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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1885
Page
1
Harpers Magazine announces the December number starts the seventy second volume. Miss Woolson’s East Angels and Howells Indian Summer lead current serials. New editorial department by W D Howells, and a major series by Charles Dudley Warner with illustrations by C S Reinhart. Emphasis on American subjects by top American writers and artists.
Advertisement for Harper’s Magazine and related titles with subscription prices, free postage in the US and Canada, terms for starting with current or back numbers, binding services at 50 cents, and an index to volumes 1 through 60. Remittance by money order or draft. newspapers must not copy without permission.
Minnie, the meek helper in the Leighton/Oaklands household, finds a lost slipper and later becomes the object of Arthur Vavasour's affection. He declares Minnie his Cinderella and asks her to marry him, while Dell and Jo return to their old life after a season at Oaklands.
Harper's Young People presents itself as a leading weekly for young readers with attractive stories and illustrations. It emphasizes strong drama in serials and short tales, accurate natural history and science content, travel and life facts, and illustrated sections on sports and pastimes, all at a fair price.
A Chicago interview recalls a Western cattle venture. A partner bulldozed the speaker, manipulating a boss election with a biased ballot. The story ends with the partner remaining in charge, illustrating frontier business power dynamics. Sunny booms promote bright living through bay windows as a cure for gloom and confinement.
A Corning New York parent reports a nine year old girl suffered a thick yellow discharge from head and nose. Two physicians failed to help but Ely's Dream Balm produced marked improvement within days and quickly cured the discharge.
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Illinois credits Electric Bitters and Backsen’s Arnica Salve with curing a running leg sore eight years long. He claims doctors advised bone scraping or amputation but healed after three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Arnica Salve. Sold by J H Young & Co at 50 cents and 25 cents respectively.
Excerpts reflect on human nature and virtue. Enmities persist over favors, yet hope and remembrance illuminate the life. A Confucian voice urges steadfast resolve to face what comes, and notes noble influence from contact with great souls. A lotus petal metaphor crowns the reflection.
A quotation attributed to Horace Greeley about the temptation to obtain money without honest effort. It presents a reflective warning on integrity and ambition by a historical figure.
A quotation asserts that better world condition rests on avoiding both submitting to wrongdoing and committing it. It emphasizes the dishonor of acquiescence over the act itself.
A tribute to a generous leader whose boundless charity and vibrant spirit energize projects and overcome obstacles, leading to widespread achievement and prosperity.
Horace Greeley warned that withholding housing and raising rents harms town growth. The piece urges welcoming newcomers, supporting mechanics and business, promoting local industry, advertising, and newspapers to foster prosperity. It condemns selfishness as a proven obstacle to development.
The article traces the ages and birth years of early U S presidents from Washington to Cleveland, noting how each generation rose at pivotal moments. It highlights Jefferson Madison Monroe Adams Jackson Van Buren Harrison Tyler Polk Taylor Fillmore Pierce Buchanan Lincoln Johnson Grant Garfield Arthur Cleveland and their links to the revolutionary era and the first two centuries of the republic.
A Printer's Circular argues that healthy communities favor clean journals over sensational scandal rags. It notes a growing audience for decent literature and a shift toward publishing worthy works at popular prices, with families adopting a healthier journal tone and shunning indecent content.
On election day in 1885 Boston police warned liquor dealers to enforce the law banning sale or gift of liquor except to registered hotel guests. Many establishments closed or limited activity while hotels like Quincy House and Parker House registered guests to permit rooms for drinks. Penalties include 50 dollars per offence for unregistered service.
Advertises Dr Thomas Electric Oil for burns, scalds, bruises and all sin and soreness of the flesh urging readers to obtain the genuine product. Contains promotional phrasing typical of household remedies.
The passage describes oranges and lemons abundant in Africa with trees bearing two crops yearly. It notes wild and cultivated fruits, shaddocks, bread-fruit from West India, its large tree form and edible uses including roasting and boiling, and mangoes prized for flavor and versatile use.
Jennie Drinkwater once confined to a room in New Vernon New Jersey started praying for companionship. She found a newspaper article about My Invalid Friends and formed the Shut-in Society. It now boasts nearly 2000 members and its own monthly paper the Shut-in Visitor edited by Mrs Kate Sumner Barr. A member describes the society as a simple agency to give and receive diversion comfort and cheer through letters and tokens of remembrance with no formal structure or by laws.
An advertorial pitch extols Dr Bull's Baby Syrup as a safe remedy and urges use of Dr Bull's Baltimore Pills to maintain health. It also promotes Day's Horse Powder claiming to boost milk production in cows.
A retrospective list details varied early careers of actors and showmen including William E Barton James Murdoch Dolly Davenport Edward Harrigan Gabriel Ravel Joe Emmet Harry Palmer Harry Placide Dave Bidwell Lew Simmons John Stetson Dan Bryant G R Spaulding Eph Horn James Hackett and others. It notes their trades before theatre such as printers, clerks, ship-callers, cooper, newsboy and more, along with milestones like Old Bowery Theatre opening and Niagara Falls pilgrimage.
The piece surveys how writers like Howells Burnett Spofford and others balance marriage with work. It notes Howells’s devotion to his wife as idealized womanhood, Burnett’s intimate partnership, Spofford and Spofford’s enduring affection, and cites Stedman and Hawthorne era couples as examples of literary marriage harmony.
A humorous warning claims men choose the saloon for medicine over druggists, arguing drugstores risk receiving the wrong or harmful drug while the saloon reliably delivers poison, underscoring a satirical view of medical provisions.
A renowned physician declares Hunt's Remedy will cure any kidney disease that can be cured. He asserts other reparations as substitutes are worthless in comparison to Hunt's Remedy.
Rates for one inch for one week are one dollar. Each additional week costs twenty five cents. Twelve lines equal one inch. Special notices placed before marriages and deaths double the rate. Transient ads must be prepaid. Yearly ads on reasonable terms limited to the seller’s immediate business. Ads due by Thursday noon for next issue.
An anecdote recalls Levi J. North, once a renowned American equestrian, now likely retired in New York. A vicious cream stallion injured North during a ring session, leaving him crippled. The tale shifts to a trainer demonstrating apple-based rewards to teach horses to retrieve a handkerchief and to fire a pistol by tugging a line, illustrating early behavioral conditioning.
A practical guide urges simple, healthful breakfasts. It contrasts light French options with heavier meals and stresses using milk, fruit, and oats while avoiding wasteful, elaborate morning feasts that delay daily chores. It advocates adopting a plain, practical morning meal.
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