Charity Ladies Host Meeting and Local Social News
The regular monthly meeting of the Ladies of Charity Vincent de Paul was held at the Nurses Home on ting street with a cordial invitation to all women to attend an evening session. Attorney Arthur M. Comley spoke on The Methods of Voting and voting machine demonstration. Also reported are Girl Scout activities at Stratford and a busy social calendar with club meetings, visits, and upcoming marriages in Bridgeport and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ of Charity
Vincent de Paul
Nursess Home
Ting Street
Golden Hill Street
Arthur M. Comley
George Roberts
North Avenue
Christ Episcopal Church
Courtland Street
Women's Guild
Double wedding at Little Church Around the Corner in NYC
Two brides Miss Spencer and Miss Gelatly wed in an October ceremony at the Little Church Around the Corner New York City Harold Bristol and A C Rafauff wed for Elm Street Stratford and Rome New York respectively Brides in dark satin and blue fabrics with fur trims wore corsages of pink roses and pink sweet peas The couples plan apartments in Broad Street and New York City Bristol Works in banking Both brides trained as nurses in Bridgeport hospital in 1918 1919 and engagements had been long anticipated
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Spencer
French Street
Harold Bristol
William B. Bristol
Elm Street
Stratford
Pearl Gelatly
Whitney Avenue
A.C. Rafauff
Rome
New York
Bristol
Bridgeport Hospital
Advice to the Lovelorn in Cecile’s Open Letter
A reader letter column features Cecile writing of life lessons, the fountain of youth, kindness, and optimism, plus reflections on human goodness. The editor plans to publish Cecile’s poem and shares her viewpoint on finding beauty in others and helping one another. It also includes a reader query from G. F. about a romance with a junior acquaintance and military discharge. The response suggests clarifying feelings, considering another suitor, and acting if a rival exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecile
Nat
Agai
Miss Fairfax
Free Demonstration Instruction in Dress Cutting and Designing
Mrs W G Kuemmel head of Chie American Dress Cutting and Designing School offers a free demonstration starting Friday Oct 15 at 2 30 PM for day workers at 7 30 PM at 45 Gandon Street over Butler's Business College focusing on tailoring coats suits and dresses All women interested in home dressmaking are invited
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Kuemmél
Chie American Dress Cutting and Designing School
Gandon Street
Butler's Business College
Postmistress Fined for Abusive Language in Stamp Case
In Chestnut Hill a hearing before Justice William Thomas Curry found Mrs. G Byron Dimon, village postmistress, guilty of breach of the peace and abusive language over alleged remarks about defrauding the government with cancelled stamps. Palmer testified. Dimon appealed to the Court of Common Pleas. Frank H. Foss prosecuted. 55 autos lined the mud near the town hall.
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Lebanon
Chestnut Hill
William W. Palmer
G. Byron
Dimon
Palmer
Palter
Hunger strikers in jail include Crowley brothers and relatives
Cork reports list of eleven hunger strikers with two Crowley brothers from Balmanders Limerick and others in Winchester England. Family arrests, burned house, and stolen tires tied to Sinn Fein activity. Several prisoners linked to Ballysanders Bally, O Reilly, Upton, Hennessy, Power, Kenny, Murphy. Armenian army 34000 conscripts fights Turks. California plans isolation hospital on San Clemente for drug addicts.
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Cork
John
Peter Crowley
Balmanders
Limerick
Winchester
England
Core
Bally- Sanders
Michael O'Reilly
Christopher Upton
Sean Hennessy
Ballingeary
Michael Burke
Folkstown
Thurles
Callahan
John Power
Cashel
Tipperary
Rosesveen
Joseph Kenny
Grenagh
Kenny
Montana
Joseph Murphy
San Clemente
Los Angeles County
Calif
California
Seciet Warkane
Moulded Frock Promises Modern Paris Fashion
Paris fashion experts declare the moulded frock among the smartest new styles. Corsets will stay only mildly curved to follow natural lines. At the opera, society leaders reveal frocks with a straight corsage, a brilliance strand or silver ribbon, and a draped line over the hip for a simple, graceful silhouette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Madame Magnier
How to Make Sachets and Language Plans at Harvard
Instructions for making sachets describe knitting methods using mercerized cotton and ribbons, detailing step by step assembly with fabric pads. Separately, Cambridge reports Harvard will offer Sinn Fein language courses taught by Prof F Norris Robinson, including Celtic philology, Irish literature, and 27 German courses amid broader French offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internation News Service
Cambridge
Mass
Sinn Fein
Harvard
F. Norris Robinson
Life Was a Misery to Her in Carrollton Ky Woman Recovers
A Carrollton Kentucky woman endured two years of female weakness leaving her unable to walk or exert herself. After months with a physician and other remedies she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, taking twelve then six bottles more, and afterward could do all kinds of work, later serving as a State Hospital attendant. She recommends the remedy to friends and invites inquiries to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrollton
Lydia E. Pinkham
6Th St
A E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Poverty Party Planned by Girls Society
The Girls Friendly Society of St Pauls church plans a poverty party at the parish house tomorrow evening with dancing and features. Cole's orchestra will play and refreshments served. Attendees are urged to come in the poorest costume, with a prize for the most poverty stricken. Committee includes Mrs J L Peabody as chairman and several assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reason For
Universalist Church
Young Men's Club
Mary Mills
West Avenue
Girls’ Friendly Society of
St. Paul's Church
Cole
J. L. Peabody
T. W. Cutting
Beatrice Fox
Lillian Hartley
Marion’ Mills
Vivian Haun
Margaretta Sanford
Parisian Girls Turning Blonde
International News Service reports Paris climate supposedly lightens hair and eyes and thickens brains. Professors MacAuliffe and Marie of the French Academy of Sciences claim Parisian climate triggers hair and eye color changes, enlarges brains, and deepens the chest suggesting a distinct Parisian race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
MacAuliffe and
Marie
French Academy of Sciences
Madame
Women press for voice as New Woman ideals clash with old ‘‘hausfrau’’ image
London dispatch notes T H Scott in the Daily Mirror arguing emancipation grants women a voice in public life while critics still view the New Woman as a freak. He cites American presidential campaigning and the persistence of traditional gender roles.
