23 Oct 1880
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1880
Page
1
The poem paints a temperate October scene with vine wreaths and ripe olives and apples. It contrasts the waning year with a welcoming autumn, describing fields, hills, shepherds, and flocks under pale skies. Birds move across a gray day as harvest imagery and rural life unfold in tranquil abundance.
In the London suburb of Manville square the quiet life centers on widow Mrs. Brooks and her lodger Edwin Colthurst. Miss Helen Gay arrives with her aunt in ill health, captivates Colthurst, and a later death reveals the tragic twist, as the girl dies aged eighteen and loyalties are tested.
A fragment cites Malt Bitters as a remedy for deep seated coughs and catarrh ending to the lungs. It contrasts people who look at everything yet see nothing with a note on error and ignorance.
A classroom quip cites suing insurance as a first act after a fire. The ad touts Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a quick fix for coughs and colds, claiming it always meets the emergency. Price 26 cents.
A poetic exchange unfolds between a man and a woman as they banter about fame and cosmic time. She suggests a comet’s rarity to describe a slower, meaningful visitation, while he contemplates being a star. The dialogue hints at longing and distant, recurring moments.
A Boston youth on his first yachting trip hesitates to join deck activity and asks to go upstairs then aloft, prompting the skipper’s nautical joke about expressing himself. The item also extols Sage Catarrh Remedy as an old reliable cure popular today.
A reforming plea urges husbands to care for ill wives and daughters rather than blame them for moodiness. It promotes Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy as a cure, advising readers to buy downtown or mail one dollar to Rondout, New York for treatment.
The piece laments night life among young men, contrasting it with daylight and urging reform. It discusses dangers in cities, police vigilance, and asks where youths spend evenings. It then proposes Pittsburg lighting using three lighthouses to floodlight streets, funded by a private company for seventeen years, with lamp posts repurposed as advertising spaces.
An 1880 advertisement promotes Toping Reparation an alkali absorbent for rheumatism neuralgia nerve disorders and inflammation. It cites Bens B Slade as the advertiser and lists a price of 50 cents. The fragment mentions April 10, 1880 and a retriever image back of acute pain.
Four hundred male and eight female convicts sail from Odessa on April 14 for Saghalien, via the Red Sea and Indian Ocean to Japan. Women and children accompany husbands, with a guard, two hospitals aboard, and meals including national soup and vodka. The voyage, the second of its kind, followed a similar trip last June lasting fifty two days.
An American contractor, disgusted by stories of ancient stonework, notes that cities in China reportedly have streets paved with granite blocks laid over three centuries ago and still in good condition. He quips that the workers who laid them are likely dead by now.
A reflection argues nations gain lasting success through noble acts rather than the brutal destruction of human life for selfish goals. It emphasizes moral leadership and restraint as the true measure of strength in international affairs.
A companion reflects on modesty as nature’s alarm to sin and the dignity of virtue. It warns that intemperance yields visible consequences and urges candor in speech and actions aligned with professed promises.
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