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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1918
Page
4
A humorous Christmas tale recounts a man noting his wife’s frantic gift making as the December days race toward Christmas. The wife crafts countless presents with relentless speed from Decem ber 22 through delivery on Christmas Eve, delivering each gift with wrapping and a card as she wins by an eyelash.
The message of Christmas is love and the emblem is thankful childhood. Without love and children there is no real Christmas. Adults should recapture a childlike spirit, for Christmas is the universal children’s day and life’s essence remains the same across generations.
A festive greeting expresses goodwill and love sent along with a wireless holiday message. The note emphasizes warm wishes to the reader and their household during the Christmas season.
A humorous remark recalls someone with a large necktie collection who had just received four more for Christmas. The exchange suggests a playful guess about who spoke to him and what bath might be involved.
An editorial notes tomatoes among America’s notable contributions to mankind, praising its popularity and wide appeal beyond traditional regions. It contrasts with tobacco and highlights the fruit’s global influence and essential role in meals.
A legend of St. Winnifred recounts the conversion of northern pagans when a sacred oak fell in a whirlwind and a fir tree remained unharmed. The saint declares the fir the holy tree of the Christ Child, symbolizing peace and eternal life, later decorated with lights and gifts at Christmas.
The text notes mahogany’s early use by Sir Walter Raleigh around 1505 to repair a vessel at Bec Tadad, with English samples later admired. For over a century the wood saw little practical use before its notable application.
W Buffington markets Hokara as a universal skin cure for pimples acne eczema and more. The seller promises quick relief and offers a money back guarantee with a liberal jar priced at 35 cents.
The United States Fuel Administration warns that leaking hot water pipes waste coal and water. A teaky tap wastes gallons hourly. fix leaks and cut hot water use. Be frugal with baths and turn off taps when the tub is full to save fuel and resources.
Propaganda urging households to conserve anthracite coal by burning wood instead to reduce coal usage and ensure fuel supplies during wartime.
Domestic sizes of anthracite are extremely short because of the cut in production caused by the influenza epidemic. There is, however, plenty of buckwheat size anthracite. Every householder should use 25 per cent buckwheat, which costs him less than Se St Azg.
A terse advisory warns that draft spoils coal quality and stresses keeping flues clean with a focus on using small anthracite coal to maintain stove efficiency.
A Rotary meeting speaker praised advertising and noted a partner's news that his wife gave birth to twins, after Walkerson advertised for a boy yesterday and received the update by wire.
A brief Life magazine quote reveals a tense family moment about a sister and a father who would not discuss the matter. The exchange shows a restrained, private topic handled with care and curiosity.
The text explains scutage as the payment knights made to avoid military service. It notes its first use under Henry's reign, enabling the king to hire mercenaries and reduce baronial service. It mentions the Magna Carta as limiting the sovereign's right to exact scutage and that escuage was related to this practice.
The piece contrasts a good laugh with a hearty laugh noting that some youths laugh at others suffering or at unclean suggestions. It defines a good laugh as one without impurity or unkindness and warns that genuine merriment should avoid cruelty or indecency.
The excerpt reflects on Lake Michigan's waves and a poet's dignity. It contrasts common verse with Tennyson's sea mastery, noting how the storm reveals limits and sufficiency in poetry. It reads as contemplative prose on art and nature.
A quotation about resilience contrasts the burden of success with endurance after multiple defeats. It notes that victory can puff up the head while defeat drives effort, shaping perseverance and work ethic through contrasting outcomes.
A brief quotation from Ralph Varlette contrasts memory and forgetting, arguing for both schools of memory and forgetters to shape what societies recall and overlook. The fragment invites reflection on selective remembrance.
A reflective note on how good men perceive bad men more clearly than vice versa. The text suggests bad men lack goodness to reveal their true nature while good men recognize weakness in others.
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