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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1843
Page
2
A humorous tale from a 1843 local paper recounts the Deacon confronting a neighbor over a temperance ruse. A fake copper sulfate deception leads to a comic chase, mistaken identity, and a barber’s shop clue, ending with the Deacon’s thwarted plan and a few sharp warnings.
A wary narrator notes repeated Sunday forenoons spent at meetings hoping to hear Almira Green and Eli Carpenter blamed for window breakages. He reports waiting for a minister’s word, and another hint surfaces about the Deacon’s actions.
A prisoner in a New Jersey prison faced a death scare after a night escape attempt. He was placed in a solitary cell where he was found next day hanging by his neck, then resuscitated. Also noted is Perry's Monument to Commodore Oliver A. Penny at Newport, recently completed as an obelisk with Italian marble base. A Fourth of July public meeting is urged to organize Independence Day celebrations.
Observer notes Mars retrograde before July and in conjunction with Jupiter and Saturn later in autumn. Also reports on a Mexican army surrender at Merida after a siege, with Yucatanese terms and prisoners shipped to Tampico. Commodore Moore engages Mexican steamers near Campeachy while Texas news covers cotton values, tariffs, and local political notes.
The Gazette prints a communication from Philadelphia astronomers Walker Kendall and Downes about Encke's comet striking the sun on February 27 and rebounding. The piece notes possible fates, including joining the sun or entering a new orbit, and praises the labor of calculations since March 11.
News brief from New York reports the capture of the American vessel Cassius by a Mexican steamer near the coast, with crew and cargo details and transport to Laguna. The Daily Advertiser notes a public meeting in Sherbrook urging railroad links Boston to Montreal. Taunton Chain Company sale details reveal a bid to Silas Dean at 26250. A London ship captain’s swift Atlantic crossing is highlighted, and Rochester lawyer Walcott is jailed after stealing library volumes.
More than eleven hundred dollars collected in Philadelphia and about a thousand in Mobile for Gaudaloupe sufferers, reflecting broad community support and fundraising efforts across two cities.
Reported construction details for a flag staff intended for a Chinese mission and branding, noting dimensions, the gilded globe top, and workmanship by Me Win D Rope, Jr of the Borough under Francis Decor ly, with eighteen months of service claimed in Norfolk Beacon. The piece also covers drought impacts on crops in Macon Telegraph notes and a swimming arrest in Hartford, plus Crescent City fruit reports.
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