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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1872
Page
1
A devotional verse praying for divine rest from worldly toil. It portrays longing for God’s peace, charity, hope, and faith while seeking release from envy doubt and fear. The poem emphasizes rest in the Lord and the gifts of righteousness and spiritual calm.
The poem contemplates a distant line where earth and heaven meet beyond meadows and hills. It portrays sun and shadow, snow fields, leafless trees, and blue lakes, then moves to clouds sailing in the sky and summer showers. The speaker’s thirsting heart finds both sad and sweet thoughts in that distant line.
In a winter of poverty Ned Boynton’s Lodge ties aid his wife Kate unseen. A stranger provides funds and purchases of their art, but Ned’s hidden Masonry accounts cover needs through the Bank of Masonry. Kate discovers the truth and reconciles with Ned as the charity lesson unfolds.
A compilation states notes by minors or on Sundays are void, and contracts with minors are void. It warns against fraud and ignorance of law, notes bearing interest only if stated, and signatures with pencil as valid. It clarifies liability of partners, agents, lost notes, implied value, and nonpayment procedures for indorsers and dishonored notes.
A terse reflection notes that days wasted on good deeds are better than days spent doing evil, urging purposeful action over inaction and moral effort in daily life.
A quotation notes that doing simple chores proves wiser than causing trouble and complaining is hard to endure without protest. The remark elevates practical effort over mischief and formal complaint.
Reflective line urges seizing the present and living without regret as life nears its end, invoking a call to action to honor the moment with purposeful living. The tone is contemplative and urging.
A characterized proverb notes the avaricious man mirrors desert soil that drains rain and dew without yielding fruit for the common good. The imagery underscores greed’s failure to benefit others or provide nourishment.
An excerpt emphasizes that true religious spirit should be kind, cheerful, and affable rather than gloomy and bigoted. It contrasts gentleness with illiberal superstition that clouds the brow and sours manners.
The text urges speaking kindly in the morning to ease daily duties and at night to seek forgiveness before a loved one’s life ends. It emphasizes gentleness as a daily habit and a timing for reconciliation.
The piece praises concise talkers who speak with precision and impact. It compares such men to riflemen, delivering pointed insights, guiding conversations, and remaining loyal friends who value truth over pretension.
Advice contrasts poverty and wealth arguing that adversity forges character while wealth breeds complacency. It urges seizing present necessities, embracing boldness in crises, and avoiding debt to preserve health, honor, and longevity.
An exhortation on thrift and humility urging economy to avoid ruin. It contrasts wealth with spiritual riches and warns that extravagance harms families and happiness. It stresses faith, contentment, and divine blessing over material fashion and mammon worship.
A speaker compares head shapes and personality traits to phrenology, warning against misjudgment and stressing the link between brain and blood. The text then discusses salt's essential role in life, noting its universal presence in animal bodies and its necessity for diets heavy in bread or plant foods.
The article surveys animal social structures, noting general governance in many species. It compares solitary reptiles, dominant stallions in horses, oligarchic dogs, wolves as coordinated groups, organized grain eaters, and migratory birds, with ants honey bees and wasps forming regular sovereignties.
European "strasburg" congress on sudden death reports only two of sixty six post mortems show heart disease as cause. Most deaths stem from lung congestion due to cold feet tight clothing inactivity and abrupt shifts from warmth to cold. Awareness of avoidable factors may save lives once deemed doomed to heart disease.
Community column condemns profanity and rude conduct while urging respectful curiosity and truthful behavior. Writers argue for civility and courtesy in public discourse and avoid harassment, gossip, and slander.
A reflective line on recognizing happiness and the danger of perpetual striving, urging acceptance of a reasonable, possible measure of well being.
A compact aphorism likens will to the root, knowledge to the stem, and feeling to the flowers, suggesting a natural hierarchy where intention nourishes understanding and emotion. The image stresses growth and interconnected parts of human experience.
A travelogue like tale on Pomp's conscience contrasts with a formal 1872 Rhode Island General Assembly appropriation act. The piece blends a moral anecdote on self will with a long legal budget detailing sums for government, judiciary, education, militia, and public services ending with a secretary of state attestation.
Advertisements run at 1000 dollars per square for one week with 25 cents per square for each additional insertion. A square is twelve lines or less. Special notices for marriages and deaths cost double. Transient ads prepaid. Yearly contracts on reasonable terms. Privilege limited to immediate business. Submissions due Thursday noon for next issue. Religious obituary and political notices charged as advertisements.
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