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Newspaper

Bridgeport Standard Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1919

Page

11

Social whirl fills Brooklawn Club outing and town notes

Winthrop Price hosts a Brooklawn Country Club sideline event drawing golf enthusiasts. The evening features a dinner dance with many guests including Miles A. Cowles and Susan Colaman, while numerous locals Hall, Weeks, Hincks, and others plan visits and summer trips to Lake George, Bridgeport, and coastal resorts.

Winthrop Price Washington Brooklawn Coun Miles A. Cowles North Field Artillery William T. Hincks Charles E. Weeks Ter Mies Susan Colaman Bridgewater Lyman

British land scatter investments amid market shifts

The article notes a broad dispersal of British land profits into diverse holdings including an Irish river valley for small farms and art and wine investments. It cites landowners diversifying into paints, aris goods, and vineyards in British Columbia and Southern France as governments accumulate land assets in anticipation of upheaval. The piece includes a recipe for fresh mint drink with mint, sugar, and green coloring.

London Ireland British Columbia France

Mrs Hill Visits Soldiers Homes

Mrs George E Hill of this city who served with the YMCA in France has carried comforts to soldiers who died there and delivered messages to bereaved mothers. She has toured the middle west writing letters to families and plans to stay in this city this fall. She recently traveled to Santa Barbara with a nurse sister in France and may take a reconstruction course.

George E. Hill Irance France Hill Middle West Europe Iss Beet Hil Tahoe Lake Yosemite Riverside Pagedena Mt. Ranier Portland Glacier National Park Fil C. A Chaiman

Red Cross Home Service to Persist Postwar Programs

The American Red Cross argues for a continuing home service program as soldiers and families face demobilization and readjustment. J Byron Deacon leads planning for a peace time manual while Mrs John M Glenn expands the New York unit including a teaching centre at Madison Avenue and a first home school on West Twenty sixth Street. The aim is to aid families with sickness finances legal troubles and child education and to protect them from unscrupulous influences.

Helief American Red Cross United States J. Byron Deacon Igeucon Department of the Red Cross New York Home Service John M. Glenn Glenn Madison Avenue Hines West Twenty-sixth Street

Y W C A School Girls Monday Outings at Lordship

Y W C A school girls in the city hold Monday outings at the Lordship Almor recreation camp overlooking Lighthouse Point. Girls ages 16 to 32 are invited to Golden Mill Street rooms for box lunches and summer swimming, water sports, and weekend parties. The camp features tents and a shack from wartime industrial work now serving girls work. Tennis clubs prepare for fall tournaments.

YY. W Lordship Almor Lighthouse Point Golden Mill Street Sumner Hain Wilson Association

Christmas Dinner Plans and a Bet on a Guest List

In a tale of marriage and social maneuvering, plans for a Christmas dinner unfold as Bess Hayes and Crittenden devise guests including Elizabeth Harding and Betty Langley. Jack Langley weighs in on guest selection, while hidden feelings and romantic inclinations spice the decisions. The dialogue hints at past tensions and family involvement shaping the festive event.

Biesides Daddy Mother Hayes Boyds Deady Crittenden Langley Eligabeth Harding Pen Jack Elizabeth Miss Allen Miss Alen Elizabeth Earding Jack Moorthy Fle Betty Crivanden Bus Yre Crittenden Srid

Members Return From Steeplechase Camp With Company C

Members of Company C Pwearth Regiment C 8 G returned from a weekend steeplechase camp on Steeplechase Island in Bridgeport. The unit practiced bayonet and guard drills under Lt Naramore and Captain Lounsbury, with meals praised by mess sergeant Morris Klein. Camp duties included setting up barracks and a kitchen, and swimming and school in the afternoon after guard duty.

Lounsbury Pwearth Regiment Bridgeport Steeplechase Island Morris Klein Pershine Witty William Lounsbury Larence B. Naramore Unig Albert N. Montross wWilpert A. McCarvill Naramore Adolph Ehub

Elizabeth Fenner Specialist Hair and Cosmetic Services

Elizabeth Fenner offers permanent eyebrow shaping and facial cosmetic services using an electric needle process. The ad promises privacy and states the business is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, near the Bank Building.

Elizabeth Fenner Bridgeport Conn Nate BANK

Good Crabbing Reported In Housatonic River

In Stratford on August 17 crab fishermen report abundant catches in the Housatonic River and nearby creeks with dozens taken each tide. Nate Osborn, a noted crab fisher, says this year yields more shellfish than in years past around Stratford.

Housatonic River Stratford Housantonic River Nate Osborn

Mink Cape Wrap and Wolf Fur Garments on Sale

A display of fur garments offers Mink Cape Wraps from dark Eastern mink with gathered yoke, Hudson Seal Dolman Wraps, Gray Squirrel Dolman Wraps, Black Astrakhan with lynx or kolinsky collars, Natural Beaver Coats and Gray Karacul pieces. Nutria and Fox styles appear with assorted linings, prices from $385 to $785, with August specials.

Hudson Seal Lynx

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