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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1919
Page
2
An editorial argues the nation must back the Victory Liberty Loan with prompt, broad citizen participation. It frames government bonds as safe investments, and calls on ministers, churches, and influential figures to persuade the public to sustain national morale and wartime goals.
The speech urges government funding by bond subscriptions or taxation to back the Victory Liberty Loan. It appeals to patriotism and sacrifice of soldiers, insisting on universal participation, assuring bonds are safe and convertible, and warning that failure would stain national prestige.
Outward trains at 7.50 and 11.20 a m and 2.20 p m. Inward trains at 8.00, 10.00 a m 2.00, 4.00 and 6.30 p m.
Bristol and vicinity schedule a 7 30 sing tonight followed by Bristol Choral Society rehearsal at Odd Fellow s Hall. Also notes coal price drop from 13 to 12 a ton and marriage intentions lodged for record at Town Clerk s office.
A vintage health notice urges maintaining stomach, liver, and bowels in order to prevent bilious headaches dizziness and skin eruptions. It links digestion to overall health and stresses timely care and adherence to health laws.
Bristol Council and Knights of Columbus plan a Thursday morning meeting. Local residents return from Florida while 18 children are cared for at the National India Rubber Company Day Nursery. Geese fly southwest overhead as townsfolk note visiting relatives and veterans. Authorities report a single court docket item and a juvenile reform school sentence. Community events include a concert by Miss Campbell and friends, relief corps delegates from Rhode Island, and state conventions in Providence and Boston.
Nine new members were admitted at a meeting held last evening at the Hotel Belvedere. The membership drive will run from May 1 to May 8. A note from the former secretary in Asheville NC thanked the association for cigars, and at the banquet a box was approved for the retiring secretary in appreciation of his services.
A concise discussion contrasts ancestral physical activity with modern urban living. It argues cities, machines, and transportation reduce natural exercise, highlighting shifts in work, schooling, and recreation that necessitate intentional physical training to counter sedentary lifestyles.
The Rounds family thanks relatives friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during their bereavement and for floral tributes from Crown Commandery U O GC Defiance Hose Company and the Maccabees.
Ivan W. Berquist, physical director of the Y M C A, argues that long school days sap energy and cause defects. He contends modern schooling limits activity and stresses the need to train children physically for future years, likening them to soldiers for upcoming battles.
The passage records a dialect sketch where Uncle Eben complains about noisy chatter and mentions the heat of sixty degrees as the robin and locust contribute to the din.
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