27 Sep 1845
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1845
Page
1
Bayley announces a weekly paper with annual and half yearly rates in advance. Advertising costs are shown: one square three weeks one dollar, fourteen lines in a standard type equals a square, and extended insertions or continued ads incur higher charges. Existing subscribers must settle arrears or face discontinuation at publisher’s option.
Poem exhorts workers to value labor and dignity of work. It contrasts iron forge, plow, sea voyage, and scholarship with the emptiness of having no work. The speaker urges perseverance, moral strength, and commitment to truth as the meaning of labor.
Portapetonia reports a night of alarm in Southwark and Moyamensing as fire companies clash with attackers. A Hope engine tender was assaulted, a man named Smith seriously injured, and the Weecapco gang blamed. Ringleader Hance Byers arrested after resisted bail. Police vow pursuit as crowd plans rescue.
Two suspects were arrested on Spafford Street last night and charged with brutal treatment of a young girl named Meee Ret Feeny. Police say the defendants violated her person and kept her confined. They were committed.
Early 1845 reports detail Bishop Soule presiding at the Ohio Annual Conference after a debate on jurisdiction with Bishop Hamline. The text also covers General Taylor in Corpus Christi with troops, President Jones mobilizing 1,000 men, and various court cases and market notes including wool prices and a seduction trial in Harrisburg.
Washington City November suit cites Absalom F. Boston case against Nantucket school committee. The author argues flogging harms sailors, tarnishes honor, and is unjust even in war times. The Boston suit questions admission of Phebe Ann Buston, a colored child, to public schools, with defense by the town and a nation likely precedent.
A tale within the Ladies' National Magazine follows Mary Linwood urging Ernest through hardship as he seeks medical practice. A dramatic Governor Houston case catapults Ernest to wealth, while Mary’s steadfast faith and counsel prove pivotal to their rise and happiness.
Annals of Bristol recount daily proceedings from Aug 31 to Nov 15 detailing re-elections of Hon. William Bradford and Benjamin Bourn, formation of committees of correspondence, price fixing for goods, loan subscriptions, and militia funding. It notes deaths, inscriptions, and town clerks, with actions on gates, bequests, and barracks relocation for the poor.
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