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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1918
Page
13
The Telegram invites women to send news and notes for the Woman's Page. Items should include sender name and address for publication. Contributions may be telephoned to Barnum 6100 to ensure appearance.
Miss Elizabeth Rose entertained guests at Jancheon for a house party at Black Rock Shore and Country club. Among visitors were Miss Edith Wales of Hampton Virginia and couples from Hampton and Tort Conm 4. Several locals recover from illnesses and travel to Boston, New York, or Niagara Falls, with notices of vacations and arrivals.
City youth over 12 invited to 10 o'clock gathering at the Sanford Home on Washington avenue to organize the Junior Food Army. ZL. M. Johnson of the Fairfield County Farm Bureau will explain the need for food preservation and participation. No formal leadership yet. Miss Irene Weed to welcome attendees and help organize.
A woman writes that the public overindulges despite Food Administration urging thrift. She notes greater wartime consumption since the administration began and urges readers to curb appetite to feed soldiers, reminding them these are war times and sacrifices are needed.
Daily operations close at six o'clock, with the store announcing regular closing time. The fragment notes a pricing or deal motif and references a Read Co entity, but the text is incomplete.
The catalog notes fall dress expectations with early-buy advice and a wide range of children and women’s clothing. It highlights Little Boys Summer Wash Suits, Middy Suits, Seersucker Rompers, Bathing Shoes, and the new ice cream freezer. Discounts include heavy reductions on sheets, spreads, and summer fabrics, with a two day sale planned and new French soaps offered.
Twenty six members of the 23rd Connecticut Regiment of the Grand Army gathered for a reunion at Savin Hook. John H. Cogswell of 247 Norman Street was elected president for the coming year, succeeding William H. Hines of Naugatuck. Mrs. Frant Waters of Middlebury will serve as secretary for the year.
Julius Wainer of Tl Shelton street announces the engagement of his daughter Miss Tau Ruth Wainer to Mark Schoenberg of New York. The couple will marry August 25 at the bride’s home with immediate family present and will reside in New York.
Captain William Merritt and ten crewmen of the American schooner Dorothy Barratt landed at Cape May New Jersey after being picked up by a patrol vessel following the sinking by a German submarine off the coast. Merritt described the encounter, shots fired, and the vessel going down in flames, valued at about 170000 dollars.
United States Senator James Hamilton Lewis has arrived in Paris and will visit today with General John J. Pershing commander of American forces. He intends to inspect the American line front in Irene and Irene.
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