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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1917
Page
3
Government food expert urges households to rely on vegetables and fruits to bolster diets amid fruit surplus. Advises locals to harvest home gardens or buy cheaply from neighbors as market prices stay low. Emphasizes variety and partial substitution to balance meals during the next six weeks.
The article explains three sources for war financing: fixed nation wealth including property and savings, wartime wealth produced via taxation and bonds, and the idea that bonds shift future tax burdens to future generations. It argues sound economics keep wealth intact and even leave the country wealthier after conflict, citing England after Napoleonic wars and the U.S. after the Civil War.
A lengthy OCR list names numerous individuals tied to Bristol and nearby towns such as Middletown Tiverton Portsmouth Jamestown Little Compton and Block Island. The roster includes spouses children and various relations marked as alien and notes affiliations with local places or occupations.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. James Brogden in this town on August 18 in Providence.
In this town notices list births and deaths with names and ages. Sarah Frances Bourne widow of William H. Bourne appears in August records. Roy E son of George M. and Etta Chappell, in his first year. Clara Garcia daughter of Antone and Phoebe Garcia aged 2 months. Oliver C. Pearse aged 69. Aldena Silva daughter of Joseph and Mary Silva aged 2 months. Mary Sousa daughter of Antone and Mary Sousa aged 5 months. Jesse P. Sousa aged 67.
Charlotte Announced as transient home for New England troops with a 60 000 man force planned. Officials estimate a camp costing 2 to 2.5 million dollars, including 12 000 horses, aviation field, remount station, rifle and artillery ranges, and hundreds of acres for maneuver grounds six miles east.
Town records show Walter A. Dodge selling a two story dwelling and two lots at Bristol Highlands to G. Bradford Draper Jr of Pawtucket. John Victoria sells land on Doran avenue to Wilhelmina Victoria, then deed passes to John Victoria and wife. Heirs of William H. Church to Edith I. Fuller a Kirkemuit lot. Manuel V. Pimental and wife transfer two Perry plat lots to Manuel Cabral. The article notes Cambridge University acquired Liu Tsung Yuan works from 1167 and mentions early Chinese printing with wood blocks circa 922 A D and movable type by Pi Shing in the eleventh century.
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