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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
18
A compiled comic column of verses jokes and quips from Luke McLuke and others. It includes short gags about politeness, marriage, jokes about Adam and Eve, workplace mishaps, and social club banter. Read as a lighthearted satire of everyday life and humor in a 1917 newspaper fragment.
A humorous sketch on the dressy husband who braves wives' scrutiny with waxed mustache lavender shirts and fresh cuffs, contrasted with the blue shave and plain attire of rural husbands. It notes how wives’ judgments keep men fashion cautious, while a Rochester lightning incident interrupts Newark’s Eddie Holly during a baseball game.
Boston May 22 Negotiations are under way for a special hearing before the Federal Railroad Administration in Washington on behalf of certain railroads for more adequate compensation under the railroad control bill. N L Amster of Boston, chairman of a committee on the investors protective association of America, announced tonight. The action follows the director general’s transfer of railroad operating executives to federal manager roles, making them government employees. I am sorry but the paragraph about a baseball park and hailstorm is not coherent with the readable facts. This is the best I can extract.
E W Carpenter Tool Manufacturing of Union Avenue plans to employ Bridgeport war crippled veterans as facilities permit and set a weekly minimum wage of 25 to 30 dollars. He aims to restore wounded men to civilian life as far as possible. A New Yorker was arrested for punching a waiter over a 180 bill for ham and eyes.
A terse notice reports militant Mary investments amid cash concerns. Authorities or groups are not clearly identified. The fragment mentions payment and potential conflict but lacks concrete names or dates to specify scope.
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