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Bristol Phoenix in Bristol, Rhode Island
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1877
Page
1
Advertising Rates and Notice Policies Summary
Advertising rates are listed at one dollar per inch for display ads. Notices may be refused if not fitting the issue, with certain categories such as religious, obituary, or political notices charged as advertisements. Yearly contracts offered on reasonable terms. ads should be submitted by Thursday noon for the next issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Para
Jealous Wife Misreads Love Note Sparks Laughing Resolution
Martha Daviland discovers a pink note addressed to her husband appears to reveal a secret admirer. Misread jealousy grips her until Teddy Maton delivers the truth that the letter belongs to another man. Martha and Charlie laugh away the fear and reflect on mistaken suspicions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Daviland
Jessica Jarvis
Shakspere
Mrs. Davil
Charles
Miss Jarvis
Martha
Mary Lytton
Mary
Ossawa
Jessica
Charles Daviland
Patty
Martha Musn
Mrs. Daviland
Deborah
Deborah Disappeared, and Presently In Shuffled Teddy Maton
Daviland
Teddy
Charlie
Margaret Daviland
Teddy Maton
Mr. Daviland
Spare the Birds Protest Against Feather Slaughter
Alfred Newton writes to the London Times condemning ornamental feather trade as sterilizing bird stocks. He cites one sale listing 9700 herons or egrets from India and 15000 humming birds, with 740 of one kind, arguing the slaughter wastes beauty and harms ecosystems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Newton
London Times
India
Newton
Sermon on the Press Reveals Skepticism in Journalists
Rev. Mr Talmage in Brooklyn laments the newspaper trade’s exposure to shams and vanities. He notes editors and reporters witness daily folly and temptations, questioning belief in God and humanity. He wonders why any journalist remains trusting or credulous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talmage
Peppie
Brooklyn
ENGLISH VIEW OF THE YANKEE NATION
The piece discusses American ambition focusing on wealth and self respect. It notes Americans seek money but lack complete self confidence and ease in accepting criticism. It argues prosperity has come from vast resources yet other areas lag due to the population and early tasks.
Dosing Habits and German Military Life
The text condemns indiscriminate self medication with cod liver oil blue pills and other remedies. It then discusses German military life noting intense daily drill hours and training from childhood through a long service system with reserves and landwehr extending into age 42.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Jandwehr
Two American Hav Mor Specimens Tell Tall Tales
A Massachusetts traveler recalls two veteran yarns from a hotel bar. One man boasts of a mud hole scam that netted him 25 000 dollars before selling the spot. another claims to chop sixty cords of wood in a day but loses his ax head at a crucial moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Ohio
Royal quarrel ends with wife’s playful command
A reminiscence recalls an early marriage quarrel between Queen and Prince Albert. The prince locks himself in, the queen negotiates through the door, then commands him to reveal himself by asking to speak. The moment ends with a tender reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert
Caortain
Right-Side Wagon Driving a Reformed Habit
A letter from the N Y Evening Post criticizes American wagon driving etiquette noting drivers sit on the right and turn left when passing, causing collisions. It argues for moving drivers to the left side while passengers sit right to improve visibility and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Anecdote of Ezekiel Webster Defending a Will
In a probate case for Roger Perkins of Hopkinton the attorney Ezekiel Webster challenges a physician’s claim that death occurred when the will was signed. Webster cites medical authorities to show doctors disagree on the moment of death and quips that life begins with birth, provoking laughter in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezekiel Webster
Daniel
Roger Perkins
Hopkinton
Webster
Ullivan
Watts
Brave Wren Raises Orphan Robins After Nest Doom
A tiny brown wren moved to a nest after two parent robins were shot by boys near a country boarding house. The wren fed the starving youngsters, returning with worms until the four young robins fledged and became self sufficient. The scene moved pitying boarders to watch the bird’s aid with quiet admiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Star
Natural Ice House of Chitten den Vermont
The Burlington Free Press reports a secluded gorge in Chittenden Vermont acts as a natural ice house. A clear spring feeds winter ice formation in rock fissures and the ice lasts through the year, cooling nearby air and supplying ice water to travelers and livestock at a roadside trough eighty rods away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Free Press
Chittenden
Witty retorts and rude ancestry in eighteenth century satire
In Cornhill Magazine reflections on humor from the era note Dryden Garrick and Sterne as examples of witty exchanges. It cites Queen Elizabeth and Frederick the Great for sharp comebacks, praises restraint in argument, and contrasts cultivated wit with coarse speech across ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Prince of Orange
England
Dryden
Garrick
Twiss
Spain
Sterne
Henry I
Macaulay
Bess
Edward
Fidward
Frederick the Great
Frederick
Lord Chesterfield
Lord C
Chesterfield
Foote
Duke of Norfolk
Abernethy
Cornhill Magazine
Snow spectacles for Arctic regions
Arctic explorers will welcome a new spectacle design by William Kite Cooper to prevent snow blindness. The ebonite eyewear lacks glass and metal, using a velvet cord and two half walnut shell like shells to cover the eye, allowing sight through a special tint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
William Kite Cooper
Polar
Cooper
Eye Adaptation Device Described by London Daily News
A slit in front of the pupil acts as a tiny adjustable door for light control. The slit size varies with comfort. Sides of the eye-box have minute perforations enabling a side view of objects, offering a discreet viewing method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Daily News
The Drummer Described in a Travel-Worn Portrait
The piece portrays the modern drummer as a well behaved yet single minded salesman who travels from hotel to hotel selling prints and groceries. It contrasts him with the older English bagman and notes his billiards habit and social quirks amid hotel routines and train schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Salt Market
Shagman
Varler
Pi Gold Jones
Jenkins
St. Paul
Columbine
The Sure Witness and the Golden Medical Discovery
A literary critic notes the age of novels and impositions, arguing we judge products by proof not rhetoric. The column parodies a medical cure the Golden Medical Discovery claiming it improves complexion, liver health, and vitality, citing a skeptical buyer and widespread druggist demand.
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Satan
Taylor
Pierce
United
Tate
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