The Bristol Phenix Advertisements Rates Note
The Bristol Phenix lists publication details at No 7 Bradford Street Bristol R L by W J Bayley and Co. Rates shown include two dollars per annum for non residents paid in advance and two del dare per year for subscribers in their own place. Single copies four cents and adverts one dollar per square for three insertions with twenty cents for each further insertion.
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O. P
U. P
General Assembly
A. D
Providence
Anahy
A Tribute to Frank in Grieving Verse
A fragmentary poem from a small town tribute mourns Frank’s sudden death. Family members and a bereaved mother lament the loss while expressing faith that God does all things well. The verse speaks of mourning, prayers, and hope of reunion in heaven.
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Ahe
Frank
Howneee Arrau and a Fatal Boiling Water Incident
A Baltimore mother left her infant with a 13 year old colored girl who held the child's face over boiling water to stop crying. The infant died next day despite remedies. In Scotland, Thomas Cubbitt left an estate valued at over five million dollars with a 386 folio will, stamp duty of 75000, widow to receive 40000 yearly, and vast real estate.
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Howneee Arrau
Thomas Cubbitt
Scotland
South Carolina Governor Posts Reward for Escaped Convict
The governor offers a reward of one thousand dollars for the capture of Jackson Bradley, a death row convict who escaped from Mershaw District jail while serving a sentence for murdering a Black child. A prior three hundred dollar reward was posted by the Kershaw Sheriff.
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South Carolina
Jackson Bradley
Mershaw
Kershaw
West Brookfield Scholar Fined After Assault on Teacher
Amos Holbrook, a West Brookfield Massachusetts teacher, tried punishing pupil Geo M Hathaway for assault and battery. The boy struck the teacher and was fined five dollars and costs.
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Tonnine
Amos Holbrook
West Brookfield
Mass
Geo. M. Hathaway
Englishman Hand patents airless meat preservation process
English inventor Hand has discovered and patented a method to preserve animal food indefinitely without salt or air exposure by packing in a special atmosphere. Cyrus W. Brown editor of the New Bedford Standard has been appointed by General Pierce as Brigade Quartermaster for the Second Brigade.
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Hand
Cyrus W. Brown
New Bedford Standard
Elit
Pierce
Man crosses Ohio River ice to fetch whiskey jug
On a thawing Ohio river at Marietta a man crossed from the Virginia side on floating ice to obtain whiskey. He returned safely the same way. The same issue notes the old Catholic chapel on Charles street collapsed, leaving only the new section standing after removal and temporary repairs.
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Ohio
Marietta
Virginia
Leander
Charles Street
Federal Street
Newburyport Herald
Horse and Cutter Cross Niagara River at Falls Feat
Two men crossed the Niagara River near the Falls with a horse and cutter, a feat never before done though footmen have crossed the river several times. An earlier attempt saw a horse cross without a cutter.
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Niagara River
Falls
Lead Poisoning From Tobacco Packed In Lead
A reader notes that tobacco packed in lead is poisonous as moisture oxidizes the lead forming toxic salts. The tobacco allegedly acquires a coating of acetate carbonate sulfate of lead, amounting to about thirty grains per half pound. A separate item reports the Vanguard ship arriving at Madaganocar with sugar molasses coffee rice and more at Louisville Kentucky last week.
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Vanguard
Oanes
Rite
Madagnocar
Lonieville
Railway travel woes across Western New York amid snow
A New York Commercial correspondent describes a snowbound Western New York trek. Passengers on the Erie line faced delays from Hornels ville to Dunkirk with 520 travelers and 400 staff stranded at Perrysburg. two children and a young man died from fatigue and illness. Drifts reached 40 feet. trains derailed and one commuter walked 15 miles to reach Dunkirk, arriving 24 hours earlier.
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Hornelsville
Buffalo
New York City
Erie
Dunkirk
Perrysburg
Illinois
Buffilonian
Self Knowledge and the Wallet of Follies
An excerpt reflecting on human vanity and self awareness. It uses the wallet metaphor to argue that people hide their own faults while noticing others. Self knowledge can reverse this view, making us see our faults clearly as others do.
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Mason
Fragmented moral musings on virtue and wit in verse
A clipped tirade of archaic phrases extols honesty and virtue as a straight path through life. The speaker mocks vices and tricks, likening a steady horse to reliable conduct, while noting the weariness of those who cling to mischief. The text wanders through memories and general wisdom.
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Ling
Jompabeonie
Rhode Island Act Amending Drinking House Suppression
A 1856 Rhode Island general assembly act broadens liquor sale for sacred culinary and chemical purposes, creates agent duties to report sales, imposes fines, and strengthens penalties for impure liquor. It defines licenses, inspections, seizure powers, and court procedures for forfeiture and enforcement.
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Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
General Assembly
Board of Aldermen
M. E. Esquire
E. F
Anid
C. D
G. H
J. K
A. D
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