08 Feb 1879
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1879
Page
1
A reflective verse piece uses a small cloud over a calm sea to foreshadow the fragility of love. The mariner notes danger as even subtle shifts reveal deep roots and the potential rift that time and fate may impose on closeness.
In a rural valley Katie Crowninshield, beloved of Grandfather and Grandmother Crowninshield, grows attached to a passing express and a blue clad railway conductor. After danger and a wreck, Katie saves passengers with her lantern, earning praise and a future without further railroading.
A bottle of Dr Bull's Cough Syrup is advertised to cure a bad cold cough. It sells for 25 cents per bottle or five bottles for one dollar at reputable drug stores nationwide.
A compilation on library value and the impact of small daily acts. It contrasts aging libraries building character with the grief of their loss, then extols leisure minutes in the home. It emphasizes tidy households, cheerful living spaces, and the mother’s role in shaping American home life.
Beecher reflects on Swedenborg’s vision of the afterlife where souls exist as transparent bodies with finer material forms. He notes the continuity of character and errors, and remarks that dead men among us may be unaware of their death while others recognize it. The afterlife is a mirror of earthly life with a poetic fringe.
Geary's Travels notes mid April in Babylon shows lush date groves and crops along the Euphrates, irrigation canals, and a green plain despite the city’s disappearance. Birds, butterflies, and fragrant air contrast with the vanished great capital, making sorrow difficult in spring’s bright, life‑giving scene.
A tale from Youth's Companion recounts how a Boston trader's father secretly borrowed a thousand dollars, mortgaged his house, and entrusting funds to his son, whose risky handling led to bank transfers and eventual failure. The father warned that an earlier Hillsboro Bank collapse could have ruined them both.
A Washington Enquirer correspondent visits Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett at her home. The profile praises her looks and intellect, notes auburn hair, expressive eyes, and elegant manners, and describes her close bond with sons Lionel and Vivian and husband Dr Burnett. It also recounts a separate scene where Mr Johnson teases women about charitable rules to provoke donations.
Details of the planned mausoleum for General Lee and Agnes Lee at Washington and Lee University Lexington Virginia. Architect J Crawford Neilson provided the apse plan and the structure will be fireproof gray limestone lower story with Salem marble interior. The design includes a skylight and iron arch separation to protect the chapel from smoke.
A New Yorker visiting Charleston during a Battery stroll recalls the moonlight on the water and a Charleston gentleman laments that readers should have seen the moon before the war. The Washington letter frames the nostalgia as a common southern regret over “good old times” before conflict.
A satirical note depicts anti-fat medicine men declaring they will slim the woman through persistence. The fragment mentions a 300 pound subject and a cheerful chorus, attributing the line to Eicheberger.
A Nevada city socialite reports a singular case of electric sparks and shocks when touching woolen cloth. She had used an electric battery for neuralgic pains without relief for six months. One night she observed a bright light around her hand as she picked up a woolen coat, with currents running along her arm and a crackling hair comb when she let her hair down near a lit room. The husband doubted the tale until verifying with a similar display via gas off and routine hair combing.
Ned Wallace of Jesus Maria hunted and killed a cougar after wounding its cub. The mother hurled a human scream as the hunter, low on ammunition, improvised a reload and fired a fatal shot. The eight foot quarry and cub skins are on display in Jesus Maria per Calaveras Chronicle.
The passage discusses harsh attitudes toward female birth in Arab society, noting pre islamic infanticide, Mohammed's abolition of the practice, and continued stigma. It contrasts the joy for a boy with the sorrow and humiliation surrounding a girl, highlighting communal consolations and the enduring bias among women themselves.
A lady compliments a friend on her clear skin and learns a suggestion to “make it 80” using H itters. The exchange implies a beauty remedy claim, typical of early advertising dialogue, with the friend asserting the product improves blood quality and bloom.
A Philadelphia Record item recounts Reilly escaping Eastern Penitentiary by hiding under a wagon, stealing a cape from a woman, and later accusing the chaplain who supposedly urged the escape. Reilly’s odd defense features the chaplain’s dramatic denial and a quip about “watch and pray” that leads to further confusion.
A satirical tale of the Earl of Bridgewater who lived in Paris in the last century. A miserable little man with a vast fortune kept two lackeys, fed twelve dogs at table, and treated animals as honored guests. His dogs wore boots and dined with him, while human guests rarely joined.
Captain Gill describes Thibetans in contrast to Chinese habits. Nomadic living leaves no inns and home owners may sleep on flat roofs. In winter they sleep with clothes on. tables and beds are rare. Thibet yields vast milk and butter, with butter in porridge and in tea. They drink little milk, preferring sour cream cheese and curds, ending the typical Thibetan diet.
An advertisement at Grand Invalids and Tourists' Hotel in Buffalo promotes Dr. R V Pierce and his medical specialists. It claims a high cure rate for previously incurable cases and invites physicians with difficult patients to seek examinations and treatment. Full details are in the People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, a 900 page illustrated work priced at $1.50 postpaid.
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