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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1917
Page
4
Hope Drug Co of Bristol promotes Vinol claiming it supplies manganese, pepto diiade, glycero nen and other elements to strengthen nervous and frail individuals. The ad promises a money back guarantee if not satisfied, asserting safety and fairness.
A Woman’s Home Companion essay urges recognizing daily potential. It notes vast history shows great tasks fit into one day and compares years to a single day of action. The passage calls for purposeful daily effort to alter personal fortune.
Christian outreach in India highlights the power to unite and uplift communities. Bible school students subsist on five cents daily in rice, encourage one another, and graduate to become preachers. The mission energizes their call and inspires rapid, national change.
Marjorie and her friend Ethel lose control of a yellow balloon on the porch when a gust sends it airborne. Marjorie sobs as the balloon drifts away, while Ethel jokes about it rising to Dad as Marjorie clings to hope it will return.
A lunar eclipse happens when Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the Moon. It occurs at full Moon during opposition, with both sun and Moon near the Moon’s orbital nodes.
A reflection by Laura Spencer Porter in the Atlantic argues that aging softens egotism and privilege. As life matures, people become less self centered and seek unity with all, embracing shared dawns and sunsets rather than exclusive claims.
Advice on preventing eye strain by proper habits and simple home care. Warns against rubbing eyes and bending close to work. Recommends daily washing with boric acid solution or salt and using hot compresses to soothe tired eyes.
A cautious note urges calm when plans fail and insists good intentions are spoiled by anger. The Ohio State Journal is cited to condemn hostile replies and tarred judgments. It argues true service stays kind and faithful, while emotional outbursts reveal weak conviction.
Experiments on cheese digestibility show that fat cheeses digest rapidly as casein is separated by fat, allowing gastric juice to attack a large surface. Hard or soft texture does not affect digestion, nor does the water content.
Japan’s industrial surge since 1914 shifts it from agriculture to export power. Exports in 1916 reach 1,127,600,000 yen with a 371,000,000 yen trade surplus. 1914 showed import excess. Cotton spinning hits 2,600,000 daily, iron and steel rise, 600,000 tons shipbuilding underway. Japan eyes American machinery, with 200,000 spindles planned. Japanese credits outperform Britain. Exports to Australia surge. silk leads markets, Australian shops fill with Japanese silk.
The piece notes Japan's rapid industrial and commercial gains postwar, predicting intensified competition for American manufacturers at home and abroad. It urges restoring harmony between capital and labor, enacting fairer business laws, and cultivating a public attitude favorable to business to strengthen U S industry for the postwar trade environment.
Aboard of trade or chamber of commerce can aid community by translating public needs into laws that foster prosperity. The organization serves as an interpreter to translate desires into statutes that encourage business enterprise.
The mongoose, imported from India to reduce snakes in Martinique, despite its small size, is noted as the only animal besides the cat that can confront the fer de lance. It is described as fearless, attacking snakes of any length, though the fer de lance will fight back when cornered and eventually die.
A Minneapolis Journal excerpt contrasts lenient gradual discipline with a sudden harsh reversal by parents or teachers. It suggests restraint wears thin when pushed and observers celebrate a decisive change, noting people learn through delayed consequences and collective judgment.
Beekeeping relies on sting as defense and home protection. Keepers place colonies on waste land, distant from homes, renting plots for honey. Thieves may target homes or dogs, yet a hive burglary has not yet occurred.
A great New York hotel installs an official manicure for cooks and waiters. Each day every food service worker reports to the manicure to have hands scrubbed in hot water nails cleaned and polished.
In May 1912 New York Mayor Gaynor indicated no law barred a woman from becoming an auctioneer. The remark followed a milliner’s inquiry, highlighting unusual civic curiosity about women entering the trade.
Public auction to be held November 24 1917 at 10 AM on the premises described in the 1908 mortgage by Gaetano Espinosa and Maria G Espinosa. The tract of about three acres lies along King Philip Avenue in Bristol Rhode Island as per Mount Hope plat and town land records. Attorney Joseph A Hammill represents the mortgage owner and will bid on behalf of the owner if needed.
The article challenges Darwin’s view that birds sing solely as a sexual trait and that song spreads because only the best singers reproduce. Oldys argues birds are motivated by music itself, noting they sing when happy and imitate superior singers of their kind. It cites training and adoption of musical ability as factors, occasionally yielding high earnings.
In a tense exchange Too Ha Mir asks Crowley for a loan and a fountain pen to cover debts. Crowley declines, citing a year of loaning without repayment, stressing no further help will be given. The conversation centers on unresolved money owed and refused assistance.
A hotel proprietor allegedly charged a worn guest $4 to sleep in a bathtub after the house was full. Hotel men reportedly adopted the practice, treating it as a grim but accepted lodging option.
Probate court in Bristol considers an instrument claimed as the will of Mary E Malloy. The matter is set for November 19, 1917 at 10:20 AM in the Probate Court Room with notice to be published for fourteen days in the Bristol Phenix.
October 22 1917 notice states Alice A Herreshoff and Julia A Herreshoff as executrices of Charles F Herreshoff estate Bristol court admitted will to probate They accept the trust have filed bond and invite all claimants to file within six months from first advertisement in Bristol clerk's office
Public auction set for Monday November 19 1917 at 10 30 AM in Bristol Rhode Island. Auctioneer James F Lavander attorney for mortgage holder bids permitted on two Bristol terrace lots referenced by plan dated October 1805. Mortgage conditions breach noted with sale may be postponed or adjourned.
An instrument purporting to be the last will of William Williams of Bristol is presented for probate. The matter is referred to November 19, 1917, at 10:30 AM in the Probate Court Room Bristol for consideration. Notice is ordered to be published for fourteen days in the Bristol Phoenix.
A discussion traces the origin of the phrase fine Italian hand from medieval writing practice to clerical scripts used in business and law. Alternative theories link the term to Machiavelli and to a misread phrase no Roman hand from Shakespearean intrigue.
A Houston Post quotation on the proper attitude toward women. It says a man should admire beauty honor motherhood respect working women have sympathy in distress and pity a woman who stumbles to become a gentleman.
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