28 May 1870
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1870
Page
1
The notice outlines ad charges: 25 cents per square for one week, with B Square defined as twelve lines or fewer. Special notices before marriages and deaths cost double. Transients prepaid, yearly contracts offered on terms, with privilege limited to the advertiser’s immediate business. Ads due by Thursday noon. religious obituary and political notices excluded from ads.
A wife recalls a troubled marriage marked by suspicion and infidelity. After years of wandering and estrangement, she discovers her husband’s secret, flees to Europe, endures years of agony, then is reunited with him in a dramatic seaside finale as forgiveness and love prevail.
A narrator recalls life at Swan's Nest and a beloved husband who survived a steamer disaster. The speaker thanks God daily for their undeserved bliss and reunion after illness prevented the voyage. The extract centers on gratitude, domestic happiness, and the mystery of the lost passage.
A historical essay surveys competing theories on the origin of Indigenous peoples in North America. It discusses biblical, classical, and linguistic arguments, citing Cotton Mather and other writers who framed Native peoples as inferior or devilish, and contrasts them with debates about Asian, Phoenician, or Israelite roots.
Oliver Optic describes ancient printing and writing practices in Egypt Babylon Assyria and China. He notes stamped bricks cuneiform tablets and interlinear translations revealing early libraries and catch-lines used to navigate long works.
A religious writer argues preachers are harmed by academic drudgery and dyspepsia from study. They should engage with the poor and sick, speaking plainly to those in need rather than delivering stiff crafted sermons.
In a Highesboro schoolhouse, Joe Pattersam strutted as the top prankster, saucing Master Libby with tricks from a stray cat drop to a split desk disaster. A spitball ghosted the ceiling to trap a cat, ending with Libby struck by a feline and Joe punished yet amused, now a shopkeeper recalling that chaotic day.
Josh Lallings quips that wise design delayed man until all else was finished. A self important man would have tried to boss the work and rejected small busy ants. If man had not been made, the speaker could not fault it.
A Somerset Reporter correspondent in Canaan proposes moving the liquor agency to a remote district on one of the worst snow blocked roads and defying Boreas to keep the road closed.
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