25 Jun 1881
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1881
Page
1
This piece urges nature as mother and all humans as brothers to serve one another. It contrasts cheerful giving with law obedience and calls for living rightly, less religionized rhetoric, and more freedom, life, love, and moral growth. It warns against idle chances, seeks a rugged progress beyond superficial fashion.
The Boston Post recounts a polite streetcar scene in which a man rises as a lady boards. She pleads against it, but he insists, explaining a three inch long pin fixed to the seat makes it necessary. The anecdote highlights everyday courtesy and caution.
A woman reports her daughter improved after using Noad’s Sarsaparilla with the first bottle easing distress from food and fatigue. A second bottle purportedly cured further, asserting no other preparation matches the product’s vitality enriching and purifying properties.
Rogers recalls Jones indifference during a yachting trip as a squall hits the boat. Jones falls overboard while reading, reappears with his thumb still on the page, unimpressed by the danger or the sea. The scene ends with the crew pulling him from the water.
A short promotional note urges readers not to fear popular medicines and promotes Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy as a blessing that has saved thousands. It claims to aid kidney, bowels, liver, and blood issues and urges spending one dollar and writing to the doctor in Rondout, New York to share how one feels.
Notices warn Odd Fellows members Henry Hawkins and James Holdridge of due assessments and lists several probate administrator notices from Bristol Rhode Island. Names include Hezekiah W. Church Charles Sandford Nathaniel Waldron David Waldron Mary Ann Sandford and Owen Hughes with payment requests and claim filings.
In a rain-soaked city attic, Miss Miry to Sally recalls childhood Easter joys amid poverty. Sally buys mutton and a goose egg, hides a red ribbon, and gifts a sugar egg. Easter morning Miss Miry joyfully receives the egg, then dies. Sally learns the gift blessed her. The doctor confirms her passing and keeps the egg by her side.
The Liebig Company endorses its Arnicated Extract of Witch Hazel highlighting purity and honesty in pricing. It claims remedies for piles salt rhemum skin diseases rheumatism catarrh painful monthlies sore throat and nestalgia. Available in fifty cent and one dollar sizes branded with the Liebig seal.
Postace stamps are praised as great travelers though most end up stuck in some corner. The note highlights their enduring journeys across pages and pockets, contrasting wide potential with common resting spots.
A compact aphorism set argues that compliments resemble falsehoods when empty of merit. It contrasts divine vengeance, prudence, and morality, noting anger’s role in forgiveness and the lure of future glory. It cautions contempt for poverty breeds arrogance and praises virtue gained through experience.
A compact reflection notes that wisdom’s right hand offers life while her left holds riches and honor, contrasting two paths in a traditional moral framework. The aphorism emphasizes moral value of wisdom versus worldly gain within a timeless biblical proverb context.
The piece argues that religion often appears as a life-preserver only in moments of immediate peril, with many people donning it late or partially, rather than maintaining consistent faith. It emphasizes the irregular and reactive nature of religious practice in daily life.
A compact proverb on virtue urging work sacrifice belief and duty. It frames discipline as remedy for indolence selfishness and timidity, insisting one act boldly before fear or doubt can dominate. The message emphasizes conscience driven effort and immediate action.
Quoted maxim urges focusing on immortal virtues over tangible materials or grand structures. It asserts that if we instill right principles in the minds and souls of others, we leave an enduring, luminous mark that lasts beyond time and physical decay.
An essay contrasts home temper with happiness, noting tone over wealth as the key to joy. It stresses good sense and faith shaping life, plus the need for parents to know and guide their children with politeness and trust.
A Japan correspondence describes a half mile up a valley cottage with a blooming oleander hedge and cucumber vines. Tea shrubs bloom while a camellia pleases the eye and palate. Bantams, a tailless cat, and a busy girl in a veranda room color the scene as two young children and a sleeping baby add to the domestic calm. The observer notes stark contrast to squalor in similar worker cottages back home.
A rail voyage remedy from the Lowell line shows a sheet of writing paper worn next to the chest as a preventive for car sickness. The conductor recommended it after a brief test, and a return trip in a sleeping car also proved comfortable. The woman later praised the method, hoping the conductor’s name would be honored.
A Paris doctor urges experiments on a condemned murderer to test fear and blood loss. A high ranking criminal fears blood flowing from hidden fountains as doctors simulate his death. The man faints and dies without bleeding, illustrating mind over perception in the lethal scenario.
An article argues for upright independent judges and principled magistrates. It recalls Col Williams a country justice who, confronted with a master friend of his, promptly tried the case in the field, fined the culprit and invited him to breakfast. It cites Swedenborg on integrity and notes changing moral lessons for various societal roles, ending with a quip about baseball players.
The article details clocks in St Pauls, St Johns, Trinity, and St Georges towers dating from 1778 to 1846 with their winding methods. It notes weather affects operation, describes weights and the shift from two winders to one, and explains changes to the winding gear and rope. A garbled anecdote about Lrrriz Rossi and an elephant follows.
The 1881 Rhode Island May Session enacted Chapter 897 amending the 1880 law on abolishing tribal relations of the Narragansett Indians. The act allows the Supreme Court to adjourn proceedings on the commissioners report and to confirm and allocate purchase money to entitled persons. It details payment methods for married women, minors, and guardians, and clarifies nonliability of funds for debts, with provisions on death, garnishment, and oath rights. It also repeals inconsistent acts and takes effect immediately.
The act amends Chapter 825 to declare current and future Reform School buildings part of the Providence institution now named the State Reform School. It directs the board to relocate inmates from Providence to Cranston upon completion, and it takes effect immediately. Also noted are a separate act authorizing Pawtucket Westerly and Bristol to regulate hacks drays and related carts with penalties.
A London periodical recounts the tale of the Ferret a 800 ton yacht hired by a man yes Mr Smith possibly a nobleman in disguise He sailed from the Clyde toward the Mediterranean with Mrs Smith and friends then vanished reappearing as the India in Melbourne reports say the couple swindled across ports with altered yacht names and bills drawn on London while living like fighting cocks in a tale almost fit for a comic opera
A humorous claim notes an advertisement seeking a versatile inker and editor for a weekly paper. The long job listing demanded penmanship, shorthand, typing, proof reading, reporting, canvassing, and even domestic duties, with a salary of twenty one shillings weekly in a London printing office.
The Times quotes a reader endorsing Parker's Ringer Tonic as a merited remedy for rheumatism and dyspepsia and as a health restorative after overwork. An advert suggests a window glass tip to prevent drafts, noting leaving the window open will beat in.
Writers who stir intellects and warm hearts craft books that enchant the mind and move the soul as if guided by a gentle hand. The best works come from authors whose pens are urged by keen minds and loving, sympathetic hearts.
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