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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1893
Page
1
A New York Battery Park chance encounter shows Jim the vagrant asleep on a bench with worn clothes. A man taunts him by flaunting a dime saved by thrift, arguing Jim’s failures stem from poor choices, while a bystander critiques honesty and economy in a sharp exchange.
A Corning, New York mother reports a child’s nasal discharge from a cold improved after using Ely's Cream Balm. She notes two physicians offered no relief, but the balm produced marked improvement and eventual cure. Price 50c. safe and easily applied into the nostrils.
A humorous arc of Sugar Swamp history recounts twin uncles emerging from the Snively line and the odd twists of Hollerback Tidd, Balaam Bonutt, and the twins Puderbaugh and Uriar. The tale satirizes gossip, family feuds, and wild local legends through colorful dialogue and tall anecdotes.
A collage of quips and cartoons from old publications. A Boston Globe anecdote questions a vicar’s sacramental stance with a celestial analogy. A trunkmaker exchange exposes a missing strap. Nebelspalter and Texas Siftings snippets add light social satire.
The Omaha World Herald extols chocolate as a stimulant for brain work and digestion. It claims a post meal cup aids digestion hours later, aids dull minds, combats damp air and long atmosphere, and helps those tormented by fixed ideas regain freedom of thought.
At a tea table Miss Tibbs plans a musicale and debates a song. Jones proposes Within a Mile of Edinboro Seems to Me, joking he could come within a mile of it. Miss Tibbs teases that Lieutenant Jones is horrid.
Advertisement notes foul breath from poor digestion and urges correcting the cause with a pure medicine called sulphur Bitters. It presents a moral tone about polite people avoiding the odor and promotes the remedy as a health solution.
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