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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1872
Page
1
A devotional verse asks for unreserved surrender to Christ and guidance to never walk alone. The speaker seeks divine aid to live by faith and to see the face of Jesus in daily steps.
A devotional verse frames a divine Angel of Patience visiting weary hearts and mourning homes. It portrays God's mercy, soothing fevered brows, calming storms of hope and fear, and guiding souls to accept their Father’s will with gentle balm.
The article cites Sir John Herschel on how crustal shifts driven by subterranean forces shape geology. He argues constant tectonic activity would have submerged land if the primeval world had remained as now, noting sea action and rainfall erode and modify the earth over time.
A report notes that 25 000 women and girls in Ty Manilla work in cigar making earning seven cents per day on average. The piece highlights the scale of labor and the low wage level in the industry.
In early Wood stock Vermont a pioneer Silas Sloey and his wife endure a harsh October night. A wolf enters their cabin endangering their sleeping child. The mother shields the boy with a quilt, a fire spreads, and her husband returns to rescue them as the cabin burns, a new home later built and the tale passed down.
A collection of maxims on self discipline kindness and conscience. Emphasizes quiet speech soft hearted family love prompt kindness and sincere prayer. Warns that outward success often masks character and urges clear decisive actions.
The passage extols living to aid others and bring souls closer to God. It urges comforting the despondent, easing mourners, attracting with sympathy and virtue, quieting noisy complaints, lightening poverty, and guiding the young toward worthy ambitions. It condemns the rich whose neighbors feel no loss at death.
A literary paper editor with one year of experience notes that many scribes lack punctuation sense. He cites excessive dots only when lacking ideas, long uninterrupted lines with no periods, overuse of exclamation points, and random dashes that ruin paragraph flow. He condemns rushed styles that turn prose into spasmodic nonsense.
A moral sketch contrasts a compass flower guiding travelers with conscience guiding people. It warns against aimlessness and urges deliberate life aims to channel energy into noble pursuits, noting how undefinable aims breed crime and unhappiness.
A gifted young man who loved math is challenged by a classmate. The folded note bears a biblical question about gaining the world yet losing the soul. Struck by the message he cannot ignore, he finds peace only in faith and becomes a gospel minister.
The piece urges young Indies to read newspapers for awareness of current events. It praises avoiding sensational papers and stresses forming informed opinions on moral political and religious topics as a benefit of diligent newspaper reading.
Fraserburgh reports a booming herring fishery with £180000 value and marriages 80 percent above average. Tarbet and Lochielhead show declines or blanks in fishing, causing no marriages this quarter. One registrar notes few marriages, summing up no herrings, no wedding in fishing villages.
Mr J N Miller of Athol Depot Massachusetts presents a large slate colored stone with three distinct miniatures of fish impressed on one side. The petrified fish piece was found years ago from the bed of the Connecticut River in Sunderland Massachusetts.
An excerpt discusses the nutritive value of milk versus beef, eggs, and fish, noting milk’s high water content and cost comparisons. It suggests milk at 12 cents a quart is the cheapest animal food and that milk should be boiled and diluted when used as a drink. A second tale titled The Kine's Mistake warns of misjudgment by clerks and philosophers, ending with a joke about a jackass seeking office.
Ammonia a powerful alkali dissolves dirt and grease and is recommended for many chores. It cleans woodwork without scrubbing and removes grease spots from fabrics with blotting paper and ironing. It brightens silver, cleans hair brushes, removes finger marks, and helps plants and baths. mix with water, rinse, and air dry.
A 19th century caution explains lamp dangers from kerosene gas and explosions. It urges filling lamps each morning to prevent gas buildup as oil burns down, reducing risk of deadly blasts and injuries.
A West correspondent recalls a four year old boy who, punished for misbehavior, tore his sleeve claiming excessive grief from the Bible’s rental of garments. His mother laughed but spared punishment after he explained the verse as the reason for the torn sleeve.
A poor Arab brings pure water as a gift to the caliph. The caliph drinks and rewards him, then forbids others from tasting it to protect the giver’s pride. He explains the lesson: true greatness shows kindness to the humble and spares their feelings.
An old gentleman named Fritz tells a tale of disbelief in omens until a night of a howling dog and bright moonlight. He awakens to newspapers announcing a man’s death in Philadelphia and concedes some things may be happening.
Bill explains to Peter his mood after discarding Sarah Snivels for refusing marriage. He asserts he would discard any girl who would treat him that way. The exchange reveals personal hurt and pride.
A master taunts a pupil about his skill then asks where the pupil would start drawing him. The pupil looks at the master and quietly replies, Your neck, sir.
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