War and Women Voices Align With Courage and Duty
Fragmentary text reflects wartime rhetoric on duty and gender roles. Mentions Pankhurst and the idea that men owe something to war while women assert moral support. Ambiguous statements hint at debates over right to fight and peace, with scattered quotes and incomplete phrases.
Newtown News Letter notes wartime stamps and local events
In Newtown the town paper reports on war revenue stamps for deeds and mortgages to be affixed later, a community fundraiser of about $160 for May Day, jury duties for residents in Bridgeport, and various local social notices. It notes the Haugh family, a death of Michael Haugh, and multiple visits and gatherings around town while touching on local legal and civic matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bown
Pitzschler
A& Be
Troy
Anna Troy
May Bean
May Houlihan
Trey
Deege
James
Sawberyville
Newtown
Shailip
Et. Haugh
Botsford
Michael Haugh
Iooner
Miss
Jane Haugh
Holy Name Society
George T. Sinnott
Hartford
Sunset Inn
Eer
C. F. Beardsley
Newtown -Savings Bank
Peese
Mary Keane
Bradley
Mr. Haugh Aye
Tuetler
John F. Keating
Margaret Bradley
Sandy Hook
Bridgeport
William G. Hard
Bedient
Norwalk
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Pankhurst
Howe
Amen
Jyromen Todey
Wales
James Campbel
Eldse
Father Coholan
New Britain
Pakkis
H. M Greenman
Mira Intes Yee
Frank UN Madette
Trumbull
James Clark
Halfway River District
Florence Clark
Long Emd
Caroline George
Trinity
H. Geores
Florence Gaffney
Hanford
Cal
W. A. Sawyer
Berkeley
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Sawyer
Cient
Bryan
Washington
West
Southworth’s
Frisbie’s Pies
Internal Revenue
Amas Club
A Wissner
Wissner
Nisk
Vwiissner Pianos
Bridgeport, Conn