Draft Men to Camp Upton From Rhode Island
Eight hundred forty Class 1 registrants from Rhode Island will leave for Camp Upton Yaphank New York next Tuesday morning. The 840 represent all class 1 in Rhode Island except new registrants. officials doubt the full 1751 quota can be reached, with some volunteers and reclassifications expected. The Sixth Division troops include Bristol Jamestown Newport and other towns. 125 new registrants volunteered to help fill the quota and join the draft group going to Camp Upton.
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Camp Upton
Yaphank
N. Y
Rhode Island
Union Station
Providence
Ward 7
Cranston
Newport
Bristol
Tiverton
Portsmouth
Middletown
Jamestown
Little Compton
Block Island
Serafin Souza
Bradford Street
Thomas M Sisson
Hilton Street
North Tiverton
Immense Stores Needed for Sea Feedings on Transport
An account details the vast quantities required to feed thousands at sea. The mess officer handles 180 food varieties and daily breading involves 7,290 loaves, with hundreds of thousands of pounds of beef, potatoes, sugar, flour, and other staples listed as the supply backbone.
Pastime Theatre Presents Emmy Wehlen In Drama
The Metro Pictures Corporation screens Emmy Wehlen tomorrow at the Pastime theatre in a five act romance of love and destiny. Wehlen portrays Pamela Martin, a refined woman disgusted by a loveless marriage and the deceit she uncovers, leading to a dramatic confrontation.
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Metro Pictures Corporation
Emmy Wehlen
Pamela Martin
Pamela
Letter from Lieutenant Edwards An Aviation Camp in France
A WWI letter from Lt. Edwards dated April 1 1918 describes life near the front as an aviator in France. He notes leisure when rain allows, censorship limits on military topics, health mainly good aside from fleas and trench ailments, and his past service with the American Ambulance Field Service in Verdun and Champagne. He mentions Paris visits, meeting Stephen Galatti, and an idea to write essays on French life and the Quartier Latin for his mother.
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Paris
American Ambulance Field Service
Army of France
Rue Raymard
Stephen Galatti
Verdun
Champagne
France
Hostess House Canteen Treasured by Sailors in Bristol
Report from the Waterbury Republican notes Bristol Rhode Island’s Hostess House and Red Cross canteen for U S sailors stationed at local shipyards. It describes a welcoming Yacht Club building readied with a reading room piano and Victrola, free food, lodging for visiting women, and a Fourth of July parade with open house.
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Yacht Club
Waterbury Republican
Bristol
R. 1
United States
Red Cross
Wehlen Stars in Unusual Photo Drama Event
The drama showcases Ree Lente et ae a eg men ern AT aE, climaxing in an unforeseen mater. Miss Wehlen delivers a standout emotional performance. Added are a feature photo drama, Pathe News, Triangle and Cartoon Comedies for the program.
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Wehlen
Pathe
His Majesty Bunker Bean at Y M C A Screens
A popular Saturday Evening Post story is adapted for the screen and shown at the Y M C A with Jack Pickford and Louise Huff starring in the farcical tale of a stenographer who believes he is a reincarnated Egyptian king. Showings at 3 and 8 include travelogues and educational films.
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His Majesty
Bunker Bean
Saturday “Evening Post
Harry Leon. Wilson
Saturday Evening Post
Y. M C A
Jack Pickford
Louise Huff
Mr. Pickford
Booth Tarkington
Seventeen
Egypt
Wall Street
Ditmar
Australia
Bray
Star Theatre Presents Treasure Island and The Tiger Man
The Star Theatre offers a seven act William Fox production Treasure Island featuring Virginia Lee Corbin and Francis Carpenter in The House of Hate. Saturday features two big bills and a 15 reel program with William S. Hart in The Tiger Man and Belle Bennett in Because of a Woman. Also listed are Mary McLane in Men who Have Made Love to Me and other seven reel features.
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William Fox
Virginia Lee Corbin
Francis Carpenter
Star Theatre
Treasure Island
Pearl White
William S. Hart
Belle. Bennett
Gage
Sesacemonn
Eliss
Mary McLane
Optimistic Thought on Public Wisdom Over Critics
A brief aphorism asserts the public’s wisdom outweighs even the sharpest critic. It emphasizes accessible insight and collective judgment over expert opinion.
Hokara Skin Cream Advertises Antiseptic Massage Cure
A 35 cent sample and 60 cent larger size Hokara cream claims to soothe delicate skin, remove dead skin, and clear blemishes. Marketed as superior to ordinary massage creams with a money back guarantee, sold at W. Huffington's Drug Store.
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W. H. Buffington
Baking Powder Biscuits In Wartime Food Saving
The Food Administration notes that baking powder biscuits corn bread muffins and brown bread are not quick breads. It recommends using one cup of wheat flour for every two cups of substitute flour to conserve wheat for the war effort. Some people live without wheat and support the cause, and the message asks who would reject good corn bread biscuits or flapjacks.
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Food Administration
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William Francis Kemph
John J. Coughlan
Benjamin J. Carnes
Frank Brown
William J Head
Bristo
Edward Joseph
Richard Drysdale
Joseph de Bristol
Giuseppe Ciliento
Napoleon,Vachon
Anthony Ruggiero
Albert Fernandes
John Gardiano
Antonio Rosa Frank
Edward F. Flannery
Fall River
Ralph Marshall Hazard
Charles J. Dowling
Burton-Holmes
Dr. Ditmars
Screen
Educational
the Electric Shop
Hope Street
Union Excursion
Sagamore
Railroad Avenue
Croade Street
Warren
A. French
Cornelius Harrington
State Street
Father John
F. N. Easferbrooks
Pastime Theatre
Lieut. Edwards
Epee Cae
Jasus Pete
W. L. Streeter
Eden Park, R
Warren—Standard Pharmacy
Main & Miller Sts
Roberts Pharmacy
Main St
Chandler
Chevrolet
Federal Tire Repairing Co
Bristol Auto
Swift
South ‘County
Elberta
Valencia
National Biscuit CO
Newman
BROS
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