13 Sep 1884
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1884
Page
1
A reflective poem contrasts mountaintop happiness with the Valley of Tears. The speaker describes descending into sorrow, walking a sober funeral procession of grief, and facing loss and loneliness as life’s journey continues. The verses explore universal mourning and enduring love.
A west preacher seeks shelter from rain but is refused by a cautious old lady who quips that angels do not appear with tobacco in their mouths. The tale ends with the preacher riding away in the shower, illustrating a clash of piety and suspicion.
Roger Hopewell bases his plan to reform Old Sweezer on frugality and distant charity, guiding the family toward work and saving. Sweezer becomes proud, opens a bank account, and the home improves into a cottage as the town notes the broad benefits of one man’s reform effort.
A police officer, alerted by a whistle and shouts, discovers a burglar scare at a house. The resident claims his wife would not help, while the husband boasts of guarding the home with a shotgun from the stairs. No injuries reported.
The patent remedy claims to act on the liver and biliary system to expel malaria poison causing liver complaints and bilious disorders. It pledges a guaranteed cure or a refund of money.
A reflective piece on how fame brings no real tense happiness and that true comfort comes from balanced living. It compares incomes to shoes, warning small or large shoes both hinder us, and urges training the intellect under a loving heart to harmonize life with beauty and pathos.
A speaker asserts that what is wrong remains wrong and what is right remains right, arguing that no amount of argument can reconcile the two. The remark likens moral reversal to attempting to cross a hole in two jumps, emphasizing moral absolutes.
The passage argues that material toys satisfy a well fed child but hunger defeats satisfaction. It states that as newborn babes crave sincere milk of the word and that anything warming the heart and deepening gratitude love honor truth and faith strengthens a person.
A call to action urges immediate change in neglectful habits toward the earth. The speaker rejects excuses about inherited vices and stresses clearing the garden of weeds to heal the mother earth.
Iowa Supreme Court refused a divorce, noting the wife married a drunkard knowing the risks. It held her not required to prove personal safety or well being demanded by separation, citing that promises by a drunken man are often broken.
A Zion's Herald sketch details the Whipple Home School for Deaf Mates at Mystic River Connecticut. The school uses a lip reading based system and a special alphabet to teach articulation enabling deaf students to "hear" with their eyes and fingers. A nephew of Asa Packer and a Saratoga pupil illustrate progress and joy.
A Lincoln courtroom anecdote describes how he outwits an opposing lawyer by joking about his shirt. The Parson's Dream recounts a pastor’s vision of being the wagon horse while the church congregation sits inside the carriage. The piece ends with a plug for Ayers Sarsaparilla as a cure for sores and blood impurities.
A fragment ponders how women keep in touch across distant lands by letters, comparing friendship maintained through correspondence to eyes separated by distant climes yet connected by ink and care.
A beautiful young woman in Erie asks Justice Freeman to solemnize a marriage with an uncouth man, hires a stranger as the groom, and explains she cannot marry the man she loves. She remains to reveal she plans to live as before, seeking public notice of the strange union.
A displaced insurance worker in Cincinnati posed as a lawyer to gain trust from Mrs. Sterne who needed advice about selling a life insurance policy back to the company. He offered eight dollars for her twelve dollar bill and soon rose to affluence, later repaying ten thousand with the tale he told. The narrator notes the names are not real and the man became a prominent New England businessman.
A man recalls fever illness when hair fell out and credits Parker's Hair Balsam with restoring his hair after a single bottle. The product is described as cleanly perfumed, non oily and not a dye, capable of restoring original color.
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