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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1882
Page
1
The speaker rejects losing friends who fled in hard times and rejects wealth as a path to happiness. A light heart and cheerful demeanor keep troubles at bay, while friends and fortune fail under sorrow. The verse champions resilience and a sunny outlook as a shield against loss.
Ely Bros. of Owego New York introduce Cream Balm for catarrh and related conditions. In Pittston and nearby areas many users report relief including regained sense of smell after fifteen years. A Tunkhannock lawyer testifies to curing partial deafness. Price fifty cents. Patston Gazette notes Aug fifteen 1879.
A Michigan Justice of the Peace once faced a sheep theft case where the jury returned guilty quickly. After an improper moment, the judge realized he had not charged the jury. The lawyer noted the omission, the judge recharged, and the jury then disagreed, granting the defendant the benefit of the doubt. Also mentions a Kidney inflammation testimonial for Hop Bitters and a wasp lesson about beating a man at his own game.
A former under clerk recounts his descent into debt and temptation when entrusted with a bank funds shipment. After a near breach of trust inspired by suspicious hosts, his repentance at a grandchild’s prayer leads him to return the money. He rises in business and later marries the host’s grandchild, who becomes his partner.
A compact collection of maxims on virtue, earnestness, temptation, and immortality. It notes that truth grows slowly in character, flattery is dangerous, and self discipline keeps one from ruin. It ends with Faber on how divine beauty alters the inner life and worldliness.
A brief, moral exhortation warns parents not to distrust affection or withhold tenderness lest a boy hardens his heart. The quote notes a self-protective iron covering forms, impeding later warmth though sparking bitterness upon harsh encounters. The passage emphasizes the consequences of parental withholding on a youth’s emotional development.
A moral reflection by Watson compares gratitude to dew that moistens and sustains piety. It warns that earth without moisture rots plants and ingratitude dries blessings, urging faithful use of grace and patience.
A pastor asks a deacon to fetch wood for Widow Green. The deacon asks who pays, the pastor offers payment if the deacon reads Psalm 1. The deacon delivers wood, reads the verses, and learns the promises in the Bible excuse payment. The deacon refuses payment for aiding the widow.
In a Brooklyn Eagle item a farcical courtroom scene unravels as a weary witness from Southern China endures party line quips and a domineering prisoner at the bar. The judge and lawyers spar in a rolling exchange that highlights flamboyant antics and delayed testimony.
A caustic review from the Manchester Mirror critiques Oscar Wilde as a beauty and professor of aesthetics, labeling him the worst poet of the nineteenth century and a fashionable fraud. It mocks his appearance, lectures, and fame in London and New York, noting his long hair, green details, purple coat, and the public fascination with his persona versus his poetry. It also parodies social commentary on a school luncheon and ends with a dig at a costly cough syrup, reflecting a broader tone of urban gossip and sharp satire.
The January 1882 Rhode Island law amends Chapter 105 Section 5 to exclude mills located by town decree and those in New Shoreham or Jamestown from this chapter. It also exempts the patented Hercule s Wind Engine from the provisions. The act was passed March 8, 1882.
An 1882 act requires the creditor to pay the jailer three dollars weekly in advance for a prisoner held on original writ mesne process or execution. The keeper must discharge a prisoner for nonpayment after notice. Costs of board become part of the debt and are collected in later actions. Repeals prior inconsistent acts.
The act creates a Governor appointed Commissioner of Dams and Reservoirs with a 1000 dollar salary for three years to inspect all dams and reservoirs, issue plans, set safety requirements, and order water drawdowns or repairs. It requires owner cooperation, filings with the Commissioner, and annual January reports.
A reader asks if young folks can craft three sentences where each word grows by one letter from the prior word. The examples show increasing word lengths through a chain of related terms and meanings across subjects and attitudes.
The article asserts that consumption often stems from neglected catarrh and promotes Sanford’s Radical Cure as a pure sweet balsamic remedy. It emphasizes that the bright and fairest are easy victims and that denial of this link is fruitless.
An advertisement proclaims death to rats mice roaches and ants by Parson's Exterminator. It claims barns granaries and households can be cleared in a single night with no fear of bad smells. It touts itself as the best and cheapest vermin killer in the world and says it is sold everywhere.
A Washington note laments strict etiquette reaching the kitchen as a cook who should call first on a slop-girl risks losing social standing. The piece treats manners as a pervasive force shaping domestic roles and respectability.
After years of leucorrhea I was near death until a lady urged me to use Sulphur Bitters. Three bottles cured me. Mrs. C., Newport, BR.
A fragment quotes Sir Walter Scott saying he feels as if he were to be himself again, noted among the dying words of great men as a consoling reflection.
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