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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1918
Page
19
A humorous piece contrasts sewing circles and the female foot pedal era with a modern electric machine and a playful dig at marriage. It savors the domestic stage, notes the husband resting as his wife pedals, and jokes about the dawn of women’s independence through sewing tech.
A humorous collage from Luke McLuke featuring quips on engraving in newspapers, a Wall Street like dialogue about cars and dyes, letters from readers, club notes, and spoof poems. It mentions old pilots, a West Virginia courting letter, and various light notices with a nostalgic 1910s tone. The piece mixes jokes, reader interactions, and small anecdotes without a single strong news event.
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