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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1918
Page
10
Wartime notice urging men exempt from service to switch to making war essentials. Promotes free booklet Making Mechanics for the War and After, explaining how they can aid the country and themselves by joining essential industries.
Sun shine Circle of the King Daughters will meet at 1775 Main street tonight at o'clock. Many friends of Miss Irene Clampet, recently injured in a car crash, are glad she rests comfortably at St. Vincent's hospital after Dr LaField corrected earlier skull fracture reports.
International Textile Manufacturers of lace and trimmings lists Connecticut Avenue address and local names. Miss Essie Sagel returns from Woodmont, Miss Marion and Miss Elizabeth Forestello move to Park Avenue with aunts, Marion teaching at Elias Browe and Elizabeth at Webster. Norma Talmadge film at Brooklawn draws crowds. tea hosted by Marjorie and Beatrice Smith. Miss Agnes Christenson vacationing in Springfield. Frederick S. Scrwenkel seeks Fort Slocum service. formerly with U S C Company receives traveling set. J H Hinckley family return from Silver Hill. Teresa Fenton returns from Wilkes-Barre. Red Cross rooms at Warner Institute reopen after closure.
In a hushed social salon scene Dicky and Harry Cinder tease Mrs Graham about a mysterious man on Broadway. The group names Robert Gordon, called The Quester, as the only man who fits the description, while Mrs Graham recalls a prior tale of a fellow always hawking rumors.
Mr and Mrs Louis R Edwards spent the weekend in New York. Announcement of the marriage of Miss Gertrude Barske and Herbert Whaten occurred Saturday at St Josephs church. The couple are honeymooning at the Thousand Islands. Stagg has returned to MIT after summer with his parents. Mrs Walter Anderson hosted her sister Miss Josephine Brown over the weekend. Mrs Caroline Tiphinson and son Carlton Robinson returned to Hoosic Falls NY after two weeks with C B Anderson. Margaret and Amos Henry visited their home in Ngantuck after vacation with Mrs Joseph 28 McQuall. Beatrice Travis leaves for Toc Tall Virginia to visit sister Chester Sims for two weeks. Mrs W H Fisher hosts Mrs Benjamin Platt of Washington DC. guests included Mrs Elmer Teardsley and Mrs John B Wilson. Mrs Allerton returns home from visiting daughter in Ayer MA. Corporal Joseph Donahue, at Camp Upton, spent the weekend home on Warren Street. Tillian C Jones and Elsie Casey spent a pleasant weekend in Ridgefield.
Fragmentary text from a serialized tale hints at a Romanesque mystery involving Mr Gordons past, family ties, and a missing daughter. Characters Dicky, Lillian, Madge, and Underwood appear amid an intrigue about desertion, romance, and motive as the plot threads intertwine.
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