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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1894
Page
3
A reflective piece from American Theater by J H Barnes urges readers to seek honest work in distant lands. It links freedom, labor, and creation with personal duty, urging citizens to toil for a better future and to shape a life in harmony with faith and perseverance.
The narrator recounts a terrifying August journey through southern England, detailing a near fatal ascent up a church tower. A surly steeplejack lured him with a ride in a flying cage and a promised birdseye view, ending with a dangerous ascent along belfry leads that left him shaken.
A narrator recounts a brutal on height struggle with Wilson on a lofty steeple. As they grapple on a narrow platform above the crowd, Wilson is fatally toppled and the narrator survives, later rescued as villagers watch in shock. The tale ends claiming sensational rumors are false and the truth is enough.
The Engineering News heralds a new electro deposition method using insoluble metal salts ground to powder and mixed with water. Applied like paint with a brush, coatings form a tough metallic layer on metals including hulls of ships and aluminum plated with silver or gold, promising broad applications.
The ancient Egyptians believed Osiris spirit dwelt in a pure white bull bearing signs. Herodotus notes two marks a black eagle on the back and a black forehead with a white square. The New York Historical Society possesses a well preserved mummy from the temple of Serapis.
The quote frames society as a divine gift to man and identifies marriage as a holy, ever-present institution. Celibacy is not commanded, but marriage is, with Eve as wife and friend. Marriage is portrayed as fundamental, existing before sin and serving as a primary antidote to sin.
A Houston philanthropist named Beard aided a dying man bearing a gold opal ring. Beard lost a lawsuit and suffered a string of bad luck after the encounter. The opal changed hands to five men, each struck by misfortune until the gem vanished from Record. Nicola Tesla touts artificial sunlight via atmospheric vibrations and debunks cheap telephone era hype. Receivers need transmitters, like a harness needs a horse.
A woman refuses cosmetics and asks how to cure blotches. The adviser recommends Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, claims it treats female diseases and restores complexion, with a money back guarantee. The patient reportedly improved, and the piece touts Dr. Pierce's Pellets for constipation biliousness and headaches.
A health note advises non-irritating remedies for nasal diseases and condemns douches snuffs powders and astringents. It claims many long sufferers found permanent cures with Ely's Dream Balm and notes druggists stock it.
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