10 Nov 1883
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1883
Page
1
Public notice details pricing for advertising and notices. One inch ads cost one dollar weekly, twenty five cents for each extra week. Special notices before marriages and deaths double the rate. Advertisements must be prepaid and yearly contracts limited to immediate business. submissions due by Thursday noon for next issue.
Jasper Langley, a deformed teen, forms a deep bond with Margaret Lee at an English academy. She shelters him from cruelty, helps him pursue learning, and later supports his legacy with a generous bequest after his death. His quiet resilience shapes her life, echoing in a lifetime of service.
The Cleveland Herald reports common errors about microscopes and water life. It cites that drinking water rarely contains animalcules unless contaminated, and explains hairs are not hollow tubes but epidermal, with skin pores far sparser than imagined.
A Philadelphia man named Highard is featured as a young man whose wife says he has tripled his strength after using Wells Health Renewer. Advertisers claim dramatic health benefits and urge readers to buy the product from druggists at $1.00.
The proprietors Messrs A P Ordway and Co sent three dozen bottles of Sulphur Bitters to the Catholic Home for the Aged and Inmates, praised by directors and residents. The Catholic Union notes a child's remark about a sour green apple as a light aside.
A fragment presents a man on his way to be hanged urging steadiness and urging readers to seek Burdock Blood Bitters as a one dollar remedy from druggists for debility and nervousness with a confident claim of benefit.
The Boston Star questions voting integrity and alleges possible manipulation by tricks and misleading light. The piece argues for transparency and reform to restore public trust in the electoral process.
Snippet notes a remedy using Electric Oil by Moon Wit Dorr. A few drops cure general aches while six more handle sprains and lameness. Rheumatism needs an ounce or two and more time. No medicine cures with the same number of applications.
A compact reflection on youth and risk, quoting Whittier about brave hearts daring and bearing burdens with cheer. The fragment contrasts simple desires in love with admonitions to banish tears and notes continual rains harming blossoms.
A tight excerpt notes two thinkers on love and trust. Lavater urges daily acts of love while Emerson counsels reliance on the Creator for what is seen. The quotation blends moral sentiment with spiritual faith.
A reflective line quotes Fuller on nature appointing twilight to transition from darkness to light, framing dusk as a liminal passage between night and day.
A reflective note urges restraint in everyday pleasures to ensure no living beings are harmed. It emphasizes careful consideration of impact on life and urges kindness in actions.
A private reflection on sorrow and the quiet weight of evening. The line evokes a somber mood, framing sadness as a gentle descent that colors perception and emotion with dusklike calm. A literary moment of interior weather and restraint.
The quote presents a religious image where prayer and mercy function as two buckets in a well. As one rises through supplication, the other descends through grace, illustrating a reciprocal divine dynamic.
A proverbized reflection quotes Phillips Brooks on how noble motives elevate tiny tasks and bring vast consolation in daily troubles.
A heartfelt message about enduring friendship that remains strong through hardship. The sentiment emphasizes loyalty and support, likening friendship to spring water that does not freeze in winter.
People may worsen injuries by giving way to anger for the moment instead of considering future effects. The quote cautions that impulse harms outcomes and urges thoughtful restraint for long term well being.
Mary Countess of Orkney born deaf and dumb marries the Marquis of Thomond in 1753. The nurse witnesses the mother strike a cradle stone test to prove her newborn child has sense she lacks, an act ending with the child crying as the experiment fails.
An August Century editorial denounces outsourcing charity to outsiders. It criticizes the habit of prompting others to contribute first and urges self contribution. The piece cites church debt and hospital needs as examples where local donors should bear the burden themselves.
Mrs. M. A. Kidder narrates Benny a six year old boy who lived with his mother and sister under a drunk father. The story portrays four years of abuse and cruelty ending in Benny's death and lingering fear in the children.
A story from Sir John Lawrence shows a brave tender child who saved her tam ostrich by handing it to the government aviary. The viceroy in England ordered the ostrich returned to its rightful owner, easing the girl’s grief. A moral on kindness to the weak.
Arkansaw Traveller recounts Old Josh Spillit pleading for water after a drunken spree. He tells how his wife’s tearful cup moved him to quit drinking, revealing he had long consumed alcohol alongside a rowdy gang of companions.
A Virginia court day is described as a lively gathering mixing camp meeting and auction. The writer laments shopkeepers selling surplus goods in bundles for small sums, with cheap trinkets and large bread and ham meals attracting crowds. Nightfall sees vendors retire, their belongings emptied as if after a great loss.
In fallible tasteless harmless earthatic for feverishness restlessness worms constipation. 2é5c.
Frederick Douglass first wished to read after hearing his mistress read the Bible. The mistress agrees, teaching him the alphabet and simple words. The master condemns literacy as dangerous and harmful, warning that learning to read would lead to discontent and escape.
In a candid exchange, Halcomb notes a garment patch remains unfixed as he dresses. He declines a repair now due to busyness, then offers to carry the patch to avoid seeming unable to afford new cloth. The dialogue reflects practical frugality and self-reliance.
A friend advises Dr Bull's Cough Syrup for cough relief encouraging readers to try the remedy for persistent hacking and coughing. The ad style emphasizes quick relief and social recommendation.
A humorous scene shows a man attempting to thread a needle before driving a nail, capturing a light moment of persistence and imperfect focus. The excerpt highlights a playful, relatable challenge and the cheerfully awkward effort.
Robert P Porter reports to the Newark Tribune that English home traders stamp American mills’ names on cloth. James Thornley notes American spinners lower costs by cheaper cotton and longer workdays with fewer holidays. Manchester’s decline is already visible as the cotton industry decays. Colonel Shaw predicts Manchester will soon show clear signs of decay.
Two British born beavers from the Isle of Bute, part of an Earl of Bute created Rothesay colony, were sent to the London Fisheries Exhibition. Their removal allegedly disrupted dams and homes, killing other beavers, prompting a complaint about damage to acclimation efforts.
The fragment cites a phrase about dogs and a club but provides no coherent event, person, or organization. No clear names, places, dates, or actions are deducible from the readable text.
Brown's Iron Bitters marketed as a restorative tonic for debility and weakness. Dr A J Lamb of Cochran Georgia extols its health benefits, while Rev J W Waldrop of Owenton Kentucky reports relief from general debility and indigestion.
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