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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1918
Page
4
A quotation from the Kansas City Star features Prof Pate praising strong directional sense in the average man. He claims a person can wake in a dark night, navigate to a burglar proof safe, unlock it, and mistakenly drink a hair restorer thinking it is cough medicine on a bedside table.
A Sharp Exchange item recounts the first use of a bathtub as a coal bin not by a new immigrant but by a conservative New Englander who rejected the modern bath tub idea. The tub served as coal storage for a Franklin stove, as a kitchen Saturday night washtub tradition persisted.
A call to keep all industries active for wartime needs and postwar stability urges prioritizing munitions and essential goods, avoiding involuntary idle time, and maintaining foreign trade. It warns panic harms the economy and notes labor, including women, should be directed to export and domestic wealth.
Editorial from Industrial Conservation of New York decries workers who quit American industry for technical enforcement of prerogatives, arguing that the nation mobilizes millions at great risk with pay up to 85 dollars monthly, and urges self sacrifice and cooperation to aid democracy.
A reflection from Industrial Conservation in New York arguing work can be satisfying, comparing labor to play when approached with the right mindset. It asserts that happiness lies in work and that the idea of work as a curse blocks reaching success.
A discourse on how every meal reflects vast cooperative labor across farmers manufacturers transporters and financiers. It argues individuals rely on countless unseen workers worldwide and stresses shared interests and sympathy to maintain civilization and progress. Industrial Conservation New York.
Industrial efficiency and economy will decide war outcomes as much as military genius, says Frank A. Scott of the War Industries Board. The preparatory stage is over, troops are in France, and home production is geared to government needs. Slacker at home and peace luxuries must yield to wartime necessities.
The electors of Bristol vote a tax on real and personal property for 1918. Assessors warn all taxpayers to file true accounts by May 24 1918 and oath is required. Exemptions apply to soldiers and widows. Assessors Newbold Brady Doran publish details and hours.
Notice of annual meeting for the Providence Warren and Bristol Railroad Company to elect a board of directors and conduct other business. The gathering will occur April 29 1918 at 2 30 p m in Room 305 New Haven Hartford Office Providence Rhode Island. Dated April 19 1918 A E Clark Clerk.
Town announces annual dog registration in April with collars and owner IDs. Fees set at 1.15 for male and 5.15 for female licenses, May licensing costs higher, licenses issued after April 1 1918 at the Town Clerk’s Office in Bristol Rhode Island.
April 10 1918 Probate Court of the Town of Bristol hears final account of Carl Siegel estate Executors Everett Leek Church and Otto Siegel present account for allowance credit for legacies. hearing set for May 6 1918 at 10:30 am in Bristol Probate Court Room发布通知为期十四日发表在 Bristol Phoenix.
Probate court notices Ernest W Arnold husband seeks appointment as administrator for Nellie E Arnold of Bristol who died intestate. Hearing set for May 6 1918 at 10 30 am in Bristol Phenix. clerk John M Cogheshall records the matter.
Clyde R. Stearns and Jake H. Stearns nephews of John Stearns deceased of Bristol request that an administrator be appointed. The Probate Court will hear the matter on a specified date at Bristol, with fourteen days of notice to be published weekly in the Bristol Phan.
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