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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1893
Page
1
The Press proclaims itself a national newspaper with sharp editorials and bright pages. It touts Sunday edition as splendid and covering every current topic, while weekly edition includes all good Daily and Sunday content.
A Northern visitor recalls three kinds of time in Florida gun time standard time and behind time with the joke that business runs on behind time. In Dwightville a young man withdraws after fearing a kiss and the girl offers a sachet bag brief exchange.
A moralistic note warns that sensual imagination defiles the higher nature and enslaves it to the lower urges. The text urges vigilance against such temptation and frames self control as essential to virtue.
A Life magazine quote notes extreme heat and cold produce similar effects. It explains that when a man is frozen out he tends to redden or react vigorously, illustrating the body's strong responses to temperature extremes.
Wm. H. Hamilton, leading basso of the C. D. Hess Grand Opera Co., reports rapid relief from influenza and catarrh after using Ely's Dream Balm. Within 24 hours his hoarseness vanished and he could sing a heavy opera role with a strong voice. He endorses the remedy for singers.
Will Pendexter, now a prosperous squire, revisits past love and forgiveness as Clara Caprivi and Isora Caprivi arrive at Pendexter farm seeking work. Clara reveals old wounds and together they pursue a renewed life. the pair marry, and the farm settles into a quiet autumn glow with renewed happiness.
The excerpt envisions the next four centuries bringing no new Americas or Australias, yet promises progress in civilization. It contrasts future intellectual and moral growth with past eras, referencing a traveler and the idea of sailing west across the Atlantic to reach land despite opposition and rough seas.
The excerpt blends a child’s Heaven imaginings with moral-proportion anecdotes and sketches from Harper’s, Detroit and other periodicals. It contrasts childish views of Heaven with Adult reflections on virtue, faith and social behavior across diverse stories and dialogues.
A collage of verses: Foss on a pictur'd likeness and a Roman victor, Detroit Free Press goodbyes at the door, and reminiscences of boyhood. Also a comic verse on marriage expectations ending with a surprising match. Poetic fragments reflect humor, sentiment, and social hopes across late 19th to early 20th century newspapers.
A playful passage features Jack laughing as his team shifts its tail in amusement and Jim dusts himself off, capturing a light moment from a Harper's Young People piece.
A quip frames kleptomania as an eccentricity of the rich. The exchange features Jimmy-Pa discussing the term and Pa clarifying it as a notable vice among the affluent.
In a terse courtroom exchange, Gingerly admits love for a woman despite parental opposition. The judge notes the hitch in the match, and when pressed, clarifies that the problem had faded rather than solidified.
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