04 Jul 1885
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1885
Page
1
F P Clark of Manchester argues against buying cheap medicines and quack doctors. He endorses reliable medicine Sulphur Bitters which he credits with curing his three year catarrh illness.
A brief Waterloo Observer item asserts Blino people cannot be carpenters because they never saw, presenting a controversial and unsupported stereotype as fact.
Mr Wm Thomas of Newton Indiana reports his wife suffered a severe cough for twenty five years. After trying many remedies she used Dr King's New Discovery with relief from the first bottle and complete cure after the second. Free trial bottles at J N Young & Co. Drug Store. Large size one dollar.
An advertisement offers a thirty day trial of Dr Dye's Celebrated Voltaic Belt with Electric Suspensory Appliances for nervous debility loss of vitality and manhood and related illnesses. It promises complete restoration to health vigor and manhood with no risk and provides details by writing Voltaic Belt Co Marshall Michigan.
Advertisement urges mothers to buy Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children claiming immediate relief for crying and pain. It touts cures for dysentery diarrhea wind colic and inflammation, and promotes a pleasant taste and long history with price 25 cents at druggists.
A young lawyer narrates a grim tale on a rainless day as a widow seeks to secure her husband’s will. He writes rival wills to satisfy both wife and daughter, discovers a dying man signs, and witnesses a pistol confrontation with Mrs Cecil. The plot ends with justice for Mabel and the widow’s flight abroad. The tale blends intrigue with a cautionary note on greed and loyalty.
A collection of pithy observations on virtue, diligence, temperance, and the dangers of power. It argues that noble character requires effort, that abilities misused threaten the state, and that cheerfulness and forbearance ease social relations. It warns against envy and assumes imperfect perfection in every relationship.
A satire notes sciolists rush to fame by rejecting all belief and demand others’ reasons while offering none of their own. It compares them to highwaymen, asserting they pose greater danger to reason than those who think. Colton’s quip critiques pretentious, unthinking radicals and their paradoxical certainty.
The article traces early plaster use in Britain and Ireland, describing mud and clay daubing, wattles, and Devonshire cob as ancient building methods. It notes separate plastering and daubing trades in the 13th and 14th centuries and cites London's Edward III era wage limits for plasterers. Homesick Sandy McFarquhar story follows a blind old man in a city asylum, where a regiment’s homecoming music move him to die fulfilled as he imagines returning to Scotland.
A Lowell era broadside recounts final moments and last words of presidents including Adams Jefferson Lincoln and Grant. It notes Washington Polk Harrison Jackson and others, their beliefs and deathbed scenes, with remarks on religion and imminent afterlife.
The quote urges steady effort and self restraint. It counsels stopping when nervous and taking a breath to maintain calm, describing this simple rule as more effective than prayers or tears. It emphasizes common sense in managing workload.
A London telegraph project used a rat with a fine steel wire to pull a main line through underground tunnels where gas pipes and sewers run. The rat's progress, aided by a ferret, completed the circuit and spared a costly dig up, showing an extraordinary workaround.
A shepherd tests his dog's alertness by muttering I am thinking sir the cow is in the potatoes. The dog springs up sees no cow, checks the farm yard, returns, and after repeated false alarms grows offended yet remains by the fire in a warm corner.
The White House sits on about a third of an acre and has cost about 2 million dollars. Built in the nineties it faced a 300 thousand initial price, later rising by 1.7 million after British destruction. Architect Hoban, a South Carolina man, earned 500 for plans. Presidents since Washington expanded its beauty and expenses, from Abigail Adams drying clothes in the east room to John Quincy Adams adding the first billiard table.
A concise maxim asserts concentration as the secret of power across politics, warfare, trade, and all human affairs management. The quote emphasizes focus as essential to effectiveness and success in varied domains.
Passed at the May Session 1885 Chapter 531 amends Chapter 98 Public Statutes Of Dogs Section 25 of chapter 93 now states no officer filing a complaint shall be required to give surety for costs or be liable for costs arising from complaints under this chapter.
The act amends chapter 511 of the Public Laws of April 24 1885 to extend duties to milk inspectors or other town officers to file complaints for violations. It sets inspector compensation up to twenty five cents per barrel of vinegar inspection and states the act takes effect upon passage.
An 1853 amendment to the Public Statutes fixes the annual salary of the Trial Justice of the Providence Justice Court at 2500 dollars. The act takes effect immediately, repealing conflicting provisions.
Colonial statute grants the Board of State Charities and Corrections authority to acquire up to fifty acres in Cranston adjacent to state lands to dispose of the state institutions sewage. It outlines the purchase process, notices, hearings, and appraisal by commissioners, with required newspaper advertisements and personal service.
Provisions outline hearsay, fees, jury trial rights, and payment processes for commissioners reports on property damages. Fees are paid by the General Treasurer after court approval, with options for appeals, jury trials, and final judgments. The act specifies amendment terms and timing for payments by the State treasury.
The act provides appropriations for the 1885 fiscal year ending December 31. It authorizes the State Auditor to issue orders against approved appropriations upon authenticated vouchers. The text notes specific clerk expenses and is signed by Secretary of State Joshua M. Addeman.
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