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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1878
Page
1
In evocative verse and a linked fiction, the piece contrasts freed Africans in Liberia with the lingering grip of slavery, then shifts to a long prose tale about John Trueax and Winnie Trueax. Their social circle centers on a baby show and a romantic reunion that resolves into family happiness. The tale weaves themes of emancipation, marriage, and enduring affection.
A collection of short essays and quotes on living peacefully with neighbors, resisting wrong through calm disengagement, the spiritual role of remorse and joy, the permanence of good deeds, and a reflection on human confidence across life stages. Includes Rev Sumner Lillis Goop and Freterika Bremer as attributed voices.
In this editorial fragment, the author condemns gossip as malicious or ignorant talk that harms individuals and communities. He urges the young to reform behavior, cultivate character, and avoid temptations to engage in idle, dirty talk that can split churches and ruin neighborly relations.
The Floridan notes Silver Springs Florida as a bright inland port with a basin nearly a hundred feet deep and an acre in extent. It feeds a wide deep stream six to eight miles to the Ocklawaha with three steamers from St Johns linking to ocean lines at Palatka.
A Scottish winter tale begins with Mr MacT owner of a vast Orkney Mainland estate travels from Pentland Firth to cross to Orkney but dreams a warning of danger in a Norse ancestor banquet hall. He avoids joining the doomed Orkney packet and saves his wife and children.
Dr Dio Lewis tells San Francisco workers they can cut living costs to 50 to 55 cents weekly, arguing a beef pound costs two cents and a sheep portion one cent. He cites his own experience living on hotel standards while dining well on cheap fare and accuses a New York student of extravagance for claiming 20 cents a day is enough.
A contingent of battle scarred veterans arrives in Odessa on April 8 from San Stefang. The Czar's Guard includes hundreds of infantry and artillery, with a strict escort of non commissioned officers and privates from each regiment. The Podolsky Regiment dwindles from 3,000 to about 1,600 men after six months of fighting and harsh weather. A Times correspondent notes the touching scene as worn troops, few shirts or socks, brace themselves in serviceable coats and march in soldierly form.
A peasant agreed to pay 500 francs for a cow and placed twenty twenty franc coins and a hundred franc note on a bench. The cow snatched and swallowed the note, and the judge ruled the buyer must pay again. We note the coin stash never reappeared in the verdict.
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