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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1867
Page
1
Bristol Line of Steamers praised for winter service
The Salem Gazette urges strong endorsement of the Bristol and Providence line steamers between Boston and New York. It highlights safety, speed, freight capacity, and winter arrangements, noting veteran captains, hotellike luxuries, and efficient rail link to Boston. A separate piece recounts a mother finding her long lost children among captive youths after an Indian camp raid.
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Salem Gazette
The
Bristow Live
Bristol
Boston
New York
Long Island Sound
Providence
Sound Service
Auruat
Araan
Ner Loxa
Sleep and Sleepers in a Moral World
The excerpt contrasts the sleep of a righteous man like Luther or Washington with the sleep of a guilty ruler who has misused power. It suggests God restores strength in sleep for a future good and reflects on mercy, guilt, and the providence guiding both saints and sinners toward tomorrow. Dr Bushnell’s reflection centers on divine patience and the renewal sleep affords.
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Luther
Washington
Gul
Dr. Bushnell
Revenge from a Beggar and the Pebble in a Well
A sultan’s favorite throws a stone at a beggar who asked for alms. The beggar keeps the pebble for years, then learns the favorite is disgraced and ordered to march publicly. He finally drops the pebble into a well and realizes revenge is unwise against the powerful or the afflicted.
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Ace
Vermonter Produces Apple Five Inches Larger Than Tree Trunk
A Vermont grower harvests an apple measuring five inches more in circumference than the trunk of the tree that bears it. This remarkable fruit draws attention from local horticulture circles and prompts discussions on tree genetics and fruit size.
Joshua as military genius through biblical leaders
The author lauds Joshua from the Bible as a supreme military strategist comparing his campaigns to later generals. He argues Joshua’s decisive moves outmaneuver historic figures and questions how modern commanders miss similar lessons from ancient battles.
Life of a newspaper man as described by Hunt
The piece notes the life of a journalist is far from paradise. A journalist must stay ever alert to current events and judge them instantly. The job leaves little time for literary work, research, or lingering on any single theme.
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Mr. Hunt
Ill-Mannered Hamden Horse Trashes Veils and Bible
A reported tale from New Haven Palladium recounts a free roving horse in Hamden that chewed green veils and drank milk from pans. The creature allegedly knocked a Bible off a table and stole a veil from inside it, then caused further mischief in the pantry. The account claims the facts are strictly true and mentions an imitator in Utica, New York.
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Taz
New Haven Palladium
Hamden
Nantucket History and Universal Dissatisfaction Reflections
A Nantucket club dinner recalls a history of neutral wartime status and the Nantucket Guard joke led by by laws. The talk moves to universal dissatisfaction as people envy others roles and freedoms from towns to countryside, and even beasts reflect longing for distant roles.
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Nantucket
Great Britain
Nantucket Guard
George
Lake Tre Love Lake Texas and its sour waters
A fragment from the American Farmer and Baltimore Commercial describes Lake Tre Love in Texas three. It notes the water is too sour to drink and nearby wells yield water containing iron alum magnesia and sulfuric acid. Despite difficult access many invalids visit for therapeutic baths and the water reportedly brings quick benefits.
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Tre Love Lake
Texas
Flouston
Roda
Wella
Keep Tools Sharp to Yield Honest Labor and Insight
A long quotation from Scientific American urges keeping tools sharp and minds keener, arguing that sharp blades and sharpened wit drive progress. It compares diligent workers and innovators to skilled surgeons, farmers, and engineers, warning that dullness leads to wasted effort and limited contribution.
Extraordinary eating whelks devastate oyster beds at Lahillion
All the Year Round reports a pest described as the cruel dog whelk or piercer that bores into oyster shells and sucks out the meat. Four men on a boat near Tra des Oveaux monitor the invasion as fleets of whelks emerge from nests of about 800 eggs. A crab follow crew clears debris while a single man is recorded to gather fourteen thousand whelks in two hours.
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Lahillion
Tra Des Oveaux
M. Compe
Astracultural Department
Read an Hour a Day and Build Knowledge Over Time
A fourteen year old apprenticed to a soap boiler vows to read an hour daily. Seven years yield about 2,555 hours, equating to many months of steady reading. The piece urges starting now, noting future value and personal growth. Also advised are buckwheat cakes cooked on a soapstone gridle for health and digestion.
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Hall
Lincoln left widow 100000 for maintenance and education
ApbragaM Lincoln left his family 75000 to Congress adding 25000 making 100000. The executor estimates annual income plus 10000 from friends would suffice for widow’s support and the education of the sole minor child.
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Apbragam
Lincoln
Congress
Local Church Committee Roster Listing Clergy and Members
Treasurer James E F French leads standing committees for Episcopal Methodist Congregationalist and Baptist denominations with appointees including R S Andrews Samuel Pitman Ellery Greene Alen T Usher Jr George H Burgess Bnj M Lincoln W T C Wardwell Charles Sulstein Wo 0 Manchester Charles H Spooner John Lake George Arnold Manson W Pierce Jr David A Pierce and others listed.
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Jmes EF. French
Episcopal
R. S. Andrews
Samuel Pitman
Ellery Greene
Methodist
Alen T. Usher, Jr
George H. Burgess
Bnj. M
Lincoln
W. T. C. Wardwell
Charles Sulstein
Manchester
Baptist
Charles H. Spooner
John Lake
George Arnold
South Christian
Manson W. Pierce, Jr
David A. Pierce
Y M C A Anzac Meeting at Town Hall
A Monday evening gathering on Oct 7 drew a broad audience. Speakers urged active effort for Christ and the Association. Henry F Durant letter urged soul winning. Thomas of Providence spoke. Parkhurst of Providence closed with Parkers. Doxology and benediction ended the session.
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Board of Managers
Henry F. Durant
God
Bonda
Thomas
Providence
Parkhurst
Andem
Tailless Cats in Vermont Chronicle of a Curious Line
Vermont correspondent reports a tale of tailless cats that breed rabbit cats in a village. A tabby mother, with a tail barely present, raises kittens while her daughter nurses in a barrel and the grandmother hunts, with the lineage described as remarkable and self sustaining.
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Vermont
New York Commercial
Green Mountain
Jack Nasimon In Court Questioned On Truthfulness
In Western Court Jack Nasimon was examined in a case where counsel pressed him to reveal the full truth. Nasimon claimed his speech was altered by losing three front teeth, insisting he cannot help but pervaricate. A Broadway jeweler displayed a diamond cross after forty years of work.
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Western Court
Jack
Broadway
New York
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