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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1883
Page
1
Subscriptions welcome with rates listed for one year six months or three months. The paper remains in publication until arrears are settled. Prices include two dollars for annual prepaid and discounts for shorter terms.
A Pan Handle traveler pairing with a New York drummer inspired a farmer to question their watches and pricey pins. The trench of humor ends with a quip about a dollar diamond and marriage prospects. A fashion note and a political jab close the column with society banter.
Richmond Engutter publishers hail Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as well tried in their office and composing room and claim it cured their city editor of a severe bronchitis.
Miss Jennie Ham, Rifletown High School teacher, inherits a life change after a charitable uncle adopts her. Aumeer tale follows Jennie and her housekeeping companion Sue as they tour New England and finally return to Rifletown with a new name Jennie Rivers. Uncle John, once a pauper, reveals a fortune and declares he adopts Jennie and Sue, making the small town girl’s dream of “beyond the Atlantic” possible and sealing a transformed life.
A collage of essays and notices discusses belief versus proof, social trust, and gender roles in the Turkish harem, then shifts to industrial advances like the cotton picker and spindle improvements. It includes literary magazine excerpts from The Age and Harper’s, plus a Courier-Journal note on Southern textile innovation and a satirical ad letter from a country publisher.
An Irishman on the road is charged by a bull that tosses him over a fence. While the beast paws and digs at the ground in irritation, Pat smiles and quips that without the bull’s bowing and scraping and humble apologies he would think the animal threw him on purpose.
Infallible, tasteless and harmless remedy advertised for feverishness restlessness worms and constipation priced at 26c.
A Scots tale recounts Duke of Buccleuch riding alone and paying toll with a sharp retort. The toll keeper guesses the Duke may pass on horseback and the exchange ends with the Duke pocketing the change and muttering a warning to avoid being tricked. Parallel ads mention a patent syrup for bladder and urinary diseases priced at $1.
The 1883 act appropriates funds for state government for the year ending December 31 1883. It lists allocations to the Governor General Assembly courts schools and public institutions including the Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Attorney General State Treasurer Chief and Associate Justices and many county and city offices. It covers salaries jurors witnesses and various public service expenses and takes effect upon passage.
Rates for one inch weekly ads are one dollar with twenty five cents per additional week. Special notices before marriages and deaths cost double. Transient ads require advance payment. Yearly contracts offered on reasonable terms. Yearly advertisers limited to their own immediate business. Ads must be submitted by Thursday moon to appear in the next issue.
An old newspaper ad promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills for torpid liver and biliousness. It targets monsters lawyers teachers and others with little exercise, claiming one dose suffices and noting J. H. Young & Co. as sellers.
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