When all the world seems nothing worth and God
Poem lines express deep spiritual longing and hunger of the soul. The speaker seeks solace in God, tormented by loss and emptiness, asking where else to turn and who hears the cries of a burdened heart.
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Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1871
Page
1
Nest in a Hollow Mossy Nook
A description of a hidden nest nestled in a hollow amid moss and knot-grags, warm and full, with vetches bending over in purple dim light and buttercup buds expected to follow.
Doomed and Saved A Virginia tale of murder escape and marriage
In Virginia a 19 year old Frank Mercer is tried for his uncle Mr Mercer’s murder but proclaims innocence after collapsing the crime scene. Escapes prison, later serves in the Mexican navy and reunites with Mary Dewes, marrying her after exposing a wrongful confession by a remorseful witness.
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Plea For Those Who Sleep In The Morning
The article argues that modern life makes short sleep unavoidable for many, but mental workers should adjust by delaying bed and waking later. Six hours suits manual laborers, but brain workers need longer rest, with the best sleep in the early morning after mental exertion ends. It urges letting the brain unwind and stresses longer, delayed sleep for true restoration.
Ice Cave in Decorah Iowa Described in Detail
A Decorah Iowa ice cave in Winnesheik county forms a vertical fissure in Trenton limestone along the Upper Iowa river bank. The shaft is about 100 feet deep with winding passages two to eight feet wide and varying heights. The cave loses ice in winter and accumulates it as heat rises, creating solid dry ice along its sides and floor.
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Winnesheik County
Trenton
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Secret of SuCcess A merchant attributes success to obedience
A poor boy who rose to wealth explains his fortune came from prompt and steady obedience to his parents. He recalls yielding to his father and mother despite peers encouraging rebellion and believes a blessing rests on his efforts.
Literal tone of a Dartford clergyman and Thorvaldsen joke
A Dartford clergyman praised Shakespeare while admitting literalism so extreme that he denied literary meaning. In Munich Thorvaldsen tells a student that a barber would help, and a poor sculptor replies by growing hair to study from, only for Thorvaldsen to warn him to follow St Peter and deny his own master.
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Mr. T
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Reflection on adversity and self knowledge
A pithy quotation about adversity teaching more than constant success. It notes that success hides flaws while friendship hides enemies, who reveal defects. The line emphasizes self awareness through challenges and the broader world’s perspective.
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Colton
Folly of drinking makes woes apparent in town
A short poem notes that drinking does not solve trouble but doubles it. It warns that consuming to excess makes sorrow visible to the town as sorrows rise with each gulp and result in public jollity and melancholy.
Rhode Island Public Laws 1871 East Greenwich jail use act
Rhode Island enacted acts in 1871 to permit East Greenwich to use Kent county jail for town ordinance offenses, set canvassing and city officer rules for Providence, and appoint city officers like Superintendent of Streets. Also repeals and amendments to probate bond rules and public works commissions.
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Kent
Bristol
City of
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Boards of
Old Sand Hill Cote
Point Judith Pond
South Kingstown
Sand Hill Cove
Joan R. Bartlett
Advertising rates and rules for notices and inserts
The notice outlines advertising charges: $1.00 per square for one week, 25 cents per square for subsequent insertions, with twelve lines or less per square. Special notices for marriages and deaths cost double. transient ads prepaid. yearly contracts on reasonable terms. yearly advertisers limited to their own business. ads due by Thursday noon for next issue. religious obituary and political notices treated as ads.
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