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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
15
Women readers are invited to contribute items for the Telegram Woman's Page. Submissions should include sender signature and address and may be telephoned to Barnum 6100 for appearance assurance.
Personal jottings detail Decimalette club at Miss Annie Nordbeck’s 76 Charles Street gathering with music games and luncheon. Numerous residents cited for visits illness travel and public notices include WWI era military drills Camp Humphreys devotion influenza effects and local society meetings including W C T U Lincoln circle Red Cross and German Reformed church events.
Dozens of personal letters sent from Washington to Bridgeport are unclaimed at the American Red Cross Home Service. The department cannot locate recipients, with messages from abroad detailing letters about relatives, deaths, and inquiries. Names include Todor Uurzuch, Toth, Urguch, Moskovits, Kun, and many Bridgeport residents awaiting addresses.
Bertha M Nienburg designated administrative examiner to assist Alpheus Winter in addressing women workers issues under the War Labor board award. She spoke to Park City lodge promising investigation of grievances from women in signatory factories and initiation of shop committee plans to implement remedies. Also, Michael Kurowski arrested for false alarm violation after 1 am. held at police HQ awaiting City Court arraignment.
The Wednesday Afternoon Musical club, a long established city group, will stop bringing celebrated artists due to a war measure. At a reception at Mrs. DeVer I. Warner’s home in Airfield the decision was made to hold monthly meetings at members homes with simple concerts. About 60 members attended. under Mrs. Frederick B. Grannis leadership a Liberty chorus group sang patriotic numbers. The club, organized in 1898, has 100 active members.
Helen writes of living near Tom at Camp Greenleaf and possible winter plans in Chattanooga amid wartime transfers. The letter covers loneliness, morale, and hopes, plus fashion shopping notes in Bridgeport and shopping details at Wadhams in Main Street. It mentions shoes, velvet frocks, and a dyeing shop, with friendly reflections on friends Pierre, Jean, and Ciarre as letters to Pierre’s father are drafted.
Miss Ethel Slattery’s visit to Mrs. Arnold Neal ended with a shower of gifts for her upcoming marriage to Robert V. Nevins on October 21. The event featured colorful decorations, a late supper, and a program by the Philharmonic Trio. Other notices mention club plans for November and a music study session at Mrs. Charles D. Davis’s home.
A wartime appeal invites women to help Uncle Sam by spending weekends with the Woman's Land Army. Recruits receive lodging and meals for free, get one dollar for the two days, and pay only transportation costs. The program offers fresh air, nature, and morale, with contact at the New York office 19 West Forty fourth street New York City.
A new brassier combination shown in local stores combines top and bottom into one garment. The lace top is reinforced with net while the skirted bottom uses crepe de chine or soft silk. Most are offered in delicate pink shades, marketed as attractive and convenient for reducing bulk.
The advertisement lists hemmed Huck towels at 50 cents and satin damask cloths at 3.75 a yard, damask luncheon cloths at 2.50, plus a large array of black hats, taupe and purple palettes, velvet and satin trimmings, and picture frames priced from 1.00 to 7.50 on the main floor. Also notes stock of Lily of France silk stockings, Mercerized Lisles, and an umbrella with an invisible strap on the second floor. Prices start at 5 cents.
The ad lists various candles available for upcoming holidays and birthdays including Colonial Candles in white with black stripes and pink rose buds at 1.15 per pair, old rose and green tones at 0.50, 0.85 per pair. Busy Bee Bluebird and Tapering Candles in multiple colors and sizes priced 0.15 to 0.30 each.
A group of Black Rock Shore and Country club women formed a social club, naming and leadership to be finalized at the next meeting. Miss Mildred Randall was named president and Miss Anna C Holmberg vice president. They host a by invitation dance tomorrow night at the Black Rock club for sailors from the Black Rock naval base.
A squadron of 209 aircraft will sweep over New York tomorrow dropping piper bombs to urge young men subject to the draft to enlist in the aviation service. The effort, announced by the department of military aeronautics, aims to keep the Hun on the run. The Trans-Siberian railway is noted as the world’s greatest railway project, costing about $175,000,000 and taking 12 years to complete.
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