10 Nov 1855
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1855
Page
1
The readable scraps discuss rural life and urban bias, highlighting clashes over land labor and national identity. It references mentors, hospitals, and economic strains while contrasting city and countryside, urging humility and dignity for farmers amid foggy rhetoric.
This fragment offers scattered advice on preserving food and maintaining household items. Topics include gentle cleaning of fabrics with wool and oil, heating and curing pottery, safe use of heat, washing garb in hot suds, keeping wool from shrinking, and reviving stale bread. It reflects an old domestic instruction tone with varied, sometimes garbled details.
A fragmentary 19th century prose piece recounts Wycherly's dying scene and a stern warning against abandoning virtuous marriage. It contrasts a widow's vow to never remarry an old man with a didactic anecdote where vice and dissipation ruin a young man and a prosperous family.
A quoted fragment from Rev. Sydney Smith appears in a variegated memoir noting his guidance on handling neglect. The advice urges turning denial into effort, reducing defects while building admirable qualities that invite attention and respect.
The villa of La Crosse Wisconsin at the terminus of the L Crosse and Milwaukie Railroad grew rapidly in four years now boasting about two thousand houses. It supports a newspaper and receives frequent visits from around thirty different steamboats, highlighting its bustling activity.
In Deverfert, a tax sale was opened with prayer as groups of lots were offered for sale for non payment of taxes under authorities direction.
A fragmentary historical note compares boastful self promoters to a stubborn old timer who rejects ads and travels long miles to save costs. The quirky tale includes a Yankish quip about earning a quarter for twenty miles walked and balking at rail fare.
Fragmentary note suggests new attire will persuade a girl to attend church at least twice on Sundays, where she previously did not attend. The item implies social influence or moral incentive tied to dress.
An 19th century travel vignette describes Minka Hauser the knight errant of the violin roaming the Sandwich Islands and Australia. He shares views on editors in Sydney and notes a tablet at a visitor entry indicating editors cannot be spoken with and admission fees apply at the door as part of a festival or event.
A storyteller recalls a chaotic courting incident in rural Kentucky with a Virginia background. The narrator describes squires, a beloved Betsey, and the trouble of courtship as comic misadventure unfolds in a log cabin setting with siblings, hounds, and a messy scene ending in escape and laughter.
While walking near the Marble Palace on the Neva a boatman and a soldier argued over a half penny for passage. Nicholas I intervened ordering the soldier to go to barracks and be issued a new cloak, then sent the boatman to the Caucasus.
Dr J K Mitchell of Jefferson College Philadelphia recounts a voyage tale to prove broken heartedness is real. A captain, despondent after learning his love wed another, collapsed and died at sea. autopsy showed his heart literally torn in two from violent shock.
A harsh portrayal mocks a Mormon speaker who mixes sources in his sermons, selects texts at will from multiple works, and quarrels for supposed peace. The piece questions his dignity and hints at hypocritical piety, labeling him among the era's questionable saints.
A garbled OCR snippet depicts a man with a large mouth seeking a tooth extraction after a dentist prepared him. The passage is unclear and fragmentary, with stray phrases about eating, a stance, and a toast, lacking coherent events or names.
A person identified as a negro died by self-inflicted action in Memphis Tennessee. Officials report the incident occurred in an unnamed area with no further details available. The case is under investigation by local authorities.
Fragmented report describes a device linked to dresses and pockets at a Crystal Palace show, with rails, shirts cords and diaper pins in pockets. A German rider and another man briefly exchange a mistaken insult before sharing a drink and parting as friends, reflecting a California fashion to make acquaintances.
A fragmentary text blends a Johnsonian debate on virtue versus brutality with a mismanaged post office tale from St Louis. It mentions a Texas trip, delayed remittances of 150 dollars, a deserted wife and children, and a widowed husband returning home. The piece contrasts harsh social judgments with charitable resignation.
Unclear OCR fragment mentions pride and individuals with garbled phrases. No coherent event or identifiable names to confirm a factual item. Summaries based on readable bits are not feasible without broader context.
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