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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1882
Page
1
The notice outlines advertising charges for transient ads at one dollar per inch for one week, twenty five cents for each additional week, and twelve lines per inch. Special notices for marriages and deaths cost double. Yearly advertisers receive terms limited to their business, with ads due by Thursday noon for the next issue.
In a quiet Connecticut farm, Marah Flint aids a sick store clerk who boards with her family. Her kindness wins his heart and unravels a secret identity as John Johnson Marchland, head of the firm Marchland & Co. The twist leads Marah from modest labor to a prosperous engagement with the city man she loves.
A pure distillation of witch hazel pine balsam and marigold forms Sanford's Radical Care for Catarrh. Complete treatment for $1. Fragrant with healing essences from pine and fir and clover blossoms.
Millions of bottles of Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds have been given away as trial bottles. The advertisement claims enormous outlay but asserts the medicine cures and invites readers to visit J. H. Young & Co.'s Drug Store for a free trial bottle.
A witty note humorously compares marriage to bonds with coupons attached. It suggests expectations of unpredictable interest and benefits varying over time.
A testimonial from W A Downs dated February 15 1881 claims rapid relief and cure of severe catarrh after using Ely s Cream Balm. Additional endorsement from a gentleman in Orwell Pennsylvania and a physician P F Hyatt of Bordentown New Jersey notes multiple cures and stock purchase.
Wame God renews our leases we should renew our rents. Whatever happens never forsake a friend. When enemies gather and sickness falls the time to try true friendship. Real fidelity may be rare but exists in the heart when a friend is cared for in adversity.
A Berlin banker who returned from Lemberg relates a story of a six year old Russian Jewish boy approached to be taken to a wealthy Berlin home or to America with his destitute mother. The child chose to stay with his mother, and the family proceeds to America.
A cheerful hopeful disposition is a crucial character trait. The piece contrasts despair with resilience, urging steady, unyielding pluck to face misfortune and make the most of help offered. It argues that cheerfulness steadies judgment and sustains effort.
The piece notes deep sea animals often have large or absent eyes to use scarce light and phosphorescence aids. A bunch of polyps from 2 175 fathoms between Madeira and the Spanish coast emitted bright light upon surfacing, with many related deep water forms showing similar glow.
An American traveler recalls war in Central Africa where locals fear a paper letter as medicine or charm. He describes casting it on a tree to warn whites, but the crowd refuses to touch it, leaving the fluttering paper as a remote, eerie relic.
Five months after a teamster named Collery fractured his seventh cervical vertebra, he recovered from paralysis and was advised he could return to work in six months. Doctors describe the difficult operation to join the broken vertebrae and the long, immobile recovery period.
Dr Jerome Wilmarth of Upton argues in a Worcester Spy letter that many broken legs in horses can be treated rather than killed. He recalls nursing a horse with a mid leg fracture using a sling splints and daily baths, which led to a successful union and months of service. He urges gentleness and consistent care, applying human medical principles to horses.
Advice on using tar paper to protect woolen garments from moths and eggs. recommends brushing woolens, wiping grease, ironing films, and choosing tar paper for storage. Notes that tar paper may deter moths and grub but not guaranteed. suggests bagging or linen wrapping for large fur garments.
The observer compares an elephant named Tuck to a human in many ways noting flies and other vermin torment its skin and riders on its back. The animal constantly sheds dirt and squirts water to clear pests while sleeping elephants rest their heads on an extended foot. They use a wood toothpick and scratch with their trunk tip, sometimes employing a branch for reach. locals claim bullet holes are plugged with clay though the writer has not witnessed it.
A well dressed young city man visiting a rural area amazes a four year old who, after examining their pointed shoes, asks if all his toes are cut off except one. The scene captures rural humor and childlike literalism.
A child proclaims delight in warm days and how heat enhances the flavor of ice cream, addressing her mother with enthusiasm. The playful remark captures a sunny, lighthearted moment reflecting simple summer joys.
A collection of short, humorous exchanges shows polite responses and playful mishearings. A youth fails to locate Robinson's drug store despite polite assurances. A girl wonders where clouds are going, prompting a brother’s weather pun. A wood seller’s pun on cord length and cut duration closes the sketches.
In Yonkers Gazette style humor from a Georgia town, a colored preacher thanks locals for 5.78 and a button placed in a hat. The tale mocks the button giver as not a gentleman and imagines the button returning after a moral conversion, with comic misfortune foretold.
Fragmentary remarks describe Curran during hearings and a barrister's lean statement about the continent with a shirt and a guinea. A observer notes Curran coughing more on his last illness day and questions whether he has been practicing through the night.
Unclear report describes Noman discovering his wife may be a minstering angel after a severe cold leads to the discovery she stored two bottles of Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup at home.
The article details designs for the new one to ninety cent US stamps featuring portraits of Franklin Jackson Washington Lincoln and others from busts statues and photographs. It notes engravings by various artists and cites Creswell approving the stamp program plus retirement of seven twelve and twenty four cent stamps and Garfield portrait for the new five cent issue.
At West Side Trotting Park in Jersey City a white dog named Jack broke loose from his chain and raced to the track to encourage Kate the horse. Kate, after an initial setback, surged ahead with Jack at her side and won by a neck as spectators cheered loudly. A Reverend notes his daughter’s malaria improves after using Sulphur Bitters, preferred over Quinine.
A Plymouth County girl famed for propriety is said to have had eighteen lovers who never touched her. The item notes her weight at 381 pounds and frames the tale as a community curiosity.
An advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a positive cure for headaches and liver ills. It claims a single dose per pill and lists J H Young & Co as the seller.
Seth Green argues morning studies reveal insect and fish behavior. He notes mud wasps stinging and preserving prey, an ant dragging a worm to its hole, and fish learning tackle and local habits to outsmart anglers. He credits perseverance over intellect in nature.
An advertisement promotes Parker's Hair Balsam promising abundant glossy hair and lasting youthful color for users seeking vibrant, healthy-looking locks.
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