25 Sep 1886
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1886
Page
1
In a car ride across Ohio, Sergeant Delany recalls a lifelong wound from his daughter Marys elopement with Barton. He recounts pride, anger, and later reconciliation as Mary and her family reveal their bond, ending with a hopeful reunion and a farm purchase.
A miscellany of ethical maxims on kindness discretion and self improvement. It contrasts prudent conduct with vanity notes on suffering joy and prejudice, urging character over decoration and knowledge over bias.
Reverend Isaac Rankin argues that true understanding of sin comes only through direct experience of God. He contends that without divine presence, people miss its real nature and consequences.
The idea that virtue pursued for advantage remains not truly good. If motives are purely strategic and self serving, kindness becomes cunning rather than genuine virtue. The statement contrasts instrumental善 with intrinsic goodness.
SaTaN selects his followers when they are idle, while Curist chose his during their labors at sea or mending nets. The contrast highlights how each figure called workers in different moments of activity.
The world has lived with humans for centuries and the faithful wife and mother remains the foremost ideal for women. The quote emphasizes traditional gender roles and the high social value placed on wifehood and motherhood.
The remark notes that one breach of faith lingers in memory despite later loyalty. People may feel trust, yet they keep an eye on the past offense, shaping perceptions and credibility.
A critique argues that Tidioule, meant to curb vice, is used to mock virtue and common sense. It claims the device targets all serious matters and undermines solemnity.
A philosophical meditation contrasts a man in complete rest with the ache of loneliness and dependence. The speaker explores feelings of nothingness, insufficiency, weakness, and emptiness arising from a life devoid of passion, work, or study.
A moral warning against chasing desires beyond what life, shaped by God, allows. The text argues each new pleasure fuels an inner fire that consumes one’s life energy.
A reflective quotation by Dr. Wm. MM. Taylor likens resurrection to waking from sleep and the grave to a childhood bed awaiting an elder brother who will lead to a pleasant excursion. The analogy frames death as gentle and hopeful.
The text asserts that personal influence shapes others for good or ill, stating that life currents carry healthful or disruptive elements. It argues that influence endures beyond death, guiding society through duty and suffering, and urges readers to choose a constructive, elevating influence over a harmful one.
The piece profiles Tillman of South Carolina and Barnes from Augusta as notable Southern figures in the National House. It recounts Tillman’s defiance of Negro suffrage and the two men’ s quirks, then shifts to a lively anecdote about a doctor trimming a pig into sausages and a reflection on public schooling and parental involvement in teachers.
A collection of printer mishaps shows a coal porter misread as being “received into the chest” and other odd blends. Farewell sermons mingle with mad dog tales and a Chicago pork house report distorts a learned divine’s presentation. The piece highlights Gutenberg era errors and comical misjoins in early printing.
Professor Tyndall explains vaccination as soil science for germs. He compares ashes in a burned plant to minerals in the body, arguing that once the body’s essential constituents are exhausted, future infections cannot take hold. He applies this to germ theory and the secret of vaccination.
In a tale from a reunion journey Colonel Hazzard shared a seat with General Sherman. A fan claimed he was with Sherman in the Civil War, but Sherman replied the line "they were all with me" and noted he would have won with such numbers.
A proverb-like line notes that fortune often favors many too much yet leaves others with too little. The saying contrasts perceived excess with widespread insufficiency and hints at fairness in distribution.
Col X of Kentucky and Judge Z of Indiana sit near the danger line at Albaughs to see Fra Di volo. As Zerlina disrobes on stage they grow anxious and flee with the critic watching, fearing wives and family would judge the scene a perilous, wicked display.
A Chicago childhood anecdote recounts Fredericks Grant aged about ten losing a finger while firing a single barrel shotgun his grandfather gave him. He calmly carried the amputated digit home, consoling his mother as the family doctor dressed the wound, and the finger was buried in the yard.
The Boston Transcript essay recalls how winter attire for boys then relied on hand-me-downs and few ready-made items. It contrasts wood fires and cold bedrooms with today’s comforts, notes scarce toys and thrift habits, and laments fading thrift and self-reliance amid easier access to goods.
Mrs Phoebe Chesley Peterson of Clay County Iowa aged 73 says Electric Bitters cured her kidney trouble and lameness restoring strength to perform housework. She calls it a renewal of youth and urges trying a bottle at J H Young & Co Drug Store for 50 cents.
A medical book offering a 100 page volume with colored plates is offered. Send three 2 cent stamps to cover postage to A P Ordway & Co Boston Mass. for delivery details.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.