21 Jul 1883
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1883
Page
1
The Bristol Phoenix lists subscription terms by C. A. Greene. Rates include one year two dollars paid in advance, six months one dollar, three months fifty cents, and annual in arrears two dollars and sixty five cents. Single copy five cents.
A newspaper correspondent notes a German professor and students discussing emigration to America. Many educated Germans, including graduates and doctors, dream of a tolerable position abroad while peasants see America as a land of promise, highlighting a glut of would be emigrants beyond wealth.
A society paper notes a new trend where people are asked to draw a cat without a model. One woman collects all attempts in a “cat basket” showing how few know a cat’s appearance.
A concise aphorism stressing altruistic generosity. It warns against expecting reciprocity and encourages sincere giving without strings. The phrase emphasizes selfless action as virtuous in social exchange.
The notice lists advertising rates: one inch for one week at one dollar, each additional week twenty five cents, twelve lines of nonpariel type per inch. Special notices before marriages and deaths double. Transients must prepay. yearly advertisers limited to their immediate business. ads due by Thursday noon for next issue.
A married couple in an old fashioned Philadelphia boarding house observe a shy, handsome clerk Mr Welleston and the rich Miss Marguerite Atheling. As Miss Atheling confesses a lifelong love, Welleston relinquishes pride to accept her, while two lifelong observers watch a romance unfold and affirm that true love conquers pride and hardship.
The notice promotes SHAFER's pure fruit syrups mixed with ice water at one to five as a nutritious healthful temperance drink. recommended for all ages, especially those with fevers. Available at fine grocers.
The saying notes Wan often slips in speech while his hands provide a steady tally. Observers cite his habit of counting on fingers to ensure accuracy amid verbal missteps.
An old advertisement promotes Mother Swans Worm Stroup as a harmless remedy described as fallible tasteless and cathartic for feverishness restlessness worms and constipation. The ad lists a 25 cent price.
A reflective piece urges valuing time and action over idleness. It extols diligence, self reliance, and doing good in one’s own way while avoiding envy and relying on personal weapons rather than imagined foes. It likens virtue to steady effort and honest partnerships in adversity.
A reflective line on marriage describing ill-suited unions as a sepulcher of the heart haunted by echoes of pure affections and lost hopes.
A reflection on happiness and virtue, noting that true worth lies in actions flowing from inner character rather than outward ceremony. It argues that others judge us by deeds, while the Maker values intent and authenticity above performative show.
The text compares attempts to suppress inner thoughts to damming steam, noting that forcing thoughts only leads to a destabilizing surge as the mind resists control and continues its own processing.
A reflective quatrain contrasts daily human shifts from favor to dis grace with stable heavenly constancy. The speaker notes present friendships and wine and vinegar in one cup to illustrate fickleness, then asserts heaven remains unmoved by such change.
Hindu girls dress in bright colors and march through bazaars to a water tank, toss their handmade dolls into the water, then return home. The dolls are made of mud or rags and are cheap to replace, while English dolls impress Hindu girls with their hair eyes and clothes.
A New York hospital patient, Henry Stube nicknamed Masky, cannot move facial muscles and remains expressionless for two years after a neuralgic cold. He eats with a hand, speaks without lip motion, and is treated with electricity while doctors hope for recovery. Anyone who reads his case may find the mask-like face uncanny.
A naturalist recalls a bright spotted turtle once thought extinct in the Philadelphia region. Six Muhlenberg turtles were found in a drained meadow ditch near Cambridge, showing how rarity may hide in plain sight and the value of patient observation for discovery and conservation.
A New York millionaire who owns a large New Jersey stock farm enforces strict access rules. A neighbor who entered by an open gate was confronted and told to leave. The owner then pursued the visitor after learning his name and gate of entry, prompting the farmer to depart.
The tale follows Captain John Niven of Thorntown Indiana, grandson of Sir Hugh Niven, through his stormy sea career with Adoniram Judson in Rangoon, the loss of the Ramsay by lightning, escape to England, and later voyages. After a near-fatal Nantucket wreck he returns to the U.S. and rises from simple toil to become president of the First National Bank in Thorntown, living at Chrome Hill while recalling wild sea trials and a stubborn resolve to eat with a fork.
The narrator visits a basement Chinese barber shop run by Choy Lee and five barbers. Chinamen sit on low stools as heads are shaved and queues rebraided, with a single circular patch left on top. He notes the lack of facial hair among the patrons and comments on the shop’s plain, poorly ventilated surroundings and quiet atmosphere.
A vivid scene of Aaron Burr pressuring a witness in court. Burr’s dramatic gesture exposes the fear and guilt of the witness, shifting the trial’s mood and jeopardizing the accused’s fate. The witness is later charged with murder and perjury amid courtroom awe in this tense episode.
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