18 Sep 1886
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1886
Page
1
Benson Stevens visits Carrie Kinsler and buys her a carved inkstand. Pet's mischief with the toy and a misread hint about the gift trigger jealousy, hurt pride, and a temporary separation. Carrie confesses the inkstand misperception and the pair realize their true feelings.
A misc note observes that a person who lacks self-reliance and confidence will attempt little and achieve little, implying personal initiative drives achievement.
A religious aphorism from Jeremy Taylor asserts that a vocation is a form of serving God, implying work and faith are not mutually exclusive but compatible paths. The quote emphasizes duty and devotion guiding one’s professional life.
A reflective line equates laughter with day and sobriety with night, with a smile seen as the twilight between them and described as more bewitching than either.
An observation notes that a person who openly shares thoughts with friends may provoke friends to reveal hidden opinions to his enemies, leading to unintended disclosure and social friction.
The excerpt reflects on life as a series of stations each deserving respect and fulfilling duties, suggesting honor comes from worthy conduct rather than status. It emphasizes humility and equal value of roles across society.
Editorial presents apathy as a severe moral disease that weakens resistance to vice and blocks souls from virtuous influence, urging readers to confront moral decay and cultivate virtue through active engagement.
A reflective line urging individuals to focus on living rightly for lasting happiness in the afterlife rather than emulating rulers, heroes, or philosophers. It emphasizes personal conduct as the path to eternal joy.
The text argues consistency is a slowly acquired habit built on fixed principles of faith and morals. It emphasizes sincerity, simplicity, singleness of aim, contentment, steady temper, honest pride, temperance, and fortitude as essential conditions.
The author argues that true goodness in a man arises from guarding the constant vision of a brighter world. Such enduring hope sustains labor, patience, benevolence, justice, humility, and greatness within the realm of liberty.
A pastor extols faith in God as the source of comfort against sorrow and the fear of death. He urges readers to trust the Almighty with their families, neighbors, and souls, warning that doubt leads to ruin and urging steadfast reliance on divine Fatherhood.
The piece treats Fridays as historically pivotal in American events from Columbus to independence. It lists milestones such as Columbus voyages Plymouth Pilgrims signing the compact Washington birth Bunker Hill Saratoga Yorktown and the independence motion.
John F. Farrar of Lincoln rushes to police claiming his three year old son Herbert was kidnapped after a farm field incident. A wild six mile ride to Waltham and back ends in relief as the boy is found safe at home, the scare dismissed as a mistaken disappearance.
Knoxville police chief J J Atkins and his family laud Dr King’s New Discovery for Coughs Colds Bronchitis Asthma Croup and lung ailments. Trial bottles free at J H Young & Co Drug Store. Large size priced at $1.00.
A clergyman questions a drunken tramp about salvation and rest as the man jokes that he has already lost a sole and the upper is nearly gone, highlighting a darkly comic exchange between religious supplication and misfortune.
A Harper’s Magazine essay argues the future leader should aim to be an ex president as much as to win the office. It notes the need for lasting character and virtuous qualities to endure public judgment after tenure, and cautions that an inadequate ex presidency undermines the entire career.
A young Boston business man meets a deaf mute and his companion at the Art Club show. They converse by pencil and pad, then another friend joins. The newcomer jokes about the deaf man, provoking a startled reaction and a raised threat in ink.
The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as uniquely connected to dosage and lasting effects. It claims 100 doses per bottle lasting a month and asserts other medicines run about a week, urging buyers to choose Hood's for economy and blood-purifying strength.
A compact quotation, attributed to Azrahi, urges extensive reading as a lifelong habit. The line emphasizes breadth of reading and persistent study as a path to wisdom.
A traveler describes Japanese coastal life with families living on boats where children as young as three swim expertly and are even tossed overboard to learn. Mothers rescue them, yet boatmen rarely aid drowning peers, believing fate punishes interference and life saved prolongs torment.
A Waverly Iowa postmaster testifies that two years of using Sulphur Bitters reduced sickness and medical bills. He states that three dollars invested kept health in the family and no doctor was needed since starting the remedy.
A study notes that women hear higher frequencies than men and suggests this may explain why certain syllables awaken infants at night. The finding highlights sensory variation between sexes and its potential impact on infant cue responses.
The tale follows President Buchanan and Miss Coleman whose families blocked their engagement. A broken leg, missed letters, and a chilling ball encounter culminate in her nervous exhaustion and death. The scandal shaped his bachelor status during the White House years.
Odd household maxims mix stove-pipe meters with moving tips. Do not place stove lids with chinaware as rubbing can wear away the blacking. The cat should be moved first when moving a piano, since the men are freshest then. April, like the poets say, brings smiles and tears, but the month’s stove-pipe ends stay the same diameter across.
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