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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
3
A prose fragment compares humans to engines, noting Hewlots roads and the need for clean air and rest. It argues mechanics neglect their own bodies while tending machinery, running at high tension on stale air and improper food, leading to breakdowns.
A motivational line emphasizes doing your best to avoid disappointment and warns that inattentiveness weakens the mind. It urges focus and purposeful effort to maintain mental strength.
The article notes Iceland’s distant role in early transatlantic discovery. It states Iceland provided information to Christopher Columbus before his first voyage and hosted early European settlers along the New England coast extending to Long Island a thousand years ago.
A scientific magazine notes the car has left experimental status while the article laments drivers’ conduct remains problematic. The tone blends cautious optimism about technology with critique of public behavior behind the wheel.
The council discusses a suspected gas leak near Mount Hope avenue and votes to table Walter L. Main’s Circus permit amid labor troubles. Board of Canvassers reviews National Service voters and thanks Frank C. Pearse for maintaining the Community flag on the Common.
Poem describes exchanging personal hardship for a comrade under fire in No Man’s Land and the trenches of World War I. The speaker imagines swapping fates with a fellow soldier facing bar rages, rockets, and machine gun fire as the assault advances to Over the Top.
In this town on August 5 to Mr and Mrs Manuel King a son is born. On August 6 a daughter is born to Mr and Mrs Allen Tattrie and a son to Mr and Mrs America Frias. On August 7 twin daughters arrive for Mr and Mrs John T Mederios. On August 9 a daughter greets Mr and Mrs Manual Cabral. At Fort Warren Massachusetts on July 16 Doris Cutler is born to Corporal and Mrs Herbert L Canada.
A string of town notices records marriages and births with names and ages. Entries include Kennelly Bullock Aug 6 by Rev Cahill, Brown aged 59 at Westport Aug 5, Bullock infant age 10 months, Cardoza Aug 8 son born, Freitas Aug 7 infant Manuel, Rabél infant Joseph age 1 year 1 month, and West widow Violet E West age 71 at Barrington Aug 6.
The essay notes Thackeray habit of delaying tasks and keeping the messenger waiting at the door while he finished the final pages of a book. It emphasizes his tendency to postpone work until the last moment.
A call to maintain high spirits as a patriotic duty for self and friends. The text urges daily cultivation of a cheerful mindset so one can fulfill every duty and contribute to a world that laughs with us.
A reflective note on judging with justice and rights over strict law, emphasizing fair interpretation and moral consideration guiding legal decisions.
Mary Pickford appears as a bold resourceful girl in Bret Harte's M Liss filmed in the San Jacinto Mountains. She receives honors during a Camp Kearny visit and is famed as Colonel Mary after a ceremony with Lt. Col. R J Faneuf. The program includes Burton Holmes travelogue Around Melbourne Paramount Magazine on the Screen and From Coal Mine to Corn Field. matinee at 3.00.
Aged and listed names appear for undelivered mail including men Eliot N Jones Frank Lawson Joseph Preir Einsboro St George Joseph Swarz Frank Vargas and women Ruth Barr Marguerite Betts Helen Grant Robert Hall H Hammond Sara Heskovitch Myrtle Holcomb Emma Homan Rose Morris May Shea Manuel Sousa Evelyn Steadman Margaret Warren Hattie Westcot Marie White Alice Wood Foreign Ethel Barrett H R Sampson.
A Southern city crowd witnesses an old Black man piloting a flying contraption for the first time. He inspects the machine, takes a seat, and soars above the crowd. He pauses, then declares, She think dey don't need no Jim Crow cure on dem things.
Hokara skin healer is introduced in Bristol by W. H. Buffington at 35c a jar. It claims to cleanse and nourish the skin without grease or acids and offers a money back refund if not satisfied. Hundreds of treatments have already been sold.
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