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Bristol Phoenix in Bristol, Rhode Island
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1877
Page
1
The Train Stop and the Depot Romance
A passenger narrator recalls missing a Western train after an accident with harness. In a nearby depot, Mrs. Holly helps with hospitality and tells her life, including engagement to Jack Holly and a rival suitor Clarence Devarges. A late-night robbery attempt unfolds, but Jack arrives to defend Nellie, exposing Devarges and restoring their romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Brown
Holly
Jess
Adroit Preacher and the Five Dollar Dilemma
A missionary sermon scene depicts a clergyman appealing to a wealthy trading district. He cites a case of conscience from a parishioner near bankruptcy who questions giving from money that belongs to creditors. He urges honesty before generosity and notes many five dollar notes appeared in the collection that day.
A Well Developed Body and Spirit in Quiet Strength
A well developed body inspires admiration yet a well developed and self-reliant spirit is nobler. It is calm modest unassuming yet firm in purpose and steady in aim. It avoids vanity yet shows courage and resolve in confronting evil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobs
Never court the favor of the rich by flattering their vanities
A proverb-like maxim warns against currying the affections of wealthy individuals by flattering their vanity or moral faults, urging integrity and restraint in judging or engaging with powerful patrons.
Do Not Despair At First Failure
A reflective line urges resilience when facing adversity. It compares perseverance to Noahs dove returning with an olive branch on the second voyage, implying hope remains after initial failure.
Do Not Be Discouraged God Will Reward Faith
A devotional exhortation urges endurance through work waiting and prayer. It asserts God's absolute power over mind and nature and promises that steadfast faith will yield abundant harvest at the proper time. The message champions perseverance and hope without despair.
Stand By Your Friends Motto for Loyal Companions
A moral exhortation urges steadfast loyalty to friends in all fortunes. It warns against betrayal, noting that deserting those who helped you leaves you without support or consolation in hard times. The piece emphasizes mutual backing as essential character.
Hate Not It Is Not Worth Your While
A reflective exhortation urges letting go of hate and ill will. It argues life is short and future cares and memories will outlast resentful thoughts. The piece questions the value of anger toward others as life winds toward its end.
Thurlow Weed’s Elegant Home on Twelfth Street Featured
Burleigh profiles Thurlow Weed noting his downtown residence near Fifth Avenue with views of Wall Street Presbyterian grounds. The piece praises Weed as energetic and influential, inseparable from New York public life, with a generous, witty, baronial mansion and lifelong willpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurlow Weed
Fame
Mr. Weed
Twelfth-street
Fifth Avenue
Wall-street Presbyterian Church
Belmont
Marshall O. Roberts
Moses Taylor
Commodore
Tendom
Vanderbilt
Waverly Place
Fourth Street
Weed
Burleigh
Navigating a Day of Adversity and Life’s Stitches
The piece reflects on how a single day can feel disastrous from dawn to night. Tiny mishaps mount into a sense of dread, yet the author argues such irritations are part of life’s discipline. It suggests tempering gloom with resilience and moving toward better times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inegita
Tina
Warn Inn
Remarkable life of Xavier Thiriat in Vosges district
In December 1845 Xavier Thiriat, a ten year old crippled boy in the Vosges, guided four girls across a brook and delayed the party. He grew to become a respected botanist meteorologist and geologist, founded libraries, led local readers, and earned the French Franklin Society gold medal despite extreme poverty and disability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of
the Vosges
Xavier Thiriat
Xavier
Thiriat
Echo Des Vosges
Franklin Society
Vindicated Citizen Deserves Public Righting in Essex County
A Massachusetts town faced a robbery case where a trusted mechanic was wrongly suspected. After long waiting, the true culprit was found and the stolen property recovered. The town is urged to publicly acknowledge the innocent man and compensate him to restore justice and community trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Essex County
Boston
Greeley’s Final Struggle to Control Tribune Ends
The Troy Press recounts Mr. Greeley’s failed bid to force a disclaimer of a controversial Tribune editorial. He confronts foreman Tom Rooker who reveals stockholder orders to no longer recognize him as editor in chief. Greeley resigns, dies within two weeks, and the New York Sun reprints the rejected passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Greeley
Mr. Rooker
Tom
The
Tribune
Tyranny Of Fashion in The New York Commercial
A Victorian critique decries fashionable dress as absurd and impractical. The author lampoons women dodging hems, shop girls twisting skirts, and street attire exposing hosiery while rag-pickers remain the only ones not bound by the trend. He condemns the era’s sartorial excesses with sharp, humorous commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nan
Hints On The Care Of The Eyes From Scribner
The article warns that faulty artificial light causes eye strain and fatigue. It recommends pure white light from German student lamps or gas with an Argand burner, proper lamp shade, and lighting position. It also advises avoiding glare, keeping darkness at night, and minimizing eye strain during reading on moving trains and in post illness recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Sayre
Clarence Devarges
Jack
Scribner
Napoleon's treatment of his generals and the rise of a rival aristocracy
The article argues Napoleon demanded success from his lieutenants and forgave no failure, rewarding successful generals with large fortunes. It notes Massena Soult Ney Duval and Berthier earned vast incomes while claiming his aim was to create a dazzling aristocracy to rival the old French nobility, a plan Cromwell failed to achieve in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Frederick the Great
Masgéna
Wellington
Southey
Admiral Villeneuve
Trafalgar
Massena
Soult
Ney
Duavoust
Berthier
Neuchatel
France
Cromwell
House of Lords
England
Miner’s One Eye Open to Blind Light in Mexican Mines
A traveler reports miners in Mexican copper mines emerge from darkness with one eye shut to guard against sudden bright light. Foreman explains tarateros drill and blast in dim drifts, using one eye closed near shaft mouths to prevent blindness. They switch eyes once in daylight and return to darkness with full vision restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
The Dutch Passion For Washing
The article describes a Dutch town where women wash houses and goods daily from pavement to chimney using pumps for high spots. Canals brim with washing, leaving no birds except storks, and imports from other countries travel to Holland to have linen washed. Meadows outside towns show white with laundry drying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
A Tale or Two Brothers Ends With a Christmas Revelation
A San Francisco tale recalls two Illinois brothers who split paths a decade ago. The elder rose to partnership while the younger fell into crime, only to reunite on Christmas Eve when the burglar seeking a silver buffet turns out to be the long-lost brother who reconciles with a generous, forgiving gesture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Illinois
Robert
Stick to your trade and its lessons for true success
The piece urges men to stay in their trained occupations and apply lifelong skills. It notes the folly of ambitious individuals abandoning proven crafts such as shoemaking leather work or sugar and tea selling to enter unfamiliar fields like railroads, where they often fail.
FrREAKs of Fashion Features Lace and Filmy Stockings
Fashion notes extravagant lace and stockings in lisle thread with delicate designs idealized as nature. Stocks arrive in pale cream tints and blue with strawberry motifs, moss rosebuds, cherries, and fern garlands woven into fine embroidery. Prices for these elaborate pieces are high and coveted.
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A. D'W
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Mrs. Holly
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Devarges
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Grandma
Nell
Tach
Deuce
Earth
Journal of Itealth
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