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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1918
Page
12
Margaret learns her estranged father, the man she despised for abandoning her mother, is alive and loves her. He tearfully reveals plans to depart for South America, while she recalls her mother’s voice urging forgiveness. The scene ends with a haunting memory and a cliffhanger.
A woman's editorial urges trying kind daily deeds to counter grouchy moods. It notes a traffic officer aiding two children with a wagon and asks readers to imitate such small kindnesses as a cure for sadness and to share a mother’s loving expression.
Bridgeport Ladies Charitable Society reports a year of garment making distribution totaling 222 garments and 871 grocery orders plus shoes material and funds. Donations from Wheeler Howes Burritt and others supported coal wood and necessities. 34 families received Thanksgiving gifts. Eben Fairchild fund aided 24 widows.
Miss Bessie Sweeney of 428 Ave lic streeteriously Wl ac her home with pleuro-pneumonia contracted while caring for others afflicted with the disease. She worked in the employment department office at Gridgeport Brass and had taken a two week leave from V W C A first aid training to aid the sick. while her patients recover she remains very old and ill.
The Home Land society of the United Congregational church will meet at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the United Church. Miss Elizabeth Brown will speak on the changed conditions for women in san and the work of the QOA war council as it adapts to new times. Modern China is discussed with note on walls torn down to build highways and the rise of motor trucks under Dr. George E. Morris as key influence.
A fragmentary Yonkers clipping notes a speaker claiming a stomach issue described with a long medical term. Another person jokes they consulted the diction jars rather than a physician, reflecting a humorous tone in the exchange.
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