23 May 1885
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1885
Page
1
A collage of playful anecdotes, quotes, and brief items from American life. Notes on Freemasonry membership, private letters, robberies in India, wage cuts, book canvassers, and legal quips. Humorous exchanges, gender roles, travel by rail and telegraph, prison remarks, and domestic scenes populate this miscellaneous column.
In a salon triangle, Cicely Vere torn between Philip Dorian and Chauncey Demarest, with Dorian's withdrawal over a bank collapse causing Cicely distress. Demarest plots a calculated marriage to Cicely as retribution, believing such a union would ruin Dorian. Cicely agrees to the plan, and the scheme ends with Mrs. Demarest parading in wealth, signaling Dorian's assured personal defeat.
The Princess Louise, on the eve of a reception at St George’s Bermuda, drank at a fisherman's cottage where a busy auntie ironed a shirt for her lover. After the drink, the Princess revealed her identity and left the astonished woman exclaiming that no one else would wear the shirt again.
A teacher asks a slow boy what he will do when grown up. He answers he will become a school teacher and make the boys do the ciphering, turning the doubt into a humorous plan.
An 19th century column promotes Dr King s New Discovery for coughs and colds with a testimonial from Newton Indiana claiming cure after twenty five years of illness. It also includes a note on trial bottles at J H Young Co and a White lie line. Another testimonial recounts Gettysburg battle injuries healed by Sulphur Bitters, describing long term recovery and ongoing use.
A fragment of Emerson reflecting that all things record their history. The planet, rock, river, and flora leave lasting marks, while every human action is inscribed in memory and manners. The world is a vast archive of signs and tokens.
A six year old boy in a saloon scene pleads with his drunken father to change, as a visitor promises a better life if he quits alcohol. The tale links a mother's dying wish and a pledge to sobriety with a rural katydid note and a humorous Sherman anecdote about a well meaning but misinformed question at a White House reception.
A curious Leadville tale notes no cats survive beyond a week in the mining camp at 10,200 feet, with a Maltese from Denver failing on arrival. It adds a dramatic wasp versus tarantula encounter and ends with an ad urging Parker's Tonic for illness and weakness.
The 1885 act defines sub agents as those negotiating insurance or re-insurance for others and receiving compensation from non-state authorized companies. It requires a certificate of authority from the Insurance Commissioner for life insurance sub agents, with a two dollar fee and bond compliance. The act also reorganizes a Board including the Lieutenant Governor, defines terms, meetings, and annual reports on agriculture and related funding.
This item outlines an amendment to Chapter 88 of the Public Statutes restricting performances and requiring licenses from Town Councils for shows and dances, with penalties and terms. It also covers a concurrent act, CHAPTER 508, securing civil rights by prohibiting racial discrimination in inns, public conveyances, and amusements, plus juror eligibility protections and penalties for violations.
The act amends chapter 420 to require medical examiners to examine bodies only when death is suspected to be by violence and to direct the district medical examiner to examine any prisoner who dies while in prison or county jail, with the act taking effect upon passage.
An Act creating a State Board of Agriculture was passed on April 24 1885 and provides for its establishment and structure. The document outlines the governance framework with the governor as a key figure in its formation.
An act appropriates twelve thousand dollars for the 1885 state census and related purposes. The State Auditor will issue orders on the General Treasurer for census expenses on the Superintendent of the Census certificate. Inconsistent parts of chapter 63 are repealed and the act takes effect upon passage.
An 1885 act authorizes a landowner to petition the Supreme Court for the settlement of harbor line boundaries. The court may appoint three commissioners to survey the land within and adjacent to the harbor line to include all interests in tidal land.
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