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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
10
A humorous, old style essay on baby cabs as round-shouldered repeat-use carts for infants. It critiques gender roles, noting fathers wheeze delivering babies and mothers shop, while ancient customs used back carries. It expands to twins and triples, mocks bondage to women, and ends with a wry claim about busy men at age two.
Ruth Cameroon reflects on wartime motherhood and the pressure on wives to influence husbands to dodge service. She questions guilt, happiness, and the burden of keeping families intact while men face conscription, noting women’s resentment and fear as the nation seeks unity. The piece contrasts maternal worry with the broader duty of sacrifice during conflict.
A fragment describes bystander etiquette on a crowded street, where men offer seats to a woman with a baby in her arms. The text mentions a poodle named Sandy and a curious reaction from passersby amid a dimly described setting.
A collage of humorous epigrams and brief vignettes by Luke McLuke including the tale of Bill Boffin who bought on installments, jokes about labor and rent, didoes about IWW objections, and scattered quips about urban life. The pieces mix satire with anonymous notes, poems and stray references from various papers.
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