Letter From France Purporting News From Frontlines 1918
In a January 17 1918 letter Charles E Farley writes from France to Mr Farrally sharing brief glimpses of life at the front He mentions reading Bristol boys letters from France noting Sergeant Fish of the 19th Co Coast Artillery and Lieutenant L F L Pyle newly transferred to the 19th praising their work at Fort Rodman He notes slow mail due to constant movement and shares attempts at learning French including phrases Je ne vous comprends pas and combien cela as part of his brief report to home.
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Mr. Farrally
Phoenix
Bristol
France
Sergt. Fish
19Th Co
Good Old Coast Artillery
America
Fort Rodman
L. F L. Pyle
18Th
Frank
Charles E Farley
Oatmeal cookies from a school lunch recipe
A toothsome school lunch treat recipe uses 1 cup rolled oats 1 4 cup fat melted 1 4 teaspoon salt and sugar. Beat the egg add sugar gradually stir in ingredients. Drop spoonfuls on a greased tin and bake in a moderate oven.
Calendar notes mix of sales, meetings and local news
Calendar items report 1918 pad offers at Phoenix Office along with shoe store sales and a big ship of public notices. Other notes cover town meetings, police appointments, a G A R leader's death, war savings stamps, parish events, local weather and road conditions, plus obituaries and hospital news.
Upcoming community events and performances
March 15 Friday evening Minstrel Show and Children's Entertainment in Pastime Theatre by youths of St Mary's Parish. April 6 13 20 27 Saturdays Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company annual fair in GA. April 24 25 Bristol Mothers' Club presents The Runaways musical comedy at Pastime Theatre.
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St Mary’s Parish
Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted as Internal Cure
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. remedy claims to act through the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is said to be prescribed by leading physicians, combining tonics and blood purifiers. Contracts for testimonials and price 75 cents. manufactured by F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F J Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
Halls
New Law Requires Licenses For Salt Water Fishermen and Dealers
A February 15 1918 law requires all salt water fishermen and seafood distributors to obtain licenses from the Food Administration License Division in Washington DC. The rule covers year round fishing and all commercial distribution including catching and selling shellfish and crustaceans. Violators face fines up to 5000 dollars and/or up to one year imprisonment.
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Food Administration
Washington, DC
Runaways musical comedy at Pastime Theatre
The Bristol Mothers Club presents The Runaways a musical comedy at Pastime Theatre on April 24 and 25 directed by John B Rogers Producing Company of Ohio. The cast includes about 150 local performers with catchy songs and dances.
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Bristol
Obituary of Charles L Wardwell Died in Providence at 72
Charles L Wardwell died last Friday at the home of his son in law Albert Burnham 202 New York avenue Providence due to old age related illness. He was in his 72nd year born in this town a son of the late James D Wardwell he lived here until 25 years ago moved to Providence and worked at Roger Williams Park funeral held yesterday at his son in laws Providence body brought here entombed in North Cemetery survived by a wife in Providence a brother James D Wardwell Jr and a sister Miss Elizabeth Wardwell of this town.
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Phoenix
Butler’s
Hog Island
Knockers’ Club
William Street
U. S. Army
Munson
Mabel Orgelman
Helen Burleigh
New York
Altar Hall
Elmwood
Providence
William Chafee
Samuel R Chafee
Middletown
Conn
Y. Tler
Howard R Newman
Burton Street
L. Teller
Sally Goff
Phyllis R Farrajl
William H Munro
Isaac B Munro
Ordnance Division
U S. A
Rock Island Arsenal
Camp Logan
Houston
Texas
Gideon Spencer
Cowesett
G AR
Rhode Island
Samuel P Colt
Alfred L. Morgan
William H. Bell
First Baptist Church
Warren
Constantinople
Robert College
Morgan
Wood Street
Bay View Avenue
Financial Town
Charles L. Wardwell
Albert Burnham
New York Avenue
James D Wardwell
Roger Williams Park
North
James D. Wardwell, Jr
Elizabeth Wardwell
Rice price rise blamed on mill capacity for war demand
Food Administration explains higher rice prices as mills operate at full capacity to meet the one million bags needed by American and Allied forces. The reduced supply for home consumption is only temporary, and prices are expected to ease later.
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The
Food Administration
Service Without Pay Among Oklahoma Boards
Oklahoma has 261 local selective service boards and 97 percent served without pay. Provost Marshal General Crowder reports the cost per man certified in Oklahoma as $157, the lowest among states, while Delaware shows the highest at $19 per man for operation of the selective service law, with the U S average at $493.
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Selective Service Boards
Oklahoma
Crowder
Delaware
United States
Boschee's German Syrup Advertised Nationally
This 52 year old remedy for coughs and bronchitis is pitched as a nationwide solution. It promises better sleep, easier morning expectoration, and soothing inflamed parts to aid recovery. Sold locally by J. H. Young & Co.
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Boschee
United States
Nature
J. H. Young & Co
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Hope Street
L ‘Long Distance
Liberty Market
Harriet Manchester Local Merchants
Phoenix Office
Dodge & Camfield Co
Exchange Place
Butler Exchange
R. I
Adams Express
Post Office
BP m
Willam Cheetham
Ezra Dixon
Rhode Island Hospital
Isabel Phelps Peck
West 57Th Street
New York City
Butler’s Shoe Store
Miss Brown
John Post Reynolds
Bristol Mothers’ Club
Charles F. Dimond, Jr
Malden
Mass
First Congregational Church
Butler’s Shoe
Company C
Bristol Train of Artillery
A. W. Barrett
John C Davis
Bristol High School
Canton
Colt Memorial High School
Converse
Ruth Graham
National India Rubber Company
Mass Graham
Im Pastime Theatre
Ree of
Cord
Sam
Reed Furniture CO
A. M. Miller
A. P
Nerone
F. E. Suzman
J. F. Gilroy
Pierce Avenue
Gorham’s Express
Young's Drug Store
Econ
Denix Office
V. Bradford Farm
B. French
of Hope Drug Co
G. A. R. Hall
Walter T. Remieres Tel
Frank Goff
Pure
Chase & Sanborn
Pekoe
Ceylon
Formosa
India
Castle Chop Brand
Ib. Lipton
Liberty
Victory Brand
Arlington Whale
Graham
Schumacher and
Pillsbury’s
United States Food Administration
Washington
United States Food Administrator
King Arthur
Oregon
California
Pels
Armour
Otras
Charles A. Johnson
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