02 May 1885
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1885
Page
1
Mrs E Springer of Mechanicsburg Pa declares she suffered lung fever and abscesses losing weight until a free trial bottle of Dr Kirg New Discovery for Consumption revived her appetite and flesh. After three bottles she claims full recovery and 48 pound gain. Store offers free trials and large bottles at $1.00.
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan offers their Electrovolaic Belt and other electric appliances on trial for thirty days to men young or old with nervous debility loss of vitality and manhood and related ailments. Complete restoration guaranteed with no risk as thirty days trial is allowed. Apply at once for illustrated pamphlet.
Advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain and related ailments in children. It claims to relieve distress, treat dysentery and diarrhea, regulate digestion, reduce inflammation, and energize the system, priced per bottle and sold by druggists worldwide. Also promotes Wells' other products for coughs corns pain and health renewal.
Three boys plot a prank by filling Granny Gardner's basket with misdeeds and trinkets while neighbors Nell May Preston Gertie Bartlett copy the plan. Nell and friends secretly swap in cake and other items, Granny discovers and prays, and the boys agree to keep Nell’s role secret.
A compact meditation on happiness fate and virtue urging self knowledge, prudent action and the value of forgiveness compassion and self restraint. Notable maxims emphasize good nature truth and breeding, avoiding bad company and living with purpose.
A sermon style meditation on Sabbath sacredness and daily mercies contrasts scripture milk with growth in grace. It then presents curious animal intelligence stories, a humane railroad conduct and a moral labor of honesty in a passenger tale, ending with a heartfelt prayer from a southern colored teacher.
A lyrical passage contemplates spring arriving as old leaves linger. A daughter asks whether winds will hasten decay to free new growth while Mutter and God govern cycles, sheltering the living with divine care.
Advertises Ayers Sarsaparilla as a tonic to enrich blood increase appetite aid digestion and strengthen the system. Claims invigorating effect leads to improved energy and a grateful sense of renewed vigor.
A year's Cathartic Pills are touted as the best medicine for stomach and bowel irregularities. The tonic claims gentle but thorough relief, curing constipation, stimulating digestion and appetite, and cleansing and strengthening the system.
The 1685 act provides burial funding for soldiers and sailors who die in Rhode Island without funds for funeral costs. Town or city officials must arrange interment, cap costs at 35 dollars, and mark graves with a headstone not to exceed 15 dollars. The measure includes reburial rules if buried in pauper plots and immediate effect. A separate 1885 act appropriates 800 dollars annually to the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
A dialogue notes that if a man would deceive himself he will not deceive others. The speaker points to a friend B who dyes his hair only in front, missing the back, as a humorous illustration of self deception reflecting character.
An old advertisement fragment touts VEGETINE made from roots bark and herbs praised as pleasant for children. It includes a stray dating line about love and enmity and a testimonial claiming two bottles of Sulphur Bitters cleared facial pimples for C R Dow of Fall River.
The tale attributes the term to Aldus Manutius, the Venetian printer. A small black slave he owned was viewed by some as Satan’s emissary. In church he publicly claimed to expose the printer's devil inviting others to pinch him.
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