22 Mar 1884
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1884
Page
1
Mrs. Carthorne, living in New Ulm, is captured by a group of hostile Indians. She endures four years in captivity, witnessing the murder of her sons and flight under constant guard. After a covert escape and perilous journey home, she returns by night to New Ulm seeking her husband’s fate, eventually finding his grave marker and praying for reunion.
A Native American widow named Aura Carthorne, believed dead with her children Gervayse and Arthur after an Indian massacre, returns to her husband Richard Carthorne in a snowbound scene. She contemplates disclosure, watches him in civility with another woman and child, and faces the sting of his gesture toward the other woman as she contemplates her future.
Joseph Jones a 66 year old hunter from Kane Pennsylvania recounts a dramatic encounter with a mother bear and cubs. He pursued a bear after finding two cubs and was nearly killed when the mother grappled him. He killed the bear and its mate in a cliffside contest and sustained severe injuries. The male bear reportedly weighed 484 pounds.
A playful exchange in Boston features two men debating the transit of Venus with misheard terms and a humorous punchline. One asks about the transit, the other confesses unfamiliarity with the Transcript, then the topic shifts to Venus and ends with a light misunderstanding.
An iron-monger touts a Thart stove as saving half the fuel. A customer jokes he will buy two to save it all. The exchange highlights practical money-saving ideas in everyday trade.
Advert says VeEGETINE is a health restorer made from barks roots and herbs. It claims pleasant taste for children and suggests a kind heart is better than a cunning one.
The text urges immediate steps to cure a cold or cough and recommends Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a medicine physicians endorse and trust to work reliably every time. It also notes that in marriage the man is the silent partner.
Want We Want Give Homeopath his pellets Allopath his pills but for rheumatism for aches for pains and year Thomas Eclectric Oxt is ineffably superior to either It has benefited as many people as it has had purchasers All druggists sell it.
A collection of quotes on prayer, sorrow, nature, and happiness. Notes emphasize prayers, consoling grief, gardens as libraries, friendship's value, and a contented mind yielding true blessings in this life and the next.
The text argues that good health and humor largely determine happiness and that philosophy needs little aid. It uses a metaphor of a man seeking felicity while his hat is already on him, emphasizing self awareness over external search.
The piece warns that delays and indecision rob time and derail goals. It urges action over rumination, notes that example matters as much as preaching, and encourages persistence despite life’s hardships. It stresses starting now, being thankful, and using effort to gain power.
A cheerful spirit leads to success and bright outlooks through life. A pleasant face and steady smile dispel gloom, attract light, and bless others, while fretful, sour dispositions repel and brood over misfortune. Cultivate joy and obey the command Rejoice evermore for a radiant path. Ezekiel’s counsel.
An excursion party on Anacapa Island witnessed a young seal pup captured for a pet. A mother seal reportedly followed the sloop for about 80 miles toward Ventura as the pup, tied in a sack, was left on deck. The tale notes the mother’s alleged effort to free her offspring, a cautious conjecture.
A Pennsylvan ia town meeting rejects licensing the sale of spirituous liquors after a dramatic appeal by a poverty worn woman who links temperate drinking to the ruin of her family. The minister deacon and physician face the crowd as the audience votes no.
An old army officer recalls Civil War generals now in Washingtons Congress. Meade Thomas Hooker Garfield Kilpatrick Burnside Halleck Grant Sherman Sheridan Fitz-John Porter McClellan Pleasanton Rosecrans Slocum Sickles Stoneman Doubleday Humphreys Hunter Crittenden Fremont Stannard and others, noting aging, changing roles, and public life.
A fourteen year old comments on a man selling his vast private library in a public sale. He notes five thousand books and mocks the absence of dime novels about Injuns or pirates, calling the owner a dry old stick.
A rush at J. H. Young & Co. for a trial bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption and coughs. All with asthma bronchitis hoarseness or throat and lung complaints may obtain a trial bottle at the drug store. Regular size one dollar.
A reflection notes that much falsehood arises from carelessness about truth rather than deliberate deceit, suggesting widespread lax standards in reporting and reasoning. It emphasizes the consequences of sloppy information on public understanding.
D Lewis of 22 Bowdoin Street Rosion describes months of misery from dyspepsia and loss of appetite. He credits Sulphur Bitters with a full recovery after using three bottles.
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