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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1918
Page
3
Baron De Moorsel, a Belgian nobleman and lieutenant in the Belzinn army, will speak Sunday afternoon at the YMCA. Described as a thrilling lecturer, he brings eight years of service and 78 months in the trenches with vivid firsthand war stories from Amiens and the front.
The federal income tax office in the local post office will keep open Monday night from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. and remain open on Tuesday Lincoln's birthday. Volunteers are urged to assist as workers fear they may not finish by March 1 due to heavy workload.
The recruiting office on Fairfield Avenue will stay open tomorrow due to a rally at Fairfield High School. A Monday night rally will feature moving pictures on the British army and navy invasion and is expected to be the biggest of its kind in Isridgeport. Two recruits were accepted yesterday by Sergeant O M Johnson and sent to New Haven for examination and enlistment.
Pennis A AbeCurthy, a young writer of exceptional gift, will deliver an address at St Augustine's hall Monday evening under the auspices of the Catholic Charitable bureau. Proceeds go toward maintaining St Vincent's Day nursery. The lecture hall will be warm, with fuel provided by the fuel administration.
Gordon Selfridge of London told the National Dry Goods Association convention in New York that luxuries must end. He noted luxuries were eliminated abroad long ago and urged merchants to focus on necessities and conduct business accordingly during the war.
Milford notes include a ceremony honoring Regent M Pond of New York and Milford, with Misses Sumner and Robinson praised for songs and recitations. The community hosts a refugee of naval service, opens a Merchant Marine recruiting office, and previews State Council of Defense war pictures at the Colonial Theatre to raise funds for defense work.
In the fourteenth week of the laying contest at Storrs the total eggs laid reached 2,089 about 38 percent yield. Robinson's pen of White Leghorns led, with 10 birds laying 2 eggs to win first place. Barred Smocks from West Hampton Beach placed second with 45 eggs, and Rhode Island Reds from Pittsfield were third with 44 eggs. Many flocks have been depleted recently, pullets will lay faster in coming months, and the best pens in Barved Plymouth Rocks, White Wyandottes, and Rhode Island Reds are listed with top producers. A library note announces closure for repairs. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertisement.
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