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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1883
Page
1
A grieving couple faces lost harvests yet find faith and comfort. The wife speaks of unseen aid and steady provision as the husband, eased by her calm reassurance, returns to work. The scene ends with contented singing about a guiding Heart and Hand.
A broken violin sparks a street boy’s despair and a rich girl’s mercy. Ten years later Carl Seiberg, a celebrated violinist, returns to find Miss Lawrence entangled with Fairfax Farley. Seiberg reveals a debt repaid and vows to marry Lawrence, while Farley ends his suit as Seiberg asks for her hand.
The article mocks Henry Ward Beecher during August and September hay fever and touts Ely's Cream Balm as a simple easy and quick remedy. It claims hay fever makes people wild and unaccountable and promises relief by applying the balm in the nostrils to restore senses and stop symptoms.
A witty remark notes that some individuals are so artificial in behavior that they even discuss the firmness of their own opinions as if they were manufactured.
Personal letter text references medical expenses and family, shop ads for drugs and tonics, and sales pitches. Mentions Sulphur Bitters five dollars worth, Wells Health Renewer, and Wells Rough on Corns. Contains place Boston and Bowdoin street.
A collection of maxims on economy, leadership, virtue, and freedom. It asserts that great truths are simple and true greatness lies in resilience, while liberty depends on an active press and courteous conduct toward others.
The text frames fretting as a constant display of weakness, a desire frustrated by inability. It likens fretting to a small dog pawing at a door, whining because it cannot enter.
The text asserts that human happiness stems from inner condition rather than outward circumstances and that real world improvement depends on increasing the total amount of goodness.
According to the Stationer and Printer, a businessman who follows true business principles need not fear panics. Undercutting prices below living figures invites disaster, so reform now, set your own prices, and make customers meet your terms. Avoid kneeling for work and let others face their own panic instead.
A vast dune in Churchill County Nevada spans four miles long and one mile wide with a 400 foot height. The sand hill is so fine it behaves like powder, can empty a barley sack from movement, and makes a musical sound when trod upon. The dune rolls eastward as wind shifts it, lifting and redepositing sand along its ridge. Monroe and the Sieyers documented its drifting course years ago and revisited after the dune had migrated.
A curious compilation assigns animal roles to natural forms and skills from bees to beavers and ants, describing geometric bee cells, antlions, moles, birds, and other creatures as craftspeople or professionals. The piece ends with a tale of two soldiers and a stone soup misadventure.
Albany Evening Journal warns travelers about a staged misery scam in Forty second street near Grand Central Depot. A boy pretends distress while selling papers, duping strangers who sympathize and overpay before he abandons the ruse with fresh bundles later.
A collection of mid nineteenth century anecdotes contrasts old and new foods and customs. An English lady diners on corn in America misreads the dish while an Irish visitor imitates local manners with corn on the cob. The Czar’s banquet provokes mortification as guests use a golden knife to divide grapes.
At a Paris fair a bearded woman drew a crowd. A cheerful girl at the booth collected money while a spectator teased the child, asking if the bearded woman was her mother. The girl replied, No, she is my papa, ending the attempted joke.
A traveler notes that in Japan families live aboard junks and sailboats along the coast from birth to death. Children learn to swim early and can handle small crafts with younger siblings. Drowning is seen as fate, and interfering with fate is punished.
The National Bank Redemption Agency under the Treasury Department processes mutilated notes received from banks nationwide. Skilled counters verify counts, detect counterfeits, and surcharges for errors. about 300000 dollars daily pass through, with worn notes surviving to be reissued or destroyed.
An English comedian, caught in a furious London downpour, borrows shelter under a stranger’s umbrella. He praises a Gaiety star and jokes about a missing diamond pin, then realizes a possible link to the umbrella holder amid hotel laughter. VEGETINE is advertised at the end.
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