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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1919
Page
16
AVS Morris plans a large children's fete with an informal program and guest list including Miss Pegsy’s party. The item lists numerous local residents attending events, weddings, teas, and club meetings at Brooklawn, Fairfield, and Stratford venues, noting travel, engagements, and upcoming ceremonies across Milford, Bridgeport, and surrounding towns.
Major Frederick J. Adams returns from overseas to address the YWCA Trained Attendants club at Golden Hill street rooms tonight at eight. He will summarize service in the Medical corps for student nurses and those who completed courses offered by the association. A brief business session precedes the talk.
On Wednesday at 3 30 pm a millinery demonstration near City hall on Slate Street will repeat Gladys RB Green Home Demonstration Agent leading a simple summer hat making kit from crinoline frame wire and fabric. She will show buckram brim design straw use and matching trims, inviting Bridgeport women to learn to make their own millinery.
The article notes a wedding party leader traveling with Mr. Morris of Blas Narrow Fabric Co in Utica and planning motor trips through the Adirondacks, then returning via the Mohawk Trail. It mentions Mrs. Samuel C Shaw promoting Citizenship funds from the YWCA, and various local events at the City Normal School and Lordship Manor.
The Internal Revenue Bureau announces penalties for violations of the upcoming prohibition law effective July 1. Failures to register carry a $500 penalty. fines range from $100 to $1,000 with 1 to 2 years imprisonment. Making liquor in passenger cars incurs a $1.100 tax. Violations of wartime prohibition face a $1,000 fine or a year imprisonment. Making whiskey mash or beer bears fines from $500 to $5,000 and 6 months to 3 years imprisonment.
Cardinal Mercier will visit America in early September for five or six weeks. He will be guest of Archbishop Hayes in New York and Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore. The plans were announced by William P. Larkin of the Knights of Columbus after a ten weeks survey of war relief work abroad.
Terryville crowds report Ira Norton killed a four foot rattlesnake at Mt Toby district Saturday described as a diamond back with eight rattles and a button. Also Smith College graduation awards 391 diplomas at John M. Greene Hall Northampton with Dean Virginia C. Eldersleeve of Barnard delivering the address.
In Wilmington area, Mrs. Mary Adams and Mrs. Smarian Camperson, said to be America’s oldest twins, mark their eighty third birthday. Born in the outskirts of Wilmington in 1836 to Charles McCafferty family, Camperson has five children twenty two grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren, Adams is childless. Both are hale and seen walking together on market days and do their own horse work.
Washington June 17 The plan to place a spy with every American unit failed due to prompt DoJ arrests and internment of German aliens Brigadier General Marborough Churchill testified detailing agent deployment from The Hague and German lines and the value of intelligence. he noted Bolshevism study and a map of Bolshevik assembly points in New York and Brooklyn.
The American Automobile Association tour car stopped outside the Post Publishing building in Bridgeport as the 18th eastbound stop since starting from San Francisco April 15. It tests eastern roads and found better conditions than western ones. Driver Dun Nee of Santa Cruz leads the trip headed toward Canada. The car, with ropes, shovels, weather gear and altitude meters, has logged 6 665 miles.
Louisville June 17 The railroad administration notified all distillers that no whiskey would be received for transportation after Friday All shipments must be prepaid since railroads do not wish to incur loss if liquor arrives after July 1 At present a third of outbound shipments consist of whiskey
Letters recount Dr Louis Nutting using rational treatment to cure a man with staged chills and nerve issues. The narrator notes Nutting’s method targets underlying cause, improves blood circulation and relief, and promises prompt appointment calls. Scene shifts to shopping at local stores with mentions of wedding bands and fashion items, reflecting everyday life.
A peach colored organeite dress is described with plain trimming and deep tuck detailing. The item features rows of fine net frills and a delicate textured surface, noted in a whimsical, period voice.
Washington June 17 The Shipping Board led by Chairman Hurley sold nine teen steel cargo ships totaling 128472 dead weight tons to New York ship operators for 216 to 225 dollars per ton in what he called the greatest steamship sale ever. Total payment about 27821120 dollars with purchasers unnamed. Vessels range 5350 to 9609 tons, 30 percent due first year and 15 percent annually for four years.
In Danbury, a motion by J Moss Ives as receiver seeks court permission to discontinue the Eum Street line of the Danbury and Bethel Street Railway and to settle a wage dispute with employees. Both motions are set for hearing on the short calendar Friday. The rest of the text describes unrelated 1920s shopping and daily life scenes.
First person memoir excerpt detailing a woman's early married life, her sexuality, her father figure, and intense relationship with Crittenden Hayes. She recalls youth, sport, family ties, fears, and her drive for happiness while acknowledging flaws and protective instincts within a turbulent partnership.
County Game Warden Wilbur F. Smith arrested Derby motorcycle officer Charles H. Kennen for taking pickerel under twelve inches at Lake Mamanasco. Kennen failed to appear before Justice Louis L. Walden, resulting in forfeiture of a $25 cash bond.
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