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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1874
Page
1
Poem fragment envisions an unseen realm untouched by mortal steps or automotive sound, a timeless space described with reverent, lyrical imagery. The speaker imagines a world where time holds no sway and human noise is absent.
A Princeton tale of 1755 follows Lucy Keyes who vanishes while gathering near Wachusett Pond. Villagers and neighbors hunt the mountain, shifting from wolf to Indian theories as thousands search with torches and hounds. Decades later the killer is revealed as neighbor John Littlejohn in a confession on his deathbed.
A misc item notes that steady effort through initial difficulties yields positive outcomes and better circumstances. The tone encourages perseverance and personal improvement across daily life.
The article argues that selfishness operates with inevitability and calculable force akin to gravity, framing human action as driven by self-interest with predictable consequences.
The excerpt reflects on memory and remnant feelings from old loves and partings. It cites Thackeray on how passion ends in death or loss and leaves a lasting imprint on the soul, while memory can revive early languages and emotions as vivid as before.
A meditation asserts that happiness resides in the present, with a voice urging to cherish today above yesterday. It calls childhood, manhood, and old age to embrace the current moment and give thanks to God for the now.
The passage discusses how personal temptations seem small in private but reveal their seriousness when judged by others. It notes the false merit of short lived resistance and the fear sparked by revealing our true path from start to finish. It stresses that only the final outcome matters to outsiders.
A wild tale from Partenkirchen Bavaria follows a man with a poaching habit who shoots a forester and flees with his wife and two children toward the Austrian frontier. At night the couple hides as gendarmes pass, the crying infant dies when the husband silences it, and the mother descends into madness revealing the horrific secret after frontier officials ask for declarations.
A reader notes varied beauty among literary women, citing Miss Landon as exceptionally feminine and pretty while naming several others as plain or less attractive. The piece references Maria Porter, Jane Porter, Sedgwick, Anna Dickinson, Kate Field, Mrs Stowe, Alice and Phebe Cary, Margaret Fuller, Charlotte Bronte, Julia Ward Howe, Laura Holloway, Mary Booth, Marian Harland, and Mary Clemmer Ames, pairing appearance with personality and stature.
A Coptic Egyptian impostor named Cashiour, who posed as a patriarch in Rome and gained royal favor, was exposed after a papal seal and delayed travel to Egypt. Mehemet Ali condemned him, he was imprisoned for life, later freed by the 1849 Roman Republic, pardoned by Pius IX, and died in Spoleto.
A London Globe tribute argues that true eloquence grows from native shyness rather than confidence. It condemns vain talkers who force speech and praises those who quietly work, waiting for deserved rewards.
A woman riding a Broadway omnibus notices a man feeling for her pocket under her cloak. He searches vainly as she reveals her pocket is sewn on the other side. The man jumps up, pulls the strap, and flees in quick, amused alarm.
A captain warns steerage passengers to be well behaved, noting they have much deck over them and should conduct themselves accordingly.
A playful moniker emerges for very blond hair as commentators describe it as the light fantastic tow, a fanciful label capturing its bright, airy look.
An emigrant's covered wagon travels to Carrol County with a cow attached behind. After a bystander suggests removing horns and tethering the cow by neck rope, the animal calmly leads the team onward toward the post office and Carrol County, the emigrant mounting his wagon in quiet relief.
During Story's first Rhode Island circuit term the crier recited prayers to save the state Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The judge corrected him noting this was a court of the United States and it is the United States to be saved. The crier adjusted but still mixed in the state prayer.
The Boston company producing wooden toothpicks furnishes about 500 million units annually with rapid growth. A 2000 count box sells for 25 cents, compared to 4 dollars for quill picks. Hotels and restaurants order most of the demand, and all are sourced from one Maine factory with waste wood repurposed for cigar lighters. Export plans loom as popularity rises.
Observations are taken six times daily at about seventy stations across the United States. Cipher messages convey temperature, wind, and sky conditions to Washington. Lt Crai and Professors Abbey and Maury analyze twenty four hour synopses for regional forecasts.
The article portrays Nathan Rothschild as obsessively fearful of assassination. He refuses darkness, keeps loaded pistols by his bed, and fears threats even during ordinary rides home. Friends note his paranoia grows with age, while enemies supposedly plant menacing messages to exploit his vulnerability.
The normal school at Tokei trains 25 youths in English to study foreign teaching methods. They observe and imitate discipline and class management under a non Japanese instructor, then teach Japanese children with the foreigner supervising. Currently 150 youths from across the empire are in training to be teachers.
Mrs SumNnex recalls Thackeray in the capitol rotunda noting his artist’s eye and ranking of paintings. He praised Trumbull and avoided commenting on Jackson’s statue, guiding the narrator past the caricature with tact and restraint. He showed rare consideration.
A meditation contrasts the ideal of memory with practical faults, noting some forget their own debts while quickly recollecting others owed to them. It reflects on selective memory and moral emphasis in everyday conduct.
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