10 Jul 1875
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1875
Page
1
Poetic praise invoking the God of fathers to preserve and brighten the nation, banish wrong, and prosper the right, directing trust to divine governance and national virtue. The text emphasizes heritage, justice, and moral governance.
In 1858 Jep Smith arrives in Mokelumne Hill impoverished and ill, travels on foot to Columbia, endures grueling heat and a long ascent, and after a harsh night in Columbia’s hotel, is stunned to receive double eagle remittance from the express office. A compassionate innkeeper and wife generously permit him a private room, Jep settles the bill with a gold coin, and the host extols his honesty, pledging friendship for future travels.
An advertisement notice lists rates of 1.00 per square for a week and 0.25 per square for each additional insertion, with twelve lines or less equal to a half square. It states prepayment for transient ads, yearly contracts possible, limits advertisers to their own immediate business, and requires ads to be handed in by Thursday noon for next issue. It mentions obituaries, marriages, deaths, and political notices as charged items.
Dixon lauds American contributions across machinery and industry. He lists inventions including the rotary printing press and steam mower, notes American invention of sand blast, grain elevator, wool cards, and horse shoe machinery, and envisions more discoveries in old farmsteads awaiting daylight at Fairmount Park.
Twely-one young ladies of War saw Kentucky signed a pledge to promote economy and curb extravagance. They vow not to purchase any material for wearing apparel costing more than twenty five cents per yard for one year from May 1 1875 and to observe strict household economy to aid family stock of home comforts.
A reflective passage contrasts flattery and candor in conversation, arguing that true knowledge should drive action and character. It notes the danger of vanity, the value of concise good remarks, and the mulberry leaf becoming satin as a metaphor for gradual achievement. It concludes by likening small efforts, like a worm on a mulberry leaf, to overcoming difficulties.
A New York Tribune summary extols fifty years of hygienic advances shaping public health. It lauds cleaner practices, vaccination, diet shifts like meal and cracked wheat, and sleep as essential. It urges mothers to learn hygienic laws to prevent disease and support family well being with practical knowledge.
A Pittsburgh area tale describes a medical experiment where a mumps patient used a pillow to wake a watcher during a night of brain fever, leading to laughter and recovery for both patients. A second note mocks washing flannels to prevent shrinking, urging quick hot-water washing and rapid drying, while lamenting the washwoman and autocrat of the washtub.
In the mid dle of the Pacific Ocean Easter Island rises bare and desolate yet hosts statues towering up to fifty feet. Savants debate their purpose origin and the people who built them. Some claim a submerged continent or Mexican ancestry may explain the mystery while several monuments head to the British Museum for study.
A fragment reflecting on how a man must ride events as they surge by. It suggests mastery comes from being aligned with momentum, not from late catching of thoughts, which only arrive as events accelerate past. The style hints at a philosophical period voice about action and perception.
The document details an act regulating and restraining the sale of intoxicating liquors. It outlines licensing by town councils, bond requirements, transfer rules, and the creation of commissioners in Providence. It sets license fees, penalties for violations, and enforcement provisions including state police powers and appeals. The act imposes fines and imprisonment for selling to minors and other violations, with sections on enforcement, violations, and penalties.
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