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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1872
Page
1
Middle-Aged Woman Finds Love Aboard a River Steamer
A lone middle-aged narrator travels with a boatful of passengers and follows Rosa Armour, a charming orphan girl. A New Zealander courts Rosa while Duncan Ashley, long believed lost, reappears. The narrator and Duncan secretly marry at sea, and Rosa departs with lingering impact on two middle-aged lovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Armour
Germany
Mother Carey
Rosa
Miss Armour
Honolulu
San Francisco
Miss
England
Texas
Geon
Armour
Agatha Wells
Duncan Ashley
Duncan
Atlantic
MISCELLANY PROVERBS ON SORROWS AND DIAMONDS
A pithy reflection compares sorrows and flaws in diamonds, suggesting only deeper sorrow can polish flaws, using diamond dust as a metaphor for rigorous refinement.
Path of life guiding without walking himself
A reflective quote noting how a person may lead others toward virtue yet fail to live by it, becoming a flawed mentor whose actions contradict his guidance. The remark underscores the gap between advice and example.
The Shading of Middle Life and Friendships
A reflective note on aging and the thinning circle of friends as vitality fades amid the feverish struggle of life, illustrating how many longtime companions drift away due to declining strength and health.
Process for Capturing Flower Odors by Cold Funnel
A 19th century method describes placing ice and salt in a glass funnel near blossoming flowers to collect their scent on the exterior. The vapor drips into a vessel below, preserving a pure odor for study. Alcohol stabilizes the scent, and peak freshness of the blossom yields best results.
Read an Hour a Day to Build Knowledge
The piece tells of a fourteen year old apprentice who read an hour daily using a silver watch as a timer. Over seven years this amounts to 2 555 hours, equaling about 310 days or forty five weeks of reading. It argues that daily study yields a large store of useful knowledge and urges starting now.
Forgetting as a Lesson for Girls
The piece urges girls to value memory for good deeds and to forget slander and insults. It warns that repeating unkind words creates quarrels, splits communities, and hurts parents and neighbors. It likens gossip to collecting hurtful thorns and stresses silence to prevent harm.
Beechers Talk of Thankfulness and Faithful Beginnings
A sermon notes gratitude among the poor and the prosperous, recounting Beechers early life in Covington and Lawrenceburg. He recalls preaching with little funds, six rooms shared humbly, and small mercies that sustained him while starting his ministry.
Diamonds in the Dust Pan in Vallejo Scare
A Vallejo woman received eight Arizona diamonds from a friend and, startled by a political visitor, swept them into a dust pan. She later discarded them with other swept items, and the household now searches for the missing stones worth many dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vallejo
Arizona
Mare Island
Eating Too Fast Says Dr Jackson
A Dr Jackson piece argues meals should last thirty minutes with thorough chewing and relaxed conversation. He warns rapid eating makes the stomach crowd and wastes nourishment, urging slower eating for proper digestion and intake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Jackson
Printer seen. boy recalls editor in tatters
A street sighting prompts a child to claim he saw a printer, deducing from torn coat and missing stockings that the man was an editor. The brief vignette hinges on a humorous misread of social types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonny
Papa
Moose in Maine Describe Scarcity and Habits
The Maine Farmer notes moose are increasingly scarce due to past killings and a statute forbidding hunting from March 15 to October 1 with a $40 penalty. It cites about 100 moose killed annually, mainly on the Aroostook Allegash and Penobscot rivers, and describes domestication attempts, sleigh use, and their winter clustering in high regions feeding on hardwoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Aroostook
Allegash
Penobscot
Superstition and Cholera in Russia Report
A St Petersburg report notes Jewish and Christian superstitions during a cholera outbreak in the Vitepsk district. Rabbis bless nuptials in cemeteries to charm away the plague and levy redemptory taxes, while forbidding doctors. Scandals ensue from denunciations and calumnies as believers ritualize in fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Augsburg Gazette
Russia
Vitepsk
North Carolina Rice Fields In Decline Since Civil War
The article notes North Carolina rice lands once capable of 500000 to 1000000 bushels annually are overrun with reeds and mud and no longer a staple or export. Thirty years ago Cape Fear fields yielded 200000 bushels mostly shipped north for processing. Fifteen years ago yields rose to 500000 with Wilmington mills cleaning rice before coastwise shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolia
North Carolina
Cape Fear River
Wilmington
New York
Boston 1638 Inns Restrict Free Drinks Tally
Joselyn visits Boston in 1638 as the town boasted twenty to thirty houses and two inns. An officer inspected the inns to countermand any order for drinks deemed beyond what a man could soberly bear, preventing any excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joselyn
Boston
Elephants in Quicksand and Mole Remedies Across Ganges
A military journalist recounts an elephant sinking in Gurge river sands and freeing himself after three attempts aided by trunk sounding and strength. The piece then explains moles on faces as cosmetic flaws and prescribes needle removal, ligation with silk, and staged healing to restore skin without scars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganges
Uncle Zeke's Practical Joke Thrills Church Crowd
A city eccentric known as Uncle Zeke carves a prank during a Sunday service. He refuses to remove his hat, provoking the sexton who finally lifts it to reveal two quarts of hickory nuts spilling onto the floor. The joke lands as the crowd reacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Zeke
Sexton
Zeke
Confederate Squire’s Postwar Plan: Return to Union, then Fight Again
In Virginia during the late war a justice of the peace clung to Confederate faith. After Lee surrendered the old patriot mused on futures, and when asked by the postmaster what to do he replied that they must rejoin the Union and if the Yankees misbehaved they must whip them again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Lee
Squire
Khedive Plans Pyramid Lighthouse For Ghizeh Summit
The Khedive may crown the ancient Ghizeh cat pyramid with a Fresnel lantern to serve as a lighthouse. He is described as enterprising and practical, lacking veneration for old curiosities, and could install a lighting apparatus with benzine fuel and wicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghizeh
Manchester
Dialogue Snapshot of Wall Street Banter
A vivid exchange shows a burly Wall Street man displaying a large hand and joking with a friend. The friend comments that the sight makes him think the other man could have been shaved during a rough time. The line captures streetwise humor and character.
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