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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1851
Page
1
The notice lists publication details for a weekly issue at 40 Bradford Street Bristol with pricing and advance payment options. It specifies subscription terms and advertisement rates for a Saturday morning edition.
The text depicts fervent religious longing and a call to pursue a heavenly heritage. It invokes found lands and gold as symbols of spiritual treasure, praising Christ’s sacrifice and urging believers toward eternal unity in a blue heaven above.
The Prov. Post reports a bizarre note about destroying cockroaches using a molasses basin and wet cloth. A drunken Irishman driving a horse and chaise collided with a barrier near the First Baptist church on North Main street, injuring the rider lightly. a bottle of rum survived.
A vessel arriving at Burren from New York carried 1400 firkins of United States butter. The shipment is described as the largest single importation of butter jute into the port.
A New York correspondent recalls a wager about his 15 year old daughter memorizing the entire third page of the New York Sun within a day. The girl and her father later visited to recite all seven columns verbatim, surprising the observer with her memory prowess.
The Get Locomotive remains in good running order on the Litle Shaykill Railroad in Pennsylvania. It was built in Liverpool by Edward Bury. Since then iron track expanded across the United States and American mechanics now supply engines, even for exports.
At the recent annual session of the Grand Lodge of the order of Free Masons the adoption of a resolution granted wives of the brethren of the higher degree the honors of the order. They will be called The Daughters of Rebecca and may wear a green badge. The measure passed 47 to 37, and wives of members of the lower degree are excluded from these privileges.
Semeel C Dee, head of the Beresa Baptist Church in Newark, died shortly before the morning services. He reportedly spoke briefly then collapsed, and despite aid endured only a few moments more as he was carried into an ante room. The pastor's identity is noted as apoplectic in the report.
In Havene two English sailors condemned for a crime faced execution. The British Consul opposed the sentence and tried to halt it. He briefly displayed the Union Jack to shield the prisoners, then remained at the scene as the plaza officer prepared to execute. The men were remanded to prison.
An injured Fuller from the New York Mercury is described as badly beaten by a wassaree in a chaotic scene. A man is picked up in Syracuse described as raving and bizarre, with speculation about money and an editor’s fate. The piece oddly notes the oldest man to die in the country and mentions prepaid newspaper payments.
A hotel keeper warns a heavy boarder he will add an extra half dollar for meals. The man, with a hopeless countenance, protests he has already eaten three dollars worth and fears an additional half dollar will finish him. The exchange plays as a humorous scene showing miscommunication and mock despair.
The Albany Register reports green candy and red candy colorings contain dangerous substances arsenite of antimony and lead and mercury. Several child illnesses and near deaths in Albany are linked to green candy. A warning cites a high potash content in one green sample capable of killing a child. A commentary notes dubious fashion and a joke about lines for occasions.
An old sage named Xenopaanus is mocked as timorous for not venturing his yuney at any games. He admits he is exceedingly tumorous and unable to dare an ill-thing, confessing his fear and hesitation.
Fidelio, a handsome yet somber stranger, arrives at Toledo under Cardinal Ovejo. He befriends Jacquino and Marcellina at the fortress, gains trust, and joins a dangerous tour of the dungeons with ruler-like Rokco. A whispered cry for Leonora hints at a larger scheme.
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