08 Sep 1883
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1883
Page
1
A poetic meditation on the small wonders of nature as ministers of Wisdom and Glory. The verse depicts grasses and humble herbs, royal-born though throneless, thriving in shadow and sun, giving blush and sweetness in their life completing cycle.
In a wintry tenement attic a mother sews a rich dress while her hungry daughter Flora waits. Ross fetches money and coal for dinner but Miss Grace Fontenay refuses payment, isolating the struggling family. Pansie, a girl with violet eyes, witnesses the scene and contemplates helping Ross.
A starving boy Ross takes a necklace given to him by Pansie to buy bread for his sister. The jeweler accuses him of theft, but Fontenay frees him, buys the pearls, and later hires him. Fifteen years later Ross, grown into a merchant, recognizes Pansie, and they reunite as she becomes his wife.
An advertisement extols EGETINE as a panacea for aging parents, claiming it restores strength calms nerves and provides natural sleep. The claim presents a health-supporting product promoted to families seeking relief for elderly relatives.
Advertises Sprarr wrappers-bottles claiming to treat nervous weakness, dyspepsia, impotence, and sexual debility for men with a health renewal product priced at $1.
Advice warns travelers to guard health and rising doctor bills on climate change trips. Promotes Sulphur Bitters as a remedy against sickness.
A Presbyterian pastor from Elizabeth New Jersey and a Vermont resident attest to Ely's Cream Balm curing hay fever after long afflictions. They state the remedy enabled duties without discomfort and prevented further attacks.
A collection of maxims on strength in adversity, honesty, friendship, and self improvement. The passage urges resilience, practical virtue, and embracing nature, noting gossip, unlearning false lessons, and living grounded, weathered by experience.
A critique of fashionable propriety, praising genuine warmth over mechanical manners. The speaker laments hollow elegance and seeks heart, gaiety, and frank sociability to put others at ease and foster confidence.
An essay argues that motherhood is the rock shaping progress not a barrier. It urges patience and active, nurturing education of children, insisting mothers sustain curiosity and sympathy to foster growth. The piece credits Mrs. L. A. Scott in Manchester Union for shaping this view.
A guide to nourishing the nervous system through plain diet and rest. Emphasizes avoiding stimulants, using whole wheat flour, oats, milk, beef, fruits, and vegetables plus pure air and outdoor time. Advises gentle exercise when ready and a calm, clean environment for recovery.
Philip Wood, a village carpenter with notable wood carving skill, travels to London seeking work. After being mocked by workers, he carves a sow and pigs in pear wood as a test. Sir Christopher Wren is impressed and hires him, and Wood later helps carve parts of St Pauls while marrying Hannah Haybittle.
A Walpole Island clergyman recalls an Indian squaw seeking guidance from him. He counsels her to be like a church clock: steady, timely, not loud. and like an echo: responsive, never last word. The tale underscores allegorical speech in Native culture.
A narrator describes a formal dance in a Mexican hall where young men woo with almonds and raisins. Couples move slowly in a solemn waltz as suitors present treats to a central organizer, with each plateful possibly representing payment to the danseuse alveston Nets.
Bees are aided by man in large Canadian apiaries that use machine made honeycomb surpassing natural comb. Each pound of comb equals twenty pounds of honey. Beeswax is melted in a tall oblong tank, cooled on a board, peeled into cold water, then indented by a machine before foundation is placed in hives.
The essay recalls how early New England meeting houses had no artificial heat until 1810 to 1820, and how worshippers endured cold on snowy mornings. Welcoming neighbors provided vast fires for Sunday meals, while communities sometimes built separate Sabbath houses near the meeting house to ease hospitality burdens.
A passenger recounts a New York to Detroit trip where a conductor repeatedly punched his ticket. After defusing the tension with humor and trickery, the passenger crafts a plan to keep the ticket intact and ends with a standoff over the punches.
An Irishman bursts into a restaurant asking for burnt bread to deliver a toast at a Land League banquet. The proprietor explains guests only need to give a speech, not eat burnt bread, prompting the man to sigh at crossing American customs.
The article notes a rising temperance mood in England and New York with calls to reduce rum shops and regulate liquor sales. It cites the London Standard and New York Sun, highlighting shifts among elites and workers toward abstinence and greater social trust. The piece connects temperance progress to public welfare and sobriety in business life.
A caller describes two vast Mandan cemeteries near the Hart and Missouri river junction and five miles above Mandan. The sites contain trenches, high mounds, bone remains, pottery, and signs of a once great battlefield of thousands of warriors and horses. An elder says the graves predate the red man.
A cler k asks a country girl if anyone is waiting for her. She confesses yes and explains her male companion remains outside because he would not enter the store. The scene captures social etiquette in a small town setting.
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