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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1917
Page
4
A wartime editorial urges national sacrifice and renewed spirit, praising Lincoln and Washington as models. It calls for stronger leadership, discipline in youth through Junior Military Camps, and tighter control of munitions profits while warning against national decay in governance, industry, and patriotism.
A wartime speech emphasizes national unity and centralized command, urging women to sustain morale and duty. It warns that war may require armed defense and that future generations must learn thrift and loyalty, even urging dissolution of fear to send loved ones to battle.
The Providence Chamber of Commerce adopted resolutions praising the college work and urging the General Assembly to pass proposed legislation aiding the departments of agriculture and home economics. The chamber’s agriculture committee is authorized to promote the college’s interests by all proper means.
Local automobile registrations at the State Board of Public Roads office show entries from Bristol and Warren. Names include Thomas J. Gillan with a 26 horsepower Oldsmobile cabriolet, Hannah R. Fales with a 22 horsepower Ford touring, Peter Sansone with a 27 horsepower Overland sedan, Leonardo Digati with a 21 horsepower Maxwell touring, and Patrick I. O Donnell with a 27 horsepower Overland roadster.
Florence La Badie stars in the five act Pa the Gold Rooster play Saint Devil and Woman at the Star Theatre this evening. Beatrice Fairfax series and usual comedies shown, with Mae Marsh in The Little Liar and The Secret Kingdom, Ford Sterling in His Lying Heart, and a Keystone comedy. Blue Ribbons feature The Writing on the Wall with Virginia Pearson and All Star cast.
The funeral service for Miss Ellen Frances Bosworth took place Sunday afternoon at her Hempden Meadows residence. Rev H W Warren of the First Baptist Church of Warren officiated. Bearers were Jonathan Barney W R Martin Frank Mason and William E Stanley. Burial followed in Forest Hills Cemetery. Miss Bosworth was sister to Conductor Bradford D Bosworth of this town.
Milton W. Morgan died at Arbuckle Memorial Hospital in Brooklyn New York from pleurisy. He lived in town 20 years and worked as a sailmaker for Heroes Show Manufacturing Company. He is survived by wife Mina Morgan a son Milton Morgan Jr and daughter Mrs C A Ostby. The funeral was at State Street M E Church conducted by Dr AC McGilton with Masonic rites at North Cemetery and interment planned in Laynsville Massachusetts.
Mrs Pheliniseeg Bertrand wife of Reiniisa Bertrand died at her home on Seate Street after pneumonia and oedema of the lungs. She was 60, born in Canada to Joseph and Mary Baron. A requiem mass at St Mary’s Church was led by Rev Edward L Cahill. Interment followed at St Mary’s Cemetery.
Schools hold Washington birthday programs with grades presenting recitations songs and dialogues. Students perform pieces about George Washington Betsy Ross the flag and national heroes with multiple pupils named for specific duties.
A column lists names under the heading Advertised Letters for men and women. Names include Ernest Anslow F B Bannon Nelson Bruyen C S Clark S Y Cush ing Mr Milton Duckworth Walter Dyer Eddie Talley J P Tierney Thos W Wolf Beatrice Fernley Mrs L Peterson foreign names Manuel Boteilho Furtado Jose da Runda Gom Hildegolensen Aleisir Ferrira Henrico Cabral de Medeiros Antonio d Oliveira Moniz D G Coggeshal P M
A writer in More American Magazine describes rationing in Belgium as ill suited to children and notes thousands of youths suffer malnutrition. The piece underscores diminished nourishment and mental strain among affected youngsters as Belgium endures prolonged hardship.
A fragmented report notes widespread use of English with a rough figure around 152 million speakers and mentions a linguistic note about regional usage. The text is incomplete but highlights English as a dominant global language.
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