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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1887
Page
1
A Burdette piece urges the son to write entertaining but honest letters and warns against forced humor. It stresses humor should feel natural, warns against flat, tasteless jokes, and argues persistence through failed jokes can lead to success. The narrator muses on embracing writing tools over vanity and preserving some jokes.
An old advertisement urges readers to prevent disease by using Salvation Oil priced at 25 cents and Dr Ball's Cough Syrup with directions to take at the first sign of illness. The copy warns conspiracies and colds should be addressed promptly with these remedies.
A Boston pastor from a large South End church spent the night with a friend near Providence and walked to the city. Hungry, he asked a nearby home for a glass of milk and bread and was advised that a strong man should work rather than beg. He has since shown consideration for tramps.
T E Moore of Thorndike Mass says he has used Dr Seth Arnold's Cough Kitler for years and finds none better. For sale by all druggists at 25c 50c and 1.00 per bottle. Also Dr Seth Arnold's Bilious Pills sold at 2c.
Augustus Wetherby schemes to woo Minna Gray, an heiress, during a train trip. He pads his tale with charm until Minna reveals she is Peyton Gray’s daughter and that he is unknowingly meeting her family at Verdon. The ruse collapses as the title figure ends his journeys oddly silent.
A collection of aphoristic lines on clear head and conscience as victory, comparing reality to happiness, and urging open mind hand and heart to find open doors. It also notes training a child to obey as a valued lesson despite its mixed effects.
A reflective line suggests encouragement can awaken dormant talents and turn cold hearts toward hopeful expression, likening support to melting ice into song.
A reflection on moral development noting wisdom and virtue require guidance while aiming at the ease of learning vice without a master. The quote contrasts nurture with inherent tendencies and cautions about unchecked influence.
Epigraph by C. L. Guild urges daily trust in God's care for sustenance and clothing, linking material provision with spiritual needs. The motto emphasizes faith over worry and frames ordinary daily life as evidence of divine providence.
A reflective note on honesty guiding a respectable, steady life with some solace found in that truth.
A concise principle lists three elements before words are spoken: the manner, the place, and the time. The idea stresses prudence in speech choices to avoid harm or miscommunication.
A reflective maxim states that sharing in others joys brings true happiness while learning from their mistakes yields deep wisdom. The saying urges empathy and caution as paths to a balanced life.
A philosophical reflection asserts that true nobility and lasting excellence hinge on steadfast self-denial, rejecting any character void of disciplined restraint. It emphasizes that permanent virtue cannot exist without a firm, self denying core.
The passage urges teaching and exemplifying cardinal principles of righteousness to children so future generations become better men and women. It emphasizes active role of society and parents in moral upbringing for lasting character.
A reflection quotes George Hiliot urging true discernment of good and warns against making Christianity merely an add-on to life. The text challenges readers to center faith rather than treat it as a peripheral accessory.
A devotional urging believers to refrain from forced solutions to world's evil and to wait on God. It emphasizes calm acceptance of duties, cheerful contentment, and faith that God will order all things well. The call ends with pursuing heavenly hope and joy through faithful obedience.
A letter argues homes should cultivate daughters with self reliance and character rather than mere luxuries. It urges teaching self denial and useful skills, like entertaining, to prepare women for life and household responsibility.
A New York Ledger essay reflects on common superstitions from avoiding left moonlight to not spilling salt. It notes wealth and status, the Rothschild anecdote, dream warnings, bad omens before weddings, and the opal its unpredictable fire, concluding superstition is a natural human trait.
Advice from Good Housekeeping on preventing dirt in homes by reducing carpet piles and using replaceable rugs. Emphasizes less carpet, more washable rugs, and laying thick carpet paper to even floors, block moths, and trap dirt for easy removal.
Engineer John Else and fireman Joe Davis faced a startled 60 pound mountain lion that boarded the cow-catcher near Silver Bow. Else opened the whistle valve to deter the animal, which then leapt off, breaking its neck in the ramp. The beast was later found and brought to the city.
The article argues rotation in office harms governance, citing long service by leaders like Dawes, Hoar, Morrill, and Benton as evidence of experience. It notes lawyers dominate both chambers, lists current ex-governor senators, and highlights the superiority of seasoned incumbents over new arrivals in the Republican system.
In an 19th century reminiscence, a friend recalling Lord Byron recounts a tale from Greece when Byron questioned belief in witches and warlocks. The speaker notes Byron's affected voice and lasting impression of insincerity and selfishness from their days together, as told via an interview with John Russell Young.
A fragment from the Norristown Herald notes a girl’s embarrassment at public introductions and a Young Lady Sister’s amusement. It also mentions a farmer who read a poultry journal and dyed seventeen white hens black. A Cincinnati Merchant-Traveler aside adds that in France cows are milked on the left unless the well has a windlass.
A. P. Ordway and Co. sent three dozen bottles of Sulphur Bitters to the Catholic Home for the Aged. The gift is praised by directors and residents as a helpful provision in care.
The up-town tailor notes a major change in men’s fashion as the long standing dress suit loosens its grip. He traces the move toward elaborate outfits with silk lapels, pleated shirt fronts, rounded coattails, bold waistcoats, colorful handkerchiefs, and knickerbockers seen alongside the shift toward knee breeches inspired by 18th century style. The trend, he says, is driven by desire to look picturesque and influenced by tennis, cycling, and society tastes.
Medical writers hail Ely's Dream Balm as a non irritant easy to apply nasal cure that reaches remote sores and ulcers. It is described as safe pleasant and effective with distressing symptoms yielding quickly according to physicians and patients alike.
A 90 year old editor credits his long life and strong health to not aiming to please everyone or try to satisfy every reader. He values independence, straight talk, and steady work as keys to enduring well being.
In Paris Texas Mr J E Corley near death from consumption regained strength after trial of Dr Kings New Discovery and New Life Pills He bought two boxes of pills and two bottles of the discovery and recovered thirty six pounds The trial bottles are free at all drug stores
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