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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1885
Page
1
The Bristol Phenix announces subscription rates by C A Greene including postages. One year in advance eight dollars, six months one dollar, three months fifty cents. Non prepaid is two dollars twenty five cents per year. Adele copy five cents. Paper not discontinued until arrearages paid unless publisher opts to discontinue.
A religious reflection urges moderation in pleasures and deep devotion to God and Christ. It promises that a fortified inner life will transform work and amusements, dissipating difficulties as spiritual influence spreads through daily activity.
A customer reports long standing catarrh pain and headaches eased after using Ely's Cream Balm. Another testimonial notes five years of suffering with inability to lie down, now able to rest.
An advertising flyer promotes K Dye's Celebrated Voltaic Belt with Electric Suspensory Appliances claiming speedy relief and permanent cure for nervous debility vitality loss and manhood. It promises complete restoration and guarantees results with a money back style offer and mailed information from Marshall Michigan.
Mrs. Abigail Widgin invites the lawyer Mr. Sharperson to her Westerly parlor to sign four mortgage papers. Between weather talk and comic bid for a wedding, the taciturn lawyer finally declares engagement by kissing her, revealing a hidden tract of affection and impending marriage.
A collage of aphorisms on life and virtue discussing God and the soul, character shaped by thought, wealth and happiness, childhood idle time, daily grooming, and the library as a solemn place for wisdom from Dawson.
The writer recalls two truths the atonement's efficiency and God's promise's stability. They find strength to endure present sorrows by reflecting on others' heavy sufferings and their own sins, feeling able to look to God as Father even in a land of no more sorrows.
The nurse reads Luke to a dying mountain town child in Japan whose mother has embraced Christianity. The story notes the child’s request for the gospel as a pillow and recalls a preacher’s analogy that God tests believers to reveal their strength, citing Luther and J Vaughan.
An Eastern traveler in Arkansas awards a nickel to a boy for bringing a sprig of cotton. The boy returns with the plant fragment and a second nickel after the train speeds away, prompting the woman to declare she found an honest boy.
A Chicago Times correspondent recalls old Ohio Governor William Allen with clever stories. One tale shows Allen exposing lawyer Gen Murphy’s tears by lifting a peeled onion from Murphy’s coat, convicting a horse thief without a full jury deliberation. Another Dayton speech ending with a locomotive duel highlights Allen’s confident, lingering oratory.
A Boston Transcript style reflection ponders human foibles and social quirks from drinking and dating to politeness and marriage. It asks why people seek boredom at home, why jealousy and humor influence behavior, and why social norms persist despite contradictions.
Advertisement urges buyers to choose Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for colds croup asthma bronchitis and sore throat claiming genuine efficacy and relief from symptoms.
Observers muse that trees keep roots fixed while trunks bear weight and branches. The humor in questioning mobility contrasts with botanical function as shade, shelter, and timber persist without movement. Environmental value remains rooted in stillness.
Harrisburg man Edward Shepherd reports a long running leg sore healed after using three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He credits the remedies with restoring his leg to sound health. Products sold by J. H. Young & Co. at fifty cents and twenty five cents respectively.
A baby wakes with a smile and, by evening, as a grown man, retires with a smile. The playful paradox hints at the simple joy found in daily routines and aging.
An advertisement offers a medical book of one hundred pages with colored plates. Sent on receipt of three 2-cent stamps to cover postage. Address A. P. Ordway & Co. Boston, Mass.
The artist Turner discovers a worn engraving from his Liber Studiorum in a print-shop window. He argues with the seller who claims no fault in the sale state. Turner reveals he drew the original and grew angry at the disfigured print. The seller, astonished, wishes never to see him again.
A reflective line shows a man in mud noticing how rain creates mire. The image suggests persistence and perception amid gloomy weather.
Cure claim targets diabetes gravel and urine retention. Promises relief for nervous prostration and wasted vitality. Advertisement urges sufferers to regain health using Hunt's Kidney Remedy.
A rustic voice offers folk wisdom on balance and restraint in everyday life. It warns that crowding too many ideas, tasks, or tricks can spoil outcomes from farming to plans and urges simple, steady effort over flashy, excessive change.
The piece notes how mothers defend their offspring across species from birds to elephants. It cites a large adder that sacrificed itself to protect its young and a hedgehog that fought Marmot attackers to save its cubs, illustrating fierce maternal instincts.
A Binghamton couple visited a Court street jeweler and debated the appeal of clocks noting they name the day. The humorous exchange ends with a playful line about the future revealing if Gawgie tumbles.
In Ogden Utah a curfew ordinance sets 8 or 9 P M bell times per season. Children under 16 face arrest for misdemeanor if unaccompanied by a parent guardian or friend or without a permit. Similar curfews exist in Sacramento Marysville Colusa and Reno.
A nostalgic ad copy touts Salvation Oil for 25 cents and Dr Bull's Cough Syrup at 25 cents, urging readers not to bully but to treat coughs with these remedies. The tone mimics old newspaper promotional blurbs selling simple patent medicines.
Rates listed for one inch one week one dollar with twenty five cents per extra week. Twelve lines nonpariel type equals one inch. Special notices before marriages and deaths double rates. Transient ads prepaid. Yearly contracts offered on reasonable terms. Yearly advertisers limited to their own business. Ads must be submitted by Thursday noon for next issue reservation.
In Berlin the soldiers form a quiet presence among civilians. Officers are busy, and enlisted men march in small detachments to relieve sentries at palaces and government buildings. A sudden command triggers a disciplined, galvanic response as they pass imperial carriages.
A Frenchman kept a yearly tally of kisses with his wife from their wedding day until death. The first year yielded 36 500 kisses about 100 daily, then declines followed to two kisses daily in later years. The record suggests growing familiarity rather than waning affection as time passed. He notes affection shifts from infancy to adulthood, questioning if love diminishes with age.
The best part of one's life is the performance of daily duties. Higher motives and ideals matter only if they reinforce the better discharge of ordinary life responsibilities.
Arahian provides a terse epigraph on health and hope. The line asserts that health grants hope and that hope encompasses all else. The phrase presents a philosophical musing rather than a news event.
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