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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
10
The L essata crew remains unreported after leaving Port William November 23. A cabin root found near Five File Point was initially linked to the missing ship but later identified as from an old wreck. The boats are described as 150 feet long with four inch guns fore and aft and carry thirty men.
Prohibitionists plan a bid for the next House speakership in Hartford, backing Orville Ripley of Winchester as a Republican nominee to control committees and block liquor-friendly candidates. Other hopefuls include William A. King, William H. Hall, Frederick W. Huxford, James B. Walsh, Willard Rogers, with the race to be decided January 8 amid intra party clashes and cross party pressures.
Washington December 6 War department released a list of officers and enlisted men held in German prison camps. Included are Lt George B Woods Boston Mass at Hospital Fuerstenfeldbruck Lt Cassius H Styles South Hero Utah Lt James W Fone Bridport Conn John D Colgo Lin Somersworth MN Claude H Edwards no record Edgar Gagnon Gardner Mass reported in good health William F Crofton Providence RI reported wounded and Hope missing in action months ago.
Milten Stock, third baseman of the Philadelphia Nationals, quits after refusing to join the local boiler makers union as Alabanmit Bre Dock and Shipbuilding fails to discharge him. About 1,200 boiler makers quit work at the plant amid government contract work. Other notes include a New York report on Count Di Cellere and the Wilson era guest on the George Washington, and a domestic remark about a husband and a wife.
A concise quip notes a woman’s reluctance to work before romance but she becomes combative after securing a relationship. The line contrasts pride in labor with assertiveness after union, reflecting a sharp, old fashioned social observation.
Key West Florida woman describes five years of back pain and fatigue. After trying various medicines she credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with improvement and enabling her to resume housework. She urges others with female ailments to consult the company for advice.
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