09 Apr 1881
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1881
Page
1
A long column of drug advertisements and anecdotal praise for tonics and extracts. Messages extol Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy and Liebig Arcanicated Extract of Witch Hazel for female ailments and pain relief. Various mock anecdotes critique or celebrate medicines, with sales pitches and addresses.
The fragment recounts a minister speaking on attending funerals without pay, reflecting on humility and grace amid duty. It shifts to a digression on geography and seafood, describing smelts, their range in Northern Europe and the Pacific, fishing methods, and aroma, including a note on the genus Osmerus and flavor shifts with freshness.
A fragment from a 19th century periodical urges temperance and moral conduct emphasizing rest, self discipline, and humane humor. It contrasts resting with idle loafing, cites child development in early years, and recounts a Sunday School anecdote about judging others as sin. It highlights the value of a cheerful disposition and the role of mothers in early childhood education.
A fragmentary column compares Japanese parental affection with New England genteel parenting. It notes mothers and fathers in Japan delight in children through care, play, and festivals, while also citing a South and Vermont contrasts and a satirical portrait of cultural expectations.
A nine year old girl named Hallie Hutchinson runs the frontier telegraph office at Williams ranch. Reported by a visiting gentleman she handles the instrument with precision and speed, drawing praise from locals as the most remarkable child operator. She also tends to her dolls in leisure, showing typical girlhood interests. Brown County claims her as perhaps the greatest telegraph operator in the area.
A 49 year old Guard Scotland descibes years of sleep loss after moving to Lansing Michigan. He recalls his mother troubled by his wakeful baby nights and a vision of a strange lady. He reports dreams where he seems much taller or shorter than he truly is and a long period without sleep last summer while working daily.
Readers witness a claimed angel, described as bright and large, appearing near the Seventh-day Adventist Tabernacle in Battle Creek amid a wave of excitement. The report notes witnesses including Mickison and Gill, with lingering speculation about the vision’s origin and meaning.
A letter to a friend recounts alleged miraculous effects of Bal sam the quack medicine. The writer claims the tonics cleared a rockfilled farm plot, formed a wall, split rails into firewood, cleared a swamp planted corn pumpkins and peach trees, drew a likeness from a mill pond, caused a stomach blister and carried potatoes four miles to market and won $97 in a lottery.
The piece notes the influence of village improvement societies born in Stockbridge Massachusetts spreading to New England towns, praising hedges and tidy streets. It recounts a Berkeley donor offering 20 dollars for best village hedge and a Lincoln missionary collection anecdote at a Foundry Church sermon where a balance was raised by a parishioner offering to pay the rest himself.
An act amends Chapter 149 of the General Statutes repealing Section 6. The text indicates legislative action to repeal a specific provision within the statutes. The language reflects formal statutory revision procedures and official repeal.
The act adds to chapter 559 allowing probate courts to exchange matured bonds for new securities or withdraw funds for reinvestment under court supervision. It specifies Administrator, Executor or Guardian Bond requirements and permits the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company to handle withdrawals and substitutions with service fees not exceeding one quarter of one percent.
A transcription of a legislative act extends court power to direct masters to execute conveyances of real or personal estate when equity suits require it. The decree may authorize conveyances to pass title as described, with secretary of state certification. The text references passing dates and officials, including the secretary.
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