31 Jul 1880
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1880
Page
1
John Holt of Rough Reef Beach loves Sarah Pently who rejects him. A September gale sinks Holt's Spray. Sarah sails out in a small boat to rescue him as the ship wrecks. Holt survives, and Sarah grants forgiveness as they cling to life on the shore.
R V Pierce M D reports a patient with serious lung illness confined to bed. After taking the Medical Discovery he improved greatly and is now restored to good health following several bottles. Signed Joph Burnett.
A collection of maxims urging folly avoidance and steadfastness. It emphasizes discipline, faithfulness, and the value of work. The text warns against excessive desires and the futility of repentance without action to fix faults. It frames moral guidance as essential for personal strength and purpose.
A wife's constant effort to make home attractive often hinges on the husband's daily routines and behavior, suggesting harmony or conflict in domestic life stems more from his habits than her efforts alone.
A compact meditation on faith comparing the Christian church to a grand cathedral. It describes how divinely pictured windows reveal harmony and splendor when viewed from within, while lacking glory when standing outside.
Advice to those in distress to tally all debts and credits make notes and pay as funds allow renew notes if needed seek security and prosper through diligence economy and humility until seven years pass then seek aid to settle debts and achieve independence Ben Franklin offers guidance and promise of help.
A saloon-keeper tells a dry goods merchant he would not want his son to enter the liquor business. He suggests alternative work like wheel dirt and chop wood. He would rather see his son buried than drink moderately. The exchange hints at dissatisfaction among liquor men.
A reflective piece contrasts Italian roads with everyday encounters, urging readers to smooth rough paths rather than magnify troubles. It critiques people who find faults, urging gentler wit and constructive action to ease life’s journey.
A traveler recalls visiting a wealthy, cultured man in the state and admiring his flowers and horses. The turning point comes when the owner kicks a black horse in the stable, causing the animal pain. The act reveals the man’s true character, prompting the narrator to never visit him again and to seek kinder company.
A recent essayist argues that imagination enters every child regardless of class, lifting play into dreamlike realms. Urban children lack beaches and open spaces, yet they find solace in imagination, turning streets into a playground and discarded city toys into adventures.
A fragment from Temple Bar contrasts Chinese fidelity stories with a tale of a woman who loyally stayed with her dead lover and died to honor him. It also recounts a San Francisco man jailed in Peru who outsmarted blockade officials, securing release after weeks, joking that he would eat a tyrant if spared.
In Midleton Orr's Island discussion of Mrs. Stowe's book readers resist imagined caverns smugglers and wrecks claiming the tale should reflect actual events. A veteran Cap’n Pennell figure cautions against dissecting a good story, while a young mat maker reader nods to local impact.
A Utica lawyer who recently won a major U S Supreme Court case and welcomed a new family member was parodied by a friend at his home. A new servant, asked to fetch wine, confused wires with electrical gear and brought back a bottle, a tray, ice and two battery jars, revealing the mix up.
A parodied advertisement notes a mother soothing a sick baby with daytime laps while the father carries the child at night. Prize offered is a bottle of Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup, claimed to help the father rest.
The piece recounts the origin of the phrase Who struck Billy Patterson from a Baltimore merchant who settled in Franklin County Georgia and left a will offering a reward. It then mocks ill tempered religious critics with a caricature of a pompous know-it-all and quotes Spurgeon about empty heads and obstinate minds.
The Case estate dispute hinges on whether the word ancestors or ancestor governs inheritance when Leonard Case dies without kin. Judge Jones rules the singular form applies, placing succession on the father’s line, a decision seen as a first step toward Supreme Court review and a precedent in estate settlements.
In a garden near a well an iron basin holds water for a favorite dog. Birds visit daily and often bathe, with two robins bathing together seen on Sunday and a catbird washing beside a young robin awaiting his turn. A dish of water in the yard invites similar feathered visits.
A Gazards man dressed as a bear triggered a wild chase as locals armed with dogs pursued him across a stony countryside for four miles before realizing he was not a real bear.
Sentences describe skepticism toward grand hospital care and costly medical voices, emphasizing home remedies and personal anecdotes as the true cure. The piece argues against palatial institutions and high salaries for yet asserts a preference for practical, home-based remedies.
Trenton Gazelle circulars lessons on water buoyancy to prevent steamboat drownings. It argues bodies float with improvised devices and explains how a chair or plank can keep heads above water. Emphasizes practice, simple principles, and swimming not required for survival.
A prize offered for the fattest baby at an Odd Fellows picnic in San Francisco went to a winner unable to sit in the chair because it was too narrow. The mother, annoyed, called the blunder just like the men.
An amateur farmer from the city writes to the agricultural society chairman seeking to be listed for a calf, asking to be added to the herd roster and showing eagerness to participate in cattle offerings.
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