19 Mar 1881
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1881
Page
1
A compact exhortation urges steadfast progress through night and day toward a heavenly ending. It emphasizes perseverance and disciplined effort to ensure eventual deliverance and fulfillment.
A fragment quotes a five letter word puzzle with sixty as the answer and cites Dr Tullio Verpi praising Liebig Arnicated Extract of Witch Hazel as invaluable. It warns against cheap counterfeits and notes Liebig offers only honest preparations. Mentions $7,600,000 spent on the Mississippi River and jetties.
A promotional notice extols Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy as reversing old age effects and restoring vitality. It claims cures for headaches and bodily pains, liver and kidney troubles, with renewed energy. Available at druggists or from the doctor at Roudout New York for one dollar per bottle.
On New Year’s Eve at Fishing Point lighthouse keeper John Hudson leaves orders for his son Jack and dog Stub. Jack tends the light during a snowstorm, sprains his ankle, and fights exhaustion to keep the lamp burning as danger looms for a passing ship. The Dauntless arrives safely at dawn, after Jack’s sacrifice, and the year ends with a father’s blessing and a reminder of duty.
A collection of aphorisms on virtue home freedom idleness charity manners and advice. The lines contrast easier blame with better effort and emphasize memories of childhood and the value of timely small efforts over big leaps.
The statement emphasizes that true force is revealed only through direct interaction with nature's laws, highlighting the experiential basis of understanding powerful natural phenomena. It frames nature as revealing its potency when engaged with directly.
If you cannot be saint it is no reason you should turn sinner. Between those extremities lie vast possibilities of straight living and a heart rightful path for one not ambitious to outshine others in good or evil.
A critique of fifteen or sixteen year olds who appear mature and act as adults. Parents eager for pride may unleash a childlike boy into manhood, risking danger to the family and society. The piece questions whether such “big boys” should have adult liberties and warns of parental complicity in their ruin.
An Alpine hunter slips into a cleft in the Mer de Glace on Mont Blanc. He catches rock projections to survive the descent, then plunges into a stream below. With icy walls around and a roaring torrent ahead, he makes a fatal pivot to escape, facing a grim end.
A column exhorts readers to back local enterprise and buy locally, urging generosity to improve the town and support the newspaper. It ends with a moral quip about a Missouri convict whose parents left him money and a jokey suggestion about investing inheritance in a tool and a plan to avoid ruin. The piece contrasts practical civic counsel with a humorous critique of heirs and vice.
A Detroit policeman halted by a 200 pound woman with a parcel requests the motto store. She explains her husband arrived yesterday and wants the motto God bless our home. She purchases a flashy motto I Don t ask for credit Our terms are You don t grin before continuing to search for the man who got this motto for God bless our fame.
Transient notices and advertisements must be prepaid. Rates: one week one dollar, each additional week twenty five cents. Twelve lines per inch and double rates for deaths and obituaries. Yearly advertising offered on reasonable terms with a note that yearly ads limited to immediate business. Ads must be handed in by Thursday noon for next issue.
Public law enacted January Sealon 1881 cedes Coasters Harbor Island in Narragansett Bay to the United States for a United States Naval Training School. The island and appurtenances are tax exempt. state civil and criminal processes may reach the lands. act takes effect after passage. Secretary of State Josuva M. Addeman certifies.
The essay notes Newfoundland is sparsely visited by Englishmen and rich in sea resources. It describes caribou scarcity, abundant salmon and trout, forests and timber, and a climate cooled by March ice. It argues farming is limited, mining is underdeveloped, and the primary wealth is the sea, yet fishermen live poor lives with debt to storekeepers. The fishery question is highlighted as a peculiar national condition.
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