24 Jul 1886
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1886
Page
1
Twelve year old Delight Dempster endures a decade of dream and sacrifice as her inventor father struggles to patent a steam engine. A failed breakthrough leaves the family poor yet Faithful Delight saves her father from a deadly bridge accident, becoming a village heroine and learning life’s cost.
A Boston buyer seeks 150 Red City lots in a Nebraska claimed town that lacks survey or city status. An old pioneer's cabin occupant notes the place is unplanned and possibly a swindle, while locals petition to move the national capital to spur land fortune.
A Philadelphia Mint tale describes a sparrow fed by girls that stole lunch crumbs and carried away gold dust. A boy snatched the bird’s nest. the recovered nest box glittered with gold dust and shining particles. The sparrow’s feathers shed gold dust during its grooming.
For Har Ferver Give Ely's Cream Balm trial. This celebrated remedy for catarrh hay fever cold in the head can be obtained of any reputable druggist and relied upon as a safe pleasant remedy with immediate relief. It is not a liquid snuff or powder has no offensive odor and can be used anytime with good results. Thousands testify including some attaches of this office.
The Comedie Francais actor M Perrin, once betrothed to a beautiful woman who fell scarred by smallpox, visited her as she recovered. She quipped that he came to be freed from the engagement, while he said he came to hasten their marriage.
ActTIVE PUSHING AND RELIABLE. J H Young & Co stocks the purest goods and upholds a reputation for reliability by recommending meritorious popular items. As agent for Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption cold and coughs, it offers a trial bottle free to prove the claim and guarantees a cure for throat lung or chest ailments.
A collection of maxims and reflections on pride patience thrift and virtue from various authors. Notable ideas include doing good to others benefits the doer, the value of discretion in speech and action, and the caution needed in reproach and open reputation. The aphorisms urge self improvement through steady effort and ethical conduct.
The saying urges cultivating virtue alongside prayer, stating that the form of prayer becomes the rule of life and that every prayer to God serves as a precept to man.
A Persian-like reflection notes our life as night-quarters on a journey not home comforts. It compares the burden of the hard bed to the traveler’s need to endure travel lodging rather than a settled home.
The passage argues that vengeance implies injury and that true greatness avoids revenge. It contrasts urban movers with the daughters of farmers, noting how urban and artistic energies stem from the disciplined, toil-filled rural past.
A dawn scene describes universal snow transforming landscapes and social divides. The prose likens the snowfall to mercy and motherhood, removing distinctions between riches and poverty and uniting all under a purifying, celestial canopy.
A society guest recounts mistaking a guest for a waiter at a large reception. She describes how refined French attendants replaced colored servants and reflects on her mortification after recognizing the man as Mr Blank, a friend of her husband, prompting a call for reform in manners.
A reflective piece contrasts a father's impatience with a child learning to read with a mother's patient grace. The narrator recalls his missed lesson and warns that hurried, self‑seeking lives steal gentleness and love. The text urges simple, enduring lessons found in ordinary hearts.
A bold man visited a San Francisco editor demanding a published note about his wife the candy-store keeper and her alleged fondness for young men. He offered $25 to run a stronger piece next week and $50 more for another installment, while the editor claimed to have no part in the earlier report and promised correction.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as relief for dyspepsia and digestive distress. It claims the remedy dispels the causes of dyspepsia and tones the digestive organs, urging readers to try the medicine.
A visitor asks if the Secretary of State is in his office. The reply confirms presence but notes he does not receive visitors when present. The visitor plans to come on a day the official is out.
A reflective line notes that love cannot be judged by the warmth or coldness of women's feet, offering a contemplative view on affection and perception.
James French of Atchison Kansas reports full recovery from a severe liver complaint after using Ayers Sarsaparilla. Mrs H M Kidder of Boston Massachusetts says she and her family have used the medicine for years with consistent safety and relief.
Mrs A B Allen of Winterpock Virginia reports her two year old child suffered bowel complaint and rapid weight loss. After doctors suggested scrofula as a cause they used a blood purifier described as a hyper medicine with no equal and claim the remedy aided recovery.
Fragmentary notes describe hoarseness deafness and pain from burns and scalds with limited context. No clear events or named entities emerge beyond symptoms and injury types.
The essay argues that cranks drive progress and shape history from Columbus to Morse. It urges gentleness toward unconventional thinkers, warns against sneering at those who know only one thing, and ends with a call to self-examination before claiming superiority.
In Pompeii workmen uncovered plaster casts of a mother and child formed from the mud of a buried ruin. The woman's arms reach for her son as he lies just beyond her grasp. Eighteen centuries later the figures endure as a testament to maternal love.
A Liditor Weekly Prees advertisement warns against catarrh and promotes Sulphur Bitters as a preventive remedy to strengthen health and prevent disease uptake.
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