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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1846
Page
3
Narrative describes two streams of fire injuring no one seriously but damaging ceilings, windows, a portrait, and furniture as flames travel from kitchen to attic and parlors. Smoke fills the house while the engine, carriages, and a nearby train accident are briefly noted in a broader page.
A man identified as John Mone was arrested after a disturbance and lodging at a house, with blood on him. He was taken to the Tombs for examination. The Boston Daily Advertiser notes a Brig Market report for Monday August 31 1846 with cattle sheep and swine livestock counts and prices.
A letter from Colerain North Carolina dated February 15 endorses Peters Vegetable Pills as a general family medicine for bilious fever with a pledge to promote circulation. It notes wholesale availability through W H S Bailey and Dr L W Briggs along with Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry certificate from Exeter Maine praising lung cures.
An 19th century advertisement touts The Piles Electuary as an internal cure for piles Bleeding or Blind and other conditions. It claims speedy permanent relief with mild action and lists various health benefits and a wide network of agents in Boston New England and Providence.
Marriage notices from Mar Bree and Fall River describe David Bullock Jr and Sarah A Pierce uniting in Mar Bree with Rev Buroham officiating. Tiverton’s Sylvester Copeland wed Phebe Brightman of Fall River, Thomas Twigg to Mary Booth, John Parkinson to Ellen Martland, and William A Jack to Mary Ron Rodman in Newport.
In Warren Duke Abbott a native of Johanna Africa aged about 26 years. In Fall River Mrs Amelia Thorp aged 43. In Tiverton Mrs Hope Wilcox aged about 75 bedridden over 20 years. In Newport Mrs retire widow of Francis Little aged 68. Abby daughter of James M Melville aged 22 months. Clarke Robinson son of Capt Clarke Burdick aged 18 months. Thomas son of Mr Thomas H Oxx aged 18 months. Mrs Esther Peckham wife of Felix Peckham aged 60, daughter of Augustus Peckham Exq.
The 1846 Marine Journal lists arrivals and departures through August 29 30 and 31 with vessels including Swhr Alida Waldron from Rondoubt to Coggeshall & Perry and coal cargoes to Bristol Steam Mill Co. Also shows Wm H Allen from Providence, Houlton from Calais Me sailing Houlton, and multiple schooners and brigs carrying coal fish flour and wood between Providence Taunton Boston Albany and Rondoubt with several from Fall River.
The fragment notes the brig Hallowell with crew members Darhog and Ingraham and a destination Galveston, dated the tenth of an unspecified month. The text is incomplete but indicates a maritime report from a port or ship log.
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