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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1918
Page
8
A 1920s style meditation on women balancing business and social lives. It stresses dependability in work, loyalty to the employer, and completing tasks even in absence of supervision, noting the business world rewards steadiness while social life remains secondary.
The 14th annual meeting of the Graduate Nurse association of Connecticut convenes at Stratfield hotel at 10 AM with Mrs. Andrew L. Riker opening the program and Dr. John T. Black addressing public health nursing. Luncheon follows and at 2:30 PM Rev Matthew Judge speaks on the State Association.
Local writer Mrs. Catherine Taylor shares an allegorical sketch describing a wall-woman with bleeding heart amid ruins and the emergence of women from dawn. The piece, followed by a list of names and social notes, appears in a community page alongside art league classes, lectures, and Red Cross knitting updates.
An old advertisement claims Marmola Tabletts are harmless and effective for rapid weight loss without exercise. It asserts dramatic reductions by two to four pounds per week and offers direct purchase from Marmola Co at 74 Woodward Ave, Detroit.
The Black Rock Country Club hosts a barn dance with Speidel’s orchestra, dinner service from 7:30 to 11, dancing to 12, and no masque, inviting farm or any costume. fund on fuel limits, reservations urged. Also included is a divorce filing from Lucretia J. Dean Coates against Wilson Coates dated 1904 to 1913.
Robert J. Carter aged 40 of Carters Court Was, suffered convulsions due to indigestion and was taken to St Vincent's Hospital yesterday afternoon by ambulance. Dr B C Pasuth attended him at the hospital.
A vivid letter passage recalls Natalie visiting Edith to see twins, then sharing tales to lull them to sleep as Harold travels the cold Atlantic. The scene shifts to Edith shopping for curtains, admiring fine fabrics, and discussing Vogue dresses and theater plans. The note ends with plans for a dance and a loving farewell.
The article notes expanding roles for women across industries and public life. It cites women conductors in Kansas City street railways, female ticket takers on routes from St. Louis to Memphis, women in Grand Rapids departments, a free training school for women by Missouri Pacific, and women in judiciary and public service roles in Kansas and New York. It also mentions a Canadian by election, a high paid New York inspector, England’s river postwoman, and Mrs. Wynn Schramm leading Utah at a national food conference.
Serial excerpt from Adele Garrison's Revelations of a Wife. Mrs Underwood explains she gave up her baby to shield her husband and keep Dicky's name from a scandal. The narrator recoils in jealousy yet cautions about honor and truth as the tale continues. ELIZABETH FENNER specialist ads follow.
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