News notes for Telegram’s Woman’s Page submissions
Women readers are invited to send contributions with signature and address for publication. Items may be telephoned to Barnum 6100 and should include the sender’s full contact details.
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1918
Page
15
Women readers are invited to send contributions with signature and address for publication. Items may be telephoned to Barnum 6100 and should include the sender’s full contact details.
An informal dinner at Black Rock Shore and Country Club announced the engagement of Miss Helen C. Mahoney to contractor William R. Phillips. Many society events follow including club meetings, a Bridgeport Art League board session, and numerous family visits, travel, and engagement updates across local residents and guests.
A tense seaside scene unfolds as Madge Underwood endures harassment from Harry Underwood while Dicky and friends swim nearby Grace Draper Dr Pettit and Alfred Durkee join the group. A dangerous underwater moment ends with Madge escaping to shore and seeking safety.
Ruth Cameron reflects on a reader letter praising preventive medicine and warning against promiscuous doctoring. She discusses home remedies first aid, and urges public health insurance to help the poor access medical care without debt.
War time calls rise for trained nurses to serve abroad and at home. The Household Nursing association offers a six month course for attendant nurses, with training in Boston and Jamaica Plain, to meet the urgent home care need and support military nursing. Enrollments urged for immediate war service.
A community appeal urges Bridgeport households to fill bags for Associated Charities collections. Housewives will see a large busman with a bugler guiding door to door pickups. The effort supports locals in distress during wartime and helps conserve national resources by recycling usable items.
An ad listing a Monday sale at Read's offers Thrift or War Stamps payment options and displays a variety of items. Featured goods include men's suits in multiple colors, skirts and coats in fine wool, sugar and flour cans, butter churns, serges, parlor brooms, and household ware such as a platinum finish tray, water pitcher, casserole, and a pierced silver holder, with locations noted as Second and Third floor and Basement.
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