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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1918
Page
11
In Birmingham on February 23, striking United Mine Workers miners refused to return to work after voting, despite pleas from organizers and officials. They demand government consideration of claims that Garfield agreement terms are not being met by operators, pending fuel administration inquiry.
Ansonia report states Mrs. Josephine Gromski died at Griffin Hospital after attempting to speed a kitchen fire with gasoline mistaken for kerosene. She left behind a husband and two young children.
Ray mond EH Brady of Norwalk has been notified by Rep Schuyler Merritt of Stamford that he has a naval academy appointment. The formal appointment will be received in a few days. The note ends with a humorous aside credited to the Exchange about nature and two noses.
A pair of WWI era poems memoir style: The Coming of Spring encourages boys to drum and fight the Huns, while The Fellow Who Was Drafted contrasts feelings of reluctance with enlisted pride. The piece notes Edward Donelly, aged 12, Grade VI, Elias Howe School, as author of the second poem.
A wartime poem voice questions a reluctant reader who delays volunteering. It contrasts volunteers with those who wait to be drafted and mocks cowardice while honoring those who served. The piece invokes a soldier's perspective, homefront tears, and the calls to bravery.
At the war rally in Tepney on Feb 26 the Public Defender Robert G. DeForest of Bridgeport will speak. The Liberty Chorus directed by August Jacot will sing patriotic selections. Enrollment for shipyard service organized by Postmaster William Hawley seeks volunteers for Connecticut quota of 10,000 men. Arthur J. Hull chairs Monroe war board with multiple committees named for relief, information, labor, food, and war savings. Six town school teachers listed among participants. After delays, Bremen sailing story seen as exaggerated.
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