December Visit to Help the Needy Children
The speaker notes many city children lack parents and families to care for them. They pledge to return each December to remember and assist those in need.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1873
Page
1
Mrs. Lyman and the housekeeper's family ethos
A long reminiscence on Mrs. Lyman, her cousin, and Emily the farm girl who helps in a thrifty household. The piece explores kinship, wage fairness, kindness, and moral duties in managing domestic staff within a Protestant American home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Lyman
Emily
Mr. Lyman
Bessy
Johnny
Niagara
Bridget
Emerson
Maggie
Kate
Quotations Stir Debate on Knowledge and Virtue
A Miscellany note quotes Goethe on knowledge and doubt and reflects on whether greatness by chance can yield wisdom and goodness only through effort. The brief aphorisms foreground contemplation of learning, doubt, and moral work.
Cicero Quote About True Friendship Paradox
A compact quotation asserts that what is in possession of a true friend reflects the other’s soul. The saying emphasizes deep kinship and mutual understanding between friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Goethe Quote on Convictions and Doubt
A dated quip attributed to Goethe expresses willingness to listen to others beliefs while advising others to hide their doubts. The line reflects a mindset of privacy in personal inquiry and reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goethe
Money and happiness in a biblical warning
The quote argues money cannot buy happiness and may increase desire. It contrasts wealth with reverence for the Lord, suggesting that small wealth with fear of God is preferable to great riches and accompanying trouble. The passage presents a moral reflection on material wealth and contentment.
Love and tolerance over hatred in life’s rugged path
The excerpt urges love over hate and warns against waging war on fellow travelers. It encourages expanding happiness by teaching loved ones to love, noting tough hands or bent forms should not dull a kind heart and comparing beauty to flowers growing in rugged places.
True Loveliness and the Hidden Poise of Humility
The height of fortune is finding and keeping true poise and sphere through humility. Spontaneity, reality, honest deal with nature guide the path, standing plainly like heroic virtue. True lowliness sits in absence of thought, with the better self winning in the mind's oblivion. A man devoted to service, whether hodman or king, remains modest at his best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Papal
Hodman
The Lesson or Grief
The piece argues grief wounds but can strengthen character when borne with fortitude and wisdom. It contrasts easy despair with the harder task of mastering sorrow, claiming courage and resilience grow through adversity, yielding moral power and a free soul rising above misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samarcand
Chinese Women and Foot Binding Tradition Described
An account describes Chinese women as divided into hound-footed ladies and large-footed helots. It details binding feet, arranged marriages, female infanticide, and harsh gender roles, noting separation of women in Christian churches and the burdens of domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
America
Thanksgiving Bulbs Misdelivered By Baggage Master
A Boston man bought fine bulbs and asked a friend to ship them to nearby friends. The baggage-master, entrusted with the delivery, questioned what kind of onions they were. He confessed he took them home and cooked them, and they tasted terribly odd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyacinth &c
How Thimbles Are Made
The manufacture uses coin silver melted from coin dollars, rolled into blanks, pressed into thimble shapes, and finished with lathes, polishing wheels, and decorative presses. The process ends with boiling, brushing, and packing for trade in Springfield Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Republican
Old London and the Metropolitan Districts Compared
A Chicago Tribune correspondence notes that London proper is a small area with under 75 000 residents, largely emptied for banks offices and publishers. The larger metropolis comprises ten districts led by vestries, with Chelsea Finsbury Greenwich Hackney Lambeth Marylebone Southwark Tower Hamlets Westminster and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
London
New York
the Battery
Broadway
Cross Streets
Chelsea
Finsbury
Greenwich
Hackney
Lambeth
Marylebone
Southwark
Tower Hamlets
Westminster
Old London
Minois
Chicago Tribune
Wasting Time at the Post Office
A government official confronts a long wait as a postal clerk keeps reading a newspaper. The official repeats the delay to expose the wasteful handling of a simple public request, prompting a realization about accountability and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Post Office
Post-office
Railroading Lima: Meiggs the King of Peru
An American named Henry Meiggs drives rapid railway and urban redevelopment in Lima. He works from dawn to night, turning the old walls around the city into a modern boulevard and shaded alameda. His efforts boost business, raise property, and attract widespread support as progress transforms the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Henry Meiggs
