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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1919
Page
12
The column surveys 1919 summer fabrics and styles, praising organdie gowns and airy blends like chintz voile gingham and silk. It advises one strong fabric choice per outfit, notes pastel shades, and outlines details such as ruffles, short puff sleeves, embroidery dots, and sashes to achieve smartness for afternoon or evening wear.
Devon announces a Memorial Day parade from the Improve ment association on Naugatuck avenue to Liberty Rock with the Devon Boys Fife and Drum corps leading. Firemen Red Cross and school groups will join. parade at 8 30. In afternoon, Devon baseball club vs Devon Hose team at the local diamond. Lundquist will not pitch for the Devons. firemen’s Johnson to catch. game at 8 o'clock amid high hopes.
Miss Margaret Winfield Stewart, a Washington labor department offspring, gains admission to the US Supreme Court practice and is praised as a modern Portia. Parallel items note Miss Blanchard organizing taxi teas for nurses, Queen Marie of Roumania shopping abroad, and various progressions in women’s roles in labor, military sisterhood, and national service.
Derby and Shelton jointly held Memorial Day services with Civil War veterans and escorts present. Rev Watson L. Phillips spoke on the Civil War and republic history, as Connecticut State Guard Band provided music. Veterans then decorated graves at Huntington Center for 120 comrades.
Woman says seven years of back pain and irregularities vanished after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She cites relief from weakness and pain and urges others with displacements, irregularities, or blues to try the remedy. Advertisement from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co of Lynn, Massachusetts.
SHISUUVON March 13 memorial service honor Private Chester A. Gade United States Marines killed in action at Chateau Thierry June 3 last held today at Sheltyn Church Hundreds of uniformed men attended Gade a Marine among many who died in the battle noted for its brutal ferocity A eulogy recalled his active Methodist Church service and character
Rome May 4 The fourth anniversary of Italy joining the war was marked without demonstrations. Public buildings wore decorations and government discouraged public hearings and demonstrations. Captain Gebrigig D'Annunsio was to speak but the meeting was canceled at the government request amid the dispute over Paris peace conference negotiations. Rev John T Hamilton preached. Gade, noted musician and church organist, recalled.
Walnut Beach and Myrtle Beach reports from May show early crowds at Mast Broadway and Morrison Park as concessions begin season openings ahead of Memorial Day. Police ban live stock prize attractions on the shore after past abuses, while Myrtle Beach welcomes actress Florence Evans arriving for the summer at Cedar Street cottage.
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