15 Nov 1884
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1884
Page
1
Nighttime eating guidance for the delicate and children urges small warm meals or milk before bed to aid sleep. Adults may eat modestly but only if hungry, with options including bread and milk, beef tea, oatmeal, and light proteins, noting prolonged gaps between meals can exhaust fuel and affect the morning routine.
The advertisement touts Ayfr's Sarsaparilla as a direct and prompt purifier and enricher of the blood. It claims to improve appetite strengthen nerves and brace the system as an alterative medicine and urges every invalid to try it.
In a witty hotel note, a WaG tells a friend that if his employer does not retract a morning remark he will leave the house. The reply reveals the employer suggested the WaG should seek another place, prompting the dramatic vow.
If people troubled with colds take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral before attending church or entertainment venues they can avoid coughing and ease speakers and singers. Public speakers report the medicine greatly improves voice power and flexibility.
Mrs. Lonsdale aims for luxury as Mary Drix rents a small Moon Mountain room. A ruined marriage yields a mine of iron on Carragee Farm, and the Drix clan gains independence while the Lonsdales face a surprising shift in fortune and an eventual union with Essie Drix.
A compact meditation contrasts treachery with sharp harm and praises divine love as a sacred flower. It notes Hannan Moore’s remark to Walpole on punishing enemies by fostering ongoing hatred and laments that a fretful disposition spoils life, leaving weeds instead of blooms.
A reflection on Great men as solitary towers in the city of God with secret passages to higher intelligences. It notes the inner life and quiet strength that laborers on the surface do not perceive.
A sermonette-style note urges exalting Christ in Sunday school work. It declares without him the program lacks beginning and aim, its forms become lifeless, and lessons worthless like decorative flowers.
A reflective aphorism compares tiny daily acts to falling snowflakes building a man's character. It emphasizes that individual deeds seem insignificant but collectively shape habits and personality over time.
A quotation attributed to Rev. Janes H. Thornweil urges young people to guard against vanity. It counsels pursuing evidence and light, seeking truth over attention, and finding lasting approval in wisdom. It asserts that vanity’s triumphs are brief while truth endures.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin urges stronger suppression of illustrated obscene literature. It cites Georgia 1878 laws and a New York test case in Atlanta, urging newsdealers nationwide to refuse such material to protect youth and uphold morality.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps argues in May St Nicholas for self supporting women. She urges girls to decide to provide for themselves after school through education and practical skills, detailing how discipline and purpose transform identity and life.
A Albany observer notes many city women turn leisure into profit through painting, embroidery, and fancy preserves. Art rooms in major cities buy caned fruits, cakes, and confections. stories recount Angel's Food success and a former congressman’s daughter selling preserved fruit.
A reporter describes nearly all female staff at the national bank redemption agency in Washington suffering arsenic related sores. Workers count money daily in cages, using arsenic contaminated sponge. few escape illness though they are paid 75 dollars a month. Some leave after years of service due to skin and bodily sores.
A St Louis woman frets over a missing letter from her fiancé, an art officer abroad, while a friend consoles her with reassurances that he is safe and stationed away from epidemics. The conversation turns on her rising panic about an army worm.
A pithy aphorism attributed to Shafisbury warns that the greatest folly is self deception. It critiques those who presume certainty from scant study and deep ignorance in their own conclusions.
A Detroit Post fragment shows a woman seeking eyeglasses on Jefferson Street. An apologetic clerk guides her to an optical exam while patrons spar over age and insults. She leaves muttering, vowing to buy specs elsewhere and declaring she will not be insulted about being old.
A Brooklyn husband quips about brain weight after reading a newspaper article. He asks his wife to imagine a three and a half pound brain and how heavy it would be filled with cecal from the cellar, then heads to verify the joke.
A little girl who slept near her mother’s bedside was taught not to wake her in the morning. After the mother awoke the child says she kept still and asks how the mother knew she was asleep. The child replies that the mother breathed loudly and purred.
An elderly railroad official recalls Ross Marchman, a Sewanee telegraph operator who, with one arm, saved a passenger train from collision in November 1882. In fading light amid rain and wind, Marchman fired a pistol to halt No. 12 and signaled a switch, sacrificing himself as the train passed.
A Tennessee storyteller recalls Andrew Johnson facing assassination threats before a Nashville speech. Johnson reportedly drew a pistol, warned that any would-be assassin would be shot, then proceeded to speak as the audience cheered without a dissenting voice.
A reflective item questions whether stealing an umbrella is a crime while stealing a bottle of Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup to cure a cough might not be. The piece frames theft and legal notions with a humorous moral angle.
A sales pitch urging workers in stores offices and factories to seek Parker's Tonic for common illnesses blamed on inactivity and poor blood and digestion. The ad claims the tonic has cured hundreds and promotes it as pure and pleasant.
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