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London
T. H. Scott
The
Daily Mirror
United States of America
America
Scott
Land
Mr. Scott
Girls of Paris Now Prefer Typewriters
Paris report notes the midinette is dying out as the Parisienne abandons hat and dress work for typing. An apprentice class shows 251 girls training on keyboards, three in sewing. Starting pay is $11 monthly with meals, and potential annual earnings up to $4,000 from dress work. The shift reduces dressmaking houses reliance on live-in servants, who seek other jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Rue de la Paix
Materials for Tumn Frocks Promised popular fabrics
As days shorten for fall attire, new fabrics gain favor. Sea-foam cloth with velvet embroidery offers soft billowy drape, while heavy crepey silks suit draped silhouettes. Soft velvet remains fashionable from tea to midnight.
Waved political arguments in Urbana spark clash
On Oct 12 Urbana Ohio society circles heated over woman suffrage. A Democrat wife visited a Republican neighbor and a political discussion escalated until the Urbana hostess ordered her guest to leave and never return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Urbana
Ohio
Mayflower Tea in Fairfield Saturday Fundraiser
A Mayflower tea at Fairfield Memorial Library Saturday from 3 to 6:30 PM raises funds for the children's library. Judge Perry Mrs Shackleton and Rev Wilcox will speak. homemade dishes and tea served by local volunteers. Puritan costumes worn by young girls supervised by Mrs Ainsworth. brief talks in the assembly room accompany the event. A separate note reports an attempted assassination of Prince Alexander of Serbia in Sarajevo as a bomb damaged his train, leaving two coaches wrecked but the prince unharmed.
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Fairefield Memorial
Judge Perry
Robert Shackleton
R. S. Wilcox
William B. Glover
Annie
Moreho
J. O. Wright
Alfred Terry
Henry Sturges
Allen Beeman
Bessie Child
Bertram Ainsworth
Alexander
Serbia
Sarajevo
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Pet School
May Elizabeth
Lordship
Iit
Mary Delger
Elizabeth Latter
Elizabeth Lukis
Misa Miola Garofolio
Marie Spino
Margaret Dixhaut
Ladins Aid Society of the
German Reformed Church
Chapel Street
Louisaner
Barbara Walter
Charles Keller
Freding
Jmrs
Charles Logan
Fair Avenue
Herbert F
Mott
Ethel Gura
Noyes E. Alling
Clinton Avenue
Paul Barbe
Wilkes-Barre
Barber
Muth Alling
Fairfield
Thimble Club
Mary Kirby
Barnum Avenue
Frances Main
Fred. Hornberger
Marion Peterson
H Avenue
Chicago
Ill
David Day
Charles N. Choate
Brooklawn Avenue
Maine Woods
Mosaic Club
Herbert Brown
J. F. Doherty
Ceeceymen
Brooklawn Country Club
J. Buliard
Frank Staples
Wiliam Stichardson
Charles Choate
Robert S. Kent
William Macfarlane
Ellizabeth Lockwood
Werner Anderson
Stamford
Elizabeth Durand
Warren Street
F. HH. Blackham
Montess
Authors’ Club
Alaska
John Glover
Atlantic City
N. J
Elizabeth Seeley
Gerard Neefus
Beechwood Avene
William Schouler
Tala
Smore
Maryland
Martha Heaton
Los Angeles
Edwin Jowett
Nobles Avenue
Carrie Jowett
United States Army
Virginia
Elsa Montgomery
New Haven
Margaret Neithercut
Dobbs Ferry
Hudson
Abraham Lincoln
Yale University
Fred.w. Tracy
Son Selden
Fairfield Avenue
Lois Cole
Frank Hopson
Colorado Avenue
Alice
Irene Cleary
Jones Avenue
Waterbury
William F. Severn
Laurel Beach
J. Cuyler Shaw
Fairfield Beach
Rusling Place
J. H. Moon
Edward Mora
North Main Street
Frank Griffin
Portchester
Clinton Linnell
Park Street
Linnell
Delma Lyford
Vittol
Bentley Co
New
Ina
G. FM
Sebov
Ted
France
Bari Curzon
Brussels
Eee
Earle
Reeves
Mayflower Tea
Che
Jersey
Anney
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