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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1917
Page
4
Friday at 5 30 p m Rowdy Dow bowlers beat the Wire Clerks two strings to one. C Dix rolled a 110. The Never Loaks and Never Leaks also feature in rhythmical scoring, with Dix tallying 295 for the Wire Clerks and Never Leaks at 29 for Newman.
The verse lampoons bowlers Birtwistle Pickles Garvin Gladding Pierce Balfour Holmes Dark Horses Cap anchor Tix Bottomley and Rowdy Dow as they debate who are champions and imply better scores could have changed outcomes.
March 6 Penny Social and entertainment in the vestry of First Baptist Church. March 8 YMCA gymnasium basketball YMCA versus Company F Fall River. March 15 YMCA gymnasium basketball YMCA versus Inter Nos Providence. March 15 St Mary’s Sun School youths entertainment at Pastime Theatre. March 19 Kitchen Orchestra at State Street ME Church under Epworth League. March 21 Whist at Odd Fellows Hall via United Brothers’ Social Club. April 14 21 28 May 5 12 19 26 Fifteenth annual fair of King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co No 7 at Artillery Hall.
A quote from Uncle Eben reflects a belief that some men are selfless enough to bear their share of a crippling epidemic to spare others. The remark highlights community spirit and the spirit of sacrifice during hard times.
In this town on March 5 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Joseph Terry. The birth adds joy to the Terry family.
In this town on March 3 Zenazio Dimauro aged 27 and Emily, daughter of Manuel and Herrawn, were noted. In Warren on March text Celia Davis Seymour daughter of Herbert A Seymour aged 31 is listed as a death notice.
The essay argues thrushes sing at dawn as daylight breaks and defends early singing as a natural response to morning light. It muses on human sleeping patterns post sunset and pre sunrise, suggesting lingering habits from darker times and proposing we imitate birds in waking with light.
The article explains how voice sounds originate in the larynx and how terms like chest throat head and mixed describe tones. It notes low notes come from the chest or abdomen while high notes feel headward and that broad open tones are chest and upper tones are head in common speech. It also compares middle C on piano and organ to high C for basses and low C for trebles in notation.
The text argues that consulting a dictionary during talk can seem presumptuous to visitors or casual acquaintances, marking the host as impolite or overly formal. It notes the risk of interrupting attention and suggests hesitation before introducing such politeness as a sign of friendship.
The future famed author Mark Twain first stayed in a mechanics boarding house on Duane Street and wrote home that New Yorkers lacked hot bread. He worked in a Cliff Street printing shop near Harper & Brothers and earned four dollars a week in wildcat money.
The article extols electricity as a transformative force in communication, industry, farming, medicine, and everyday life. It notes its dual role in peace and war, its essential power for travel and navigation, and the danger of interrupting its flow. It highlights ongoing research and forecasts future marvels by scientists.
Maryland examiners define death as complete and permanent cessation of circulation and respiration with rigor mortis pallor of the body and putrefaction. Rigor begins minutes to hours after death, spreading from the face downward and fading in about 24 hours, complicating the precise moment of death.
The article cautions on feeding babies and toddlers with fruit and fruit juice. It notes juice is widely used, but whole fruits should avoid stringy or pit containing items, skins removed, and baked apples and stewed prunes are safer. Bananas are questioned for infants under eighteen months due to fibrous strings.
The Zuloaga exhibition in Boston led the Boston Museum to acquire the large group My Uncle Daniel and His Family. Painted by Daniel Zuloaga in Segovia in 1910, the canvas measures 115 by 82 inches and features six figures plus a dog named Polly. Previously shown in Rome Paris Dresden Munich and Brussels, it marks its first American display.
A courtroom exchange shows counsel urging the judge to hear the prisoner before sentencing while the judge notes the defendant is a woman and proceeds to dispose of the case quickly. The dialogue reflects procedural tensions in the dispatching of a case.
James Allyn voices frustration with Bristol's officials and chronic nuisances on Borden avenue. He recalls DeWolfs era leadership, urges 1917 council cleanup, praises certain officials, and warns of taxation and publicans' burdens amid political tension. He ends with a call for reform and a sobering civic reflection.
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