President Wilson’s uncompromising war terms denounce Germany
Editorial argues the Kaiser’s regime deserves harsh penalties for its wartime crimes. It cites Wilson’s message denying any armistice terms short of unconditional surrender and condemns submarines sinking ships and destruction in occupied territories as inhumane acts. The piece urges clear German accountability and warns of continued Allied resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
Wilson
United States
Seer
Ec Saitry
Yephx
Germany
President’s Mount Vernon Speech Shapes Postwar Peace
The text cites President Wilson’s July 4 address urging abolition of arbitrary power that could disturb world peace. It stresses German policy must be decisively weakened and guaranteed for real peace. The President will respond separately to Austria-Hungary’s royal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Fourth Liberty Loan Subscription Appeal
The appeal urges citizens to subscribe to the Fourth Liberty Loan to fund ships, guns, munitions, food, clothing, medicine, and hospitals for the government and armed forces. Emphasizes that valor without equipment and strategy without strength are futile.
European Scientists Claim Isolated Spanish Influenza Germ
European researchers report isolating the influenza germ and stress the importance of maintaining its isolation as part of a broader effort to study the disease. The claim centers on germ isolation techniques and their potential role in understanding influenza.
Your Bonds helped at the Marne Push Across the Rhine
The message urges enlistment in the push across the Rhine as veterans recall aid at the Marne and call for immediate recruitment to join the advance. It emphasizes patriotic duty and collective effort for victory.
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Marne
Rhine
Adams Express Bristol Schedule Listed
A notice gives Adams Express outward departures at 7.59 11.20 am 2.20 5.20 pm and inward arrivals at 3.00 10.00 am 2.00 4.00 6.80 pm in Bristol.
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Bristol
Adams Express
Bristol Post Office Hours And Mail Schedule
Bristol Post Office opens at 6 45 a m and closes 7 30 p m. Pansy Order Registry and Postal Bank operate 8 a m to 6 p m. Mails arrive 7 8 2 4 6 7 p m and close 7 38 8 50 11 50 a m 1 50 5 56 7 15 p m. Sunday mails arrive 8 a m and close 4 66 p m.
Buying Bonds and Boosting War Effort S
The article urges Liberty Bonds and fighting finance for the war effort and mentions public notices about manufacturing, hunting complaints, and a Rhode Island Company freight depot nearing completion with a driveway being built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindenburg
Herreshof Manufacturing Company
Mt Hope
Rhode Island Company
High Street
Bourne Street
Town notes and civic updates mix with war fund appeals
The column records a mix of town events: a Liberty Bond purchase by King Philip Fife and Drum Corps, civic meetings and postponed dances due to influenza, residents moving for work, church services, and local officials noting illness. military exams and naval orders appear alongside society notices and council reminders.
Influenza Hits Local Industry. Schools and Theaters Close
The town reports influenza activity steady from last week. Public schools and motion picture theatres remain closed for the week. Narragansett Rubber Company factory shut for two days due to widespread illness among workers. National India Rubber Company plant also reports many absentees, with 120 in the shoe stitching room absent yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narragansett Rubber Company
National India Rubber Company
Don't Be a Miser and We'll Lick the Kaiser
A wartime slogan appears in a short notice urging frugal wartime conduct with a bold promise to defeat the Kaiser. The piece reflects home front morale efforts and contemporary propaganda language.
Gavin William J. longtime Bristol resident dies in Wisconsin
William J. Gavin former Bristol resident dies Friday at age 32 at his home in Eau Claire Wisconsin Born in Cambridge Massachusetts he lived in Bristol eight years held clerical posts at National India Rubber and Namquit Worsted Mills Married Minnie McKevitt in 1911 He later worked for Chiago Rubber Racine and Chippewa Rubber before health declined now survived by wife parents a brother Edward sister Mae Gavin and other relatives Funeral at St Marys Bristol with interment at St Marys Cemetery.
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William J. Gavin
Eau Claire
Wis
Cambridge
Mass
Edward
Mary Gavin
National India Rubber Company
Minnie McKevitt
Catherine E
James T. McKevitt
Racine
Chiago Rubber Company
Chippewa Rubber Company
Bristol
St. Mary’s Church
Knights of Columbus
Elks Lodge
Mae Gavin
William T. Dwyer
Howe Street
St Mary’s Cemetery
Mrs Mary Louise Haines Dies After Illness at 20 Church Street
Mrs Mary Louise Haines wife of James T Haines died suddenly around 9 yesterday morning at her home 20 Church Street after a week of Spanish influenza that led to double pneumonia She passed away in the room where she was born and was in her 30s She was daughter of the late Charles and Mary Kerstin and resided in the area Survivors include her husband and three Anes Joseph Haines 18th Co Co S A stationed at Fort Wetherell RI George a minesweeper in the US Navy and Lloyd a member of the Students Army Training Corps at Kingston RI
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Haines
James T. Haines
Church Street
Charles
Mary Kerstin
Joseph Haines
S. A
Fort Wetherell
R I . George
United States Navy
and Lloyd
Students’ Army Training Corps
Kingston, R_ I
Death of Arthur O Rourke at 27 after Spanish influenza
Arthur O Rourke died Saturday morning at his home on Bourn street from pneumonia following Spanish influenza. He was 27, born in town, a son of Mary and the late Bernard O’Rourke, and a member of St Mary’s Church. He is survived by his mother and three brothers William, Peter, and Herbert, all ill with influenza. Funeral was at 9 o'clock this morning at St Mary’s Church, with interment in St Mary’s Cemetery Warren.
