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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1917
Page
4
The Y M C A promotes Christmas gifts and New Year benefits through memberships. It highlights bowling and gym facilities, framed around physical conditioning, patriotism, and preparedness with General Wood's advice on calisthenics and medical screening. Membership fees range from 3 to 10 dollars by age and privilege.
Dr James J. Walsh argues in American Magazine that responsibility strengthens the will. By facing responsibility, a person makes quick decisions, earns trust from subordinates, and is driven to prove Worthy of that trust. Responsibility has also been known to cure the drink habit.
The YMCA building will be open on Christmas Day from 9 am to 1 pm and again from 3 to 5 pm. Gymnasium classes will be held as scheduled except for the ladies evening flea market canceled for the holiday.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw presents a ten step wartime decalogue urging women to act with discipline and resilience. The rules emphasize silence about news, avoiding alarmists, prudent spending, supporting home industries, supporting front line families, bearing privations with fortitude, increasing productive work, showing courage, aiding the vulnerable, and bearing personal losses nobly.
The South Ends beat the Nuff Seds two in three strings last Thursday. The Tanx defeated the Hank Hanks two in three strings last Wednesday. H. W Church rolled a 113 single.
A tale of two sharpers staging a fake hog raffle to swindle a gullible man. They advertised a Berkshire hog worth $150, then sent him a celebratory note followed by a second letter claiming the hog died and demanding $12 for veterinary costs. The deception, like the Constantine intrigue, was quickly exposed.
The writer describes days in a French hospital during WWI's fourth day of service. He details unloading wounded from trucks, washing and dressing injuries, assisting in operating rooms, and learning to anticipate surgeons' needs. He recalls a dramatic operation, vivid wounds, and a poignant moment with a wounded soldier who smiles despite losing a leg.
In a brief scene a hostess asks if Jones is a musician as he struggles to reveal his powers. He awkwardly affirms, while the hostess announces her daughter will perform and asks him to turn over the music. The sketch centers on a comic yet tense exchange amid a fading moment.
A call for young women to fill their minds with true value and intelligence rather than empty, superficial thoughts. The Pittsburgh Dispatch warns that choices now will shape character, expression, and life after youth, as beauty fades without inner substance.
The piece argues health benefits from starting the day earlier and ending earlier, aligning daily activity with the body's 24 hour energy cycle. It notes body temperature and vital signs peak in the early evening, then fall, and suggests daylight saving would better match this physiological rhythm.
Reverend W A Crawford Frost of Baltimore invents a defensive torpedo shield for merchant vessels. He sent drawings to Thomas A Edison and the naval consulting board and offers the device to the United States France and Great Britain.
A wartime remark discusses assembling a company of stout men to ensure strong resistance in combat. The speaker explains that in a brush with the enemy, such men would provide reliable defense and steadiness under pressure.
The year just closed saw 292,300,000 barrels of crude petroleum produced domestically, marking a 4 percent rise from the prior year’s output.
Mary J. McKay transfers to Giuseppe Merino and wife a south side Valley Street parcel. Herbert Calef sells Mount Hope Terrace lot to Francisco P. Lema and wife and Mount Hope Avenue lot to Joseph W. Perry. James C. Hamill sells a house and two Gooding Lane lots to Joseph C. Bullock and wife. Frank L. Coelho sells Bristol Terrace lot to William Sousa, who then sells the same property to Gabriel Savino and wife.
A reflective poem by Dana Burnet asking for mercy and guidance for children. It envisions a radiant day of understanding, tenderness, and renewed faith, urging grownups to return the simple trust and bravery of youth and to honor obligations through compassion.
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