22 Jul 1865
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1865
Page
1
Poem by G. W. Light honoring fallen soldiers. Expresses pride in heroes and national sorrow as soldiers return home, leaving a vacant chair. Refrains evoke laurel and parental care amid unbidden tears. Written in the period voice of a patriotic home-front tribute.
An advertisement promotes Trinsons extending roots and herbs for a pleasant and healthy beverage sold at a small post-enety location. It mentions J B Munro as a related contact or promoter.
Two women visit Anna May, a dying seamstress, in a humble home. Anna speaks of death as a gentle angel and urges charity and faith, inspiring Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Ellis to reevaluate life, kindness, and the aim to be more like God.
A reader shares a riddle referencing a renowned biblical person described as pre Adam, barefoot and crown wearing, with red beard and water only diet. Clues cite St Mark Luke and John. ark with Noah. Christ’s crucifixion. a sermon that moved a man to cry. and a future judgment. Identify the figure.
Rev R S Maclay recounts a China mission exam where a mother and three or four children share a surname. The father stays heathen to retaliate against neighbors who might curse or maltreat practicing Christians.
A young mother in poverty and illness is aided by her mother in law but faces a fretful Christian aunt who claims children are not desired. The scene shifts as a child, playing nearby, retorts with gravity that the aunt herself may be one of the “children hating Christians.”
The piece argues health and vigor come from regular exercise and good constitution. It notes aging dimming beauty yet asserts the immortal soul can remain beautiful through kindness, empathy, and love of God and mankind, lifting humans above brute nature.
A reflective piece argues that a man's happiness rests on a loving partner who stands by him through all life, offering solace at home and in adversity. It asserts that marriage provides shared sorrows and joy, lifting spirits even amid poverty or social contempt.
A weeklies essay argues that ancient Germana culture condemned early marriage for women and links it to physical deterioration. It cites Lycurgus style education as protection and Dr Johnson’s Health Economy guidance recommending ages of twenty one for women and twenty eight for men with seven year gender gap.
An essay praising wit as a corrective force in society. It lauds a genial reformer who lifts spirits and awakens ethical living, contrasting humorous critique with the danger of complacent virtue. The piece cautions against pretended goodness and urges renewed vigor in moral standards.
A quirky July scene laments hornbugs disrupting a peaceful night of reading and poetry. The writer describes lamp light, a horn bug invading, and the struggle to maintain decorum and editorial resolve despite the insect’s interference.
An essay argues that simplicity in dress flatters women more than ostentation. It rebukes stagey finery, claiming true taste cannot be bought with wealth. Mind and refinement shine through modest, carefully chosen clothing rather than gold and diamonds.
After eighteen years in this country Prof Agassiz reflects on contrasts between European and American systems. He says Europe preserves law and rights while America aims to shape men who possess elements of manhood.
Yearly advertising offer for the paper set at twenty lines or under per week, totaling $12 per annum. Privilege of yearly mercantile advertisers limited to their own immediate business.
Advertising rates listed for one square one week with three week privilege and $1.00 per extra week 33 cents Yen lines in minion type form a square Special Notices before marriages and deaths charged double Religious Obituary and Political notices treated as advertisements Ads due Thursday noon for earliest insertion guidance.
A lively Kalamazoo reminiscence describes bed bugs invading a room with droppings and furniture. The narrator recalls tar circles on the floor and ceiling to trap the pests while a humorous tale notes bed bags, a camp meeting of insects, and a "bridge" built over the bed.
An essay contrasts dogs with human classes, noting how a dog reflects social status and character. It compares breeds from mastiff to lapdog, linking each to distinct social figures from farmer to aristocrat and describing how dogs reveal a owner’s tastes and disposition.
A fragmentary venting piece contrasts male vanity with female vanity. It ridicules self agreeance among young men who admire beauty and presume female admiration, while listing boastful remarks from both genders without clear event or source.
New Paria Fashions showcase half dress pocket handkerchiefs with cam era cut offs and colored vignettes or dotted embroidery edged with fine Valenciennes. Designs feature crowns bees trumpets butterflies and corner devices such as dog heads boar heads hunting whips and chase emblems on sun bleached cambric. A morning handkerchief variant uses a color ring or corner devices recalling the hunt.
The essay argues that selfishness underlies all sin including lying and wrongdoing. It asserts people do not love sin or falsehood, but love themselves and use sin as a means to avoid evil or gain desired good. It claims sin by humans and fallen angels centers on selfishness and critiques religious practice as uneven devotion.
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