24 Oct 1885
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1885
Page
1
A Sunday School Times poem contrasts worldly brightening scenes with the Christ who comforts the sorrowing, heavy laden, and outcast. It asks why doubt persists and urges trust in God’s wisdom and love amid toil, hunger, and loneliness, citing Jesus’ example and blessing.
Theda Grey defies poverty and family doubt by pursuing education at Glendale. Aunt Priscilla funds a last minute gown from a long cherished dress, inspiring Theda to graduate as a self reliant teacher. Theda’s triumph renews respect from Aunt Priscilla and seeds a hopeful future.
A compact maxim warns that a so called friend who shares disagreeable truths only when forced to is either a foe or a fool. It reflects a caution about arranged confidences and the value of frank talking in danger or need.
A reflective line argues that achievement comes only through rugged effort, not shortcuts, praising the old plebian path as the route to honor and fame.
A reflection on how forcing a plan on a reluctant person fails because only their hands obey while their heart and head resist. It argues heroism is hard even for the educated, as labor and iron toil define the human condition, with the world as a testing audience for effort.
The quote warns that associating with wrong peers destroys character and future prospects. It describes bad companions as damaging to morality and happiness, likening their impact to an avalanche of destroying locusts.
Quotation reflects belief that sunshine and free air unlock inner flowers and reduce conflict. Mars, attributed to M Child, argues happiness among people would curb quarrels and wickedness.
A reflection on Daniel’s preservation from lions and divine favor in a heathen court. The message centers on his daily discipline of kneeling and praying to God three times a day, explaining his innocence, intimate knowledge of God’s plan, and favored status as “the man greatly beloved.”
George Hutcheson argues that prayer reaches God from any low condition. He cites David in a cave and Daniel with lions to show humble saints can gain audience. The passage asserts God, enthroned above heaven and earth, notices those with a contrite spirit regardless of circumstance.
A veteran observer warns that twenty years of financial calm are gone and no clear path exists for new entrants. He notes crowded fields like medicine and law and says youth face scarce demand amid global uncertainty while urging caution for from his long view.
Narrates Benedict Kirk the Mississippi River gambler being cheated by a jayhawker on a Louisville bound river voyage. Kirk pretends a plan to fleece a fellow gambler, loses to four aces but wins only partial repayment, and the Indiaman keeps most winnings. Includes a farmer’s tale of drought and no fruit year and peculiar mental influence anecdotes from New York.
A Vicksburg mystery life story uncovers that Sergeant Alexander Henry of New Orleans died April 21. His wife found a letter showing he killed a man in England years before, fled to America, joined the Union Army, then planned New Orleans National Cemetery and became its first superintendent. He married Mrs Cathel and left a family learning his true name Henry Hamilton and seeking kin in England for support.
An old advertisement extols Day’s Horse Powder for horses, noting medicine for indigestion or nervousness. It promotes Dr Bull’s Baltimore Pill for quick cure of disorders and Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup as safe with no dangerous drugs, priced at 25 cents.
An advertisement urges readers to obtain a medical book of about one hundred pages with colored plates by sending three 2-cent stamps to A. P. Ordway & Co. in Boston Massachusetts. It emphasizes avoiding large doctor bills.
Claiming to cure liver inactivity biliousness jaundice constipation weak kidneys and urinary diseases Electric Bitters are advertised as the best tonic and stimulant with a money back guarantee. Sold by J H Young & Co at fifty cents a bottle.
Mrs Letta Conrad of Standish Michigan says she suffered quinsy for twenty years and after starting Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil has had no attack. She reports the Oil cures sore throat at once.
A party tale recounts Mozart wagering six bottles of champagne with Haydn that Mozart could play a piece at sight. Mozart wrote a few notes and, during a difficult passage, struck the middle C with his nose to finish the prelude, provoking laughter because Haydn’s flat nose contrasted with Mozart’s long nose. Haydn paid up after the stunt.
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