Diplomacy and Tact in Speech
The piece urges carefulness in frankness, noting that blunt remarks cause unease and pain. It argues for studying people’s temperaments and choosing when to speak freely versus when to speak guardedly in mixed company.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
3
Dust and delight in cleaning after a trip
A Kansas City Star quip notes a woman returns from a month away and gleefully begins cleaning. She dives into sweeping and dusting, reveling in the dusty fun as she realizes the task she awaited. The joke centers on the paradox of enjoying mess making to scatter dust, knowing it will settle again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Know What You Want
The text discusses that knowing your true desire is essential to achieving it. It argues that vague purposes and faint wishes fail to inspire sacrifice, while clear aims drive a successful life.
Anxious About Baby and Harold’s Bedtime Question
Harold expresses jealousy as a new baby arrives. At night his mother is busy with the infant and cannot rock him as before. He asks if the baby should lie in bed so his back can rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Home remedy to destroy slant worms in potted plants
A folk method suggests killing slant worms by placing a dozen horse chestnuts in hot water, letting it steep overnight, and pouring the liquid over the soil in jars. The solution will saturate the earth and kill the worms within a few hours without harming the plants.
Biblical War Gread and Thrift Lessons From Ezekiel
A Thrift Magazine writer cites Ezekiel 4 9 to urge thrift during siege. The scripture advises gathering wheat barley beans lentiles millet and fitches in one vessel to make bread and eat by weight and only from time to time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thrift
Ezekiel
Israel
Jerusalem
Practical tact and kindness shape social ease
The passage asserts a tactful person avoids trouble and mingles widely to leave a favorable impression. It argues a practical individual willingly goes a little out of her way to maintain goodwill, easing interactions and smoothing relations with everyone she meets.
Enoch Plans Dangerous Trip But Keeps Jean Home
Seven year old Enoch talks with his grandfather about a perilous land and sea adventure. He suggests Jean, his playmate, would kiss him goodbye then stay behind to avoid danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean
Enoch
New Shoe Ventilator Idea From New Jersey Inventor
A New Jersey man creates a shoe ventilator that fits into a punched hole like a collar button. Turning a screw controls airflow into the shoe or shuts it off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Virtue Can Be Overdone in a Moral Reflection
The piece warns that while selflessness and complaisance are admirable, excess can become irritating and a difficult failing, urging balance and restraint in virtue.
Sanitary Disinfectant Promises Modern Deodorizer
An advertisement extols a permanent, efficient disinfectant that ensures sanitary conditions in toilets and overcomes infection risks. The copy emphasizes health safety and a proven product to maintain cleanliness.
Invisible container aids bowl preservation and cleanliness
Ades tos describes a universal white perforated celluloid container that fits any aisle bowl and installs instantly without affecting flush plumbing or bowl materials. It is designed to be invisible once placed and can mount at the front, back, or sides of the bowl as shown in accompanying figures.
Rhode Island Hospital Unit 4 opens Y M C A hut in Ireland
The Rhode Island Hospital Unit No 4 stationed at Queens town Ireland opened its new Y M C A hut on Thanksgiving Day with an orchestra including John Rupp and George N Dunbar. A vaudeville program followed the concert. Other Bristol members named are John Magee Jr Fred Hamill George L Howe and Williamson Howe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island Hospital
No. 4
Queenstown
Ireland
John Rupp
George N. Dunbar
Bristol
William T. Cashin
Fred Walker
George S. Simms
Fred E. O’connell
John Magee, Jr
Wilfred Hamill
George L. Howe
Williamson Howe
Robert W. Nelson
Congregational Church Evening Prayer and Christmas Week Services
The Congregational Church holds a 7 30 prayer meeting this evening with Acts 3 read. Sunday December 29 morning service at 10 30 by Rev J J Goodacre on Yesterday Today and Forever. Evening service at 7 30 on For Christ s Crown with Miss Annie C Dimond directing the chorus choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Goodacre
Annie C. Dimond
Christmas music repeats at St Michael's Church service
St Michael's Church offers a special musical service on Sunday evening at 7 30 with carols The First Noel Away in a Manger and anthems Angels Ever Bright and Fair In Yonder Manger plus the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah. the morning service repeats Christmas music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manger
Yonder Manger
Y M C A League Postponed
The league drawing shifts to Jan 2 with games starting Jan 6. Returning service men may be drafted onto teams and a regular substitute used until their arrival. Captains must submit teams to the Y M C A office.
