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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1918
Page
4
A brief notice lists total circulation figures across a range of March dates. The document references March 12 through March 30, noting varying daily counts and an overall tally, reflecting distribution totals for the period.
Weather at Mt Higby ending noon today shows a high of 54 with 41 low and a 36 reading at 12m, barometer and wind from the north. The piece blends local climate notes with wartime headlines on prohibition, labor strikes, and national mobilization, noting impacts on transportation, crops, and the economy as conflict continues.
The Senate Military Committee harshly faults the administration for misleading the public about America’s aviation program. It condemns the twelve cylinder Liberty motor as unsuitable for swift single seater fighters, notes disappointing production and calls for centralized executive control with European and American engineers to accelerate aircraft output for 1918.
East Berlin announces an evening entertainment by Lady min strels and a Liberty loan drive plus Thrift Stamps sales in town. A Junior food league is planned with district branches. M B Hazen to oversee East Berlin interests. U S troops clash with bandits near Fort Hancock Texas as patrol blocks a Rio Grande crossing.
Lieut. Governor Gaston B. Cushing of Massachusetts reached this Atlantic port today aboard a liner from a French port after inspecting Massachusetts troops in France. He traveled to review conditions and spoke briefly on his return flight.
Anticipating spring health, the advertisement extols Peptiron an iron tonic with pepsin celery gentian and other tonics. Sold by C. I. Hood Co. Lowell Mass. Claims rapid recovery from anemia and nerve debility with chocolate coated pills taken after meals.
Washington reports a full congressional probe into delays in mail to and from American expeditionary forces. The House expenditures on the Post Office will decide within days, with multiple resolutions demanding information from Postmaster General Burleson. Representative Madden will travel to France in May to view conditions firsthand.
A cryptic line hints at a girl shy about her singing, an anxious figure seeking recognition, and a woman guarding a secret arriving before the others. Time will reveal which story emerges.
Mrs. Fredericks Sommers of Monaca, Pa reports her youngest child, once weak and tired, improved after using Vinol, claiming restored health and weight gain. Vinci described as a constitutional cod liver and iron remedy for delicate children with formula on every bottle. Woodward Drug advertised widely in town drug stores.
A historical advertisement urges women to assist in nursing the wounded and other wartime tasks. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe aid for women's health issues, claiming benefits for nursing mothers and those run down. Endorsing letters from users in New York state accompany the pitch.
A brief note promotes beans as a cost effective energy source. It lists Native Yellow Eye Beans at 16c per lb, Native White Beans at 18c per lb, and Red Marrow Beans at 15c per lb, calling them desirable meat substitutes and affordable.
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