22 Jul 1876
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1876
Page
1
Rates for advertising include 1.00 per square for a week and 0.25 per additional insertion. Twelve lines equal a square. Special notices for marriages and deaths double rates. Transient ads paid in advance. Yearly contracts available. Early submission by Thursday noon. Religious obituary and political notices charged as advertisements.
Two Brightview boys Johnny Carter and Willie Adams ride a balloon at a county fair and drift far from town. After a tense night aloft they land in a familiar farmyard, are recognized by Johnny’s aunt, and are joyfully reunited with their mothers.
The piece warns against marketed potash laundry products and harsh alkali soaps that can injure fabrics and skin. It cites a child’s death from caustic potash and notes ordinary soaps are adulterated with soda to compete with frauds. It advocates higher quality white soap to reduce fabric wear and skin harm.
The lawn is the key element of beauty in any garden and must be thoroughly prepared. Drain and grade the ground, then sow Red top Kentucky Blue grass or Rhode Island Bent with White Clover, using three to five bushels per acre. In small yards lay sod if possible, and edge the lawn with turf margins along walks and beds.
A historical adage compilation emphasizes advertising as a source of wealth and success. Notable quotes from Robert Bonner Nickolas Longworth Stephen Girard A T Stewart and Amos Lawrence reflect persistent promotion as key to business competence and profit.
A collection of aphorisms noting that society relies on mutual credulity and self deception. It muses on memory and judgment, gratitude, cleverness, and the pleasures of discovering others faults, arguing present miseries outpace philosophical relief.
A reflection on how distance can give value to many things yet jokes from certain comic writers fail to earn esteem despite their far fetch ed nature. The piece critiques accessibility and enduring appeal in humor and questions what makes comedy resonate across audiences.
A description portrays a woman in a round hat worn high on the head, a tightly fitted bodice, a short yet fan-like rear train, and shoes seven sizes too small, her walk described as a peg like mythological figures.
An excerpt describes conscience as a vigilant avenger of broken law and neglected duty. It portrays conscience as a relentless internal judge, a flame within the soul that torments and consumes, returning in moments of thought, disappointment, or trouble to reclaim mortal responsibility.
A maple near 653 Blandina Street Utica shows three years of girdling yet thrives with deep green foliage. A hollow heart reveals a vine like ivy growing inside the trunk raising theories on sap flow and tree vitality. The rare phenomenon invites study by sap flow researchers and students.
A novel tuning fork promises to raise piano pitch by vibrating at higher frequencies. The inventor anticipates a market where pianos pay for the extra notes, delivering a practical realization of compensation through improved intonation.
A humorous exchange between an Illinois asylum superintendent and a railroad official centers on a half fare pass. The reforming letters quote scripture to obtain travel passes, while the reply parries with biblical fare guidance and a final grant of the pass.
A mixed excerpt discusses trade winds with notes on air movement and global circulation from Popular Science Monthly. It also describes historical “laws of the ring” detailing how engagement and marriage signals were read from finger rings among men and women.
A St Louis incident reports a Miss Dingle's attempt to imitate her employer Mrs Dingle's bustle using rope from a clothes line. The prank ends with unfastened rope and a troubling misadventure as bystanders laugh. Public notices about constitutional amendments appear in the same column.
A girl freed herself from three boys who used a taut line to restrain her as they attempted to tow her away. She grabbed a hay knife, cut the rope, and fled to a street car. She returned home in fever and told Mrs. Dingle the events in delirium.
Seals caught in the Severn surface with no crests engraved, despite reports of a crested wave matching the odd phenomenon. Local observers note the mismatch between sea life sightings and supposed wave imagery.
An unaspiring man, opposing progress, refused to be photographed claiming he was a foe to graphic portraits and likenesses.
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