23 May 1846
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1846
Page
1
Public notices outline weekly publication details with pricing for ads, including two dollars per issue and frequent insertions. Terms include one dollar per square for three weeks, twenty cents for each extra insertion, and a yearly advertiser surcharge. Copies unreduced by publishing fees unless paid.
The recent examinations at the seminary conclude another year of instruction. The institution shows growth through new buildings and grounds, a strong board, and improved finances. Teachers’ efforts meet with praise, and exhibitions in music and rhetoric delight attendees. Valedictory by Miss Linke of Newport marks the closing exercises of the Safety festival.
A moral tale contrasts a loud religious shopkeeper who shorts workers with a poor widow who must sew to feed children. The account exposes hypocrisy among professed Christians and demands true charity over mere display, detailing fraught wage handling and exploitation.
An old article discusses the peach tree worm as a serious threat to fruit crops, citing widespread damage in Maine and proposing a home remedy involving washing soap suds around the trunk in spring and again in August. It notes the method, though time consuming, has kept trees worm free and claims safety for the tree.
A fragmentary prayer pleads for God to bless expansive property holdings and debts while praying for honest servants and protection from thieves. The second item reports Prof Page’s claim that the atmosphere conducts electricity, demonstrated by a large copper surface on a seal and a zinc plate, with a galvanoscope indicating current.
A widow seamstress Mia earns only a quarter per dress and struggles to support her hungry children. A charitable stranger pays for a calico dress in advance, reversing a harsh pattern of unpaid work and judgment by a boastful shopkeeper and a vain mother.
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