22 Apr 1876
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1876
Page
1
Harry Gradient's mechanical wonders trap guest Mark Mildmay in a house wired with electric gates, self lighting gas, talking tubes, and a shower bath. A prank escalates to alarms and a thief trap, driving Mark to flee before dawn.
A compact miscellany note cites Whitefield on anger and conviction, bemoaning mismanagement by anger and stating the dead never grow old. It presents a reflective aphorism about disputing when there is no probability of convincing.
A fragment reflecting on how joyous, keenly reverent minds respond to noble deeds. The passage ties virtue and emotion, noting that the most joyous natures are alive to impressions of reverence and awe.
A Phrenological Journal excerpt traces handkerchiefs from vulgar to chic from Napoleonic era France to Empress Josephine. It notes court ladies adopting lace kerchiefs to hide teeth and sets the stage for modern etiquette and costliness of the accessory.
A reflective line compares happiness to bright sun that makes buds bloom and hides thorns with beauty. It emphasizes warmth and positive transformation without specific people or events.
A Sacramento audience heard a tale from a California gathering recounting a Alabama coach journey where a girl’s fervor for romantic sights drew praise. A stranger urged not to curb her zeal, revealing eloquent travels and Western wilds. The girl, astonished, exclaimed You are Washington Irving, sparking a lifelong friendship decades before his death.
A historical reflection catalogs Dutt Descartes La Fontaine Buffon Marmontel Corneille and others as deficient in social talk. It notes Charles II Addison Dante Gray Alfieri Rousseau Milton and their contrasting conversational styles, showing wit often fades in dialogue versus on paper.
A colonial era reflection argues that courteous conduct boosts trade and personal influence. It contrasts two young men's reception by a slave in Virginia, urging lifelong practice of gentle and attractive manners regardless of station. The piece ends noting the joy of being loved.
Charles Dudley Warner recalls a Berlin hotel bed with a single sheet and a short down bed. He asks for a second sheet for proper coverage, facing locals astonishment as staff struggle to comply. The episode highlights lingering 19th century habits in modern German lodging.
A Louisville Courier Journal reader recounts a Civil War tale where Bradley is shot in the bladder and believes himself dying. The surgeon jokes the wound is to the bladder, Bradley asks the doctor to write to his mother that he died bravely, then learns only his canteen was shot. Laughter erupts and Bradley hunts the mockers.
The Indianapolis Herald memorializes a local man praised by friends yet labeled a dangerous class of genial swindlers whose loose ethics harmed the nation. The piece condemns deceit while noting his untimely death and complex character.
Rates listed for advertisements set at $1.00 per square for one week and 25 cents per square for each further insertion. Twelve lines or fewer count as a square. Special notices for marriages and deaths double the rates. Ads must be submitted by Thursday noon to ensure insertion in parish, obituary, and political notices.
A 19th century Salem tale recounts the Governor Endicott voyage from India. Passengers land in Salem and, at the Custom House, a cask of rum is opened to identify its contents. The crew and officials sample the liquor, debating its identity, while a pet baboon's preservation rum explains the stash and its duty implications.
A Dakotan angrily stopped his paper then made a series of misfortunes he lost corn money, tax sale, an ill timed nom ination, a bad bet, paid a large Irishman to knock him down, and prepaid four years of subscription while forcing the editor to sign an agreement to resume publication. TALLEYRAND quote about a witty wife.
A 1874 testimonial from Mrs. L. Chaffee of Wellington Lorain County Ohio extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Sage's Catarrh Remedy for curing a chronic goitre scrofula eruptions boils and catarrh after other doctors failed. The letter warns against mineral blood purifiers and markets the product as a safe vegetable remedy with wide healing claims.
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