17 Nov 1855
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1855
Page
1
Public notice from Bradford Street Bristol Rhode Island announces weekly publication terms. Rates shown include two dollars per annum payable half yearly. single insertion prices per square and varying margins. Religious obituary and political notices are included in the listings.
A fragmented poem-like piece evokes wind and sea, referencing storms, mermaids, marines and sailors. It blends archaic diction with vivid nautical imagery and a call to nature's raw force. The text portrays restless spirits, waves and a longing for rivals and distant shores.
A distressed mother, aged but vigorous, fled with her children and grandchildren from danger. Under cover of night they wandered northward guided by a man and reached Canada after dangerous travels and years of hardship. She hid her plight from friends until reaching safety, surviving on limited food and shelter in woods.
Fragmented report covers a Baltimore voyage with freed individuals sent from American Colonization efforts, a murder inquiry linked to a Providence incident, a town fire devastating Buckhannon structures, and a court case progressing to the Tombs as new details emerge from officials.
Two Irish couples voyage to America aboard the Cleopatm from Emwemld Jole. Terence Leary and Maggie betray enduring friendship with Amity OShane and Biddy, as fortunes rise and fall. Leary becomes a proud merchant while OShane builds a modest stake, but years later a cold reunion reveals shifting loyalties and vanished goodwill between old friends.
Obscure excerpt discusses repentance and confrontation with an accuser. References to inner feelings and moral judgment appear, though many phrases are garbled and unclear. The fragment lacks identifiable people places or events to anchor a concrete news item.
A fragmented era prose excerpt contrasts a steadfast good man with the temptations of society and criminal ambition. It hints at a battle between moral integrity and worldly seductions amid agricultural fires and looming ruin.
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