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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1918
Page
9
Debate on the advisability of holding Sunday school before the morning service will be the subject at the adjourned meeting of pastors and Sunday school superintendents. The meeting is set for tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the First Methodist church.
Overwork and worry are blamed for many ills as the ad promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills to build up the blood. Mrs. Herbert J. May of New London recounts relief after taking the pills, claiming improved appetite, sleep, and strength within a week. The pills promise to help debility from bad blood and are sold with a disclaimer of no opiates.
Miss Florence Dorner, 17, of Richmond Hill, attempted to board a westbound Long Island local at Morris Park, slipped on ice, fell between car and platform, and was run over by six cars. Surgeons at Jamaica hospital report likely fatal injuries after leg amputations. She remained conscious briefly and asked a policeman not to tell her mother.
William Loper of this city fears for Corporal Roscoe R. Loper of the 213th Aero squadron after Tuscania was torpedoed. A Washington message once raised hope his brother survived, but no survivor list names Corporal Loper. The family remains unsettled by continued silence amid conflicting reports and rumors.
Nichols February 14 special report notes the Nichols Auxiliary of the Red Cross began the year with 80 active members. Despite severe weather, President Mrs Edward Nothn angie sent supplies to Bridgeport including 9 pajama pairs 10 hospital shirts 69 sweaters 2 socks 16 wristlets and 2 helmets. Mrs G J Bixby leads knitting as school children contribute 25 hemmed handkerchiefs under Miss Julia McCarthy. Two local boys Edward Marshall and Ivan K Sadowsky enlisted in the aviation corps and were fitted with gear. Also announced are a Father and Son banquet at 7:30 pm Friday in Sunday school rooms of the Methodist church and two other fundraisers by the M C A sewing circle and Girls club to aid the Red Cross. Miss Helen Athearn returns to Brooklyn after a visit with relatives. Miss Olive Rays of Windsor visits Mrs I M Anderson.
Two thousand miners of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad go on strike and eight coal mines idle. The wage dispute is cited as the reason, with Fuel Administrator Garfield informed. Also in Birmingham a man named John Bruckner, 40, was held for assault on his wife and jailed at police headquarters pending city court arraignment.
New York report on Martha Washington Hotel elevator girls who were fired after guests complained of recklessness and chatter. Manager George C. Brown supported women in the workforce though elevator attendants faced accusations of unsafe lifts and familiar behavior. The piece notes the hotel's historic role employing elevated staff and the shift as women entered more jobs.
Gladys Vaness aged 14 died yesterday at 160 Courtland Street. Funeral at 2 PM Saturday at M. J. Gannon funeral home, 3145 John Street. Mary A. McBride widow of John McBride died last evening at 2294 West Main Street, aged 77, survived by two sons, two daughters, 11 grandchildren. Funeral for Frank N. Benham Sr. at 2 PM today at 298 Linden Avenue, burial Mountain Grove Cemetery. Edward C. Sullivan funeral held at 8:30 AM yesterday, then 9 AM Mass at Sacred Heart Church. Pallbearers listed. Martin W. Giblin funeral at 9 AM yesterday from 68 Clarence Street, Mass at St Mary’s, burial St Michael’s Cemetery. Catherine Jones Gasper died yesterday morning at 44 Wentworth Street. Charles H. Lord, 67, died Wednesday at 167 Gilman Street. funeral 2 PM Saturday at sister’s home. burial Mountain Grove Cemetery. Leroy E. Pinney, 67, died yesterday. funeral 3:30 PM Saturday at 187 Ash Street. burial Mountain Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Fannie Anderson funeral yesterday at Bishop’s Mortuary Chapel 274 Fairfield Avenue. burial Park Cemetery. Leroy Mosgrove funeral yesterday at Bishop’s Mortuary Chapel. burial Park Cemetery. George A. Dell, 65, fired Wednesday at 2014 Main Street. funeral Saturday morning at his home. requiem Mass at St Joseph’s Church.
A Texas rural precinct named Mountain Springs leans 21 votes to the Republican candidate in national elections though it has limited communication and only weekly mail. A county chairman collected returns days after election, prompting a skeptical remark about the absence of votes for Wilson and suggesting a possible anomaly.
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