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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1885
Page
1
A Iowa Supreme Court ruling says a woman suing for divorce over a drunkard husband must accept the fate of a drunkard's wife. The piece argues reform may not occur post marriage and warns of three chains of captivity custom habit and appetite. It urges snapping these chains at the start and features a discussion of disappointment and endurance.
Milly Jones builds a dressmaking venture from Madame Gullall's, trains four girls in her basement shop, and lands a commission for two Miss Laphams. Jenny, hidden in a height-matching gown, faints, revealing a remembered romance with George Baylies. The gown story links to a planned marriage and a family fortune, ending with Jenny wearing the swan song silk for years and a future heir.
Fall River testimonial says two bottles of Sulphur Bitters cleared pimples that covered the face for years and caused shame. The writer notes use every Spring and claims lasting improvement.
A compact collection of maxims urging perseverance through errors. It emphasizes memory as essential to intellect, and notes life as full of surprises. It quotes Dr Johnson and Emerson on growth, kindness, and inner peace.
The passage reflects on the enduring power of soil to sustain life, noting a thousand years of tilling yet consistent renewal. It emphasizes a small sun as a symbol of renewal driving the spring growth across the land.
The fragment argues that once a lie is created to fill an obligation another must be forged to replace the first. This cycle expands the stock of lies and raises the risk of detection as time passes.
A reflective moral line asserts that human intellect holds little value to God compared with humble seeking of mercy and truth. The text emphasizes a contrite heart over prideful certainty, citing authoritative religious authority for these beliefs.
The text argues that every man must sleep according to temperament and that regular sleep is essential to life. It warns that excessive or insufficient sleep due to work, pleasure, sorrow, or other causes harms health and that nature will balance the sleep debt despite attempts to endure longer periods of wakefulness.
A long excerpt contrasts parental guidance with a soldier’s premonition tale. It extols child training for lifelong usefulness and happiness while recounting a dying youth who believes his sister will visit on her birthday, dying as he foretold on the same anniversary.
Reuben recounts a farm tale where a tightfisted farmer buys a stubborn horse for twenty five dollars. The father gradually wins the animal’s trust through patient handling and gentle talk, aided by a little girl’s pep talk, transforming the horse Georgie into a loyal, gentle companion. Rose the mastiff saves a child from an oncoming train, earning the family admiration and forgiveness.
Dan Rice the clown recalls his one horse show days with humor and regret. He says he never earned money so steadily as then though time moved past him. He notes admission was fifteen cents and best seats ten more, profits were high, and that early success funded later ventures.
A guaranteed cure for throat and lung ailments is offered with Dr King s New Discovery. Thousands of permanent cures are claimed and free trial bottles are available at J H Young & Co s Drug Store. Large size costs one dollar.
An advertisement extols Dr. Thomas Electric Oil as the grand household remedy for Burns SCALDS BRUISES and flesh soreness. It then pivots to a quip about a hansom man driving a sulky girl and suggests pacifying her with a bus.
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