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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1886
Page
1
In a foundling hospital a distraught mother identifies a girl who resembles her lost child, leading to a tangle of loves and fortunes. Mr Haven uncovers a twin sister secret and helps Lillian marry the suitor Charlie, giving the girl her rightful happiness and two fathers who bless the union.
A rustic proverb notes that the more a person tries to prove his intelligence the clearer his foolishness becomes, illustrating pride leads to self deception and lack of judgment.
Miscellany pondering virtue and selflessness. A great man grows beyond youth and prejudice to serve humanity. The tongue is hard to tame and private virtue and duty sustain society beyond education and manners.
A Victorian style guide urges women to nurture beauty with daily care. It details face remedies from lemon juice and mutton tallow to cucumber milk washes and buttermilk tansy decoctions, plus charcoal tonics and a purge. Emphasis remains on cleansing, bathing, diet, and exercise as the true foundation.
The Vermont Chronicle condemns skating rinks as physically risky and morally dangerous. It cites physicians and the New York police chief, who says roller skating ruins more girls than any other cause, urging Christian parents to shun the pastime.
A 19th century essay outlines courteous conduct for men in social visits. It urges rising to open doors for ladies, guiding guests from room to hall, hosting with attention, and ensuring women are seated and served without asking. It emphasizes proactive help with coal, windows, chairs, and table provisions.
Home fashionable ladies demand fans made to order while trusting Dr Bull s Cough Syrup at 25 cents and Salvation Oil at 25 cents for painless relief. The ad asserts the proverb one fire burns out another s burning and promises pain relief through these remedies.
In Mitchell Dakota a New York Sun correspondent reports young women who own and work farms face many suitors and unsolicited marriage proposals from witty, ignorant men. Two sisters near Blunt run 200 acres each, built homes from tents, and plan for future marriages on their own terms.
Ars Lotta Conrad of Standish Michigan reports twenty years of quinsy trouble ending after using Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil. She says the oil cures sore throat at once and attributes her relief to the remedy.
Claiming rapid, permanent cures for Bright's disease, diabetes, weak back, and urinary issues, Electric Bitters are advertised as purifying blood and regulating bowels. Each bottle is guaranteed and sold by J. I. Young & Co at 60 cents.
A reader recounts a cockroach saved in a water bowl using a peanut shell boat and toothpicks as oars. The roach signals distress with cotton thread and ends asleep after a fishing episode. The narrator, moved by kindness, frees it with gruel, and now their home is infested with cockroaches.
A Chicago Tribune correspondent describes a Wind River Mountain encounter where a silver gray wolf stalks a beaver on a dam log. The beaver escapes repeatedly as the wolf hides and springs, then a sweeping limb traps prey until fifty beavers converge in a savage ambush, tearing the wolf apart.
The account describes how the President buttons his coat, stands with hands behind him, and signals discomfort by moving his hands or shifting weight. Observers note two smooth areas on each side used to time interviews, and visitors are urged to end talks when the hands move from the back as a cue to depart.
A young suitor spied on a midnight return and feigned injury by slipping on the steps. The plan backfired as the bride’s mother applied a mustard plaster to his kidneys, causing two hours of writhing before he faced the consequences of his deception.
Richard Wagner received guests in medieval costumes as he worked. Alexander Dumas found the masquerade amusing and later visited Paris again. Dumas himself appeared in a grand dressing gown with a helmet and boots, joking that his ideas live in his helmet and his boots for writing love scenes.
Miss Belle Franklin, a 2nd year schoolmistress in McHenry County Dakota, woke to a prairie fire near her shack. She harnessed an extra team, drove them to the plough, and turned furrows to create a fire break, protecting the house barn hay and grain as the flames approached.
A humorous exchange describes a ground hog emerging from its burrow on Candlemas day to check for a shadow. A child asks about a sausage, prompting the papa to explain the creature is the ground hog, not a sausage, in a rustic rural voice.
Gus Hall of Troy New York says doctors failed to relieve persistent bleeding piles after costing over 100 dollars. He used Sulphur Bitters for two months and is now well, claiming a full recovery.
A Philadelphia News item recounts Mrs. George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh East End acquiring three cream colored horses with flowing manes. One horse died soon after the third arrival, and was taxidermied with silver shoes to resemble a living companion kept in flawless care.
The Century piece recalls Samuel Bowles as a formidable news gatherer whose skill lay in collecting and reporting. It highlights his appetite for convention reporting, his absorbing growth from others’ input, and his reluctance to admit errors in print, with a humorous anecdote about a Boston editor.
CaptaIN Mircien of the bark Antoine Sala, New York and Ilavana trade, came home in May helpless with rheumatism. He sought mountain cure, then his wife urged Hood's Sarsaparilla. Improvement began at once, in two months the rheumatism vanished, and he sailed again in command as a well man. Hood's Sarsaparilla will help you. Sold by all druggists.
Luck waits for news and chance to bring a legacy while labor rises at six, writes and hammers daily, and lays a foundation for competence. Luck whines and relies on chance, but labor earns independence through steady effort.
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