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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1916
Page
6
Herbert Adams Gibbons notes in Paris Reborn that Chinese students in Paris, mostly mandarins' sons, ran out of funds and asked the embassy for aid. Sixty hungry students forced entry, ate the served meal, and ransacked the pantry. The ambassador fled to a restaurant and police were summoned.
A European method preserves food especially milk powder by sealing it in metal boxes with a pinhole. Boxes are evacuated in a chamber, filled with nitrogen, then sealed by soldering the pinhole. This creates an inert atmosphere to prevent spoilage, viewed as industrially practical.
Works to Naples reveal an ancient amphitheater buried under debris and later volcanic ash. Minister Barzilai and Professor Spinazzola toured the ruins and descended the upper steps while viewing gilded stucco remains. Pozzuoli lies visible in the distance.
An announcement in Madrid says a Vigo to New York direct steamship service is planned with King Alfonso backing and New York financiers providing funds. The line aims to shorten the voyage by about 2,800 miles and strengthen trade between Spain and the United States amid shifting wartime effects on Spanish industry.
A frontline officer writes of a furlough to see his family in Flanders. Joy spreads until a parlor maid learns her sweetheart cannot return. The officer's six year-old daughter asks him to kiss the maid so she has something to comfort her.
The article highlights how small colleges such as Bucknell Gettysburg Holy Cross and Carlisle produced famous athletes like Christy Mathewson Eddie Plank Jack Berry and Jim Thorpe, arguing these schools shaped America’s athletic elite through their programs and alumni success.
The Colorado health secretary Dr S R McKelvey promotes a campaign to greet friends with compliments to boost mood and health. He says talking about pains harms health and urges widespread use of the phrase Tell your friends how well they look. The piece notes local bowling scores, including C Hill 331 and a Tanx victory over Hank Hanks.
French army uses aero-motors combining aircraft props with four wheel drive to move troops and supplies across swamps deserts and sand. An eight foot rear propeller driven by the engine lifts the car skimming soft ground at up to 50 mph with limited wheel grip. The craft hops over small hills moving in a sequence of leaps like a kangaroo.
A British soldier describes his wife’s dramatic return from service with a change in fashion and appearance. He notes her slimmer figure, stylish hair, an impertinent hat, and dainty boots, concluding she looks younger and more spirited than when he left.
The article argues fitness is vital for soldiers and notes the Plattsburg encampment showed weaknesses. It describes a regiment drawn from athletes and hunters with one month of training who could not march more than ten miles in a day as a unit. Two days before the amateur war began the Thirtieth United States infantry arrived at camp at 4 30 p.m. after marching 32 miles. The band played What the Hell Do We Care.
The text explains United States citizenship as a federal grant after five years since declaring intention and second papers. It notes aliens are not citizens yet and mentions several states allowing voting by aliens who have declared intent, listing Alabama Arkansas Indiana Kansas Missouri Nebraska Oregon South Dakota with varying residency rules.
The piece suggests bird baths or bird houses as ideal gifts for bird lovers. It notes they are not usable now but offer hopeful contemplation of spring. Shallow cement or marble bowls with small marble birds perched on them are described as decorative options.
The library adds numerous volumes for March 18 including Irish Abroad O Donnell Whitakers Peerage and 1916 Ordeal by Battle. Also featured are studies in oriental social life Ways of Woman Collected Poems and World Almanac 1916 with other works by Sturges Tarbell and Burgess.
John G. Olmstead vocational director of the Providence Y M C A will speak next Sunday on Misfits or Square Pegs in Round Holes. Olmstead brings wide experience from the West Side Y M C A in New York and will address Bristol’s male audience in an event that invites all men 18 and over with no charge.
A condensed list of local events includes a Crown Orchestra benefit dance for pianist John R West on March 17 at GAR Hall, a Stereopticon lecture and concert March 19 at St Marys school hall, a Mothers Club meeting March 21 at Colt Memorial High School auditorium, a Pie Supper March 22 at First Baptist vestry, a Pink Tea March 22 at State Street ME Church vestry, a Cantata April 23 at State Street ME Church, a Food Sale March 24 at Memorial Chapel, and Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company annual fairs May 6 13 and 20 at GAR Hall.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer humor column muses on the fate of the henpecked husband after a dish towel's sanitary breach. The piece jokes about changing domestic duties and the implication for traditional family dynamics.
A balcony observer questions the wording of a re conveying land sale to Col Colt discussing whether yes means yes not to take back land. She notes a perpetual right of way and critiques the diction while bystanders imply future land values and taxes. The piece closes with a sharp jibe at gendered perceptions.
After Villa led raid on Columbus New Mexico killing and wounding several U S soldiers and civilians two American detachments under General Pershing crossed into Mexico to pursue Villa Cooperation with Carranza’s troops aims to surround the outlaw. The Provisional Mexican government seems to accept the U S goal as displacing Villa while some Carranza followers may clash with American forces on Mexican soil.
The Y M C A presents Marguerite Clark in Goose in five reels and Edmund Bitese in Master Mind in five reels tomorrow evening. The program is strong and expected to please members and friends. The entertainment begins Saturday at 7 45 due to two big photo plays.
Death notices list Mary E. Gorham aged 77 on March 15 in this town. Patrick Morris aged 57 died March 16. Gaetano Espinosa aged 4 died March 15. John S. Pestano aged 43 died March 15. Charles Taylor Gardner aged 57, formerly of this town, died March 16 in Riverside.
In Bristol on March 16 1916 the Probate Court considers petition by American Surety Company on Jacob Benjamin bond for sale of minor real estate. John B Brennan Jr of Providence RI or another suitable person may be appointed guardian. citation to issue for fourteen days via Bristol Phoenix.
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