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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1918
Page
4
A court yesterday reprimanded Detective Sergeant George for failing to appear to testify against Josephine. The case was called, but he did not come into the courtroom in time for testimony.
Washington announced that fifty thousand women will be needed by July next year to assist in caring for the sick and wounded. Surgeon General Gorgas said young wives with husbands fighting in France would be accepted as hospital assistants. Most will be trained nurses for overseas service. 15,000 may serve in the United States. An Army School of Nursing will train fit women aged 21 to 38 to work abroad as needed.
A crowded church listing shows services across Baptist, Christian Science, Congregational, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian and other denominations. Highlights include Second Baptist at Kossuth and Arctis, First Church of Christ Scientist at 871 Lafayette, Park Street Congregational at Barnum Ave, and St. John's Park and Fairfield avenues offerings with varied morning and evening services and Sunday schools. plus Red Cross notes and a soldiers sermon at St James church.
John Quitan of ATT Church street was fined 75 dollars and court costs after a City court ruling on a Mayhew charge. He initially refused to say he would fight for the United States and appealed, but agreed to bond 200 dollars and waived his rights when the judge reduced the fine to 15 dollars plus costs.
An advertisement from A. Younch of Schenectady touts a natural remedy marketed as part of New Thought and Christian Science ideas. It claims relief for liver and stomach issues, improved complexion, and renewed vitality, urging readers to try the product for $2.50 from TIVES Limited in Ogden, New York.
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