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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1920
Page
11
Mrs. Nathaniel W. Bishop visits Watkins Glen while Charlotte Marsh attends Hoboken game. Community groups plan Halloween dances, harvest suppers, and club meetings across Newfield Center New Haven and New York area with performances by unions, churches, and social clubs.
A vintage advertisement touts pine extract and sugar syrup as a powerful cough remedy. It promotes 24 ounces of Dinex in a pint bottle with homemade syrup, claiming quick relief within 24 hours and suitability for children and various throat issues.
Hartford plans announced for the Annual Christmas Seal Sale to raise funds for tuberculosis prevention and education. The State Capitol hosts headquarters with Hubert M. Sedgwick as State Campaign Director and Miss Mabel Baird as Secretary. Sale in December aims to raise $100,000 for clinics, relief supplies, and sanatorium treatments.
Robert A Lilly an army instructor travels 500 miles by dog team and snowshoes from Valdez to Fort Gibbon Alaska to teach the Second Service Company of the Signal Corps and the Twenty first Infantry. He arrived in Seattle too late for a boat and chose an overland route. The mission aims to educate Doughboys through winter using books and rulers.
Miss Jeanette Berger of Long Hill married Frank A. Rice of Coleman street at St Patrick's church in a morning ceremony. The bride wore a blue velour suit with a Henna feather turban and white roses. her sister Alma Rice attended. Best man Joseph Rice. A wedding breakfast followed at the bride’s home and the couple left for a secret honeymoon, later to reside at 98 Capitol avenue.
A shower for Miss Katherine Cecelia Rourke of Stratford, bride select of John O’Connell of Dewey street, featured orange and black decorations and a pumpkin centerpiece. Guests included Miss Peggy Ellsworth, Miss Clara Wales, Miss Mary Coleman, and others. gifts and a light repast were enjoyed with music and dancing.
A large Red Cross conference will convene in New Haven on Wednesday October 27 at the Sampson Lyceum Yale Campus. Officials including Dr Livingston Farrand Col Robert E Olds and Dr Edwin A Peterson will address topics from war aftermath European relief health service and public health nursing. The Atlantic Division will discuss the November roll call with Howard J Rogers presiding and a luncheon at Hotel Taft for delegates.
Mr and Mrs Martin J Rinck of 2018 North Main street toasted their fifth wedding anniversary with a dancing party on Saturday. Halloween decor lit by pumpkin candles, a themed dining table, and a generous list of guests from Meriden New Haven and local families accompanied gifts and merriment.
Advice column suggests pursuing personal work and keeping options open in romance. A reader asks about waiting for a fiancé who asks for freedom to date others, while another asks how to handle parental disapproval of a sailor suitor. The columnist endorses time as a solver and urges judging individuals, noting emigration aid by Canadian Pacific Steamship Co provides interpreters on voyages.
A discussion on the business woman as a driver of reform. She defends motherhood pensions, seeks remedial legislation for both sexes, and demands fair pay for productive work. She advocates high standards for female workers and accountability for employers without seeking special treatment for women.
At dusk on the Mooselock River bank in North Woodstock New Hampshire Miss Daisy Wallace and Ralph Potter of Marlboro Massachusetts were married by Rev H S Putnam pastor of the Marlboro Methodist Church with only their mothers as witnesses.
A damask tablecloth with demstitched edges and six matching napkins is offered in two patterns. The set includes one tablecloth and six napkins and features several attractive designs.
Forty garments in pink and blue stripes offered for $2.49 per yard. Plain and untrimmed fabric in all sizes priced to clear. Quality 27 inch wide material suitable for sleeping garments for men women and children and various other apparel. Annex price 33 cents. Basement location included.
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