Woman's Page submission note from Telegram office
Florence Clancy notes for the Telegram's Woman's Page invite contributions with signature and address. Readers are told to phone Barnum 6100 to relay items for appearance.
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1918
Page
13
Florence Clancy notes for the Telegram's Woman's Page invite contributions with signature and address. Readers are told to phone Barnum 6100 to relay items for appearance.
Berkeley Divinity School graduate Rev Harold J Edwards visits family in Bridgeport while many social events fill the week. Ladies Aid penny supper at Grace M E Church, junior republic meeting in Litchfield, and a wave of weddings, sendoffs, and club gatherings mark a busy community scene with prominent residents like Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood and Mrs. Salabes contributing to wartime relief efforts.
Elizabeth Burke, daughter of Mrs. Thomas Burke, becomes bride of Dr. James F Kelly in a 8 o clock ceremony at Sacred Heart church. Rev Richard Moore conducts. Bridesmaid Gertrude Burke and best man William J Hammond attend. Afterward, couple to Hotel Taft New Haven then White Mountains for honeymoon. to reside at 1298 East Main Street.
In Stratfield ballroom Rabbi William Wittenstein united Miss Sen na Hirchberg and Hillard Lang in an Orthodox ceremony. The bride wore white satin with chantilly lace and a pearl banded veil. A large reception followed with Mayor Clifford B. Wilson among guests. The couple plans a wedding trip to New York Philadelphia and Atlantic City before settling in the city.
Mr and Mrs Charles S Kelly of 345 Pembroke street observed their 23rd wedding anniversary with a large home gathering Saturday night. Kelly, a 21 year Bridgeport Fire Department veteran, and Mrs Kelly, formerly Miss Margaret Murnane, hosted guests including relatives from New York and Massachusetts. gifts featured 36 silver dollars from local clubs and a turkey supper with 85 covers.
A narrator reflects on funding Katie’s wedding wardrobe from her own savings and her delight in supporting Katie’s care. Katie surprises with a treasure trove of embroidered linens from generations of her family, prepared as wedding gifts, while tensions over Mrs Graham’s approval and Katie’s respect for elders surface.
A reader notes how couples keep mental accounting of flaws and gifts, sparking reminders about six monthly reckonings and petty grievances. The column argues such petty ledgers hinder happiness and urges a spring cleaning to burn them.
Read Co offers fibre rush furniture including three pieces in baronial brown with cretonne upholstery for seats and backs, armchairs rockers and divans priced at 13.50 to 24.00. Also fibre rush suites in old ivory finish suitable for living rooms and sun parlors feature large armchairs English club chairs wing chairs tall backs and settees at 23.50.
Bath rugs of thick cotton in blue green rose gray and other shades with white mottled or plain provide a velvety feel and easy wash. Sizes range 22x36 to 30x60 inches priced 2.50 to 5.00. Fourth floor. A De Luxe Chest of Silver contains spoons and flatware in sets with additional pieces, forty eight vial guaranteed for fifty years, complete with case main floor.
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