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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1883
Page
1
A man who had been away long enough to grow a beard visits a relative and the five year old girl politely refuses a kiss saying she does not see her place. The(line) shows innocent humor in a domestic scene with a child’s frank understanding.
An old bachelor departs on a week journey after bidding farewell to his landlady and gripping a salt mackerel by the tail he says goodbye to an old fellow vowing to return when rotary.
A summer trip to a school convention in New Lincoln brings Ada Anna and Ellen Weston into the influence of Mr Rowe, a gracious chaplain. The trio's playful evening with him ends in awkward tension, a hidden door, and later reflection as war nerves and memory bind them to a reconsidered respect for his quiet ethics.
A compact moral meditation on honesty in action and on graceful manners as outward signs of inner refinement. It argues virtue resists ostentation, self control matters, restraint saves wisdom, and bad habits grow like weeds. It ends with a traveler’s note that life is travel with rest desired.
An old advertisement touts Bucuu-Para as a quick complete cure for bladder and urinary diseases. The product claims relief offered by druggists for $1. The copy emphasizes rapid results and easy availability through pharmacies.
An 19th century advertisement touts Carter's Lift Liver Pills with symptoms relief promises for headaches nausea constipation and side pain. It notes a price of 25 cents per pill sold by J H Young and includes a testimonial from Charles King claiming major medical savings after using Sulphur Bitters.
The sharper urges a farmer to sign a slip while noting a note of practical law. A pest remedy claims to clear rats and pests. A jab at the conceit that women cannot rival men is delivered as a sharp-witted generalization about a woman's trunk packing ability.
Lexicographer Wessterr defines catarrh as a nasal and bronchial discharge caused by cold. The ad promotes Ely's Cream Balm as a universal antidote from materia medica, citing B F Lerner of Red Bank New Jersey who says one bottle restored his voice after years of trouble. The claim ends noting a 50 cent price.
A reflective line from a historical voice praises simple virtue and contentment with one’s own life. It emphasizes earning what one wears, owing nothing to others, and happiness in others’ good fortune as a noble stance.
A mind that knows itself discovers its obstacles are self created and misjudged. As it overcomes these barriers it gains freedom and proudly acknowledges its progress and growth.
A Dublin woman curious about purification asks a goldsmith to explain metals refining. He notes he sits at the crucible to prevent silver from being harmed, linking the process to the Scriptural promise that God sits as a refiner and purifier of silver.
The piece argues against yielding to depression when troubles come. It contrasts the weakening effect of despair with the resilience of a cheerful, hopeful mindset. A brave outlook helps one endure misfortune and grasp offered aid, making such disposition invaluable.
A moral essay condemns gossip like remarks on appearance in everyday life. It argues cheerful restraint and privacy protect feelings, citing St Paul and the value of kindness. Readers are urged to avoid pitying phrases that focus on looks and ailments.
The article notes Mrs Lucretia Garfield widow of the late President resides in Cleveland with children and her mother, near Mentor farm once linked to political life. It mentions improvements at the home, a charity gift to a Disciple Church, and a new Prospect street residence. It also covers the authorized Garfield edition book project and its editor. It closes with a humorous early marriage anecdote from the Union Depot.
A humorous scene shows a printing office team chasing deciphered hen tracks in a chaotic attempt to read a correspondent story. Foreman, compositor, proof reader, editor, and office boy converge over a paper that proves unreadable, ending with a dangerous plan to pursue the writer.
The Superior Court in Montreal upheld the will of Barbara Scott, a reclusive old woman who left McGill University forty thousand dollars and sizable gifts to hospitals churches and charities. Executed by a dispose mind despite extreme frugality including solitary life in a decaying estate with no food remnants found. Relatives seeking to contest the will failed as the court deemed her capable of disposing mind albeit eccentric.
An elderly woman shouted at the counter in a tense moment as a clerk noted the latest development. Her remark implied a fatal concern about the situation, reflecting the heightened anxiety of the scene.
A humorous western rail tale follows a nervous passenger on a mixed train asking a conductor to speed up for his dying wife and a looming note. The passenger finds comic relief after noting his overdue debt is outlawed, while the conductor endures his complaints.
Rev Mark Trafton cites the late vice president of the Confederacy in his book. He recalls Stephens's piercing house presence and a violent street assault where Stephens was stabbed with a bowie knife, bleeding severely yet continuing his political work. Stephens belonged to the Presbyterian Church in Crawfordville Georgia.
An English mother explains her three year old boy aboard a Canarder speaks plainly and bluntly. An American woman compliments the child, saying what a cunning child. The mother swiftly corrects the misperception, noting her child is as frank as any you would meet.
A dispatch reports a snow white elephant captured in Siam and escorted toward Bankok by the king and court. The procession honored the animal as a new deity, granting it royal rank, splendor, and lavish gifts, with gold articles and porcelain for its shrine near the king’s quarters.
Passengers on a Yellowstone to Sentinel Butte train reported a rare scene as a herd of sixteen buffaloes appeared near the Montana Dakota line and a volley of bullets failed to stop them. Moments later a larger herd crossed the track prompting a renewed flurry of gunfire as the excited crowd discussed buffalo myth and weight of lead.
A crowded Shawmut avenue horse car in Boston carries six well dressed young men and a plasterer who, after offering a seat to a young lady, sits as others depart. He insists on a seat for himself claiming a character to sustain as he reveals tools from under the seat.
A humorous home remedy suggests threading a wire longer than the sleeper's mouth with paper pieces acting as a wind-mill and a feather to tickle the nose. The snorer supposedly awakens and discards the device, but continued use ends snoring after multiple trials.
Advertisers claim Democrats and Republicans agree on the effectiveness of Dr Bull's Cough Syrup for coughs and colds. The product, priced at 25 cents, is available at drug stores as a dependable remedy.
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