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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1918
Page
8
Ellen Lane Spencer argues that office efficiency suffers from personal interruptions and champions strict rules banning telephone calls letters and visitors at work. She cites a large bank with many college graduates that enforces such limits to boost efficiency and progress.
Bridgeport society notes list guests Miss Iola Atwater and Miss Helen Beacher of Westville, with mentions of Red Cross sewings at Seaside Institute. Local figures attend Fancy Free in New Haven while others plan hospital stays, library changes, and home events.
An old advertisement claims La May Face Powder contains no white lead or rice powder. It touts a pure medicinal powder that stays on, avoids skin poisoning, and prevents issues like blackheads. The product name Deemay Poudre TiAnie is presented with prices per box and bold claims of safety and effectiveness.
Jeanette Tuttle of New Maven chaired the audience event presenting the Charles Klein play Maggie Pepper. The cast featured Maggie Pepper and other roles with Russ Grace Burns singing in a voz alto style between scenes. Flowers and applause marked the evening hosted by local society figures.
The piece blends fashion notes on winter bathing suits seen in Winnipeg with a bride’s wedding tale. Janette plans a future trip to Winnipeg with a two week stay, while Garvie's job in Edmonton keeps him from attending. The bride journeyed to Winnipeg for the wedding, hosted by mutual friends Miss Grace Gillespie attended, and well wishers sent gifts from Ireland and Scotland.
Announcements from Mr and Mrs Walter A Maroney of Milford announce the marriage of their niece Miss Maude Stutt to Crichton Garvie at Winnipeg Manitoba on Monday December in the Norwood Presbyterian church manse. The bride from Bridgeport Milford wore a pearl grey silk gown with a black velvet hat and carried bride roses. The groom, youngest son of William Garvie of Boness Scotland, resides in Edmonton Alberta.
The frocks designed for southern wear are charmingly simple with unusual fabric blends. An old rose gingham and satin finish dress for afternoon wear features a braided vest with silk body and chiffon collar, requiring 834 yards 86 inch silk and 4 yards 36 inch gingham. Judge Briscoe Dies at 80 in Hartford. long-time practitioner known as the coldest in the state. home in Thompsonville.
The diary notes waiting for Harold’s return from France, choosing home life over New York, and visiting Black Rock Shore with Marion and Helen. A Lyric theatre outing and hope for the soldier’s leisure are described, alongside plans to knit with friends and shop for new Jersey tricotine dress in Bridgeport.
In Adele Garrison’s tale a wife tends her comatose mother in law while sensing a hidden past linking Lillian Gale and Harry Underwood. She confronts Dicky about a crucial family secret and secures a quiet chance to discuss it, as confidences and loyalties strain the household. Katie the maid reveals keen awareness of family currents in a tense, intimate moment.
In a quiet moment Madge wakes Dicky to discuss the secret about her husband and Tawa An Gale, while fearing to wake his ill mother who has just slept after a meal she prepared. The reader follows a tense private conversation amid family concerns and hidden motives.
An advertisement promotes Canthrax shampoo as a solution for dandruff oil and dirt removal. It claims easy use by dissolving a teaspoon in hot water to make a full cup of lather that cleanses, smooths, and enhances natural color and fullness of hair.
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