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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1872

Page

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Guardian’s account of Susan D Gladding minor filed

M Gifford guardian presents his account with the estate of Susan D Gladding minor for allowance. The court refers the account to the fourth day of March at 2 pm in the Town Clerk's Office Bristol for consideration and orders notice to be published fourteen days once a week in the Bristol Republican.

Hion Town of Bristol Martha Daggett Saich Purine Charles Sherry, Jr Charles Sherry Emily A. Lynes Susan V. Sherry Norwalk Connecticut Brhcenix Peter Gladdeing Joseph Coit Nathaniel Manchester Peter Gladding Tirobate Court Jonn Getty Robert Keating John Getty Jumes M Gooding Samuel Martin Bristoln Pacifix Banat Isaiah Simmons William HE Simmons Phenin Teldew Lawless Albert Ro Lawless John Lawless Sid Bristol Bristol Phenix Jonathan Alger Jonathan Alger,Jr Two O'Clock Sant Bristol Bristol Phanix Helen Peter ‘Glapding Susan D Gladding Dames M Gifford Srnstel Bristol Puamsix Gottlob Scietneider Florentine Schneider Gottlob Schneider Cesainein Abraham Peckhamn Alrahan Peckhan Deborah Peckham Leonard G Simmons Bristol Phoenix Fellw

Poem Imagery of Spring and Change

A Dublin University Magazine verse paints a spring landscape with green meadows and rippling wheat. It contrasts rural motion with city lanes and echoes themes of hope faith and love awakening as seasons shift.

Dublin University Magazine

Building a House with a Tea Cup

Granny Grey shares a true story of Lucy and her husband, a carpenter, who overcome drunkenness and neglect with faith and tea, turning a single chipped cup into a symbol of a rebuilt home. Their teetotal resolve, aided by a neighbor and God, leads to a modest cottage built with love and discipline.

Ike Katie Lucy Christ Groveley Manor Willy Darling Goodman Granny Grey Harper’s Magazine

Do Your Duty Mottos From The Miscellany

Do daily and hourly your duty, do it patiently and thoroughly. Do it as it presents itself at the moment and let it be its own reward. Never seek praise or acknowledgment, but do not fail to do it. See yourself as immortal and fear only sin or a mean action.

Willy Mr. Grey Lucy Mrs. Grey Katie

No Person Without Influence

A preservation of a motivational meditation on individual worth and influence. It urges embracing one’s own talents, faults and unique path, encouraging self belief and use of personal potential rather than envy of others.

Successful Business Men and the Risk of Wealth

The text argues that few who start businesses succeed long term with 3 in 100 escaping failure and 5 in 100 avoiding collapse of first efforts. It notes 90 percent of those who ever gain wealth face reverses, and only 10 percent keep fortunes intact. It warns young men about riches' insecurity and lack of happiness, praising modest living and charitable giving over vast wealth.

The Opelet Flower Lures Fish to Its Hidden Mouth

A curious sea flower named the Opelet resembles a green rose with waving petals that lure tiny fish. The petals trigger a deadly poison, capturing prey for a hidden mouth, while the flower drifts like a water lily. The existence of the Opelet was doubted until the last century.

Fossil ivory Rush in Alaska Reveals Ancient Fauna

Across Alaska streams to the ocean vast fossil ivory tusks and bones of long extinct elephants are gathered by many on the Yukon River, with large pay for collectors. Rich coal beds and tropical flora remnants suggest ancient warm conditions in the region's distant past.

Alaska Yukon

Twin State Town of Bristol Straddles Line of Law

Bristol sits in two states Tennessee and Virginia with about three thousand people. Each side has its own mayor, aldermen, and newspaper, yet schools and churches exist on both sides. The state line once constrained cross border arrests but now investigators pursue fugitives across the line.

Bristol Tennessee Virginia Republic

Memorial Eulogy and royal conformity pieces in 1871 notes

A memorial piece devoted to Major Ephraim Shaler recalls his War of 1812 service with Gen. Winfield Scott and battles Chippewa and Bridgewater. It includes a flowery vigil and verse on rest and homeland liberty. The second item reports on Austrian court simplicity at Schonbrunn, contrasting imperial pageantry with private royal residence life and Queen Victoria’s outlook.

Braham Shaler Ephraim Shaler Omro Wis Winfield Scotts Chippewa Bridgewater Inch Royal Scots England Riall Tam Austria Imperial Palace Schonbrunn Highrangers Queen Victoria

Nature's safeguards as daily miracles of Providence

The Morning Star essay declares that the balance of gases in the atmosphere and natural laws keep us alive. It compares everyday stability to divine care, noting oxygen and carbon balance, walking dynamics, and the reliable strength of timber and crops as evidence of God's providence.

London Morning Star

Sleepward Sentry Box Lullaby

A friend of mine relates a tale of a man troubled by wakefulness whose doctors tried many remedies. They dressed him in a watchman’s coat, gave him a lantern, set him in a sentry box, and he fell asleep within ten minutes.

Erskine

Tertullian on the Ghignon and nineteenth century fashions

The passage cites Tertullian condemning hair dye and elaborate coiffures as ornamentation. It contrasts ante Nicene criticism with modern fashions, noting bans on vanity and warning against unseemly adornment. The tone mirrors a moral critique of women's styling and societal standards.

Habit of the Oyster in Quebec Waters

The Montreal Gazette notes there are no oysters in Quebec seas beyond Carraquette bay and the bay de Chaleur. It discusses oyster variability, species questions, and that New Brunswick and Nova Scotia oysters may differ from European types. Acclimatization attempts in Gaspe bay failed due to cold and winter ice.

Quebec Atlantic Carraquette Bay Bay de Chaleur New Brunswick Nova Scotia Dr. Fortin M. P Gaspe Gaspe Bay Montreal Gazette

Value and Preparation of Bone Dust as Fertilizer

Farmers can save yearly bone by grinding and mixing with ashes to make compost or dissolve bones in acids for medicinal use. Fine bone dust commands high value, while coarse bones are less effective. Experts warn much labeled pure bone is adulterated and call farmers to unite to stop frauds.

Corn Remedy With Soap On Muslin

An old household remedy claims to remove obstinate corns by binding a small piece of brown soap on the corn with clean muslin. Change daily until the corn loosens.

Immediate relief for neuralgia with cologne and salt mix

A historical remedy states pain in temples and upper face can be stopped at once by placing two tablespoons of cologne and two teaspoons of fine salt in a vial, shaking well, and applying to the nostrils like a smelling bottle.

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Bristol Phore Phen.x Hope Street A. Greene Hye Jonathan Alger, Jr Mason W Pierce Bennett J. Munro William Bradford Pea Hai Gage Pierce I F Pearce Cotheco Do M. W. Pierce, Jr Granny Woolen Beach Lucy Lynne Mr Grey Mrs.Key China Temperance Grey Blue Lobster The Earth Heaven Columbia God Marcus S. Shaler Rose Cottage Green Bay
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