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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1918
Page
14
Woman's editorial praises the Salvation Army at Christmas urging readers to donate to the baskets at Wall and Main. It recalls their wartime service and asks generosity to aid poor families, remembers soldiers overseas and the doughnuts that lifted spirits, and encourages giving early.
Betty recalls life in the city with Blake as his art career progresses. She endures illness, fears, and a premature loss of their child after a frightening night with Jane. Aunt Helen urges restraint while Blake remains distant yet committed, and the couple travels to the Thousand Islands seeking renewed gaiety to lift Betty’s spirits.
Funeral notices for Thomas Shea at St. Augustine's with high mass by Rev. Walter Grady and burial at St. Michael's, plus Frank L. Smith's service at 232 Clinton Avenue with delegation from the American Graphophone plant and interment at Lakeview Cemetery. Also infant Donald G Stanley noted, death of Anthony George Capasso, and Catta Tomlinson funeral at Milford, with interments at local cemeteries.
The Mothers' Comfort club hosted a large social at Mrs. iank J. Latley's Fairfield Ave home last night drawing over 500 visitors across afternoon and evening. Bridge whist prizes, billiards, dancing, and a generous buffet entertained attendees with performances by Judith Landbberg Flatners, Florence Legere Hayes, and Gene viceve Brown.
A diary style interaction shows Eve in a green uniform discussing how she nurses sick sailors and longs for last summer's fiction. She asks for books to comfort those aboard, remarking on her appearance and mood while describing a smart outfit and a tea pause as a large books promise looms.
The diary style piece describes Christmas shopping in Bridgeport with mentions of booksellers at Chamberlin and Shropshire, the Vogue Dress Shop in the Stratfield building cutting coat prices, and affordable gifts from American Hardware Stores. It notes sleds like Flexible Flyers, Silver pieces at G W Fairchild and Sons, and suggests practical buying for holidays and everyday needs.
More than 300 people attended the Victory whist pinochle dance and entertainment by Harmony Lodge in the Staples building on State Street last night. The affair raised over $300 for the United War Fund, with prizes awarded, a vocal program, and dancing afterward. Committee in charge included Abraham Schnee and Joseph Solomon among others.
Friends and business associates surprised Mrs Donald Gordon Holmes at her French street home with a miscellaneous shower two weeks after her marriage to Mr Holmes. The evening included singing dancing and games followed by an elaborate supper. Numerous attendees listed including Miss Hellen Davis Miss Anna Shaver Mrs Theodore Bradshaw and others. A further note mentions an “A HD-WELCOME FUND” and names several participants inspiring postevent reflection.
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