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Germany
Alice Murphy
James Murphy
Wood Street
John Rohrman
King Philip Fife and Drum Corps
Trinity Church
Rhode Island State Guard
Phyllis R. Farrally
New York
Geneva Winslow
Morningside Drive
Street
Woman's Relief Corps
Attleboro
Joseph V. Barry
James H. Barry
Fore River
Quincy
Mass
Arthur W. Barrett
Alton H Barrett
73D Artillery
A. F
England
Augustus O Bourn
Hope Street
Joseph E Simmons
Ferry Road
Bristol
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of
State Street ME
Fred G. Blaisdell
Constitution Street
Arthur O'Rourke
Bourn Street
Mary
Bernard O'Rourke
St. Mary's Church
Wiliam
Peter
Herbert
Samuel Kinder & Bro. Florists
St Mary's Church
St Mary’s Cemetery
Warren
Albert Marz
Providence
Frederick Marz
George
Frederick
Herman Marz
Usisterernmtre
Freda S Schaft
Mrs. Evelyn Hoftalen dies after brief illness at 28
Evelyn Isabel Hoftalen wife of Marcus Hoftalen died Friday at her Hope Street home after pneumonia. She was 28 born in South Portsmouth Rhode Island. Survived by mother Mrs Fhanbeth, husband four children and brother Albert Morton. Funeral held privately yesterday.
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Evelyn Isabel Hoftalen
Marcus Hoftalen
Hope Street
Portsmouth
R 1
Fhanbeth
Albert Morton
Warren
Death of Mary Head Marries Head Daugher in Pawtucket
Word was received yesterday of the death of Mary Head the only daughter of Mr and Mrs John P Head at her parents home in Pawtucket. Born December 29 1916 she fell ill a week ago with a severe cold that developed into pneumonia. Her mother is recovering. She leaves a brother John and her parents. Much sympathy is extended to the family.
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Mary
John P Head
Pawtucket
Jolm
Helen Church Wins Thriller In Ladies Tennis Match
At the Excelsior Tennis Courts yesterday Helen Church defeated De Sadeleer in a three set affair 1-6 6-4 9-7. Reynolds blanked Hammill 6-0 6-0 in the first round and Sullivan siblings led in mixed doubles.
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Helen Church
de Sadeleer
Excelsior
Mary Reynolds
Katherine A Hammill
Theresa Sullivan
James Sullivan
William W. Perry
Star and Pastime Theatres Renovated During Epidemic
Manager Charles H. Dillon spent about 1500 on improvements and alterations at Star and Pastime theatres during their enforced closure for the influenza epidemic. The Star received two new electric machines, new seats, a fresh screen, and renovated floors ceilings and woodwork. Pastime seats were replaced and the theatre thoroughly refurbished. Dillon also provided the billboards for the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign.
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Dillon
Star
Pastime
Charles H. Dillon
Dilion
Fifth District Court Continuances and Fines
In the Fifth District Court yesterday lingering illegal liquor selling cases were continued for one week. The larceny case Francisco Moura vs Manuel Almeida was discontinued on paying costs. A special session on Saturday before Judge Hammill fined John Sullivan of Newport five dollars plus costs for revelling.
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Fifth District
Francisco Moura
Manuel Almeida
Hammill
John Sullivan
Newport
Wallop William Well urges bond buying for defence indemnity
A wartime plea stresses purchasing bonds over indemnity, urging Freemen to buy bonds and asserting citizens must support defence needs. The message contrasts buy versus proportional sacrifice and frames refusal as disobedience.
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William
Thousands Die for Liberty Message Sparks Buying Demand
Newspaper notes a campaign urging support for liberty through purchases fueling a broader public mood. The piece cites widespread concern and frames consumer action as a civic obligation to back national ideals amid crisis.
Bristol Men Affected by War Draft Exemption Decisions
District Boards in Providence on Friday decided exemptions for Bristol registrants under industrial and agricultural categories. Denied and in class 1 were Llewellyn Conklin and Tony Capral. Class 2 division C included Jons M. Periera. division D included Edward G Garvin James J Burke George H ibbert Arthur G Perkins Walter H Germain James Saviano Mariano Pasqua. Class 3 division L named Harry W Munro as assistant industrial manager.
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Bristol
Providence
Llewellyn Conklin
Tony Capral
Church Street
Jons M. Periera
Edward G Garvin
Cooke Street
James J. Burke
George Hibbert
Hope Street
Arthur G. Perkins
Walter H. Germain
Thomas Street
James Saviano
Usher Avenue
Mariano Pasqua
Centre Street
Harry W. Munro
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Bristel Phoniiy
Eis
Bristel
Farrally Brothers “Proprietors
Bini
Farrally
Your’ Phenix
Hasbrouck
Prospect Farm Phenix Office
Herbert Lord and
Balaye
Editorial
Liberty Bonds
Post Office
A.M. P.M
Bristol and Vicinity
News of
Dodge & Camfield Co
Exchange Place
Butler Exchange
B. L
Mississippi
Garden City
Long Island
Thomas A Dwyer
Thomas Dwyer
John P Murphy
Camp Devens
George H Webb
Brown University
John R. Edwards
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Babbitt Post
Murdock McKenzie
Babbitt Woman's Relief Corps
Mrs
Rhe
Star and Pastime Theatres
District’ Court
W. A. Doran
MENTS
EEE
RCRA
Tel
TRAD
Prospect Farm
Phoenix Office
A. Campbell
Cole St
R. I
Apply Golt Farm
Bradford Farm
W. Seid
Ivy Guild of
St. Michael’s Church
E. W. Weaver
Pierce Avenue
D. Decristofaro & CO
Franklin ST
Frank
Edmund J. Lemaire
Bristol, BR. I
Gorham Express
Plano
Gorham
Pure Food Store
Fancy R. I
California
M.3& J
Liberty Brand
Chase & Sanborn’s
Challenge
Lion Brand
Borden’s
Victory
Charles A. Johnson
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