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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1918
Page
13
A rugged tale blends legend and lore of General Putnam, famed for plowing through granite fields and escaping a cliff ride with a Clydale plow horse. Illustrated with photographs and folklore, the piece mixes history, war feats, and rustic philosophy in a period voice.
The semi-official news agency notes overseas grain and cattle feed imports can resume only after a definite economic agreement with the Allies. Under the provisional U.S. arrangement, Dutch ships in American ports have been allowed only short voyages.
A compact collage of snappy jokes and quips from the George Luke McLuke column. Items include puns about optimists, a joke about an amputee with humor, a farmer’s take on embezzlers, a Shakespeare misfire, etiquette notes, and light quips about politicians, drivers and social mores.
George C Holdt announced a new company formed to take over the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. He will remain heavily involved and sit on the board, with Ann Duldl retaining control of related entities Stratford Travel in Philadelphia and Waldart a dmppartition company unchanged.
New York Feb 3 Food Administrator Hoover in a letter to the National Security League praised its plan to close its congress of national service in Chicago on February 28 with a dinner that will be meatless, wheatless and sweetless. He lauded the adherence to food conservation and the patriotic service of its members amid grave wheat and meat shortages.
A volunteer committee led by Edmund L Baylies of New York will raise 32,000,000 for families of navy officers and men who lose their lives in the war. Rear Admiral Nkh Ushgi announced the plan, with Rear Admiral Charley ONeil as president of the naval relief society. The fund will be collected nationwide, especially along the seaboard, and called the Emergency War Fund Committee.
A quoted pledge on New Year’s Day shows an individual named Mary vowing to keep herself from debt. She states she is on thin ice yet remains determined, insisting the vow has not been broken.
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