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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jan 09, 1918

Page

6

No Waste Marketer Exchanges Barbed Steak Banter

In a terse exchange from the Toledo Blade a marketer and butcher jostle over waste and who disliked the other’s approach. The fragment hints at rival claims and a local dispute captured in a brief, period-tinged snippet.

Milford Pastor Leaves to Enter Y.M.C.A. Work

Milford, Jan 8 Spectal Ann Jennie McNamara of South Norwalk will attend the meeting of Court Lauraton Daughters of Castile Tuesday evening and a full attendance is requested. A wedding at the Milford Methodist church on Broad street united Miss Marguerite Qadie to Addie in a broadcloth traveling suit. The Rev William H Mitchell preached his last Milford sermon prior to taking up M A A work in a southern camp. Several local residents are noted for moves, returns, and travel including Ella Ward and family members visiting Brooklyn and New York City locations.

John Barrett Oddie John Oddie Maynard Brooklyn Ruth Neile Milford Oddie High Street Methodist Church Bor Cecil Ward Simon Broad Street Ford Miriam Lake Simon Lake William H. Mitchell Milford Methodist Church Westvile Methodist Church Mitchell Edgar Barrell Clarence Baldwin Jesse Banks Walter McCarthy Eugene Sullivan Edward Maher John Glenney William Wick Fort Michie N. Y 46 Coast Artillery Regiment Fort H. G. Wright Fishers Island New York Alethen Circle Charles E. Budgen Walter Smith E. B. Burwell George Whitcomb John T. Campbell Edward M. Benjamin Frank Graham Hine Robert Harte New York, New Haven and Hartford Prospect Street Seagrave Edwin B. Baldwin Cherry Street Augur Ida Beach Woodmont Mont Clair N. J Oleanore Maroney Fort Trumbull Beach New York City Merritt Clarke Wenawag Manor Salisbury School Wopowage Lodge ITC Thomas Dewhairst United States Naval Reserves Pensacola Fla Dewhurst Green Clifford Morris Beulah Morris Waterbury George B. Clark Groad Street

Hellish Rant Glorifies Bill in Afterlife Satire

Fragmented text presents a bleak postwar spoof in which a speaker revels in Bill's exploits and mockery of enemies, claiming Bill’s prowess outshines others. A mock prophecy hints at Bill descending to Hell with praise for his ruthless wartime acts and a final, defiant benediction.

Verbal Rampage Wartime Verse At Verdun Memorial

A fragmented wartime poem laments German soldiers at Verdun and mocks Kaiser and Hohenzollern. The piece, filled with fierce religious and infernal imagery, portrays Hell’s leaders and a mocking Devil as shells rain and the war’s brutality unfolds.

Claims Committee to Dispose of Many Matters

The aldermen claims committee will meet Friday night to dispose of pending matters including several minor claims and the $250 damages claim by George F E Thietcke from a collision with a street department motorcycle operator A Neary. The fire committee will meet Friday night and act on applications to install outside gasoline tanks.

Board of Aldermen George FE Thietcke A. Neary

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