10 Dec 1881
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1881
Page
1
A young woman known as Wild Rose writes for a publisher while caring for an ailing mother. After two sketches are rejected, a handsome stranger learns her story, follows her home, and learns her pen name, offering a glimmer of connection and possibility.
Helen Raynor, a struggling artist, meets Harvey Chester who funds her sketches and secures publishing work with Mr M. A generous stranger’s timing brings money and hope, leading to Helen's steady commissions at the Wild Rose and a marriage that grants lasting happiness.
An intelligent lady advised that mothers can curb unruly children by giving moderate doses of Hop Bitters for six to three weeks, claiming such treatment would yield a well behaved child and make a parent content.
The town’s oldest resident is 101, able to read small print without glasses yet unable to crack walnuts with teeth, a factor muting claims of being a remarkable oldest inhabitant.
In Rockport a letter from Jennie asserts doctors erred diagnosing heart disease, demanding $200 for a wrong prognosis that urged death. She recalls Grandmother blaming liver issues and touts $2 worth of Sulphur Bitters as a cure, framing a grievance over medical misdiagnosis and cure claims.
A Troy girl once engaged to a Canadian cigar-maker who died and was buried in her family plot sees that plot disturbed when a widow from beyond the line appears and the remains are removed from the family lot.
A faded article notes Parker's Hair Balsam restores color and lustre to hair. Described as harmless, its perfume and purity are highly esteemed as a dressing for youthful appearance.
A playful note recalls George Washington as a great general and jokes about a postage stamp making him “licked behind the back.” The remark uses light humor centered on a famous figure.
Physicians and druggists in Scranton and Catskill report high sales and strong cures for Ely's Cream Balm used against catarrh. Druggist John H Phelps notes 144 bottles sold in under five months and another gross ordered, with 21 sold from the second gross. Price listed as 50 cents.
A compact collection of maxims on arms and powder, friendship, and service. It muses on authority and affection, noting that a friend should spur us to action, while a pampered pup offers playful mischief to the eye and heart.
A tested character speaks of choosing personal advantage over loyal friendship, implying a leadership crisis where allegiance to a friend clashes with duty. The remark foreshadows a broader moral trial within a political or military circle as the speaker weighs personal interest against collective obligations.
A reflective musing that the world improves when even the humblest person embodies strength gentleness and purity, offering comfort and aid through simple existence. It emphasizes moral influence over grand deeds and the ripple effect of virtue on others.
There are remedies for all things but death. Virtue has many preachers, but few martyrs. There is no charity in helping a man who will not help himself. Would you retain the love of friend, do not be too selfishly exacting. There are those for whom money does everything except to make honorable men of them. The truly great undertakes a thing because it is great, the fool because he thinks it is easy. Even poverty is better than avarice, for while poverty wants many things, avarice wants everything.
The article urges people prone to deafness to avoid loud noises from railways factories and iron mills and to shield ears from cold dampness. It notes shocks to the ear can rupture the tympanum and that sports blows or snowball impacts may cause deafness. It warns delicate persons to avoid drafts and sudden temperature changes.
A Youths Companion excerpt portrays Garabaldi as frugal and thrifty. His son Ricciotti, famed for bravery and charm, incurs debt and earns limited trust, while the elder bestows his confidence on the quieter, debt-free Menotti.
In Cedar Rapids Republican view, rural readers cherish a single weekly paper as a rich family resource. It is read aloud by all, covering marriage notices, crop reports, culture tips, and amusing scraps, linking distant farms to the busy world. The paper is described as the poor man’s library and a vital source of mental sustenance.
A humorous tale follows Mr Spoopendyke and his wife planning summer sea baths. The wife designs a one piece suit that proves hard to wear, causing comical misfits with arms and legs, then a reversal of the garment solves the problem and yields a pleased result.
A reflection on fame, arguing it should not drive virtue but be the sole reward mortals offer for virtuous deeds. The idea contrasts pursuing fame with recognizing virtue as its own justification.
The Milwaukee Sun praises country journalists for hard work and argues that subscribing or paying ahead for local papers benefits readers financially. It warns against schemes and urges readers to support their local press, noting a $5,000 museum salary as a curiosity.
A note from a troubled individual asks for guidance on self harm after confusing a bottle of hair dye with medicine for a loved one. Authorities urge seeking help and emphasize available support resources.
A concise philosophical note argues that the ills we keep inside are the ills we nurture by hoarding them. It emphasizes self-examination and restraint, urging inward honesty to alleviate collective burdens.
Mosby’s guerrilla exploits unfold across Civil War raids and near misses, including escapes from Federal lines and dramatic charges at Middle town, while Reno, Nevada hosts Angelo Cardela claimed as the strongest man in the world with bone structure enabling lifts of heavy men by a single finger.
A farmer's son seeks to emulate Rufus Choate and studies Blackstone in Boston. After an hour and rising discomfort, Choate tests his progress and reveals that he has spent over twenty five years learning. The boy decides the legal path is too demanding and returns to plowing, noting better pay.
A newspaper primer introduced in public schools presents a tale of a man who stops his paper. The mock caution about how he will borrow neighbors papers and suffer misfortune satirizes readers. A New Yorker meets a Boston girl and after a short acquaintance accuses him of exotic science terms before catching a midnight train back to New York.
Boston Alderman Tucker asserts he spent about $3,000 on medicines and treatment over two decades without lasting relief. He says he is entirely cured of his salt rheum by Cuticura Remedies.
H E Carpenter Henderson claims a twenty year psoriasis case was cured using Cuati cura Resolvent internally and Caticura externally with Cuticura Soap, calling it the most wonderful case on record.
In Century Magazine, Frederick Douglass recounts his escape from slavery and how he settled on the name Frederick Douglass in New Bedford. After living under various names to evade slave-hunters, Nathan Johnson—his host—selected the name Douglass influenced by The Lady of the Lake, reflecting Johnson’s admired qualities.
An advertisement claims impurities in the blood cause many illnesses and praises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a leading blood purifier likely to prevent disease. readers are invited to try the remedy with confidence it will not disappoint.
An Austin school teacher quips you cannot add different things and cites sheep and cow. A milkman's son counters that adding a quart of water to milk doubles the amount, a claim he says he has seen tested. The exchange showcases child wit and common classroom reasoning.
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