05 Jan 1884
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1884
Page
1
Advertisements list pricing for one inch one week at one dollar with twenty five cents per additional week. Nonpariel twelve lines make one inch. Notices before marriages and deaths double rates. Transient ads must be prepaid. yearly contracts not offered. Advertisements due by Thursday noon to appear in the next issue.
Eight prospectors in the Eureka mine chase a fortune on a California range. A young girl leads them to a glittering stone, signaling a moment of hope after loss. Si Reed dies as the crew renews resolve, Maggie becomes Ward of the Eureka mining company, and Mrs Reed leaves Sacramento with her children.
A reflective miscellany notes that evil habits grow unseen until they dominate. It contrasts infancy and senility with blank leaves and urges a beautiful godly life built on fidelity and earnest virtue as defense of Christian faith. It warns that temper can be passionate yet affectionate and harmful to oneself.
A compact collection of sayings hints at wisdom stored in brief chunks. The imagery blends electricity, clouds, and a river guided through a mill-race to suggest knowledge flowing through simple forms.
A concise reflection outlines three ways people endure life’s troubles. Indifference remains most common, philosophy appears most ostentatious, and religion is deemed most effectual in alleviating hardship.
A garbled relic passage reflects on time and duty, mentioning affliction relief and social care. The disjointed lines evoke a public moral order, addressing housing, charity, and religious wars without coherent narrative.
A reflective line urges seizing the present task as best preparation for future ages. It emphasizes not wasting life on doubts or fears and placing confidence in timely action to shape lasting outcomes.
The Arlington Hawkeye mocks idle youth urging young men to work. It argues long hours sharpen appetite, strengthen sleep, and deepen holiday joy, while warning against casual living, idleness, and costly distractions.
In a fierce clash between England and the Dutch, Admiral Nargorough orders a drowning retreat. A cabin boy volunteers to swim through cannon fire and, though lost to sight, inspires a reserve fleet to break the Dutch line. The boy later rises to command and is knighted as Cloudsley Shovel.
A five foot wide house at the northwest corner of Lexington Avenue and Eighty second Street is described. Built after a street cut left a narrow strip between adjoining lots, the building rises four stories with two bay windows and compact interiors including kitchens and closets. The owners, occupying the side effects of the narrow lot, left the other lot vacant. the house is currently unoccupied and one unit is offered to rent at $500 a year.
A Brook y o officials mourn an alderman’s death and claim many gloves as consolation. They nudge to a doctor’s syringe cure, while ad copy touts Dr Kaufmann’s Medical Work with colored plates. Postage stamps offer a free copy from A P Ordway Co Boston.
An old-style advertisement extols Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy for poor digestion and weak circulation. The text likens weakness to a rope around the neck and urges readers to use the product to arrest misery and restore strength.
A humorous dialog from a Detroit Post and Tribune piece shows Willie Jones asking his mother about Helen of Troy and Julius Caesar with playful misinterpretations. The tale shifts to a Rochester bank depositor asking if the cashier and president are in and if he can withdraw four dollars.
An old Confederate veteran recalls a nighttime encounter during Forrest cavalry operations. A stranger on a bright colored horse rode beside him, but the rider vanished by morning. The next day they captured Federals, including a colonel who admitted he briefly rode with Starnes regiment before slipping away into the brush.
A Georgia tale recounts Bill Grant’s boastful bet with a widow who promises to marry him only if she approves his gait. He struts along the road twelve miles awaiting a call back, but the widow never summons him, proving to him the cleverness and superiority of women.
A Prince William county bridal couple aged fifty and sixty traveled from Washington on a local train and stayed at an uptown hotel. The bride wore a black sun hat with purple ribbon and a pigeon wing embellishment, terra cotta dress, rainbow shawl, red polka dot kerchief, and white gloves. The groom wore black broadcloth, a white vest and tie, yellow buckskin gloves, and carried three green umbrellas and an oil cloth lunch satchel. They left next morning for their future home, breakfastless.
Florence Nightingale argues that night air is vital for patient recovery and advocates opening windows to outside air. She notes one half of diseases may stem from closed windows and calls for airing rooms after 10 pm, stressing fewer internal passages in hospitals.
The obituary-like reflection notes Peter Cooper born in 1791 and contrasts his era with vast urban growth. It traces population scales from four million in the early republic to near one million in cities by his death, naming New York Brooklyn Kip's Bay Central Park and Kip's Bay scenes, and ends with Cooper's enduring influence despite succumbing to death.
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