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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1894
Page
6
A 1449 voyage off Cuba sparks a sermon condemning tobacco use. It cites global production, economic impact, church giving, and alleged moral failings of ministers who smoke. The piece advocates self denial and expulsion of tobacco from pulpits.
Mapison C. Piers urges believers to embrace fervent enthusiasm for Christ, contrasting apathetic living with the sacrifices of Catholic devotion and historic military sacrifices. He argues that true faith arouses fiery love for Jesus and calls Christians to seek bold, restless faith in service.
In western Massachusetts a fire destroys a stock farm killing many animals and a Jersey cow herd. A black hen sacrificed herself to save ten yellow chicks, staying atop them as the barn burned, inspiring pity and awe in the owner.
Tom Burton recalls a traveling party in Omaha that ceases plans after reading a handwritten note from a child. The letter urges the father to be good and to say prayers, causing the group to pause and everyone to write home that night.
A Rochester physician recounts a patient who poisoned herself with vinegar, advancing from food refusal to drinking acetic acid diluted, dying in her thirtieth year. He notes four experts misattributed cause. investigation confirmed vinegar dependence. Also a Rural New Yorker note says ear kernels yield similar sound kernels regardless of location.
Belden’s Arthur and friends seize a snowbank on Archer Avenue making a cave with stove parts and stovepipe, roasting apples from Connors the grocer, sharing stories from Tim Westervelt of Cohoes, until railway workers haul the snow away after a week of play.
A playful note from Bessie in Chicago Tribune humorously muses on sawmills and sawdust. She jokes about stuffing dolls with straw and laments her paper being exhausted while sharing casual reflections on rural industry and childish whimsy.
What Can be Done details William R. Johnson of Brooklyn Connecticut who with three acres earns 210 dollars from strawberries 125 from apples 100 from milk plus 200 from work for others. At nearly 70 he proves a small plot can pay in full.
A Buffalo doctor promotes the Golden Medical Discovery claiming it corrects overeating related ills. The advertisement asserts the remedy invigorates the liver cleanses the blood and tones the system and offers a book of particulars for ten cents. It targets both sexes and promises speedy permanent cures through the World's Dispensary Medical Association.
A Bath Independent tale recalls Longfellow living at the Barrows house as his first poetry volume was printed under Joseph Griffin. He fretted over manuscript handling and protested reuse of copy during forms. A joke on proof sheets spurred his anxious rush to the office, ending with relief. Also a London Tit-Bita exchange features Fannie and Jennie plotting about a suitor’s visit.
The article criticizes common catarrh treatments as unsatisfactory and endorses Ely's Dream Balm as a fast acting safe remedy. It claims the balm provides real cure potential without unpleasant methods and notes druggists stock it.
The text advises planting sweet peas early to gain sun in the forenoon, watering in dry weather, and preventing seed production. It notes that once pods form, blooming largely halts. It also recommends picking flowers freely and stopping any plants from going to seed.
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