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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1883
Page
1
Advertising rates listed for one inch one dollar per week with twenty five cents per additional week. Twelve lines nonpariel type equals one inch. Special notices before marriages and deaths double the rates. Transient ads paid in advance by VANCE. Yearly contracts offered on reasonable terms. Ad submissions due by Thursday noon to appear in the next issue.
Christina Carr defies her aunts by visiting the poor millhand Tom Thompson, determined to aid him despite social pressures. She defends doing good as a duty, while family factions debate propriety and future matches amid a church scene and tea.
Chrissy Carr confronts Tom Thompson in a bar scene mistaking him for a different Thompson. The misunderstanding leads to a humbled confession by the clergy candidate and a pledge to reform. Thompson and Chrissy later wed after his vow to stay on course, as Montagu dies and the parsonage prepares for a wedding.
An antique advertisement touts VEGETINE as the great blood purifier for catarin related benefit. It also advertises a writ of attachment and a marriage certificate with health claims. The text invites readers to request Dr. Aufmann’s work by sending two 8 cent stamps to A. & Ordway & Co in Boston for home cure guidance.
A cluttered OCR ad item promotes health elixirs for impotence and vigor and advertises a Denver store sign for a rat poison product Rough on Rats claiming to clear rats mice roaches and other pests priced 5c with sensational phrasing and odd typography.
A narrator meets Johnny Beebe a poor widowed mother’s son who works hard to save a mortgage. Johnny sews and knits for his mother sells apples dries fruit and milks a cow while helping Deacon Ball and the town. Deacon Mandy and Mandy’s wife back Johnny’s plan and compare him to Monadnock Mountain showing grit and backbone.
The ad cites Dr. Mong in Orromwa Iowa recommending Brown's Iron Bitters for tremulousness wakefulness dizziness and low energy. Dr J C Riddler of Jefferson City Missouri says users always speak well of it and call it a good medicine.
Readers report Ely's Cream Balm cured hay fever and catarrh after years of suffering. Albert Perry of Smithboro New York says a few applications ended a ten year fever. E L Crickenser of New Brunswick New Jersey also credits the product with permanent relief. Price is 50 cents.
A collection of maxims and observations on truth, effort, prudence, public judgment, social status, and a retiring merchant who links Christianity to honest measures and fair dealing in trade.
A reflection on how divine guidance is mediated by people. When a person’s thoughts and words help others comprehend, love, and obey God more fully, that is the noblest function of human guidance.
A Dickens quotation argues that nothing truly innocent dies, as an infant’s memory and its loved ones’ actions redeem the world, even if the body perishes. It emphasizes enduring impact of innocence through love and future deeds.
A reflective quote contrasts a clean river joining a dark torrent with the purity of Christ entering human wickedness. The image likens moral descent to a natural mixing of opposing streams, underscoring the fall from grace and shared fate in a single, somber metaphor.
A Victorian essay extols frugality as the path to lifting youth from poverty. It argues the husband should earn and the wife safeguard household resources, stressing savings over self indulgence to avoid debt, doctors’ bills, and intemperance.
A moral warning urges mothers to track daughters after nightfall to prevent ventures with strangers. The piece cites four encounters in twenty five minutes and argues parental indifference fosters the rise of fallen women and brothels. It stresses vigilant oversight and warns of danger when daughters roam unsupervised.
The author argues public highways cost at least six hundred million dollars annually and more if adjusted for double estimates. He cites wasted travel, engine wear, and farmer burdens from rough roads and mud, urging patriots and officials to fix turnpikes, remove stones, and improve road tax utilization.
An Australian observer recounts ants surrounding a dead comrade and marching in pairs to a nest. They dig multiple graves, lay bodies in, and cover them, with some ants initially failing then being retrieved and punished. The piece also notes a Paris beggar tale and a cryptic exchange about a sister Emma.
The article recalls mules in Big Mountain Koh i Noor Packer Dunbar and Wadesville mines showing fear curiosity and unusual behavior. It notes mules peering at light 600 feet above ground and a mule drowning after entering the cage. The piece mentions adept miners and daily care for working animals amidst dampness and dust.
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