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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1918
Page
8
Ellen Lane Spencer explains that modern carbon copies create permanent records for letters and enclosures. She advises noting enclosures, tracking sent copies, and recording telephone conversations to ensure complete, accessible business records across all lines of work.
The Fairfield county farm bureau held a food demonstration in the Art league rooms with Miss Elizabeth Angell in charge presenting meat substitutes including a cheese rice fondue. The event urged more city women to attend future sessions and announced the next demo on potatoes two weeks from yesterday.
An advertisement claims La-May facial powder contains no white lead or rice powder and stays on until washed off. It offers $5000 to any chemist who finds white lead and touts benefits for preventing enlarged pores and pimples. Sold in large size for fifty cents and half size twenty-five cents.
Hartford official Tawell Cheney visited Bridgeport to review progress in the Thrift Stamps campaign. Bridgeport averages $6,500 daily sales, leading the state, followed by New Haven $5,200, Waterbury $3,500, and Hartford $3,000. The effort, organized by postal workers and the state director, includes 650 agencies citywide and new sales at the Manufacturers' Association banquet, where $450 in stamps were sold. Women sellers named and the Business Men's Protective Association adopted the saving system, pledging weekly purchases.
The Bridgeport War Bureau women’s committee met at Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce to plan the Salvation Army tag day set for Saturday March. They expect to raise $4,000 in Bridgeport for the war work fund to support Salvation Army operations in Europe. Minute Women of Bridgeport will assist and funds will aid ongoing war relief.
A new appeal for field glasses and binoculars has been issued by the Navy department with rental payments and end-of-war return promises. Send contributions to the Naval Observatory care of Franklin D. Roosevelt Washington D C Flow.
The Bridgeport Symphony Society presented a diverse program assisted by the Wednesday Afternoon Musical. Vocal sextet, waltz song Sunlight, and instrumental trio highlighted a well trained ensemble. Conductor John Raynolds led the Bridgeport orchestra with a long list of soloists and musicians.
A friend writes from a college town describing farewell plans as friends prepare for wartime duties in France. Letters discuss Harold's pending captaincy, eye care needs, and the strain of wartime separation. The piece notes community fundraising, M. A. P. drives, a new restaurant venture, Style Week talks, and local merchants aiding daily life during winter.
Adele Garrison presents Mrs Graham and Dicky planning a summer of motor boat trips and horseback riding while dodging Miss Draper. Tension flickers as Madge recalls Marvin and debates frugal travel against romantic promises, with hints of jealousy and renewed affection.
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