Meiggs
Lima
Pizarros
Almeda
Old English Eccentricity and the Deer Driving Earl
An anecdote recalls the late Earl of Oxford famed for unconventional sportsmanlike feats. He drove a four in hand of red deer stags in his park and even tried to parade them to Newmarket. Hounds pursued as the phaeton sped through town to the Ram Inn, ending the deer driving passion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of Oxford
Robert Walpole
Red Deer Stags
Newmarket
Prince of Wales
Lord Oxford
Phaeton
Ram Inn
Jury Finds No Verdict After Colored Jury Deliberation
In a Mississippi town two colored men were charged with burglary. The all colored jury could not determine which defendant stole bacon, prompting a recommendation for a new trial to identify the guilty party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Coatjes
Origin of State Names Traced Through History
The article surveys how U S state names arose from various sources in historical, geographical order. Maine honors a French province for Queen Henrietta Maria. New Hampshire from Hampshire England. Vermont from verd mont. Massachusetts from an Algonquin term. Rhode Island from Rhodes. and more. It notes names honor queens, royals, explorers, and Indigenous words for rivers, waters, and features across the states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Maine
France
Charles I
Henrietta
New Hampshire
Laconia
Hampshire
England
Vermont
Green Mountains
Verdmont
Massachusetts
Great Hill
Rhode Island
Rhodes
Levant
Connecticut
Mohegan
New York
Duke of York
Charles II
Jersey
George Cartaret
Pennsylvania
William Penn
Sylvania
Delaware
Thomas West
Lord Dela Ware
Virginia
Maryland
Henrietta Maria
Elizabeth
Carolinas
Charles IT
Flordia
Jasquas de Flores
Alabama
Louisiana
Louis Aly
Mississippi
Arkansas
Kansas
Ark
Tennessee
Big Bend
Kentucky
Michigan
Indiana
Nevada
Iowa
Minnesota
California
Twisting Witnesses at the Tichborne Trial
Dr Kenealy recounts a cross examination tale about a London rent case troubled by bugs. He says Hawkins, Crown reading counsel, is a master at eliciting answers. The anecdote ends with a witness claiming the bugs barked when caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkins
the Crown
Kenealy
London
How To Steer Sleep By Head Position Says Dr Radcliffe
The head position determines sleep quality. Low pillow promotes sound sleep in bed. raise the head to reduce daytime drowsiness. Proper head alignment helps regulate sleep amount and timing, aiding nighttime rest without narcotics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Radcliffe
An Awkward Mistake in a Baronet’s Return Home
A baronet, riding home in a dog cart, asks his coachman to swap coats to avoid cold. Upon arrival, the footman greets the wearer of the lighter coat with a quip about leaving the old curmudgeon behind, provoking a month's warning.
Lucky Young Man and the Emperor's Heir Intrigue
A legend recalls Emperor Conrad's fear of a child born to Count Lupold’s wife. Two servants spare the boy, a duke adopts him, a priest alters a death letter, and the future heir rises in a tale ending with Hirschau monastery. The empress matches couple, heir becomes Henry II, amid dramatic forest oath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad
Germany
Count Lupold
Aux-la Chapelle
Black Forest
Henry II
Hirschan
Cough Work as Nature's Cure in Consumption
The piece argues cough helps expel lung matter in consumption and warns against suppressing cough. It asserts that reducing coughing hastens death, while promoting coughing clears the lungs and offers the only real chance of cure, contrasting public misbelief with medical reasoning. It closes by comparing humans to an animal hiding from danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Journal of Health
The Missing Box and the Grave Digger’s Confession
A Scottish parish tale recounts a church grave digger suspected of stealing from a missionary box. The minister confronts him in the vestry and the two admit shared access, proposing to split the missing funds and say nothing more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew
Goov Ad Promises Free Travel Costs and Wares
The Goov advertisement asserts it pays no railroad fares and hotel bills, gives no cigars or merino dresses to customers or wives, and incurs no whisky expenses, yet remains continually focused on its business free of expense.
Frugal Faith Faces World Debts and Ethics
A reflection on a religion that seeks to sanctify the world by insistence on debt repayment and honest conduct. It argues that returning forty cents on a dollar matches gospel values, while luxury amid failure to pay is seen as theft.
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Phenix
Hopesteel. Co
A. Griene
Bethlehem
Holy Angels
Santa Claus
Learth
Santa
Jesus
J.B. T. Marsh
North PoLe
Garden OF Eden
Pole
Hardinger
Siberia
Wardinger
Eden
Worcester
Sam
Ebbert Anderson
Troy
Hudson
Ebenezer
Samuel Wilson
Army
U.S
Messrs
Wilson
U. S
United States
Sam’ Wilson
Tates of Advertising
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