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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1919
Page
4
The piece warns that kidney health is vital and urges immediate action when symptoms appear such as nervousness dizziness sleeplessness back pains and signs of impaired kidney function. It explains impurities build up into uric acid and poisons that can harm health if not expelled from the body.
Dangerous disease claims advertise Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a World widely used remedy. It emphasizes old fashioned soothing and cleansing herbs, direct import from Holland, and quick relief with money back guarantee. Three sizes sold in sealed packages at drug stores.
Regular session before Judge F H Hammill with a short docket. Gaetano Caizza vs Guisepe Vento continued two weeks. Tobin vs Rhode Island Company cases answered and continued two weeks with bill of particulars ordered. Maria Catalano vs Gestmondo Formisano continued one week.
January 30 Thursday evening dance in G A R Hall by Hope Circle and Daughters of Isabella. January 31 Friday Grand dance at O Wolf Inn by Young Ladies Club. February 6 and 7 Minstrels at Pastime Theatre for Homecoming Fund for Soldiers. February 8 Mass Kade dance at Italian Hall Wood Street for Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. February 11 Reception and dance by Prof A Riccio in G A R Hall. February 17 and 18 The Chimes of Normandy at Pastime Theatre.
The piece proclaims a growing demand for workers across offices and industries, urging every woman to seize opportunities despite pride or sentiment. It urges leaving reluctance behind to obtain a living through honest labor.
A reflection on personal influence as an unseen shadow that accompanies a person everywhere. The text compares this influence to light, heat, and perfume, suggesting it extends beyond intention and cannot be shed at will.
The origin story places the first schooner in Gloucester around 1713. A boy exclaimed See how she schoons and the builder replied A schooner let her be claiming the ship’s name. Some link the term schoon to a flat skipping stone in old New England.
The brown bear of Alaska is described as the largest bear and among the largest flesh eaters. Known to natural history since 1898 they reach weights around 1500 pounds. Generally inoffensive unless provoked they feed on salmon along Alaskan rivers.
A Bristol resident, Wm H Manchester of 10 Bourne St, testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieve backache and fatigue. He reports prompt relief during attacks, keeps them on hand, and notes three years of use with consistent results. Price 60c and available at Buffington's Pharmacy. FosterMilburn Co. delivers the relief.
A British aviator flying over France recalls meeting a German 17 inch shell. He describes the sudden blast of air, the roiling air wake, and the aircraft’s violent rocking as the shell passed nearby and landed.
A Bloomington pastor recalls his ten year old son insisting on a German flag and, after obtaining it, the boy and his sister burned the flag in the yard. They buried the ashes in a cigar box with a small mound marking the grave, while the father watched unseen. The tale reflects wartime sentiment shaping American youth.
The bearing of the Prince of Wales through the war has earned him the admiration and affection of British peoples at home and abroad. His forthcoming journey will take him to overseas countries.
An official in Arnsberg Westphalia placed a public ad offering to buy all agricultural products for cash at government prices. Residents delivering 100 pounds of bread grain or 800 pounds of potatoes received tickets to buy brandy or rum at reduced municipal prices. Within a day the cellars emptied and residents enjoyed their first square meal in weeks.
Dr Robert T Morris of New York city warns in a letter to the American Forestry Association that September to April is the correct cutting season for black walnut. He notes cutting outside this window ruins roots and endangers future timber supply as walnut trees are poised to play a key wartime role and President Wilson urges Boy Scouts to mark the trees.
Two girls on a Hoosierdam train seek attention from uniformed youths while a quiet Indiana teacher travels to a county institute. She knits a patriotic soldier sweater, attracting curious onlookers as the youths learn about the craft and camp stories, while the girls mock the effort.
At La Push Washington the Indian settlement behind the Quillayute river cliffs sends boys to wade into surf and dip net for fish. The village averages a ton of fish caught daily while elders cure and families contribute to the war effort. Three Quillayutes serve in the military amid 250 residents helping with fishing war gardens and other tasks.
The Savannah, a 350 ton steam ship, became the first steam powered vessel to cross the Atlantic. William Scarborough conceived the idea and the Savannah left New York on April 10 1819, arrived at Liverpool in under a month, then sailed to St Petersburg before returning home by December 1819.
San Francisco broker Harry B. Gregg fell from a horse at a cliff’s edge while chasing a deer. His daughter Kath ryn hurled a lasso around him and cinched it to a tree,, pulling him to safety. He scraped his ankle to knee on the rocky descent and returned to the path.
An exchange on a golf course notes a player pulling the ball left and joking about preferring a pull to a slice. An experienced player responds that in golf a pull may be better yet still signals in the game of golfities they often play for a pull to induce a slice.
An Oregonian editorial denounces conscientious objectors as worst when using religion as a disguise to dodge danger. It argues a harsher use would be to send such individuals into No Man's Land to draw enemy fire, exposing real soldiers to locate the guns.
In a midwest town a wealthy family’s son avoids honors by deserting after enlisting in a training camp. He returns home to steal civilian clothes but sees the service flag with one blue star. He decides the family will keep the honor and slips back to camp, emboldened to enlarge his supposed achievement.
A columnist mocks perennial umbrella mishaps in crowded streets. He notes how umbrellas cause injuries, block views, and spy hazards from crowded sidewalks to theaters, suggesting the need for umbrella regulations to reduce harm amid talk of war.
The yellow birch or silvery birch has a tinsel like bark admired for beauty and utility. Ed ward Bigelow in Boys Life notes its bark can kindle fires and its removal harms the tree’s appearance. The bark peels in ribbon like curls and rustles in the breeze, with older trunks showing rough plate like scales.
Draft men arriving at Camp Kearny decorated railroad cars with various mottoes. They were ordered to wash them off, but one car escaped with the slogan on its side reading This is the bunch that's going to make the Kaiser whistle the Stars Spangled Banner.
A Gordon Highlanders lance corporal in London obtained a divorce after his English wife refused to be seen with him in public for wearing a kilt. On leave she mocked his attire saying Oh those d kilts. The decree was granted.
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