01 Nov 1879
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1879
Page
1
A plea questions the fate of a child growing, asking if innocence will endure. The poem contrasts rosy lips and violet eyes with fears that toil, tears, and hardship may break the child’s joy and youth. It probes the risks facing a young life amid looming labor and sorrow.
Joseph Kilgore, recovering from a spring influenza, imagines a circumstantial evidence trap against himself after reading a crime book. A deadly barn murder news awakens his fears, distorting reality as his brother Silas and sister-in-law Maria grow wary. A false accusation nearly tears the family apart until the real killer is captured and Joseph is vindicated with sardonic relief.
A Swede named SP Lewis, long employed at the Central Branch, fell into a well being sealed after rains. Crushed by sand, he remained alive for five hours, hearing hammers and water drip, inching upward until rescued at two o’clock. He suffered only cold and exhaustion, with wife and two children awaiting.
A man who fishes from dawn to dusk and endures cramped seating for fun is the same person who avoids church due to uncomfortable pews. The note links leisure to religious participation, hinting at personal preference over public practice.
No, said Paperware, exclaiming that he was not truly angry when the old man drove him from the house but admitted feeling put out by the event.
The tropical Queensland scrubs harbor a deadly plant the stinging tree. Its stings cause intense pain and paralysis-like effects lasting months, with visible leaves like a rounded nettle and red berries. Travelers recall horses and dogs panicking and seeking escape, while small saplings threaten ankles unseen in dense growth.
The Sun.-Rosett of Padua reports new experiments on solar heat radiation. He argues that the Dulong and Petit law is only approximate at low temperatures and fails at high temperatures. He proposes a new formula yielding an effective solar temperature near 10 000 C, about 18 000 F, aligning better with astronomical data.
A young man styled in fashion on a country road expresses a wish to cool his heated head by the pond. An Irishman overhears and retorts that he might leave it there and it would not sink, delivering a dry regional joke.
A Providence Rhode Island woman reports her mother aged over seventy suffered neuralgia headaches and general illness for years. Three months of Hop Bitters brought strong relief and restored vitality, leading the family to declare no other medicine is suitable.
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