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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1875
Page
1
In Ephesus during AD 58 the city faces a secret peril as the legend of the seven Christians unfolds. The Roman insistence on sacrifice tests Christian martyrdom, and the populace, led by the Diana cult, watches a mysterious hillside sound presage a crisis. The tale centers on the clash between pagan ritual and emerging Christian steadfastness amid omens and augurs.
A dramatic retelling of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus where seven Christians face martyrdom under Diana in a Roman arena. After a hillside miracle reveals their survival, a shepherd and bishop witness their revival as Christians, and the city embraces their legend with reverent awe.
In The Harp Times a leading confectioner notes many young girls come to the saloon without beaux. He explains the inattention of gentlemen by economic hardship. Some men are unemployed or earning less, while self-employed men face reduced trade and no money for ice cream.
A man told Douglas Jerrold how his wife nearly took the veil before meeting him. Jerrold quipped that she simply thought him better than a nun, delivering a playful twist to the courtship story.
A New York paper notes the fishing season is near as a diner in a downtown restaurant bites into mince pie and teeth snag on a fish-hook embedded in the pastry. The bite proves a rare joke of a pie with such an unlikely filling, a reminder that New York offers the best of everything.
A butcher testifies in a bankruptcy case claiming the debtor owes him for meat consumption. Defense counsel quips that the debtor’s client appears thin, offering a sharp jab about the meat on his bones.
A Churchman critique contrasts the quiet power of grace with the loud reach of fame. It argues the average audience favors amusement over deep thinking, condemns lecture circuits dominated by notoriety, and laments eroding discipline among youth driven by sensational children's writers.
A quoted Shakespeare passage warns players to temper delivery and gesture to mirror nature. It cautions against overacting and praises restraint that reveals virtue and time's spirit, noting reckless actors distort humanity and offend audiences.
A tribute extols the Bible as universal and enduring, crossing class lines from cottage to palace. It nourishes scholars and sailors, merchants and mariners, guiding marriages, illnesses, fears, and deaths. Scripture comforts, educates, and inspires prayers, names, and trust in God and Christ.
A blind man remarks on a visiting lady's bright white teeth after mockingly noting she has spent the last half hour laughing, provoking amused disagreement from a friend.
The Duke of Portland is described as one of England’s oddest and wealthiest peers with vast London property and a daily income of at least $5,000. He leads a solitary life at Welbeck Abbey with secret tunnels, subterranean libraries and church, a glass and iron gallery, and a museum where he, at seventy five, reportedly has never married or fallen in love.
A Press correspondent visits Valley Forge and describes Washingtons headquarters a sturdy stone house the breastworks and the two forts guarding the Chester Valley. The hill and earthworks remain striking monuments to the harsh hardships endured for liberty.
The anecdote recalls the late Mr Greeley a lifelong temperance advocate admired for refusing liquor at campaigns dinners He faces a waitress urging brandy and water and finally accepts only water while offering the brandy to others
A weighty woman buys No 4 shoes and, after a sly sales pitch, leaves with an easy fitting pair. The shoemaker hints aristocratic ladies wear oversized shoes for cool feet, and the customer defers to him. She later claims the fit was the easiest she ever had.
A quotation denounces national paper currency, arguing there is enough specie to meet needs yet condemns fiat money as devaluing labor. The speaker asserts paper currency depresses wages and harms workers while claiming specie would flow only if currencies were metallic.
Mrs Burton, wife of Captain Burton, claims a dream revealed the Koh-i-Noor’s cursed history from Aurangzeb to Juggernaut. She urges Queen Victoria to abandon the stone, noting deaths of Dalhousie, Wellington, and Albert as supporting omens. The piece contrasts Eastern belief with Western credulity and cites its singular value.
A Rural World reader warns that dirty dishcloths spread typhoid as neighbors nurse the ill. She recounts burning blackened cloths, advises white washable cloths, and urges households to wash dishcloths to prevent disease during typhoid season.
