14 Oct 1848
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1848
Page
1
Bristol Prenen published Saturdays at 6 7 Bradford Street Bristol H H by W H Bayley outlines terms for subscription and advertising. Details include advance annual and half yearly payments, single copies four cents, and rates for display ads with long-running limits and line restrictions.
The text extols a cordial as a cure for chronic diarrhea affecting children and adults. It claims rapid relief and restoration to health, noting it has saved many children from death by diarrhea and provided immediate assistance to those near death.
An early notice warns the public against counterfeit cholera mortis dysentery and diarrhea cure products. It promotes Mrs Elia Aidders Cholera Mortis as the genuine article sold for one dollar per bottle, with Bristol agents Briggs and Drury and a Bristol vendor Tolme.
An old advertisement touts DR. WARRENS Sarsaparilla Tomato and Wild Cherry PHYSICAL BITTERS as a standard medicine priced at 60 cents per bottle. It lists cures for scrofula mercurial skin and blood conditions, digestive issues, rheumatic pains, ulcers and various ailments, claiming safety and vegetable composition. The text credits Dr Warren and promotes multiple retailers and agents across New England, with a February 5 sourcing note.
Lois P. Smith a milliner on Broadway opposite the Presbyterian church near Saratoga is found dead in her room after hanging herself with a sheet. Inquest by W A Mundell finds suicide in mental derangement with no stated cause. Notes mention burying a kitten and dated house payments. Also reports bondmen, a missing cashier and a riot at Broad Street and Passyunk Road with several injured and seven jailed.
Essay extols trees as living wonders from Xerxes to Solomon with lush imagery and biblical allegory. It contrasts natural beauty with human pride and cites classical and religious writers praising woodland scenes and their moral power.
A fragment on Indian motherhood and infant care describes a guardian angel watching over a child born without shelter. It contrasts savage and maternal tenderness, noting a squaw’s instinctive love, constant care, and nursing by the mother rather than a hires nurse.
An aspiring artist meets a poor street urchin girl who gifts him a sixpence and a future. Eight years later a glove leads him to Isidore Allen, a Broadway debutante, as Ernest Dunmore, now a refined painter and poet, navigates love, society, and a possible romance amid glittering parties and concealed associations.
Isidore Allen walks with Ernest Dunmore as they admire a painting of a small girl. Stella May, the dressing maid, figures in their reflections with hints of past romance and a shared memory of Eight years ago, tying the artwork to a household companion.
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