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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1918
Page
4
A reflection on a sunny temperament, contrasting the universal welcome of a cheerful, helpful girl who brightens others with kindness. The piece praises those who spread sunshine through kindness, sympathy, and small acts, transforming gloom into gladness wherever found.
A writer in American Motorist imagines a wheelless world where transportation relies on beasts and sails, machinery shrinks to hand tools, clocks surrender to sundials, and civilization reverts to prehistoric conditions, highlighting the wheel’s pivotal role and honoring its unknown inventor.
A newspaper excerpt argues humor divorced from restraint harms judgment. It warns prurient humor and weak habits betray true level headedness, noting that life and actions prove character better than brilliant but erratic rhetoric.
Max Baron died at Rhode Island Hospital Saturday night at 8 30 from paralysis. Born in Russia he came to the United States in 1893 and lived at 16 Catherine Street. He was 56 years five months old and survived by a widow five daughters and three sons. One married daughter lives in Springfield and another in Pittsfield Mass. The others reside here. Funeral was held Sunday from a Providence synagogue.
June 22 Saturday evening dance in G A R Hall by Hope Club. June 17 Monday evening dance by Daughters of Isabella for wounded soldiers at St Joseph's Hospital. June 18 Minstrel show in Pas time theatre for Third Co. Rica.NG company fund. July 2 Tuesday evening dance in GAR Hall by Donovan's Jazz Band.
In Washington DC on June 8 a son was born to Mr and Mrs Arthur J Clark. The birth adds a new member to the Clark family with the reporting couple listed.
Died Baron in Providence June 8 Max Baron age 56. Kelly in Providence June 9 Charles son of Mrs Johanna and the late David Kelly formerly of Warren. Renshausen in Gentredale RI June 7 infant daughter of womens OPS 4 Reyshaceh fosterly? text unclear.
Bobbie stays with a host overnight for the first time. As bedtime arrives he hides tears and answers a host’s question with a brave yet homesick confession. He says he is away sick not homesick, revealing his fear of being away from home.
The article details teacher resignations and enrollment changes at Oliver and Mason buildings, plans to reorganize Reynolds School into subject based groups, and a proposed Rhode Island teacher oath. It argues a professional code, like those for medicine and law, would raise teaching standing and cites a Rhode Island oath for teachers to pledge loyalty to the nation, state, and public education.
Simons of the National India Rubber Company plant was fined five dollars and costs for larceny of cloth. George Harris paid two dollars and costs for evading a Consolidated train fare. Other docket items include embezzlement case dismissal, several trespass and ejectment actions continued for one week, and Amalia Canzarella and others listed as unanswered. A special session declared Raffaele Alfano insane and ordered commitment to the State Insane Hospital at Howard.
Granary Burial Ground near Boston houses the remains of John Hancock Samuel Adams Robert Treat Paine and other leaders. Peter Farnell Paul Revere and Benjamin Franklin are linked to notable monuments and memories. The city preserves these plots amid busy streets and rising buildings.
A traveller notes African women refusals of gold bracelets as mere curiosities and suggests South Sea dress codes exceed those of U S drawing rooms. The piece argues that barbarism reinforces adherence to tradition while fashionable women often abandon beauty for novelty.
The piece argues that domestic animals such as dogs cats horses and hogs differ from their wild ancestors due to inherited traits from their feral past. It notes horses' speed endurance and defense instincts traceable to fleeing wolves and signals like neighing used to keep wild herds from straying.
A playful anecdote from The Argonaut features a woman asking a lawyer for a private divorce and then a public one. The attorney initially offers a private divorce for $500, then revises the price when the client insists on publicity, recognizing her desire for thoroughness.
A quip about an aviator guest who showed little appetite, likening him to a birdman and noting his restrained dining. The exchange hints at humor and social dining dynamics without additional context.
The article advises growing nasturtiums indoors in a sunny window during winter. Use a six inch pot filled with soil, leave a space at the top, plant three or four climber seeds half an inch deep, and add a trellis. Water carefully during germination to avoid souring the soil.
A fragment notes that in 1748 George Washington received a midshipman’s warrant on a British man of war. the garbled text hints at a familial reaction from his mother. The snippet is unclear and preserves few verifiable details.
The piece reflects on pivotal moments and hypothetical what ifs in U S history, naming figures like George, Gilbert, and Livingston and events from the Revolution to Gettysburg and Bull Run, pondering how different outcomes might have been.
The passage notes razors gained general use in France under Louis XIII. One authority links smooth faces to the king’s youth and beardless rule. Courtiers shaved to honor the king, inspiring common people and then the English to adopt similar styles copied from the French.
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