26 Jul 1884
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1884
Page
1
A mother recalls a child’s fairy tale of a ship and voyage then meets death with a calm dreamlike readiness. Her words liken her passing to a voyage as her children gather by her bed and the dreamlike water and sails appear in her thoughts.
Cora Leslie, urged by Miss Duchesne, faces a foretold love triangle with Ariadne Buckingham. Duke Chesterton seeks Ariadne, but revelations and social pressure expose deceit. Cora forgives him, then accepts Colonel Vavason, ending Duke's suitor dreams and finding lasting happiness.
Henry Satterlee a stylish youth was arraigned at Essex Market New York for being drunk and disorderly. He sang to a female cigar figure extending his arms and offered the song Can you Forgive and Forget Love. The judge fined him ten dollars noting such a song warrants a year.
Notice describes rush at J H Young & Co for free trial bottles of Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. Claims cure for bronchitis hoarseness and throat lung ailments with testimonials and price of regular size 1.00. Includes unrelated claims about Veg etine and Eclectric Oil anecdote and erroneous spelling.
Marvin C. Brown of Meredith Village New Hampshire says he has sold Sulphur Bitters for years with universal patient relief. He states the remedy cured his own terrible sick headaches when other remedies failed.
To revenge is no valor but to bear. People's intentions show in their conduct. Fretting at life’s ills wastes time. durable wheels run quietly. Education should build children not harm them. Mental discipline from illness harms more than helps. Betraying a friend for quarrel is unworthy. kindness and trust remain essential.
A tender conscience is an invaluable blessing that quickly discerns evil and avoids it. The world is full of the weak and foolish who need safeguards, while even the wisest and best can falter at times.
A reflective remark contrasts false mirth with false gravity, noting that a grinning hypocrite is as common as the groaning one in worldly encounters. The passage examines appearances versus inner truth without naming individuals or events.
A philosophical line extols happiness through simple needs and restraint. It champions eating for hunger drinking for thirst standing on one’s own legs and living by reason rather than fashion. It advocates providing for necessity and avoiding ostentation or pomp.
A Quon stresses duty expressed as an imperative to remember. The rush of daily life causes many tasks to be left undone not from willful neglect but from forgetful neglect, a common fault amid busy days.
The excerpt extols the comfort of shared illness and distress as priceless. It ranks sympathy and mercy toward the unfortunate as the next best pleasure, asserting no person is truly destitute while able to offer the first, or wholly worthless if insensitive to the second.
The text notes that those who struggle for money gain hard lessons. It warns against excess and sloth, praising liberality but condemning miserliness, and stresses the dollar’s value lies between extremes.
A garret vignette portrays Martha Washington living in a humble space above her husband’s tomb at Mount Vernon. The piece reflects on patience, duty, and reverence, contrasting cheerful maxims with a somber portrait of a widow’s solitary end.
A rounded feature on self discipline for youth stressing parental guidance and the value of work over idleness. The piece also reports on southeastern Atlantic porpoise fishing practices, using seines, aprons, and nets to harvest oil, skin, and meat for various uses.
In a Paris cafe a rich American traveler recounts his boyhood dream to travel the world and laments not having seen renowned U S sights like Niagara Yosemite and Mammoth Cave. A French companion mocks the vastness of America and urges visiting home, prompting the realization that homeland exploration matters more than distant tours. The tale appears in Somerville Journal.
A reflection on the wheel horse role often taken by the mother or oldest daughter in a family. It notes the constant duties from chores to bills and care for children, and urges support from husbands and shared responsibility to refresh and renew the home.
A narrator discusses bear trapping in Russia and a clever escape by multiple bears. They form a humanlike ladder to reach a branch, freeing the bottom bear, illustrating gratitude and contrasting bears with selfish humans.
A rich Natick, Massachusetts youth, drunk, hired a team at a livery stable. He slept in the carriage for two hours after which he woke and claimed he had enjoyed a quiet ride. He said he had fed the horse an oat bait at Newton Falls Hotel, paid three dollars, and left satisfied.
AtLapy writes of long term use in her family and credits Ayer’s Sarsaparilla with relief from pains tied to female weaknesses and irregularities, stating she could not keep house without it.
Evansville store owner Plunkett refuses ads and a rival solicitor runs a prank insert offering cats for sale. A New Year’s Eve cat heap erupts as boys deliver pets to his door. cats scratch his leg when he comes outside, prompting a chaotic showdown in the yard.
Castle Garden benefits immigrants under nine Emigration Commissioners, handling records of 6730 arrivals on May 15 1882 and safeguarding passengers from exploitation. The system funds ticket exchanges, interpreters, lodging licenses, and medical aid while noting vast financial movements tied to inward migration. A Willimantic hat factory note and a pig pen pun close the column.
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