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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1883
Page
1
A dialect scene shows Uncle Mose joking that marriage would not reduce his burden but increase it with eight mouths to feed. The exchange includes a laugh about politicians and the cost of keeping many dependents.
A young man in Portland searched for a barber. He could not find one until he spotted a brass mortar and pestle over a drug store and, thinking it an odd barber shop, asked for a shave. The clerk explained no barber was there.
A fashionable congregant called at a music shop asking if the store has the notes for a piece titled the Song of Solomon. He quoted his pastor calling it an exquisite gem and noted his wife wants to learn to play it.
One of the drawbacks of married life is sickness of the little ones. For a Cold or Cough you cannot find a better remedy than Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Nearly all physicians prescribe it and no family should be without it.
The notice outlines advertising rates for one inch one week at one dollar with subsequent weeks at twenty five cents. Special notices before marriages and deaths double the rates. Transient ads must be prepaid with yearly contracts on reasonable terms. Ads due by Thursday noon for next issue. Additional satirical and promotional text follows regarding theatre rain effects and medical advertisements.
Rex Pendleton, a confirmed bachelor, travels with Flora on a stage to Wildwood Seminary. He falls in love with a ward he planned to place elsewhere, confesses his feelings, and discovers Flora is the seminary wanderer who tests his resolve. They marry after Flora reveals her feelings.
Doctor Mary Clarimont rejects engagement to Harry Marlow after learning his mother, Louisa Marlow, lives in the Aldenbury Almshouse. Mary visits the old woman, confesses her loyalty to medicine, and cancels the match. Aunt Jo supports her decision as Mrs Marlow dies in care, with Mary by her side.
A reflective note on words and truth noting that truth is the royal form of kindness and that powerful words can aid or harm, urging careful use of language and integrity.
The text reflects on simplicity as a strength, valuing slow truth discovery over rapid insight. It contrasts talent and genius with inner meditation and emphasizes silence, endurance, and prayer as valued in hardship, quoting Fenelon on enduring disagreement and harsh words.
Barbara M. Prince reflects that sorrow and joy nourish character, like dead leaves enriching trees, guiding personal growth toward higher and nobler proportions.
When we seek to correct error we should avoid vehemence and contempt. Present the truth calmly and answer mildly to refute falsehoods.
A devotional note urging to receive God’s gifts without letting wealth become idolatry. It emphasizes that material comforts are temporary and should be kept in proper perspective, guiding believers to rely on spiritual provision over worldly possessions.
The quote by George A. Thayer states religion arises from human needs for love energy thought and will and that satisfaction comes from the same general powers humans use in daily life.
A reflective, literary excerpt contrasts a simple grass turf with Cedars of Lebanon. It extols a thymy daisy-eyed carpet that makes earth feel homelike and sweet, noting kindness as the turf of the spiritual world where believers rest under the Shepherd’s gaze.
Advice on balancing work and rest to prevent insomnia and dyspepsia. Emphasizes outdoor exercise, change of scene, and light dieting as remedies. Notes that sea voyages and climate changes can help, and cites anecdotes about writers who improved through simple hygienic measures.
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