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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1919
Page
4
The article explains the speed difference between the top and bottom of a carriage wheel. If considering wheel rotation about its hub there is no difference, but in motion the upper part moves faster relative to the ground. It cites a quarter turn demonstration and a motion photograph showing the top wheel portion as a blur.
An inventor offers a device for umbrellas that snaps inside the opened canopy to retract or store the dangling tape catch. The mechanism aims at tidier handling and a neater umbrella when closed.
An excerpt from the Boston Transcript recalls an old preacher’s humorous counsel on marriage. He urges a wife to be like a snail in home life but not burdened, an echo only when spoken to yet not always with the last word, and a town clock that keeps time without loud public speech.
A discussion cites studies and notes by Dr. W. A. N. Dorland and Albert WW. Attwood arguing that mental activity begins around age twenty four while the peak output often occurs around age fifty. It suggests many great works emerge between forty and fifty across fields.
A student heckles a disliked professor who assigns composition on manners. The pupil asks to write about bad manners, prompting the professor to acknowledge the student’s boldness and allow writing on any topic the student can best handle.
A wartime message urges decisive support for the Fifth Liberty Loan to repay the nation’s debt of honor to soldiers who fought through France from Chateau-Thierry to Sedan. It calls on the public to prepare over three months to ensure broad participation and smooth demobilization costs.
A wartime city notice argues for buying Fifth Liberty Loan bonds to support the government and returning soldiers. It touts safety, high interest, tax exemptions, and the goal of financing peace and reconstruction, urging citizens to prepare in the next ninety days to buy bonds.
The final Liberty Loan, named the Victorious Fifth, will likely launch in April. It funds care for American Army personnel in Europe, supports demobilization, and serves as both a peace and war loan. Citizens are urged to prepare early in the new year to back this last national effort.
The Fifth Liberty Loan will complete the wartime funding begun by four prior bonds. It aims to finance demobilization, peace restoration, and postwar prosperity, supporting returning soldiers and national recovery. Citizens are urged to join the effort with the proved American resolve.
Professor Carvar of Harvard, cited as deeply interested in educational aid for the War Sayings Committee, argues for two great programs for all youths and adults. He stresses thrift, reduced idleness, and productive use of resources to prevent retrogression during and after wartime, urging durable construction and lifelong saving as universal principles.
An article argues suburban families should keep dairy goats to ease milk shortages and high prices. It praises Swiss dairy goats as adaptable, low-cost producers that provide milk and cheese, require little expensive feed, and can help fund War Savings Stamps while bring health and companionship to children.
When fabric costs rise the need for repairs grows. Reworking old garments can look better than new and stretch budgets, prompting interest in thrift practices and war savings themes.
March 6 1919 the Bristol probate court orders notice for fourteen days in the Bristol Phoenix that B B Bosworth administrator may sell all or part of the estate of G B Baers to cover debts funeral expenses and administration costs. The hearing is set for March 10 at 9 o clock in the Probate Court Bristol.
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