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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1918
Page
4
W. H. Buffington reports selling hundreds of jars of Hokara and offers a full refund if not satisfied. The ad claims chronic eczema cases, including scales and itching, are cured by Hokara with quick relief across the face hands legs or body. A jar costs 35 cents with guarantee of refund if unsatisfied.
February events include a Friday evening Patriotic gathering under the Colonial Club at G A R Hall and a Wednesday Whist night at Odd Fellows Hall hosted by United Brothers Social Club. An April 6 and 13, 2027, Saturday evening annual fair by Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company at G A R Hall is planned.
The annual boys department conference of the Y M C A of Rhode Island and Massachusetts opens in Malden Massachusetts with four to five hundred delegates. Delegates include Edson Fobes Charles F Dimond Jr Lawrence Edwards Norman Hanson Archie Dunbar Herbert Newman and Frank Crabb. Local homes host visiting delegates and a report will be given upon return.
A Marine Corps dispatch reports 204 Americans dead from the Tuscania disaster with 3 officers and 137 men identified buried, 1 officer and 31 men unidentified buried, and 32 men missing presumed drowned.
Manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation says the Shipping Board has 716 shipways, 312 for wooden ships and 404 for steel construction. The program aims to build in 1918 eight times the 1916 tonnage at a cost exceeding 1 billion dollars.
An essay urging full national commitment to the war effort and warning against complacency. It argues that profits in farming and wage demands in shipyards threaten unity, notes Germany’s ruthless wartime tactics, and questions whether Americans truly grasp total mobilization and patriotism.
The North Ends won two of three strings against the South Ends with Birtwistle posting 114 for a high single as team totals reached 1291 for the South Ends and 1344 for the North Ends. Rowdy Dows swept Hank Hanks 3 straight as Cromer 119 101 112 and Church 115 helped lift a 1428 team total to a new mark.
Advertised letters for February 16 1917 include men John Hilltop C D Lewis Augustinho T Mendes John Piosi Antonio Costa Silva and women Mrs W E Darling. Foreign wir AT 14.2 VINOLKE D G COGGESHALL P M.
Avina aged 23 from this town died Feb 21 at Rhode Island Hospital. Ribeiro of Wallum Lake aged 31 died Feb 20. Perry infant Antone son of Joseph and Jesse Perry aged 6 months died Feb 20 in this town.
Henry Dater of Troy New York testifies that Fruit a tives cured his long standing kidney trouble and constipation after a month of use. He endorses the product as the greatest kidney remedy in the world and notes price options 50 cents per box six for two dollars fifty trial size 25 cents. Sold at dealers or by Fruit a tives Limited Ogdensburg New York.
Plans and contracts are completed for construction of two smokeless powder plants with estimated costs of 50 million dollars each. Each plant will produce 500000 pounds of powder daily and employ 10000 to 15000 workers. Initial output expected by August with much product for allied nations.
Town Clerk John M. Coggeshall announces canvassing sessions in the Memorial Building Bristol on March 7 8 1918 at 730 PM for electors and March 12 for property voters. Property taxpayers on the voting list must pay taxes by canvassing day to qualify.
The Committee on Finance of the House will hold a public hearing after the House adjourns on Wednesday February 27 1918 in Hearing Room 313 State House. The hearing covers Resolution 528 authorizing fifty thousand dollars to encourage food reduction and to empower the agricultural inquiry commission to contract for farm lands buy and distribute seeds and fertilizer and assist land cultivation and labor. Frederick S. Peck chairman James J Nolan clerk.
Annette Kellermann leads the $1,000,000 William Fox spectacle A Daughter of the Gods at the Pastime Theatre this evening. The production used Jamaica and Fort Augusta sets, 21,218 total actors, 223000 feet of film shot, and seven cameras with 12 actors per scene, featuring mermaids and 300 dancing women.
Secretary of War Baker reports marked gains in soldiers physical condition and bearing and calls for troop parades in cities adjacent to camps and cantonments to showcase the improvements.
Bristol sheriff announces public auction of lots 186 and 187 and a Beach Terrace plot in Bristol on February 23, 1918 at 11:00 AM to satisfy a 1917 Morris Plan Company judgment against John Charette. Also notices a guardianship petition for Catherine Hale Gray Elizabeth Frances Gray and William Augustine Gray with a March 4 1918 hearing.
The fragmentary text hints at a pondering over value and effort. It mentions tying up the issue and implies a cautious approach to resolving a problem or risk. No clear entities or events are identified in the readable portion.
February 14 1913 probate records show Elisabeth Ely Lewis estate administered by Lewis B for Elisabeth Ely Lewis. The administrator presents account for allowance and is referred to March 4 1918 at 10 30 in Bristol Probate Court for notice and public publication for fourteen days in Bristol Phenix.
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