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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1875
Page
1
Classified ads outline pricing for space at 1 000 square for one week with 25 cents per additional insertion. Notices include marriages obituaries religion and politics subject to restrictions and yearly advertising contracts for regular businesses.
Cousin Jack Lacy agrees to marry Mary Thorne after a prank by Minnie Chester backfires. An old land deal, a mistaken letter, and social awkwardness spark a comic courtship that ends with Jack winning a wife and Mary a happy match despite initial misunderstandings.
In this miscellany, ancient reflections contrast peace and war with the toll on families and friendships. It urges restraint in confiding, warns against gossip, and champions reticence, self-examination, and patience for justice while avoiding excessive talk or public self-disclosure.
Advice on prudent spending and cautious marriage choices. Warns that waste drains wealth and ill-chosen partners bring regret. Encourages frugality, warmth over show, and delaying marriage until ready, with emphasis on health, self-reliance, and resisting family pressure.
The article discusses puffadders and the black mamba in Natal, noting their dangers and cures. It recounts a family incident with a green mamba and a tortoise-shell cat, and reflects on wealth, health, and mind over body. It then surveys superstition around cups in India and Gypsy customs in Germany and England, linking these beliefs to Hindu ideas.
In Middletown Connecticut a factory worker known as Bart drank a glass of alleged fly poison kept on a shelf. The doctor saved him with salt and vinegar followed by powders, and Bart recovered after two days. He credits the doctor with his life and has not troubled the company since.
General Wilson recounts Mr Curtis remarks about Washington's power. At Arlington House in 1854 Curtis quoted Washington's confidence in breaking a horseshoe. Tales recount his wrestling burst at a tree, hurling a champion, throwing the Rappahannock stone, bar toss at Mount Vernon, and lifting a heavy stone for workmen.
Robert Collyer argues wealth can serve God or ruin nations depending on use. He contrasts wealth’s noble ally role with its potential to provoke woes when pursued for self above common good. The sermon links wealth to harvest, blessings, and accountability before God.
The speaker argues poverty results from luxury and urges strict saving to build independence. Fortune favors the diligent and frugal, with savings of $500 or more in a bank as proof of honesty and readiness to seize opportunities.
A sun setting scene shows two boys stealing apples on a hill seven miles away as Professor Mitchell observes them through a telescope. The tale uses the moment to illustrate that human deeds thoughts and words are visible to God, who watches with a sleepless gaze.
A Missouri couple pass a day by rocking chairs and sewing a Rose of Sharon quilt as they converse in affectionate, playful dialogue. They joke about dogs, chickens, and mating, ending with plans to obtain a marriage license in Tigersville next week.
A survey of notable rings from history notes Mary Queen of Scots nuptial ring in the British Museum likely worn by Darnley, Elizabethan token to the Earl of Essex, a Bunyan initials ring once at Elstow, Caesar Borgia signet ring once shown to the British Archaeological Association, and legends of a poison slide in the back.
The essay urges keeping a positive outlook and practical resilience. It notes losses are inevitable but countering with new plans, substitutes, and retained virtue leads to inner balance and a favorable final reckoning. It emphasizes charity, self discipline, and maintaining internal rectitude despite setbacks.
The clippings advise timing meals, pre bedtime exercise to stave off cold, avoiding damp shoes, and warming the feet. It warns against roasting over fires, inhaling sugar fumes, and drinking cold water before bathing. A hot shovel sugar test is suggested, along with a three hour gap after meals before a bath.
A Louisville Courier Journal correspondent notes Glasgow in its famed growth driven by iron coal cotton and the Clyde. The river expands below the Victoria Bridge capable of floating the largest ships while Glasgow diversifies beyond one industry excelling in wool chemicals and shipbuilding.
A bustling scene at Messina as boats swarm the steamer once anchored. Vendors hawk mussels, oranges, and odd goods while crowds of men and boys press aboard. A brash mix of language, trade, and sale ends with most fruit discarded into the sea near Alexandria.
A Wicklow farmer, harvesting, attempted to shoot pigeons when the gun discharged near his head. He recovered and reached his wife, who lamented the miss by saying it was a pity the charge was lost.
Advertisement touts blood purification and health benefits of Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It cites Deuteronomy as justification and lists cures for skin diseases, scrofulous sores, hip joints, and bone illnesses. A testimonial from J M Robinson praises recovery after extended illness and multiple doctors.
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