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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1882
Page
1
Mrs Ragbag buys a new muff after her cat destroys the old one by attacking it in the basket where the pet sleeps. The scene ends with the cat surrounded by torn cotton and silk and Mrs Ragbag reacting with hysterical rage as rain delays her search for a weapon.
A quotation notes a warned position when seated between a lawyer and a doctor where danger looms as fortunes or lives may be at stake. The statement emphasizes risk and consequence in high stakes discussions involving legal and medical authority.
Aline Clifford, a poor sewing girl, pleads with Edward Howard to save her brother and his child from pneumonia. He refuses, doubting her tale, and she leaves vowing not to beg again. Howard later pursues wealth and a mistaken rescue fantasy, while Aline endures hardship, love rejected, and eventual death in the cold. Howard discovers her frozen body, pained by memory, and spends days by her bedside thereafter.
Edward Howard died after a lonely illness. He never married and was watched by nurses at his bedside. He left his vast wealth to a spendthrift nephew, while he lived a life described as loveless and solitary. The obituary notes his final days were spent in isolation and mourning.
The piece mocks health advice by urging self harm through excess, labor, and overuse of medicines. It hints the cure lies in “Take Hop Bit ters” in three words, implying satire and a punning punchline without graphic detail.
The celebrated negro minstrel George Clark testified in a case at Home Trust. When asked if minstrel work is a low calling he replied it is better than his father's being a lawyer, prompting a restrained, sympathetic chuckle from the attorney.
A light exchange broke the meeting mood as a speaker quipped about keeping Parker's Ginger Tonic handy to stay cheerful, prompting amused chatter among friends and column readers.
A brief miscellany reflects on wealth as an ugly beggar and weakness as a trait girls cannot afford or lose, noting delicacy as an unattainable or fragile quality. The fragment hints at social judgments and gendered expectations without concrete names or dates.
The passage claims apresisity awakens talents hidden in prosperity while death dominates imagination in lonely, dark realms. Death is described as a shapeless phantasm that terrifies weak hearts and troubled minds, existing as a silent, ghastly apprehension.
The sermon urges leaving cares with God rather than bearing them alone. It asks why we magnify woes and warns self righteousness in hiding sins from Him. It voerenily promotes thanksgiving with prayer, claiming praise lightens burdens and scatters shadows as souls bless the Lord.
A brisk exhortation urges continued ads until customers don’t need convincing. It warns against complacency, noting rivals gain when others stop, and emphasizes habit, lower prices, and superior goods as keys to prosperity. The piece ends declaring stopping advertising signals business death.
Theodore Cuyler argues for Sabbath like balance between action and contemplation. He urges believers to pause, read the Bible, pray, and meditate, drawing strength from Christ and quiet study to sustain fruitful service. The piece emphasizes that rest and reflection at the Master’s feet renew spiritual vigor.
A editorial urging neighbors to show kindness and consideration to all, noting that small acts like a friendly greeting or a helping hand have a larger impact than money. It argues mutualforbearance holds society together and that community reputation and real estate value rise with generous neighborly conduct.
The piece recounts a plaster cast session with Abraham Lincoln and a Swiss imitator, then shifts to Sir Isaac Newton’s youth. It details Lincoln’s punctuality and the sculptor’s method, and narrates Newton’s earliest experiments, farm trials, Cambridge schooling, prism study, gravity law, Principia publication, and Westminster Abbey burial.
An amused household scene shows a visiting guest faced with a baby that disrupts every social routine. Parents, aunt, and visitor endure a chaotic display as the infant misbehaves, rebels against words, and finally incurs punishment, leaving the guest wary of the child’s future.
In bright Autaninal days the temptation to comfortable exposure yields its fruit in a pernicious cough and throat irritation. Dr Bail's Cough Syrup stands unrivaled as a remedy for throat and lung diseases. 25 cents a bottle.
Newark News reports Charles A Dailey was arrested for stealing a bottle of Sulphur Bitters from Shiefman’s drug store. He told the court his mother suffered rheumatism and the medicine was the only help, claiming poverty and unemployment led to the act. He received probation as his first offense.
A satirical Georgia editor remarks on a Macon fair where a contemporary won a valuable premium but a meddlesome and firm policeman forced him to return it to its original place, highlighting local spectator reaction and the incident.
Reputable medicine Hood's Sarsaparilla claims to destroy scrofula germs and root the disease from blood. Testimonials from men women and children back the claim. 100 doses cost $1.00. Sold by all dealers. C J Hood & Co Lowell Mass.
An apothecary style advertorial describes Sanford's Radical Cura for Catarrh scented with witch hazel American pine Canada fir marigold clover blossoms and healing balaam and pine. The complete treatment costs $1.
A Milan correspondent recalls visiting Villa Simonetti two miles from the city gates, now a tenement. A woman uses a fog horn shaped echo device to chant and echo around the courtyard, claiming the echo repeats ninety times, a feat described as the most remarkable in the world.
A humorous scene unfolds as a stern marketsman labels Limburger cheese with a tastiness claim. Ninety nine women flee the market in seasick fashion, while the hundredth grins and orders two portions for her boarders, praising the butter substitute.
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