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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1850
Page
1
Classified notice fragment announces weekly Saturday publication from Bristol with pricing terms. States two dollars for six months and yearly rates, rate per line, and 18-line advertising limit. Mentions publisher W. H. Bayley and standard insertion rules.
A dramatic fragment presents a grieving speaker declaring enduring love and devotion to a dying husband. She vows not to desert him, begging to wipe away death’s damps and pleading to share his sorrow, while recalling shared glory and pain.
Judge McLean braids law and liberty in a slave fugitive dispute, arguing that conscience yields to law when rights of others are at stake. He asserts the Constitution and Supreme Court guidance govern actions, while resisting mob or personal whim that defies legal duty.
A Geneva notice proclaims a new device that replaces keys in watches. The user simply touches a screw in the handle to regulate and set the time, signaling a streamlined mechanism.
Report from Boston on a sailor's funeral procession observed in the afternoon. The crowd consisted of about a dozen veterans from the sea and curious onlookers. Respondents offered no name for the deceased, only that he had ploughed the deep and was a true sailor.
An illustration from a sea shore shows a boat at the same spot bound by a strong rope to the earth. The text warns of stationary Christians who rise with sabbath tides but make no headway toward spiritual haven. It urges repentance, Bible as chart, Christ as pilot, and prayer for grace to reach everlasting rest.
A French surgeon publishes a long dissertation claiming groaning and crying improve nervous health. He asserts natural expressions speed recovery after surgery, reduces fever, and soothes the nervous system. He cites a case where crying lowered a pulse from 120 to 60 in two hours.
A column explores definitions of joy contentment happiness ambition crime justice idleness fear fortune fashion wit and knowledge in a reflective, aphoristic style. A Pittsburgh Allegheny tavern-keeper case notes young men arrested for Sunday liquor sale leading to a small fine by the Mayor.
A reader notes a polite rebuke from a visitor about crying children with a mother insisting good sense is to remove the child. An Irish anecdote recalls a mistaken identity encounter near Westminster Bridge as Hewins and Donley exchange names in a humorous mis identification.
Leigh Hunt writes of failing to master the multiplication table in youth and aging at sixty three. The celebrated Went, later President of the Royal Academy, had such neglected early schooling that he could barely read at the height of his fame as a painter.
The guidance urges immediate body removal from water and forceful chest compressions using bellows to restart breathing. It prescribes sealing the mouth, applying neck pressure, and warming the body while awaiting medical help, emphasizing urgent action to restore respiration.
A tired young doctor travels through rain to treat two destitute patients in grim rooms. He comforts a feverish mother and her daughter while quietly aiding a dying man, showing relentless care despite unpaid fees and harsh street life.
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