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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1864
Page
1
A historical poem fragment echoes Civil War sentiment as soldiers vow to fight it out for the flag. The piece blends rebel yells and Union shouts with lines about victory, rout, and sacrifice, attributed to Mines O Berry in Hagese's Weecker.
Poem urging action against oppression and praising resilience. It calls for unity among the oppressed, invokes divine justice, and pleads for a hard won peace through struggle. References to traitors, bloodshed, and the land's debt to the dead frame a call to mobilize and endure until liberty is achieved.
Stoves and tin ware offered in broad assortment at John Gladding's shop 84 Thames Street. Includes Anford's Mammoth Globe Heater and Cosmopolite Gas Burner with many stove and range options for home and shop use. Also lists stove linings and extensive tin ware selection. Sept 26.
A local advertisement invites buyers to No 133 Thames Street for a good stove five hole range tin or wooden ware brooms baskets and more. Pumps lead pipe iron sinks French roll pans waffle irons eggers irons hollow ware grates linings chamber pails watering pots and other items. job work offered with neatness and dispatch.
A damaged fragment mentions John Gladding aged 34 of Thames Street and a sale related to heating devices and registrations. The text is incomplete and untidy with stray phrases about heaters and warming equipment.
UST received and supply of Medal Jmaoges for he and best perns of W B Douglass Pumps Iron Sinks Waffle irons French Boll Pans Egg Friers Boiler Door Frames Japaned ware On hand a good assortment of custom made Tinware Cook Stoves new and second hand Grates and Linings castings for repairing Stoves and mangos Jobbing in this line done with neatness and dispatch Particular attention paid to Tin Roofing George Tilley Hog 12 and 19 Bradford st
The narrative follows Marah Raynor as she recalls her stormy marriage to Paul Raynor, his addiction and decline, and her struggle to protect their children. After years of secrecy and pity, Paul dies from drink, and Marah resolves to bear her burden with duty, faith, and resolve.
A brief critique denounces rampant profanity as a sign of weak intellect and empty thinking. Citing the North American Review, it argues swearing to prove truth reveals a lack of genuine ideas and independence, urging reverence and restraint.
A memory lapse, a sermon inspired by a single verse from tears to dawn prompts a Kensington incident. A man on the Serpentine attempted suicide with stones in his pocket, disturbed by the sermon and saved as witnesses looked on.
An American writer in London criticizes church seating where men take the far end of pews forcing women to climb over them. She notes awkward gaps during entry and exit and calls for adopting the English practice, suggesting both sexes share pews rather than a male frontier end.
An 1860s era fragment describes soldiers marching toward Georgia, mixing campfire tales with glimpses of individual lives. It blends humor with portraits of a diverse group, including a former merchant nicknamed Bub and a cocky deserter, capturing the human texture of the army. A later anecdote recounted features a Boston seller turned millionaire who asks an artist to sculpt a Trajan-like monument detailing his life from matches to wealth.
Sacks and shelters rise as men gather around fires to fry meat and boil coffee. They divide into watchful squads, improvise breastworks, and discuss officers, bravery, and strategy while debating politics and the war's outcome in a restless, partisan camp.
The Philadelphia Ledgerware notes rebellion burdens newspapers nationwide. Insurgent states show few papers with high prices. in the North taxes and currency issues raise printing and distribution costs. Maine editors vote to raise subscriptions and ads by 25 to 50 percent. Western papers follow, signaling higher reader prices until the rebellion ends.
The text describes a Columba figure with light grey eyes, fair freckled complexion, and a tall, well formed frame. It notes his courteous gravity, religious demeanor without formality, and a temper tempered by piety, presenting him as a model of Christian gentleness.
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