A Georgian seller with chickens meets soldiers near Marietta. They buy all but one rooster. Lacking money, they propose a seven up game. The old man wins the rooster and returns, asking what was put up against the last bird. The soldiers concede they played a fair game and won the rooster.
An 1769 Cork will by Dennia Tolam oddly parcels wealth to kin and household staff via old stockings a green nightcap a blue stocking a red cloak and a broken water jug The heirs laugh and many renounce while Hannah the housekeeper stomps the pitcher triggering coins to spill prompting further astonishment
The article notes apples trees tend to yield heavily in even years and poorly in interceding years with 1873 and 1875 given as poor crops while 1874 was enormous. It cites experiments by a New York grower who shifted bearing years by selective thinning and harvesting to smooth out annual yields, suggesting vigor and pruning could stabilize production.
French imitated wines total nearly 8,000,000 gallons yearly valued at 15,000,000 francs. Two thirds consumed in the United States and the rest in Russia Denmark France England. The juice of the grape is largely omitted and syrup and alcohol raise strength to 21 percent. Only wines in alcohol such as Spanish and Portuguese blends are often imitated.
In a Boston area public school, a student faced a misdemeanor complaint. The teacher instructed him to inform his mother of the accusation and its cause. The boy's reply revealed he had informed his mother, who reportedly expressed strong anger and said she would like to wring the teacher's neck.
A boastful group of young men tries a prank on a poor Dutchman at a street corner. One asks if the dog is for sale and the Dutchman replies with a humorous, stammering request to buy a tiny puppy.
A gentleman at a concert complains about a young man talking loudly to a lady beside him. The startled man in front asks if the remark is directed at him, prompting an angry rebuke and the clarifying reply that he meant musicians playing noisy instruments.
A boardinghouse guest discovers a lump of coal in his pudding and moves it to a side dish. He reproaches the kitchen for mixing coal with the food, saying the waste harms his family and objects to the practice. He points the coal as a symbol of improper preparation and fuel waste.
Fragmentary text shows a boy and a driver urging someone to hold a lean horse at a village inn door with repeated pleas and garbled dialogue. No clear names, places, or events emerge from the readable portion.
Advertising rates listed for squares at 25 cents each after first $1 000 square priced ad for one week. Special notices for marriages and deaths priced double. Transient ads to be paid in advance. Yearly contracts limited to immediate business. Entries due by Thursday noon for next issue. Obituary and political notices charged as ads.
Alexander Hyde of Leo offers practical tips for preserving apples. Wrap each fruit in old newspaper to prevent air exposure and bruising. More effective is filling barrels with apples and adding dry sand or plaster to fill gaps, or pit apples in dry soil with straw, earth, and a roofed mound so they stay fresh until spring.
A Hartford Baptist controversy centers on Deacon Bolles. An overzealous church member asks if John Bolles started an opposition meeting at the old Court House. Dr. Strong notes the other Baptists share his doctrine and urges harmonious listening. He counsels future fellowship with John Bolles to cultivate a pleasant hereafter.
A Milwaukee household dismissed a longtime servant not for fault but due to the acts of disembodied spirits. Eggs flew, pies exploded on walls, sausages wagged, and a dancing stave troubled crockery. The servant reports pressure on her head, while a medium says she is accompanied by a spectral dog and a large chained man. The Buffalo Courier comments on muzzling the dog and shaming the man.
A English woman faced murder charges for allegedly causing her twin children’s deaths by feeding them corn flour. She was acquitted. An English physician warns corn flour is pure starch from maize, with nutrients washed out by alkali. Highly white flour lacks nutrition. cooking with milk helps little.
Sleele argues that ideal companions must be diligent, readily awake to understanding, patient, curious, and able to express themselves well. He asserts good sense and clear expression are essential, and that true thoughts need little adornment when shared among trusted friends.
An 19th century pamphlet extols Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a gentle, effective cathartic. The text mocks large nauseating pills and claims the pellets are nature’s physic that invigorate the system without debility, making them essential for the family.
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