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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1851
Page
1
Bristol Prenex announces subscription and advertising rates. In town subscribers pay two dollars annual in advance. distant subscribers two dollars yearly. Office location listed. advertisements priced at one dollar per square for three weeks with twenty cents for each further insertion. Yearly rate ten dollars. space limits and continuation rules noted.
A somber London Court Magazine verse piece paints a night scene by a gray sea. A sentry and watchman recall memories of loved ones as rest comes. longing, memory, and the ache of lost youth fill the quiet vigil. The speaker pleads for dawn and light to replace endless night.
The 1851 Rhode Island General Assembly resolves an appropriation of 500 dollars to fit Clerk of the Common Pleas offices in Providence and authorizes Governor to draw. It also empowers a committee on Narragansett affairs to settle claims and damages with John Miller and Julia Miller. A third resolution allows buying books for State Prison and Providence County Jail not to exceed 150 dollars, to be paid from the General Treasurer.
An elderly couple with wealth faces their anniversary and plans to use their fortune for charitable ends. They aid widows and orphans, fund housing and education, and guide neighbors like Walter Graham and Ernest Leslie toward employment and care, finding meaning in benevolence.
A reverent meditation on faith, humility, and obedience to divine will. The author cites Newton’s emphasis on grace and daily renewal through scripture, prayer, and providence as true measures of love to God and fidelity to his precepts.
A lyrical vignette contrasts a suffering young rose with the merciful breeze. The rose withers under the sun and revives from the cool shower of mercy. The breeze embodies charity, gathering fragrance from the bloom and rewarding itself through acts of kindness.
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