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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1856
Page
1
Advertising and subscription rates for the Bradford paper list town and county prices. In town residents pay two dollars half yearly, outside residents two dollars yearly, with single copies four cents. Display ads cost one dollar per square for three weeks, twenty cents per line thereafter, and all ads due in advance. Religious, obituary and political notices incur separate charges.
Poetic funeral notice urging comfort at Mrs Phebe Ann Martin's passing. Lines reflect religious solace, praising her faith and the belief she rests in God's peace after death.
In Windsor Vermont Mr Dana discusses California gold fever with his wife Nelly as he considers leaving to seek fortune. She consents then thrives at home selling land rights and pine timber to buy a piano and expand the farm, proving happiness lies with family and a well-run home, not mines.
A humorous portrait of the Yankee woman from a Bachelor describing her multitasking routines. She manages children on transit, hosts visitors, bakes, sews, and fine tunes appearances while handling bills, groceries, and budgets with sharp thrift.
A May Knickerbocker anecdote recounts a seasoned creditor group examining a debtor’s ledger. They find small losses until a large $3,000 entry for Carco & Cohi, revealed as fraud with “Carnation Company and Coach Hire” expenses. The tale ends noting Carco & Cohi’s lingering reputation in accounts as charity or warrants.
A West Methodist minister with a meager salary faced repeated delays from his steward over quarterly installments. The minister urged payment for his needy family while the steward quipped about souls. The minister retorted that souls cannot be eaten and mocked the steward’s claim with a sharp reply.
A reader shares experience of a horse with heaves improving after feeding corn stalks through last winter. The note suggests continued stalk use may offer a cure, with current switch to orange carrots. It emphasizes roots' value for animal health during dry feeding and invites further farmer experience.
The Utia Herald reports Dr. Wolcott of that city, urged by a French journal, used snow and table salt to render a limb insensible during a large tumor removal. The method caused little blood loss and pain, though his fingers were slightly frozen. he believes it safer and less injurious than chloroform.
A fragmented note mocks a printer who backs out of an affair of boner joking about being skilled with shooting-sticks. It then pivots to a pun about a cow’s nil being like the letter FP as the end of beef.
A bystander recounts a humorous scene on a Pittsburg to Philadelphia stage coach. A Yankee passenger probes fellow travelers with questions about letters, residence, and business until a bold reply unveils General Andrew Washington from Mississippi, claiming leisure and plans to see New York. Amusement erupts among riders.
A reader warns of imitations sold as silk and moire dress goods at four times value. A woman bought ten dollars worth thinking it a genuine moire entique, only to find cotton with a silk film. Warns ladies to beware in this region.
A lad seeking a ship berth challenged by a captain perils of seafaring. The captain offered rope as a test of resolve but the boy replied with a counted pairing and tossed another rope overboard, turning the moment into a quick lesson about readiness.
The article cites a widow and a mourner at a tomb who reference the departed composer moving to an afterlife where only his works can be surpassed. A marble slab bears lines claiming he is gone to a blessed place where only his creations are exceeded.
A fragmented 19th century notice records an undertaker receiving an order last Friday morning from a Pearl Street resident. It mentions a wake, burial tomorrow, and a request to dig the grave for a named individual, with unclear spellings and due ceremony described.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a doctor named Fordyce involved in a scandalous event during a dinner with a patient, including drinking and inappropriate behavior. The account references a letter revealing the physician's condition and a request for secrecy, with unsettled details and disrupted dialogue.
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