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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1864
Page
1
Fragment notes postage in Bristol county stating 20 cents a year with no similar rates elsewhere in the state or country. It reads as a clipped notice referencing tax or fee details without full context.
Bardwell Co announces a new patent hoop skirt with side fastened hoops that never burst in front. The Perlasting Skirt uses steel hoops with linen finish covers and glued tapes for durability and a hidden clasped pocket, aiming to selling at manufacturer prices.
A historical verse rebukes McClellan for abandoning war leadership, praising his Civil War heroism and later condemning his shift to peace politics. The poem laments fallen comrades and questions the loyalty of a general turned pacifist while accusing him of treachery and cowardice.
The Star Weekly announces The New York Mercury as a premier literary newspaper with plans to eclipse its own past. It features Miss Braddon and other notable writers, bold editorial stance, and wide circulation. Subscriptions are offered at $2.50 yearly with various club rates. A calfskin packet book lost near Bristol Neck is offered for reward.
Largest and best selected assortment of stoves furnaces and related fire goods in Ware at the store of Join Gladding 34.
Local advertisement lists Mammoth or Globe Heaters as the most powerful stoves available. It promotes Cosmopolite Gas Burners, airtight radiators, ventilators, and a variety of parlour stoves. Also advertised are Beacon Licht ranges, Benjamin Franklin models, portable kitchen ranges, and numerous tin ware and stove fittings. Sept 20.
The advertisement lists Constitution and the Union cooking stoves with new patterns sold cheaply and warrantied. It promotes Medal 5 Hole Ranges Victor Gas Burners Parlor stove Pearl Gas Burners Diamond Parlor and Jewel stoves with cylinders and airtight repairs, plus linings, sheet zinc, hollow ware, tin, japanned enamelled ware and pumps at 17 Bradford Street.
Portable or brick fire Ince heaters advertised for warming by one fire with pure air. Suitable for dwellings churches hotels public halls depots vessels with or without registers. Claimed as the most powerful and fuel efficient with testimonials from citizens and professionals. For sale by John Gladding 3d Thames St.
For sale by Geo Tilley at 17 Bradford St. one or more of Richardson’s Pa wD tent Spark acrestore and Heaters highly recommended by users in this and nearby towns last season. Easily attached to any common stove.
The notice advertises a sale and repair service at 133 Thames Street offering a five hole range stoves pumps lead pipe iron sinks and a variety of tin and wooden wares including brooms baskets and chamber pails with job work and tin roofing on order by E P Brownell.
Mrs. Christopher Strong consoles and guides a hungry, frightened boy who stole two half dollars. She persuades him to return the money, then helps him start anew with clothes, food, and moral instruction. Years later the boy becomes a respected speaker crediting her simple mercy.
The prose praises poetry’s power to reveal life beyond plain reality. It argues poets extract and refine life’s essence, bringing together fleeting joys of youth and deep passions that feel almost superhuman to the gifted eye.
A Quartenly Journal of Science description imagines lunar landscapes as a vast volcanic theatre. It envisions a nine thousand foot obsidian peak rising from a flat plane, distant ranges appearing eerily close, and a skyless glare from meteoric illumination creating a terrifying, unearthly wilderness.
A philosopher traveler reflects on the lure of wealth and luxury and the folly of chasing earthly riches. He rejects worldly honors, gold, gems, houses, and shows, choosing instead the Christian aim of treasure in heaven.
McPheresa compiles political history noting disunion threats during early America. diary quotes from William Maclay and Richard Henry Lee discuss disunion and separation as the nation forms under the Constitution, warning that disunion could lead to civil war.
A garbled 19th century text describes shingles and a dipping process using a trough and various materials. It mentions quivklimne and refuse ante with water to treat wood, noting effects of rain and moisture on shingles and long exposure before drying.
A French physician examined eighty eight immoral markers and found twenty had intermittent pulse, nine with dyspepsia, five with chest issues. He noted improvement after quitting smoking, with about half restoring health and regular pulsations, suggesting tobacco habit harms heart rhythm.
An 18th century style dialogue recalls a trial where a clerk questions a defendant about the amount taken. The speaker discusses wit, diction, and social manners while a lady listens, amused and wary, without revealing any exact sum.
A criticizes parents for overbearing schooling that keeps children at lessons every day and month with strict exams. The quote laments how constant pressure allegedly stunts growth and harms minds, reducing vibrant youth to forced learning and cruelty.
A 19th century note explains why drinking seawater worsens thirst and how wet clothing heightens cold risk. It claims Kennedy documented a method saving a life by partial immersion, emphasizes circulation and movement to avoid chilling, and suggests hot drinks after wetting to reduce cold after undressing.
Essay reflects on depreciating views of life and the soul’s journey toward the next world. It argues that every experience from mountains to childhood scenes contributes to spiritual discipline, shaping memory and guiding destiny under God’s providence and revelations.
A dated reflection urges upholding personal principles despite public mockery. It champions speaking truthfully, even if old fashioned, pedantic, or rustic, and urges doing so seriously rather than insolently amid shifting fashion. The prose cautions against living in dread of laughter or death.
An artist fears his primate muse will wreck his studio. He dresses the monkey in a simulated noblewoman garb and sets her amid his riot of canary cages and painted works. The creature allegedly spends the afternoon admiring her reflection, leaving the artist baffled by claimed female vanity.
The piece discusses a sensational claim that Hamlet was not Denmark's prince but a private chief named Amlet living centuries before Christ. It traces Elsinore and the castle Geurre, suggests a Danish queen's intrigue, and notes Valdemar I’s seclusion and a bold verdict linking to Verne the Winter.
The Serra Democrat recounts tales of Father Graber a lively eccentric preacher who lashed against reformers and stirred crowds with odd deeds. He once prayed for a minister after a violent sermon and chased away dogs cats and a departing horse while hosting a camp meeting. A flamboyant lady with ostrich feathers disrupts his altar with a quip about letting a goose fly free. The piece notes the St Louis firm Excellent for theses hard times as a topical aside.
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