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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1873
Page
1
The poem paints a maritime evening as the sun sinks red beyond the bay while fishing smacks ride in. A thirsty charger seems to drink at sea and gulls beat homeward, sailing up the Sound and settling among rifted rocks.
A boy struggles with a knotty stick until an old man advises striking straight through the knot. The lesson follows that perseverance through hardship yields success, with great lives passing through troubled paths. The speaker shares this moral to urge resilience and direct effort.
Miss Brandegee, once praised for beauty and charm, undergoes a moral crisis and wartime transformation. Her lover Leonard Thorpe leaves to fight, she confronts vanity and suspicion, and after a revelatory estrangement, she joins nursing duties, gains humility, and helps save him with the aid of a rival nurse. She marries the maimed captain and is deemed different, transformed by sacrifice and repentance.
A salt application program is growing in Central New York as a method to combat blight on pear trees. Farmers use 400 to 600 pounds per acre annually with reportedly good results. A Small Fruit Recorder correspondent cites a field example where a pear tree treated with refuse from salt works shows thrifty growth and glossy leaves free of blight, unlike neighbors manured with barnyard material.
A reader note explains Eces are useful beyond food and for hatching. It claims swallowing a raw egg will help dislodge a bone stuck in the throat. It also states that if corrosive sublimate is swallowed the white of one or two eggs neutralizes the poison, altering its effect to that of calomel.
A compact reflection on a blade’s grip and truth. The text contrasts genuine handles with false blades, implying integrity of the instrument relies on honest construction and purpose.
In a pithy medieval tone a writer laments the careless handling of weapons and warns that improper bearing causes grievous injuries to the self and others. The brief provokes readers to consider discipline and readiness in the use of arms.
The passage argues insults resemble counterfeit money and fame acts as an undertaker that pays little heed to the living while mockers pursue the dead. It notes both the best and worst minds endure calumny and pillory, teaching us to think meanly of human glory.
A preacher urges churches to create an atmosphere that transfers the heavenly fire to worshippers, so a two hour visit kindles the altar flame they carry home. The call emphasizes a transformative, contagious spiritual experience for parishioners.
A neat clean fresh aired house exerts a moral influence on its inhabitants promoting peace and consideration for others and duties no laws can enforce. A filthy squalid dwelling fosters selfishness sensuality and disregard for others leading to reckless brutality.
The article argues that eating without appetite is wrong as it shows absent gastric juice and that tonics to whet appetite are harmful. It claims gastric juice forms with bodily wear from exercise and promotes outdoor work as the efficient remedy for dyspepsia, linking activity to digestive health.
The article contrasts self-respect with pride, arguing self-respect is essential for gentility and social regard, while pride shows poor sense and heart. It warns without self-respect, people rely on force, risk social degradation, and may meet a dishonorable end.
Sir Henry Thompson argues from medical experience that habitual moderate fermentation drink injures health and vital power, fueling disease and degeneration. He warns alcohol degrades national character and endurance, urging professional caution and public attention.
The article tours the second story offices and private chambers of the White House, detailing the President's secretaries, cabinet rooms, and a structured daily routine. It notes the library, bedrooms, and family spaces, with a glimpse of Mrs. Grant's circle and early morning to dinner activities. It ends with an aside on European royal nuptials and aging empress figures.
A child tells of capturing a spider named Crusoe and building a waterlogged mast as an island. The spider tests the makeshift raft, explores the water, and finally demonstrates a line of silk strong enough to haul him ashore. He then returns the spider to the woodshed after the adventure.
The Exposition centers on Empress Elizabeth of Austria, famed as Europe’s handsomest woman. Elizabeth, born December 24, 1887, attracted Emperor Francis Joseph during a visit to Duchess Louisa of Bavaria at Ichn, amid a grand fete and royal intrigue.
Reverend Gilliver recounts Aaron Burr and Madame Jumel’s marriage after Burr wooed the widow with flattery. The piece notes Burr’s later misused wealth, the divorce suit over infidelity, and the enduring view of Burr as morally corrupt despite his talents.
Col Haig describes the Indravati and Namagi rivers joining near Chitrakot, forming a 94 foot horse shoe waterfall. He estimates a thirty million cubic yards per hour flood, with water coloring from reddish brown to ochre, spray clouds concealing the lower fall, creating a wild, grand spectacle.
A clipped line recalls a dreadful storyteller who believed his voice remained a vessel of truth, asserting stillness in pursuit of sincerity.
The article warns that excessive mental stimulation from an undisciplined will harms body and mind. It cites Horace Greeley’s death as a cautionary example and stresses the necessity of regular rest, sleep discipline, and moderation to avoid lifelong health collapse.
In Richland County Wisconsin an armed Indian trapper kept a hoard of rattlesnakes in a glass covered box near a farmer’s home. After a drunken demand for a sheep the man drove him off. Later the farmer woke to find snakes in bed and, firing, killed one head and the hired man killed four more as five snakes lay near the bed and the box sat at the foot.
The Nashua Telegraph recalls a Lowell incident where a young lady teacher mispronounced been in class as I will have ben and you will have ben. The professor interrupted with a sharp remark about Ben choosing her fate, prompting her to later pronounce the word correctly.
A Yankee grocer subscribed to the church fund by printing his name with a note praising eleven pounds of sugar for a dollar, followed by a price tag of twenty five cents. This humorous signature illustrates dry local color in community fundraising.
A mother complains that her children cannot eat skim milk for breakfast. A reply states the cream was removed and given to the cats. The exchange highlights an on going household dispute over dairy use.
An elderly suburban resident, unsettled by reports of the Atlantic disaster, had the yard well bricked up to prevent any feared consequences, reflecting widespread anxiety over the event.
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