New Year Events Listed For Local Groups and Schools
Coming events include a New Year Eve dance at the Naval Armory by the Thirteenth Company State Guard on Dec 31 Tuesday night. Jan 4 11 18 25 feature Saturday bazars in GAR Hall by Boy Scouts Drum Corps. Jan 16 17 see Colt Memorial High School Senior class perform The Real Thing in the auditorium. Jan 23 24 Pastime Theatre hosts Thirteenth Company minstrels for Homecoming Fund for Soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Armory
Thirteenth Company
State Guard
Gar Hall
Boy Scouts
Colt Memorial High School
Emperor and King in Imperial Title Meaning
discusses how an emperor rules an empire and the use of the title across nations. references George of Parland as emperor of India and notes empires unite diverse lands by conquest or federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emeror
George
Parland
India
Imperial Titles in Central Europe Explain Power Ties
The fragment notes that within the German empire the empire includes the kingdom of Hungary as part of the Austro-Hungarian realm. It states the title emperor holds higher dignity than a king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingdom of
Thungary
Cotton power as peace and peril in war times
A Partner's Guide piece notes cotton sustains clothing food and film in peacetime but becomes a dangerous explosive in international conflicts. It reflects on how a single commodity can feed and fertilize life yet be repurposed to damage people and property under war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Misspelled Words Frequent in Newspapers
A patient observer notes common misspellings in local papers. Haled is often written hailed in court, identify becomes indentify in many lines, and ecstasy appears as ectacy or ecstacy across instances.
Ethel Clayton Stars In The Girl Who Came Back At Fastime
PAStime presents Ethel Clayton in The Girl Who Came Back a six act drama at the Fastime Theatre tomorrow evening The program also includes the usual Weekly and other comedies and Actcraft Pictures 0 Ee Gil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Clayton
Fastime Theatre
Actcraft Pictures
Coffee Pot Catalogued 1481 Fetches High Asking Price
A spirited anecdote recalls a modern coffee pot stamped with catalogue number 1481 and priced at five hundred dollars by a seller who claims it is worth less than a dollar because it predates Columbus. The tale highlights how printed figures can mislead imagination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Alice van Leer Carrick
Punctuation Shift Reveals Hidden Remark About Mrs Jones
Editor rewrote a paragraph by inserting a period to change meaning. Original states Mrs Jones lectured on Dress and wore nothing remarkable. The fix splits into two sentences: Mrs Jones lectured on Dress she wore nothing. That was remarkable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Jones
Had One Requisite Junior and the necktie request
A fragment recalls a boy named Junior who loved neckties and asked for one tied on by an observer. He wore a collarless middy blouse and shouted that he had a neck, prompting the tie request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior
Chicago Tribune
Peach Division Told By Child For Fair Share
A Cleveland Plaindealer reader recalls a child recounting a simple peach split. The daughter distributes bread butter sugar and then divides one peach among playmates noting who receives skins and who gets the stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fcour
Netty
Irene
Cleveland
Doans Kidney Pills Endorsed by Dozens in Bristol
A Bristol reader, Spencer Rounds of 17 Pierce Ave, testifies Doans Kidney Pills relieved back pains after use. The ad notes 50 000 benefited people and 4500 American newspapers publishing the home proof. Price 60 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Thei
Dean
New York
Chicago
Bristol
Spencer Rounds
Pierce Ave
Hope Drug Co
Just to Be on Record About Auto-Intoxication
The passage notes a disease called auto intoxication and acknowledges jokes or puns about the term. It states the writer will record awareness of the term and its existence despite humorous potential.
Wonderful Giant Squid Described as Largest Known
The giant squid is the longest existing animal and predates its prey by wrapping prey in its snakelike arms. It darkens water with inky fluid. It is a relative of the octopus, though the octopus is smaller and differently built.
Cheering Him Up Sergeant Instructor Delivers Earnest Drill Advice
A Punch quotation shows a sergeant instructing a cadet in drill, insisting that continuous practice may reveal the rudiments of work. The exchange highlights stern training methods and the idea that persistence yields progress.
Submarine Valley Found Off River Mouth
The Conzo channel extends about 100 miles offshore forming a notable submarine valley. It reaches a depth of 1,482 feet at the river mouth, signaling a striking underwater topography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conzo
Anxious Moment on the Links as Parson Arrives
A tense scene unfolds with an anxious daughter on the golf course discussing their father in a bunker as the parson and his wife approach, reported by the Boston Transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Smallest printed volume copies Dante in miniature
The tiniest printed book is a complete French translation of the Divine Comedy. It measures under a half inch square and, though it contains 500 pages, was produced using only two printer's sheets.
Always the Way A saying from a Cincinnati Enquirer column
Phrase notes a recurring theme in Cincinnati Enquirer commentary about marriage where the ideal spouse is always linked to someone else. The remark highlights social norms and relationship expectations in a concise editorial aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Enquirer
Hazeloch Herb Remedy Proclaimed Worth a Trial
A testimonial claims Hazeloch relieved backache pains appetite loss and weakness in women. The Indian herb remedy is described as a compound of roots and herbs from an old family formula. Money-back after half a bottle if no help, sold by J H Young and Hope Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gongea
J. H. Young and Hope Drug Co
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