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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1882
Page
1
A storm lashed a Welsh coast as a vessel breaks apart and a lone crewman clings to a spar. A preacher prompts a rescue moment with a trumpet cry to look to Jesus while singing fades into the sea. Marianne Farningham is cited.
Angie Converse and Sidney Alden clash over a festival plan and a mock political marriage as a snowy morning at Oxbow forces a secret ride. Sidney confronts Angie's reluctance while Bertha Huntress looms as a rival, and Angie faints into a risky night journey.
A playful exchange between Angie and a man ends with the election over and both parties apparently content. A sleepy brakeman arrives with a lantern as the scene concludes, adding a simple, humorous touch to the moment.
A miscellany excerpt reflecting on friendship and enmity, the limits of argument versus passion, and the virtue of forgiveness. It cites Gladstone on revenge, Pope on superiority through forgiveness, and Grace Bushnell on God’s patience with a believer.
A reflective note on divine justice and human perception quoting Lacordatre Beings understand God differently over time and often misjudge kindness as failure. The writer asserts that God justifies Himself in the long run and urges humility before divine actions.
The passage argues fame does not require praise or speech. It describes fame as a recognition of excellence that must be felt, not spoken, and notes that even the envious feel it, though they may hate in silence.
A reflective line imagines a world where all people echo Shakespeare’s shepherd, declaring honest labor, fair earnings, no debt of envy, and gladness at others’ prosperity, living simply and content with one’s own farm.
The root of the divine life is faith. The chief branches are love of God, charity to man, purity and humility. These are the highest perfections that either men or angels are capable of, the very foundation of heaven laid in the soul.
A short ethical maxim states to live by justice and truth as guiding principles. It asserts happiness and success follow those who practice fairness in life and business, suggesting rewards are sure through consistent virtue.
The quotation urges restraint with worldly comfort, urging gratitude for temporary goods but warning against letting possessions become a person’s ultimate focus. It echoes spiritual admonition to prioritize eternal values over material wealth.
Aged exhortation urges sav ing women to run household ledgers and start savings. A head of family can build security for storms and rain by tracking expenses, whether annual outlay is five hundred or five thousand dollars. The piece frames saving as duty, not avarice, urging women to maintain current expense accounts.
A devotional urges readers to prepare for meeting God not through earthly methods but by believing in Jesus Christ. It emphasizes that death is a summons from the divine judge and kingship, and only faith in the Son grants fearless acceptance with the promise that God will save.
A London hairdresser gives a poor soldier a guinea and receives a dirty receipt for Day and Martin's Blacking. The receipt proves to be the recipe that made Day and Martin wealthy and famous, illustrating how a small kindness can yield great rewards.
The article recalls Ferdinand de Lesseps the Panama Canal engineer, likening him to Othello in romance and noting his late marriage to a young Creole woman who aids him through political and financial struggles. It also shares a motherly vignette about a boy fearing his blouse at night, urging frank talk with children to prevent childhood nervousness and long-term mental issues.
A group of Norse emigrants waits for the midnight train at the Central depot. Their sleeping child dies unseen as the family endures grief in silence. The yellow-haired baby lies in a foreign grave, its blue wool dress and white cap remembered under trees at Mount Elliot.
The San Francisco Chronicle recounts a tropical scene in Champereo Guatemala where hundreds of locals including women and children swim in warm surf amid palms and orange groves. observers note fearless bathing, beauty of Central American women, and casual attitudes toward sharks in the waves.
An ad claims an effort existing without a cause is impossible and cites throat tickling huskiness of voice and violent coughing as effects of a severe cold. It asserts Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup cures the cold at once and removes its serious effects.
A concise aphorism notes that Trene sees the past as an unalterable truth weighing on the human mind, emphasizing the unchangeable memory and its quiet power over present feeling.
An advertisement extols Sanford's Radical Cure for Catarrh as a complete treatment. It highlights a blend of witch hazel American pine Canada fir marigold clover blossoms and healing balsam and pine aromas. The offer states complete treatment for $1.
An advertisement touts Parsons' Exterminator as a universal pest killer clearing rats mice roaches and ants from barns granaries and homes in a single night with no fear of bad smells and claims it is the best and cheapest vermin killer in the world sold everywhere.
The Evening Post advises a convenient eight inch square flannel bag filled with thoroughly dried clean sand. Sew the opening, cover with cloth, and heat in an oven or on the stove. A reusable heat source for warming feet or hands, better than hot-water bottles or bricks, with two or three bags ready.
A woman asks how to seem perpetually happy. The friend answers that Parker's Ginger Tonic keeps her and her family in good health, noting that when she is well she always feels good natured. See other column.
A pedlar asks for the lady of the house and is met with stinging humor from a sharp bell answerer. After the exchange, the peddler departs richer, having profited from a quick perceptive play on human nature.
Pittsford Massachusetts September 28 1878 a reader endorses Hop Bitters saying they benefited them Mrs J W Tuller secretary of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union cites the testimonial A man taunts an Irishman at a public house prompting a witty reply about weighing pigs The piece ends with a moral about feeding the brain through reading or thinking to keep it from shrinking or sleeping
A humorous domestic scene describes the nightly ritual of closing windows during a thunder shower. The man wakes quietly, lights a lamp, and endures his wife’s frantic reactions as rain begins. He then completes the task amid a lighthearted quarrel about who dominates the moment after darkness falls.
A Philadelphia court case involved a poll parrot trained to heckle a rival shoe store. The bird shouter drew legal action after customers entered the other shop, with the magistrate declaring the parrot a nuisance and setting bail at $600. The text also touts Exy’s Cream Balm with testimonials from T Kenney of Ithaca and Frank C Caupin of Elizabeth New Jersey praising its cure for catarrh and taste loss.
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