28 Nov 1863
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1863
Page
1
A Louisville Journal edition recounts patriotic invocations urging citizens to endure trials for the country. The piece calls for courage, intercession, and loyalty as the nation faces its peril, urging a steadfast march toward liberty and glory under the sacred banner.
A brief, fragmented text referencing love for the beloved and prayers for those who hate, including scattered initials and initials-like markings. The readable portion suggests a personal or devotional motif rather than a complete event or report.
A Victorian essay on how light shapes a room. It urges balancing sunlight with curtains and shade, recommending dawn or dusk views over noon glare, and favors warm reds and neutral tints. It notes cross lighting harms mood, praises firelight, and links cheerful rooms to better wellbeing and contentment.
The passage argues stimulants fail to revive a weary spirit. it extols love as the true energizer for the heart and soul. It condemns alcohol and intoxication as illusions that strip life, urging the blue sky and inner joy as lasting uplift.
A collection of fragmented statements notes dogs around houses and the Henares river. It mentions people who stop to pet dogs may get bitten. It observes that common sheep seek green pastures but religious flocks avoid green pastors. The text reflects on traveling the world to find beauty and carrying it with us.
In Hertfordshire a missing Indian Army captain vanishes after a Calcutta leave to marry Miss Ling. Her cousin Penrhyn becomes entangled in a love triangle as Major Brooke investigates the ring gift that might expose a murder and secret fate. Penrhyn dies by poison after a confrontation sparked by the ring.
A historical admonition warns against speaking ill of women, noting how a single careless word is magnified by malicious winds. It urges men to respect women's names, avoid untruths, and shun those who spread faulty reports that harm mothers sisters and wives.
The article argues against rot by improper storage and offers a method to keep apples longer. It recommends not overwatering them in damp cellars, avoiding tight barring, and instead barrels stored in the orchard with partial ventilation and warm day transfers to the cellar. It notes high shelves and ventilated cellars for best results.
The author contemplates how increasing years yield respect for those who fail to succeed in life. Heaven is described for the unaccomplished on earth, while true greatness can be found in quiet virtues and unseen sacrifices rather than public triumphs.
The author argues that humans cannot devote all time to labor and must be amused. Rest provides relief and variety is essential for health. Excess joy or excess sadness harms, but a balanced sunshine of the heart is vital for the industrious to prevent pine away and die.
A Victorian style exhortation to cultivate domestic virtue and calm in the home. It urges bed making, sewing, and softening anger to yield happiness, citing Longfellow that Sunday is the golden clasp that binds the week, with a metaphor of the cradle and pilot boat guiding youth.
The excerpt extols sorrow as divine, ruling the universe with a thorny crown, contrasting many books on sorrow with a view that tribulation yields joy through fellowship with suffering and unity with Christ in redemption and eventual victory over evil.
The text presents Storno noting pervasive cant in the world, especially the cant of hypocrites, while challenging critics who torment meat or other issues. It reflects a classical satirical voice on social pretense and judgment.
A schoolroom student writes about winter’s pleasures and inconveniences noting skating on frozen rivers, sleigh rides, snowball fights, and well freezing nights. The piece mentions mud and well water, joking about summer skating, and recalls a missing pair of skates with a light warning that judgment will come.
A New York Journal report quotes a home furloughing non-commissioned artillery officer reflecting on being a "loafer" who spends his seventeen dollars monthly while fighting for his country. He recalls lost batteries, casualties, and his wish to die for his country if struck in battle.
A young Boston man seeks a horse and buggy to Dedham and is quoted a dollar and a hale. After a return trip the charge is three dollars with a pricerite joke from the stableman. Weeks later he inquires to Salem and faces a back and forth on price before paying.
An official order on Fernando Po calls for the shooting of vagrant pigs with no nose rings. A street crier with a bell repeats the decree to crowds at road corners, delivering a halting, comic proclamation that mocks formal speech.
A wary trader laments bad times as customers vanish while a printer thrives selling newsprint and goods. The tale contrasts declining wholesale and retail business with publishing gains driven by advertisements and public demand for printed merchandise. The crowd travels from north to south to buy, and the printer prospers while the trader’s mood darkens.
The Rhode Island Greening apple, praised as one of winter’s best for cooking and eating, grows best on uneven land with well drained soil. Farmers with orchard plots not underdrained should plant carefully, using moisture-rich spots for this variety.
An obscure historical fragment describes Ike Billings preserving a sausage recipe by stuffing per skin with ground meat and arranging it in a hog pen to dry for three months. The process ends with hanging the meat and finally selling it, with crude references to police clubs.
Quilp's friend Burdock hears a reader quote a praise of love and beauty. The remark about genuine article clothes provokes a bemused response from the old gentleman as he contemplates his position.
Fragmentary note discusses crotchets as a musical concept and their reception in people's heads. It critiques how the term is understood in instructional texts and everyday listening.
The publisher thanks the public for enabling a large national readership over thirty four years. He mentions the magazine's growth in America and its popular authors.
Prominent claims that Godey’s Lady’s Book offers superior steel and wood engravings, immense double fashion plates, and extensive departments in drawing lessons cooking and the nursery. It emphasizes originality, affordability, and practical guidance for homes and wardrobes.
Readers offered various subscription packages for serials and magazines including Lady's Book Arthur's Home Magazine Godey's Lady's Book and Harper's Magazine. Prices ranged up to $6 per year for multi magazine bundles with optional extra copies and notes about payment and postage.
An early 20th century farming paper advertises a 10000 club of subscribers offering free grape vines and productive strawberry plants with a free paper sample. It promises economy and value, detailing mail offers, prices, and terms to join with shipments starting January. The notice names Bay City and Onelita Co as distributors and mentions razor paste as a separate sale.
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