of twenty dollars for violations, directs penalties to fund district schools, and restricts work hours for youths aged twelve to fifteen. It also regulates parental consent and penalties for permitting underage employment.
The text states actions under the act must be commenced within thirty days after the offence and that defendants in trials under the act have the same appeal rights to the Court of Common Pleas as in other criminal cases.
A series of resolutions authorize committees to buy safes for state court records in Newporn Washington and Kent counties with funds not exceeding twelve hundred dollars and Spooner to obtain a safe for Bristol County Supreme Court records with funds up to four hundred dollars. Additional resolutions direct reports on Providence Washington Bridge toll use for road repairs and set deadlines for completing a wall map project by H F Watling, with conditions and prior approvals confirmed.
An aging speaker urges mutual respect between generations. He notes that as life advances we must leave youth’s freshness while retaining memory of its joys to guide and bless the young, avoiding envy or discontent. He envisions a sunset shaded by cherished memories of bright days.
A brief exhortation from the Albany Transcript urging merchants to maintain advertising during hard times. It argues persistent, honest dealing and keeping local business visible to the public as the path to success and stronger customer recognition.
A 1775 John Hancock letter to Dorothy Quincy is described as a Boston relic, detailing hisYork arrival and reception in New York, with vivid scenes of parade and civic welcome. The piece shifts to a moral tale about a poor girl and a charitable act, ending with a contrast between wealth and angelic benevolence.
A quirky classroom exchange ends with a teacher scolding a student for an unclear answer as the pupils tease each other. The scene escalates into a humorous moment linking mispronunciations, a joke about a fish lawyer, and a wager won.
A list of poets and writers with birth and death years from 1486 to 1835 including Bernard Andrews John Kay Rev John Skelton Edmund Spenser Samuel Daniel Ben Jonson Sir William Davenant John Dryden Thomas Shadwell Natum Tate Nichollas Rowe Rev Laurence Eusden William Whitehead Rev Thomas Wharton Henry James Pye and successors.
The Scientific American reports camphor as antidote to strychnine. A patient, convulsed by two doses of poison for rheumatism, improved after taking camphor and almond mixture. Dr Saddock writes to The Lancet detailing the discovery.
A historical tally notes two hundred ten battles fought in England from Cassar’s invasion to the end of the Scottish rebellion in 746. Slaughter is known in only forty, with no less among those determinations.
A town tale recalls Squire Bill Thorndike, son of a learned but debt‑strapped father. His mother buys a small house, raises two smart sons and supports a widow, while Thorndike and his wife live soberly and industriously. Their quiet progress earns universal respect and financial stability.
A chaotic monologue mocks scandal mongers and lawyers who stir neighborly strife. It derides gossip, pretended piety, and male vanity, while invoking biblical imagery and local figures to critique social meddling and deceit.
The fragment mentions Shieridea addressing a pale man and a remark about paying interest versus principal. It notes witty Jones and Smith trading lines, then a railway train at 70 which equals 103 feet per second and a cannon ball’s discharge comparison.
An obscure fragment cites an elevation of 500 feet and a strange phrase about a nation on a hilly surface alongside a calculation of a teenth part equaling 600 pounds. The text reads as a garbled metric from an old source with unclear context.
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