25 Oct 1884
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1884
Page
1
John Alden and his sister Susy face oil dreams and a harsh lesson in fortune. Harvey’s flashy rise collapses. Alden’s patient farming yields fruit and a wiser, steadier path. The Squire praises Alden’s enterprise and the town benefits from his labor and skill.
A collection of aphorisms on prudence and resilience stressing preparation for hardship, the colorless rise of happiness, the each day as life, power as a measure of manhood, and duty as a steady stimulant guiding conduct. It emphasizes the value of daily effort and ethical diligence.
An article promotes Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup as a guaranteed cure for coughs and colds. It notes the remedy is available at all druggists for twenty five cents per bottle.
Roasted coffee disinfects effectively and helps deodorize. Wild mint scatters repel rats and mice. Cold tea cleans grained wood well. Beeswax and salt smooth rusty irons. Sweet oil and beeswax polish mahogany beautifully. Sandpaper whitens ivory handles with age. Coffee removes onion breath odor. Warm room keeps flowers thriving. tepid water advised. Extremely cold water risks root freeze. Cream lemon juice and cold water offer varied sunburn and complexion relief. Turpentine and ammonia mix removes paint spots from cloth. Boiling water into glass safe with a spoon placed in it. Bleaching ivory with bynoxide or hydrogen, expose to strong sun under glass.
A Victorian-era pitch warns that spring and fall bring illness to many. It claims weather shifts weaken feeble people and even the strong feel miserable, then suggests Parker's Tonic will invigorate digestion and regulate liver and kidneys to prevent fever. The ad ends with a teaser about a prison window framed in guilt.
Quotes emphasize Jesus life as uniquely described in the Gospels and urge Christians to make the world Christian. They insist earnestness gives true greatness and a powerful, shadowed depth to any soul-moving work.
An earnest meditation on a mother's unseen labor and its impact. The piece compares life to a lamp with three wicks brain heart and breath, urging weary mothers that their daily care shapes homes and families even when unacknowledged.
The text argues that true culture requires cultivating the whole person not just intellect. A vigorous body sustains a disciplined mind, and education should nurture physical health and moral character. It likens piety to a garden plant needing careful cultivation amid native weeds to ensure eternal felicity.
Ayer s Sarsaparilla is hailed as the best blood purifier and vitalizer. The advertisement claims pure blood yields buoyant spirits clear complexion and sharp perception, contrasting with sluggish blood full of impurities.
The advertisement touts Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Rejuvenator as restoring natural hair color. It claims over twenty years of enormous sales and notes there has been no recorded failure.
Rob Kerr, trusted to run the Hercules, lets two schoolmates coax him into starting the engine losing control. The out-of-control locomotive crashes from a siding, endangering Rob’s grandfather Adolph Kerr and Silas, the fireman. Rob confesses, seeking forgiveness as his grandfather speaks on restraint and responsibility.
Ten years have passed since the old engineer left service. Rob has grown into a young man and became a Sunday School teacher. His pupils ask to hear the tale of the wild engine as Kerr ends with the grandfather’s motto Never start anything you can’t stop.
A Connecticut innovator proposes an inclined plane device mounted on locomotives to let two trains pass on a single track. The design uses rails on the plane to connect with the main track and act as a brake, potentially cutting railroad construction costs by at least 25 percent and transforming cross-track operation nationwide.
The article extols South America for wealth and natural grandeur, noting inter tropical America surpasses others in flora and fauna. It highlights vast healthy highlands, abundant fruit and flowers, and mighty rivers offering undeveloped commerce, with sandalwood valued at $5,000 per tree observed by Consul Thompson in the Amazon.
Julian Hawthorne discusses Emerson as an American ideal, praising his direction of lofty effort while noting Emerson does not solve universal problems. He argues future discoveries will extend beyond Emerson yet maintain upward, humble, charitable aspirations.
In a seaside stunt a 30 foot greased pole rests on shore with half over water. A pig in a hanging box at the water end prompts seven men to scramble along the slippery pole. After a half hour, one climber reaches the prize, releases the pig, then jumps in to recover it alive amid the crowd’s laughter.
A provocative 19th century column argues that Lulu the Georgia Wonder exerts irresistible influence over men through glare and touch. The writer praises feminine strength yet challenges fashion and civility, praising a robust ideal Woman athlete over “uncultured” charm.
The text argues against universal diet rules, warning that bodily tendencies vary. It states that fruit abstention can harm some, while others may tolerate or thrive on varied foods. It emphasizes individual limits, nonrestrictive eating, and differing needs of active versus sedentary lifestyles.
A cat in a country house near Holywood disturbed a maid by pawing her face and later scratching it. The servant slept through a fire that started in the house, but the cat woke others by smelling smoke and the flames were extinguished.
A humorous Boston Globe item reports an office boy saw a fight between a rat and a cockroach in the Milk Street back office. The cockroach reportedly beat the rat and chased it, but the rat slipped through a hole that stopped the cockroach from finishing the fight.
The Chilean government declares war on condors offering five dollars per bird killed. The bird’s high-altitude nesting and broad range across the Andes makes eradication unlikely. A Southern paper notes condor numbers have grown despite the two eggs per season and a century of hunting.
Vermont now has 2,290 school districts and 2,250 schools, down three schools from 1883, reflecting a small statewide consolidation.
The Louisville dog known as the “Old Man” lived with his master and rode on horseback. He helped herd sheep, guiding lambs across a ditch when needed. He was shot by a reckless herder about a month ago, suffering for two weeks before dying.
The notice outlines advertising rates: one vignette per week costs one dollar, each additional week twenty five cents. twelve lines nonpariel type equals one inch. special notices before marriages and deaths double the rates. transient ads must be prepaid. yearly contracts possible on reasonable terms. yearly advertiser privileges limited to their own immediate business. ads due by Thursday noon to appear in the next issue.
The text describes a baffling, undiagnosed illness causing chest and side pain, fatigue, digestive woes, eye yellowing, and cough. It cites Dr. A G Richards of Boston and promotes Warner's Tippecanoe The Best as a cure, urging precaution and care to avoid suffering.
The Cleveland Herald notes about 17,000 dentists in the United States use vast amounts of gold and precious metals yearly for dental work. It estimates one million dollars in metals flow from dentistry, with millions more in silver and tin. Dental demand grows as cavities rise, and only about one in eighty now has perfect teeth, reflecting a shift in the profession and rising decay.
A passerby noted that the street shows many houses with Dr. signs on alternating facades and quipped that it would look balanced if a few Drs appeared on the opposite side as well. The remark captures local humor about professional displays along the avenue.
J H Young Co announces the Dr King’s New Discovery agency for consumption coughs colds throat and lung ailments. Sold with a positive guarantee. Small bottles free. Regular size one dollar.
A concise reflection notes that horse locomotion remains natural and unhinged by mechanical action, emphasizing biomechanics over artificial constraints. The line suggests that true movement arises from animal physiology rather than rigid mechanisms.
An old advertisement offers a medical book of one hundred pages with colored plates. It promises relief without large doctors bills and asks readers to send three 2-cent stamps for postage to A. P. Ordway & Co. in Boston Massachusetts.
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