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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1918
Page
8
Clara phoned in excitedly to say Ted secured a large government order and urged shopping for smart clothing. She tried a sand colored gabardine three piece outfit with a blue braided jacket and waistcoat, then had it sent home as not her style.
Ellen Lane Spencer argues against glorifying stories of employees talking back to bosses. She questions where bravery truly lies when insubordination risks livelihood and creditors. The piece critiques the boastful fashion of framing such acts as courageous and notes the personal cost to workers and their dependents.
Local notes show Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rowbotham visiting in Philadelphia for health, letters from Lt. Vincent L. Keating in France, and several community updates. Births, engagements, and travels intermingle with club meetings, Red Cross efforts, and wartime morale activities across Bridgeport, Fairfield, and neighboring areas.
A fashion note describes a dark blue serge skirt for men with a panel effect front and back. It features a large sailor collar and a middy waist, with white pique stitched by braid, and specifies waist and fabric yardage for a medium size. The piece mentions the Jordan River as the world’s most crooked river, noting its 213 mile wander.
On March 6 Captain Nichols Iseguine of the Russian army testified at District Attorney Swann's inquiry into vice and gambling, detailing a $26,400 loss at the Ritz Carlton in January. He said the following day he was wounded by a revolver and was hospitalized, while he objected to further questioning on the matter.
Boston March 6 Joseph M Shaffer a stenographer in the office of William G McAdoo secretary of the treasury was denied deferred classification in the army draft by an exemption board in the East Boston district Shaffer asked for class three as necessary government employ and McAdoo supported him but the board ruled his services were not indispensable and placed him in first class.
Under Equal Franchise league auspices a Bridgeport women’s group discussed punishing German barbarity and ruthless warfare. Leaders eyed from prominent city women as a movement forms to boycott foreign trade, curtailing Germany’s backbone and seeking recognition through organized action and propaganda.
The writer discusses war work by Minute Women and Salvation Army Tag Day efforts, praising Miss M Gros Claude at Brooklawn Private School for her concentration and teaching methods. She notes Miss Morgan’s cooking lectures at Read's during Style Week and reports plans for Black Rock Shore Club golf links and a new women’s committee to organize activities and teams, praising leadership by Mrs. Lewis and manager Mr. Chaimpson.
In a country village, Madge meets Mrs. Burchell, a gossipy neighbor, and Eddie Hoch, a cheerful but blunt local boy. Burchell warns of other neighbors while Madge inspects a cluttered Brennan home and weighs moving from city life to quiet pastoral living.
An ad describes a delatone based method to remove hair without an electric needle. A paste with water is applied to the hairy surface, rubbed off after about two minutes, then washed. The procedure claims to remove hair and leave blemish free skin and cautions to obtain genuine delatone.
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