30 Jul 1881
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1881
Page
1
Poem fragment reflecting on ending labor and hardship with rest and calm. Imagery of a quiet sea and tranquil sleep expresses resignation and hopeful peace after toil. The lines contrast busy hours with eventual repose.
A sermon by Rev. S Craves warns bad thoughts rot character like rust in iron and ships sunk by storms. It includes a mercy tale of a burglar who spares a sick child after a mother offers keys and silence. The burglar reflects that the child’s life may endure if he keeps quiet.
Peter Glanding, town clerk of Kyristos, proclaims faith in a topical relation on July 19 1881. An alkali absorbent priced at 50 cents advertised for rheumatism neuralgia nerve disorders and inflammation.
Rev Mr Good speed, a member of the Illinois legislature, offered prayer but declined the $3 per day compensation for ministers. He argued payment should reflect the good accomplished. He prayed for wisdom and grace yet felt no benefit from it. Also notes on health, Parker's Ginger Tonic advertisement, and an Arctic chronometer test showing minuscule drift after 18,000th of a second over a year and a half.
A historical ad urges immediate action against illness cautioning that waiting worsens disease. It promotes Favorite Remedy to relieve bowels stimulate liver and cool skin. Readers are asked to send one dollar to Rondout New York or visit their druggist. Thunder is noted as audible only within twenty to thirty miles of its flash.
Rob Thorne, a Mississippi River pilot, and Mollie his new wife face a catastrophic steamer fire. Amid panic, Rob chooses to stay at the wheel to save 300 aboard, escaping via the paddle-box with Mollie to safety. Their heroism earns a $2000 gift, a gold medal, and his promotion to captain of a premier steamer.
A mix of aphorisms on truthfulness happiness and virtue. It contrasts wealth and happiness, calls self denial education flawed, lauds generous goodness, and ends with a temperance anecdote about a bishop and Rev. Perkins, highlighting the moral clash over drinking.
Life is full of unnecessary pain and every person has work to do to ease others suffering. If each suffering person shares in lightening another's load, life would be kinder. An old writer says all can give a smile, whose brightness helps strangers endure adversity and fosters recognition and endurance.
A sermon on keeping the Sabbath, urging readers to rest from weekday burdens and resist business that intrudes on Sunday. It contrasts mind and body fatigue, warning against allowing work thoughts and worries to intrude on the Lord’s day of freedom and the church’s peace.
An anecdote recounts a Youngs Hotel party hosted by Vice President Wilson. A guest questions the empty wine glasses, and Wilson replies that he never uses or provides intoxicating drinks due to a drunken father. He pledges to abstain, honoring his past and faith, drawing a generous, unifying response from guests.
A Leadville chroniqueur recalls a notorious gambling era and a dying young player who lost a fortune at the table after his mother had given him a ring. The tale unfolds with a fatal final deal, a corpse’s pale gaze, and the coroner’s verdict linking luck to a cherished keepsake.
A New England railroad plans ready packed lunch baskets at select stations to replace hurried meals at wayside inns. The scheme promises meals fit to eat and sold at reasonable prices, with disposable utensils returned to stations. If successful it would transform traveler dining.
An advertisement touts Heed’s Sarsaparilla as a medicine for appetite, purification of blood, and body vitality. It claims to energize the entire body through the blood, offering a bottle for $1 or six for $5.
A fragment discusses ice cream causing nasal redness and wrinkles, and mentions explaining these facts for poor young men seeking marriage. The text appears as a dated, partial quotation with archaic spelling and phrasing.
A Civil War anecdote recounts General Lee ordering a naked Confederate or Union volunteer from the opposite bank to Libby Prison as punishment for crossing into the camp. The man pleads, is spared, and vows not to return, then escapes back across the river.
An editor who was told his last article was unclear defended it with a terse remark about covering the ground. The exchange highlights tensions within the newsroom as staff respond to perceived gaps in clarity and direction.
Gordon Cummings recounts a Fijian dance evoking reef tides, showing a shifting formation from long lines to small groups. Dancers imitate rising waves, breakers, spray, and a floating cloth turbans while the orchestra mimics surf sounds, creating an artistic, lullaby-like effect rooted in local culture.
The Sun recalls a cholera preventive remedy first published over twenty years ago, praised as the best bowel complaint cure and a safe standby for summer ailments. It prescribes equal parts tincture of Cayenne pepper opium rhubarb essence of peppermint and camphor spirits, with dosing 15 to 80 drops in water, repeated until relief.
A vivid old description explains a three person canoe team pursuit of lobsters at night using a torch to illuminate the seaweed and a long wooden spear to capture lobsters from the water without injury. The scene is cited as exciting and picturesque, with a Rembrandt like glow and tense moments as lobsters crawl about the boat.
Dr W H Horcombe of New Orleans endorses the Liebig Co Arni cated Extract of Witch Hazel as a valuable remedy. The ad touts cures for piles rheumatism painful menstruation and female weaknesses with a price range of fifty cents to one dollar and mentions skin eruptions and pimples.
Dates of advertising and transient notices, rates per month and week, and payment terms. Special notices precede marriages and deaths. yearly contracts offered on reasonable terms. Ads must be submitted by Thursday noon to appear in the next issue.
A village church sought a preacher offering $50 and expenses but faced self doubt and candidacy refusals. A refusal to travel and a tale of past attempts reveal a minister content with his flock. Eventually a Mohammedan church visit leads to acceptance and installation of a successful minister.
Pierre and George Lorillard dominate racing as top turfmen while maintaining vast tobacco fortunes. Pierre’s stable cleared over 100000 last season and both brothers enjoy extensive New York real estate holdings that greatly increase their wealth, regardless of racing outcomes. Belmont’s prominence has faded beside theirs, though rivalries remain friendly.
The text lists world cities by population tiers: over 1,000,000 in Britain, Germany, the United States, France, and Austria. over 500,000 with nine total spread across Great Britain, the United States, Russia, and Turkey. and 200,000 to 600,000 with 29 cities in the United States plus several in Britain Germany Italy France Spain Portugal Russia Austria Belgium and Holland.
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