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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
3
Lassitude and low spirits with loss of appetite improve with Beecham's Pills. The advertisement claims renewed strength brighter looks better health and clearer complexions as the pills aid the stomach liver bowels and blood with gentle positive action and no after-effects.
William McCaw wins the first to fourth cock and first stag in the pit game. James M Flynn competes in the aeons stag. Edith M Babcock takes the first young buck in the event.
First young doe and first buck prizes awarded to Black Giant with Lewis Deconing. First old buck and first old doe to New Zealand. Richard Dunbar earns doe and six young Belgians. Boys class winners include George Matheson Edward Witherell Carl Witherell Jr MacDonald Brothers Benjamin Paull Jr Richard Dunbar Domingo Garcier Joe Kerwin James E Connors.
Bristol Mothers Club invites the public to Colt High School auditorium on Wednesday evening December 18 at 8 o clock for Harry Parsons Cross lecture Experiences in France in War Times. Complimentary tickets hold seats until 8 15. after that, remaining seats open to public.
John Barrymore arrives tomorrow night at the Pastime in On the Quiet with a whispered intrigue. The section notes Bob Ridgway, Yale wanderer, tied to a scheme to win a girl and twenty million dollars, leading to a tense chase. Next week features To Hell with the Kaiser as a major production.
The piece discusses six Red Cross convalescent homes providing comfort and care for wounded servicemen. It notes the need for recovery beyond hospital care, with nurturing surroundings and social activities to ease the return to normal life. The piece also previews Geraldine Farrar film The Devil Stone and related features in a wartime program.
The Red Cross and the National Tuberculosis Association unite for a Christmas Roll Call avoiding public appeals. The Red Cross War Council allocates 2,500,000 dollars for anti tuberculosis work in 1919. Members joining the Red Cross receive ten seals to use as before.
An American Red Cross volunteer recalls overhearing wounded soldiers praising the Red Cross. They describe rapid relief after German retreat and note soldiers endured near starvation before the supply of chocolate and peaches arrived, calling it a life saver.
John Johnson died yesterday afternoon at around 1 o clock at his home 45 Union Street from apoplexy after a prior shock. He lived here nearly 40 years and worked as a machinist at the Merreshoff Manufacturing boat shops before retiring. Surviving are his wife two sons Town Sergeant Thomas E Johnson and George Johnson of Medford Mass a daughter Mrs Hibbert wife of Town Councilman Elisha Hibbert. Funeral will be Sunday at 1 pm from Union Street residence with interment at North Cemetery.
Mrs Elizabeth L Magee widow of James Magee died last evening at about 9 at 61 Bay View Avenue from apoplexy. She aged 76, born in Ireland, long resident here, wife of James Magee who predeceased her. Survived by three daughters Jennie G Ida M and Mary M and two sons Richard H and John J. Funeral Monday at 2 from Bay View residence with interment in North Cemetery.
Two birth notices list Hoar and Kenney families with newborn sons and a daughter born December 9 to the McLaughlin family. Names referenced include Lewis E Hoar John W Best Pardon R Kenney Alfred E Stokes and William P McLaughlin.
In this town John Johnson died December 13 in his 81st year. The notice lists the deceased and his age.
Two bereavement notices express family sorrow over the deaths of Mrs Alice Welsh and Mrs Ethel Gladding. The brief elegies note deep grief while invoking faith in God to heal sorrow.
A Bristol dealer sells Hokara skin healer for 35c a liberal jar. It promises to banish pimples blackheads acne and other blemishes without grease or acids. The maker offers refunds if not satisfied and invites customers to return the empty jar to Buffington Drug Store.
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