10 Jan 1885
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1885
Page
1
Regularity in daily duties matters as much as order. A fixed time for tasks, punctuality, and focused effort enable people to accomplish much with less stress. Mixing duties causes inefficiency, while steady progression from one task to another yields greater output.
In McClimans farm area workers hear a voice cursing while pulling tubing from a well on a hillside near an old orchard. The tale mentions a hidden coal bank chamber and two miners using hollow tones to trick a workman, with the eerie claims tied to the old yell seen in the coal bank.
A collage of vintage health ads praises Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup VEGETINE and Sulphur Bitters, urging trust in family medicines. It includes testimonials from Rev Cerial Soule Parker's Tonid and a note on engagement rings as promising affairs.
Becky and Nick endure poverty and hunger in a cold winter, yet their kindness leads them to shelter a lost child Minnie Smith. They learn the child’s plight, track her real mother, and reunite the girl with her parents, while Nick gains employment. The tale ends with renewed hope and a moral about doing good.
A local Christian aid group marked a quiet milestone as donations reached a notable level. Officials said support from volunteers and church members sustained the drive, with contributions benefiting families in need across the city.
A collection of aphorisms on love conscience and virtue. Lines rail against vanity and false fame while praising truth purity duty and benevolence. The text contrasts high fame with infamy and notes the enduring value of a good name and living conscience.
A friend’s bright face is described as lifting a case to splendor, even to the point that proud palaces envy its gilding. The passage emphasizes inward virtue reflected in outward brightness and esteem.
The remark notes that people often critique others while those behind them critique in return, highlighting a cycle of fault finding across generations.
The passage argues that a man's habits shape his appearance and demeanor, noting that long-term heavy drinking leaves a visible, dizzy-pated look on the face. It emphasizes how character and lifestyle are reflected in physical presentation.
A sermon argues that a holy life is built from small deeds and tiny choices. It urges meek daily acts, gentle renewal, and avoidance of minor sins to form the negative beauty of holiness.
A country lad employed in a city warehouse gains the master’s praise yet shows pale cheeks and wearied eyes. When asked about his health and evenings, Joseph admits headaches and wavering habits, revealing that a young man’s evenings decide his future.
A collection of light moral anecdotes shows teachers frustrated by misinterpretation. A country master tests pupils on the earth’s shape using a snuff-box and learns the lesson ofSunday rules. A Sunday school teacher explains faith with a boat scene, provoking eager, literal student responses.
A brilliantly plumaged parrot in a grocer's shop exposes deceit by shouting out lies about sugar and cocoa. The master threatens the bird, but Polly persists, finally meeting a grim fate and flying off to seek a land where truth is valued.
Fragmentary text discusses scrofula and its impact on life and vigor, mentioning blood, germs, and the body’s physical state in a dated medical tone. No clear event, person, or action is identifiable.
The Mentor article outlines proper bowing and hat handling as salutes. It contrasts deferential, formal gestures with the jerky hat flick common among young New Yorkers. It emphasizes respect toward women and close relatives in public, noting grace requires measured, full-arm hat carriage until a salutatory moment passes.
A London Truth excerpt laments dull country life and argues education pushes people to move to towns. It suggests villages could add amusements like ballrooms, libraries, and gyms at low cost, with ratepayers funding future improvements.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Dakota authorities offering a reward for counterfeit tails and discuss related issues. Mentions gopher tails, religious meetings, and counts of domestic servants with unclear figures. Overall content is garbled with stray numbers and broken phrases.
The article surveys famed writers such as Plato Sainte Beuve Gibbon Lamb La Rochefoucauld Belzac and others, noting their painstaking revision and long drafts. It cites examples from The Republic to Come Into the Garden Maud and Eothen, illustrating how sleepless study and repeated rewrites shaped enduring works.
Vice Admiral Close of the British navy suggests moon blindness as the cause of the Wasp loss off the Irish coast. He cites nearly losing the Trident when a navigating officer failed to see a lighthouse light a half mile away. He urges medical steps to detect and prevent the condition.
Bauchon Brandely describes perforating oyster upper shells with a trepan to study embryonic growth. After removing particles, a wax stopper excludes water and predators, the shell is rebuilt with a pearl-like layer in eight days, and the stopper is rotated periodically to slow growth during observation.
The article explains ruminant digestion in cows and sheep. It describes four stomachs, the chewing of the cud, and how digestion proceeds from the first to the fourth stomach. It argues against artificial cud to remedy indigestion and advocates restoring stomach tone instead.
The discovery claims to heal consumption and related throat chest and lung ailments. It promises immediate relief and life saving health benefits with Dr Kings New Discovery. A free trial Trink Bottle is offered at J H Young and Co Drug Store.
Mr W kept a Sandy Hill hotel. A circus company stopped there and a boarder complained the long towel passed over a wall roller was too dirty after being wiped by over a hundred troupe members. W replied that no one had faulted it before.
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