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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
10
A narrator reflects on evolving feelings toward Lilian Gale Underwood as she guides a plan to meet for a snack and talk with Dicky and Harry. The memory of Lilian’s influence grows sweeter, replacing prior resentment with a warm anticipation of future meetings.
Madge and Dicky join Lilian and Harry Underwood for a meal. Harry teases Dicky about a Catskills fishing trip while Madge contemplates his charm and the potential jealousy he stirs in her. The group debates truth and punishment as tension builds toward a confrontation.
A call to send men from the city to Fort Slocum on September 7 aims to provide one clerk per local draft board as part of substituting limited service men for civilian employees. Training precedes assignment back to town, unclear if to the board of registration. Young women clerks resist loss of positions as demand for office workers remains high.
Andrew F. Currier M D counsels cooling measures for the very old and young in crowded cities. He praises parks, open air, and bathing as vital for sleep, respiration, digestion, and heart health. Seabathing is best for most, with public baths as alternatives, and daily bathing boosts work performance and well being.
A woman writer argues the war grows in seriousness as the draft looms and urges readers to stay home more, cut waste, and redirect leisure toward worthwhile tasks. She emphasizes conserving lime and time, resisting theaters and dinners, and finding happiness in productive home activities.
Excavation for a new Y W C A War Workers Center and cafeteria at 1174 Barnum Avenue has started. The building aims to serve women from Y M C company and Remington Arms with a staff of a secretary cafeteria director and a trained physical director. Planned to open for day and night use with recreation, living spaces for staff, and club rooms. The War Service club will offer evening and daytime activities for women workers, with no age limit.
Sixty nine Bridgeport men left the city yesterday for Camp Devens to begin life as soldiers. The 9 46 train carried draftees who waved farewell to relatives on the platform. A year ago the first five percent left Bridgeport, and many of these men have seen or will see active fighting.
At a Connecticut delegation of Labor meeting in New London on September 4, Mrs W M Ascough and Mrs M Tesean Bennatt of Hartford and Miss Clara Louise Rowe of San Francisco spoke for the National Woman's party urging support for Senators McLean and Brandee for the Susan J Anthony amendment. About 200 delegates attended the convention.
The Federal Fuel administration says the skip stop trolley system will be adopted nationwide on September 15 but Connecticut company manager J B Goodwin says no government communication has been received. He notes the overhaul requires extensive work, changing stops and pole painting, and would not be ready by the date. A five member city board is proposed to balance views of police, fire, and transit officials, ensuring proper marking and fuel efficiency rules. The plan limits stops to eight per mile in business districts, six per mile in residential areas, and four per mile in open country with ordinances urged to keep vehicles off tracks to avoid blockages.
Navy department reports fatalities and injuries among sailors. Thomas Snniner Finnegan of South Manchester Conn died September 2 from severe burns aboard the hospital ship Solace after a submarine chaser engagement. Harry E. Dekay of Hancock VI and Thomas Randolph Sykington of Baltimore were injured in a Key West airplane incident September 1. their conditions are listed as favorable.
Hazel Parks of this city files for divorce from Lewis A. Parks of Dunellen New Jersey on alleged desertion dating from July 14 1914. They wed March 14 1907 at Rose Street. Rose Stodola of Fairfield sues John Stodola for intolerable cruelty married May 18 1911. Traus Toth files for divorce from spouse Toth unknown, alleging desertion since March 1931.
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