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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1918
Page
4
YMCA gymnasium classes gain interest among boys, business men, and ladies. The business men's class grows since fall term, and the association offers another evening for young ladies of the O Wolf Inn with a special Wednesday class led by instructor Fobes.
A patriotic verse by George Morrow Mayo, Kentuckian and U S Navy gunner, sent as comfort to the Kaiser. The poem honors the Blue of the North and the Gray of the South, praying for the spirit of Grant Lee and unity as the Sons of the Flag advance in France and May.
The wife of a young literary man hires a buxom Dutch maid for housework. Weeks pass and the servant misreads the household dynamics. She asks for more pay, and offers to wait until the husband earns money.
The article notes a Berlin medal struck on May 5 1915 celebrating the Lusitania sinking two days before it occurred. Chief Flynn of the US Secret Service holds one medal. Inscriptions praise the German U boat strike and Cunard line ticket offices.
The article estimates the war cost at 23 billion dollars and imagines paying with five dollar gold pieces. It would require 110 trains of forty wagons each with ten tons per wagon, forming a column about 4531 miles high or a 400 acre square. A cashier would need 308 years at 100 pieces per minute to count them, and a clock would tick 146 years to match the total.
The Junior division will meet tonight in the Scout building on Hope Street to elect officers and non-coms. Both divisions meet tomorrow at 8 o clock to plan the troop’s fifth anniversary. Scoutmaster Fish and scouts from Fort Rodman visited town. Statewide scout demonstration set for February 12 in Providence. FirstIstol Troop to participate. Posters about food conservation have been displayed by scouts.
Readers report demonstrations calling the Kaiser a Judas and Hangman as antiwar groups urge revolt and boycott. The rhetoric signals growing dissent and pressure on authorities during wartime.
Priv Isaac W Gorham of the 103d Field Artillery Battery A writes from the front describing bitter cold and snow while he and others march along wind swept ridges and valleys. He thanks Bristol War Welfare Committee for a Christmas box containing chocolate that brightens spirits as he awaits frontline duty or a return home.
In France on January 12 1918 Raymond I Bliven of the 1th Company Lth Regiment Marines thanks J F Farrally Secretary War Welfare Committee for a box of chocolate. He expresses gratitude and wishes Farrally good health while noting the thoughtful gesture from home.
A Bristol service member thanks the War Welfare Committee for a remembrance package. He notes five months in service, praises fellow townsmen for contribution, and expresses hope to return home by next Christmas to lay aside blue for gray.
The Bristol Improvement Association met at Hotel Belvedere with Judge Edward L Leahy presiding. James J Walsh reported on the water rates hearing before the Public Utilities Commission and noted briefs from Attorneys McCabe and Mumford will be submitted before a decision. A smoker and lunch were planned for the annual meeting. March 4th.
A man enters a business office asking to speak with the boss and confronts a polite, capable young woman. He insists on meeting a gentleman, she smiles and suggests they both adjust their expectations. She asks for his business and prompts him to state it clearly.
A humorous Tit-Bits item recalls a breakfast mix up where two men order eggs ham coffee and a roll. The waiter whispers that part of the machine failed and asks if one man will take eggs fried as the other gentleman.
The Probate Court session before Judge Edward L. Leahy approved the final account of James F. Lavey as administrator with the will annexed for John Lavey. The petition for distribution was dismissed. The Industrial Trust Company and Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company petitions were continued to February 18. Several other petitions postponed to April 1.
Angelo Cherillo was found probably guilty of assaulting Patrolmen James Holyes and John Gallagher last June and fined plus costs after retracting his not guilty plea. He said draft duties would send him to a military camp. Felicio and Martins cases continued. Fernandez vs Soares slander suit also continued.
The Bristol Business Men's Association met at 10:30 AM in YMCA rooms. Officers elected were FM Dimond president Max Makowsky vice president Edward Kunz secretary and William Connery treasurer. A committee of Dimond Molasky and Markoff was formed to study peddler licenses. Another committees were named to address merchant protection. Next meeting set for Feb 15 at 2:30 PM.
February calendar shows dances and auctions for charity and community groups. Events include a Memorial Ambulance benefit dance on Feb 5 at G A Hall a Fraternal Order auction tournament on Feb 6 8 13 and 15 at the Aerie rooms Mt Hope block for Yingles in national service a Church altar society private dance Feb 7 at Hotel Belvedere a United Brothers Whist Feb 8 at Odd Fellows Hall a Naval Armory Washington hall event Feb 12 by Bristol Train of Artillery and a Colonial Club Patriotic dance Feb 22.
Scientific American reports a new device by Clarence A. Hoyt of Tacoma Washington that prevents snapping another image until the film is turned. Integrated with box cameras, the catch locks the shutter after an exposure and requires film rotation to unlock, with a possible indicator to show whether the surface is exposed.
A western lawyer offended a judge by harshly criticizing a ruling. The court fined him ten dollars for contempt. The attorney queried the amount and declared he would pay, calling it a debt he owed justly.
The article describes the Napoleonic eagle as a symbolic standard of ancient Caesars. The eagle stood 8 inches high and 9 inches wide with an 8 inch square brass base and weighed three and a half pounds. It notes modern colors are cumbersome compared to the old, hard to hide flags and drums.
Rhode Island joins national food conservation plan with Monday Wheatless Day Tuesday Meatless Day Wednesday Wheatless Day and Saturday Porkless Day. Food Administration urges households restaurants and hotels to align menus. retailers must sell wheat flour only with equal weight of another cereal.
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