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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1880
Page
1
A reflective poem speaks of an enduring afterlife and heavenly home beyond earthly care. It contrasts weary steps with a bright, cheering ray and asserts divine aid to lift the spirit toward an inherited home beyond the azure skies. A voice within reveres sacred emotions and tells of the Redeemer's love and the glory of the better land.
In a school outing to the mountain Rachel Tinkham saves the group when a runaway wagon crashes on a steep road. Ray, calm and brave, grips the reins and stops the horses, earning praise and a celebratory party. The tale ends with Ray celebrated and educated, a happier girl.
Professor Ayrton demonstrated electricity as a future motive power equal to steam and water. In a popular lecture at the British Association, he showed distant generation powering devices from the hall. Experiments included a sewing machine, a tiny locomotive, a lathe, a circular saw, spoon plating, water boiling, and ship screw turning, with electricity predicted to surpass gas for illumination.
Wisconsin leads in paper brick manufacture with California mills following. The material uses aquatic rushes and cactus fibers, offering a plaster free, mobile house brick. It notes Chinese use of prepared paper soles, suggesting broad textile and construction implications.
The piece extols Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy as the sole standard cure for Chronic Nasal Catarrh praising its unprecedented popularity and permanent cures. It notes a $500 reward once offered for an uncured case and states the product is sold by all druggists.
A miscellany piece reflects on common sense and humanity before offering practical tips. It notes how old newspapers can protect lungs on cold rides and serve as floor coverings or window polish, plus a humorous Newton quote about angels and empire.
A moral piece urges youths to cultivate a kind voice from youth. It warns sharp tones at play can sour life and home, while a gentle voice sustains harmony. It likens kindness to light for the eye and a lark song for a hearth, urging consistent, sweet speech at home and beyond.
An American visitor recalls buying American calico in London praising its weave and washability, noting its cheapness and potential impact on British textiles. The piece also recounts Gen Philip Sheridan’s early Civil War defiance of Curtis orders over horse procurement, delaying his rise but ultimately shaping his career.
A vivid reminiscence of winter shinny games on the old mill pond with boys using shinny sticks, a wooden ball skimming across ice, and the riotous, crowded action of a toss and chase as everyone clambers for the ball amid shouts, bumps, and laughter.
Eminent philosophers argue dreamless sleep does not exist the body sleeps the soul dreams as it is immortal and unbound by rest. We often forget dreams yet waking life can trigger recall through association even if dreams vanish from memory only vaguely and partially.
The Globe notes Paris old quarter street dating back to the seventh century named Street of the Withered Tree near Rue de Rivoli. Brunehild, blamed for royal deaths, was executed there in 618 after punishment by camel and a horse. The lane housed three famous coffee-houses frequented by encyclopedists in the late eighteenth century.
A traveler reports a daily hour long procession of crows along the Potomac toward a roosting site near Harper's Ferry and Washington. Residents say the lingering display occurs each night for years, forming a wide belt and ending in a circling roosting whirlpool as dusk falls.
A Denver Times piece warns against wetting a lead pencil noting it harms handwriting. It recounts a clerk counting fifty visitors who all wet pencils, passing a single pencil mouth to mouth through various people. A humorous tale ends with typhoid transmission from the reused pencil as a stark caution.
A 19th century report details Prof Thomas and Dr Wulfsberg experiments injecting milk into veins to reanimate moribund patients and animals. Milk injections prolonged life by days in humans and sparked heart and respiration reactivation in dogs, suggesting a simple, feasible alternative to blood transfusion in certain hemorrhagic or exhausted cases.
The Middleboro Gazette muses on a proposed puzzle department noting readers request such a feature. editors joke about puzzles in money, advertising order, and editor risks, while admitting many puzzles remain unsolved and unresolved by writers.
A cross baby keeps two men awake for hours at a married friend's house. The notice suggests Hop Bitters as a remedy for crying babies. The ad ends with a cautionary reminder to young men to remember this.
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