14 May 1881
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1881
Page
1
A terse exhortation urges the reader to abandon comfort and labor through fear, darkness, and fatigue. It insists life is not a perpetual holiday and calls for action, persistence, and patient study to conquer duties and learn. The piece uses repeated contrasts to motivate resolve.
A promotional essay extols newspaper support and advertising as vital to local business prosperity. It urges readers to sustain their paper, arguing the press fuels growth and rewards patrons, then transitions to brief ad copy for Malt Bitters and Parker's Hair Balsam. It ends noting attitudes toward learning a trade.
A lady credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with dramatic aid for her daughter's distressing food reactions and fatigue after the first bottle, with a second bottle claimed to seal the cure. The ad asserts unprecedented vitality benefits and promotes the medicine as unequaled in concentration of vitalizing properties.
J H Northrop of Lansingburg, ex Troy police captain, calls Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy an honest preparation after it cured his Liver Complaint. The ad attacks medical fraud while urging readers to try the tonic for one dollar or write to Rondout NY. Also mentions Queen Victoria and topical preparations for rheumatism and neuralgia priced at 50 cents.
Dolly a brown skinned girl of eleven year s longs for the sea while Aunt Sal keeps watch. After a forbidden venture she clings to honesty, hides a box, and resists a tempting offer from a lawyer. Executors arrive to reveal Dolly’s noble lineage and reward her steadfast honesty.
A miscellany piece blends moral maxims with notes on Ocean life and the Victoria Institute. It cites Challenger era sea life discoveries, argues for fair play between science and religion, and quotes Lord Shaftesbury on the institute's birth and aims.
An 1881 act amends Chapter 751 to impose a May to August weekly close on all coasts and Narragansett Bay. Weirs and traps must have mouth nets floated to the surface to allow fish passage, except shad and herring in Narragansett Bay tributaries.
Summary of multiple September 1881 dated acts amending auctioneers commissions for public sales, prohibiting corporate officers from acting in mortgage foreclosures, and altering court lists and adjourned terms in Washington county Westerly. Includes provisions on trial justices elections and assistant trial justice appointments.
Public Laws passed at the January 1581 session define offenses against public policy with penalties for accepting bribes by agents or employees and provide injuries twofold for violators. An amendment to Chapter 15 of General Statutes designates the Attorney General as legal adviser to the Board of State Charities and Corrections and their officers, with authority to prosecute and defend actions in official capacity.
Chapter 870 amends Town Council powers to require owners of mills shops and other buildings employing workers above second story to install proper fire escapes or stairways. Violations incur penalties up to twenty dollars.
Chapter 871 amends Title IX and Section 47 of the General Statutes governing town powers and duties related to public schools. It requires the Town Treasurer to credit the public school account on the first Monday of May with registry tax receipts for the preceding year. The act repeals inconsistent provisions and takes effect February 1, 1882.
An 1881 act adds to general provisions for public schools requiring every pupil to present a physician’s vaccination certificate against smallpox. Teachers must record which students submit certificates. The act takes effect July 1, 1881.
Chapter 874 establishes penalties for damaging library property and defines overdue loans as unlawful conversion after notice. It requires notice by the librarian and sets fines for damage and retention. Signature by Secretary of State Joseua M. Addeman authenticates the copy.
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