21 Dec 1878
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1878
Page
1
A reflective poem by Bishop Doane mourns a mother’s loss at Christmas. It laments a vacant seat, shared memories, and the enduring love felt despite grief. The speaker finds solace in faith, believing the mother rests in paradise where Christmas remains forever.
Ruth Worthing, once planned for a grand east visit with new gowns, marries John Dean and moves west after family struggles. After a life of failed loves, Ruth reunites with Dick Saywood, whom she truly loves, and later remarries him after Stein’s accident delays plans. The tale follows Ruth, Keturah, and Lane as they navigate love, providence, and second chances in a rugged Maine setting.
A satirical snippet from the Himira Gazette mocks advice to avoid hard work and learn twaddle over labor. It condemns genteel pretensions and poverty that chases appearances, urging self reliance and practical effort rather than easy wages.
A Copenhagen family Sunday walk ends in tragedy as a seven year old boy who plighted a toad with a sharp stake dies weeks later in fever. He recalls the creature's eyes and claims remorse plagued him before death. Police and doctors note no other cause.
A Memphis era column recounts Hewitt the congressman famed for chronic insomnia. The piece notes his sleep deprivation, the cock crowing near Welcker’s, a thrifty servant John who nets five dollars from a rooster head, and Hewitt’s attempts to rent multiple rooms to force quiet. It mentions Hewitt’s numerous houses and the wandering Jew parallel as he awaits future rest.
A Chicago cor respondent recounts a European medical student who stays with a professor and falls for the professor’s widowed daughter Elizabeth. After the professor dies a conflict over wealth and duty tests the bond, a cousin named Libusa enters, and the doctor’s love creates a deep rift. Elizabeth’s selfless restraint yields tragedy and a torn union. An elderly compositor tale closes with a veteran printer’s recollections.
A London Letter notes an English pen that prevents ink stained fingers, bought after a Nebraska farmer shows it off in Omaha. The tale follows how a Paris to Omaha link and a local stamper reveal a misdirected shipment and a comic chain of advertising and sourcing in one noisy scene.
A Philadelphia article describes John Hasselwander of Lancaster claiming aid from the so called simbadee to locate Charlie Ross. Hasselwander saw the boy by a bottle vision and urged Germantown inquiry, while Ross offers rich rewards but doubts the method. Ross has traveled widely seeking Charlie, skeptical yet hopeful a supernatural agency may reveal the truth.
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