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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1918
Page
10
Across the country barbers weigh higher shave and haircut prices from fifty cents to a dollar, while hotel and club shops may charge more. Writers urge restraint, predicting patronage loss and a shift to home grooming as millions rely on free services.
An article argues for giving Army Medical Corps nurses relative military rank to resolve nurse orderlies friction in base hospitals near the front. It cites bills by Lewis and Raker and outlines Australian precedents where nurse officers improved discipline and care, urging approval to elevate nurse status and living conditions.
A short verse asks why mope when stars shine on you and light plays around. Breezes kiss your cheek as flowers nod in cheerful daylight, inviting a sense of companionship amid solitude.
A miscellany of brief, lightly edited notes and humor from the era. Items touch on Chicago sports, the Marne memory, wartime hope and fear, taxation, draft, and political chatter, with quips on life, glasses, and daily concerns. Persistent names and places anchor the scattered columns.
The Preparedness League of American Dentists reports fifteen thousand members performed half a million free dental operations for military personnel over the past year. The value totals about twelve percent of dental income, yet the broader impact is healthier mouths improving overall soldier readiness and postwar health, with eighty percent needing immediate attention.
The message urges continued home front effort as Allied arms succeed. It warns against overoptimism, notes winter fighting may slow进, and calls for support of Liberty bond drives and war service days. King George lauds American pep, urging resolve behind troops and sustained sacrifice at home.
The death of Dr Starrs OQ Seymour of Litchfield ends a storied Connecticut lineage. Brother to Morris W. Seymour of this city and uncle to Edward W. Seymour, former Representative and judge. The family, long influential Democrats, produced Origen S. Seymour who also served in Congress and the Supreme Court. The article notes talk of a broad political pause before September elections and calls for bipartisan participation in upcoming votes.
Fairfield chapter of the Red Cross received a national notice criticizing sock knitting. Inspectors found socks under size 10 and 142 inches, uneven lengths, and inconsistent stitching. Mary W. Barton urges all to correct these errors and share the notice.
A garbled OCR passage describes a chaotic scene with stray phrases about a ceremony, prisoners, and a race. The readable bits mention a distance of 82 feet and rough crowd reactions, but most names and specifics are indecipherable.
Corporal Harry Warren Marchbank of 299 Hast avenue writes of being gassed and wounded while chasing Germans across the Marne in July. He recounts heavy bombardment, a treeless woods, shells killing 14 near him, and a gas mask torn from his face. He reaches Bordeaux hospital and is treated before being sent to St Antignan.
Sept 10 reports Raymond Barton son of William Barton of New Milford enlisted for Port Slocum while at Chase Metal Works in Waterbury. He failed the physical exam. Alister, a New Milford boy, was deferred but developed a cold and returned home. Robert Plank will study preparatory work at Ridgefield School. Miss Sabia Burdick of Pittsford vacationing with her aunt. Aly and Mrs Charles Dreake of Rhodeshind visiting Woodford family. Thomas Marshal and family visiting in Rhode Island.
Registrars of the Fourth district representing Draft Board No. will meet tonight at 8 o clock at the Elias Howe school on Clint avenue near State street for instructions on Thursday. All registrars in the district are requested to be on hand to ensure the machinery works smoothly.
Boston September 16 list of men accepted by the United States Shipping Board after final physical examination at Bton for enrollment on its Merchant Marine training ships includes Arthur W. Edwards of 30 Gfield avenue David Robinson of Lee Avenue and Clarence V. Benn of Bridgeport Conn.
A medical editor warns against dieting to seek thinness, noting risks to vitality and disease resistance. He recalls cases where uncontrolled weight loss led to harm and endorses weight reduction only under medical supervision. The piece reflects social pressure on women to be thinner, framed as a cautionary opinion.
Live political gossip notes Chairmanays of the Republican National Committee and Chairman Fess of the Congressional campaign committee accuse President Wilson of playing politics. Frank Willis wins the Republican nomination for Ohio governor. The clash shifts to James M. Cox, who runs on a broad platform with no explicit stance on prohibition suffrage tariff or other major issues.
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