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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1918
Page
4
Local notice mentions changes to contact addresses with names omitted. It requests updated addresses and notes product or advertisement entry delays. The press lists two seemingly conflicting addresses at 299 Main St and 188 Main St with a Mangled second line.
Mt Higby weather report ends at noon with a 53 degree high and 29 degree low. Sunday’s temperature reached 49 to 31. Column includes war updates about German setbacks, a note on Col E M House biography installments, and reflections on coal, mills, and government actions amid the era's tensions.
Washington April 15 the 2711 annual meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution opened at Continental Memorial hall with President General Mrs Charles Thacher Guernsey declaring Kaiserism must fall and pledging DAR support for the government She warned of pro German propaganda and urged loyalty to the United States stressing English language and old line patriotism amid war fears and calls for American citizenship language tests
National League clubs start play this week as American League games begin today. Giants, White Sox favored to repeat titles, with Brooklyn visiting Polo Grounds tomorrow. McGraw reports the team healthy aside from Benny Kauff's ankle, and exhibition games scheduled against local semi pros.
Old Saybrook items report visits by Ruth Granniss and Sarah Reed, a lodge meeting at Ma sonic hall, a funeral in Brooklyn, and Liberty bond efforts. A cottage fire at Mulcahy’s river-front bungalow destroyed the building after a damp morning start. Co G Home Guard drill, Middle Sex Association spring meeting in First Congregational church, delegates named, and a committee planned for a community dinner amid strong call for surgical supplies.
The Middletown Luther league basketball team traveled to Meriden and defeated the Silver City Luther team 26 to 15. Middletown jumped ahead with rapid baskets from Johnson and Ahlberg, leading 11 to 6 at halftime and repeating the early surge in the second half despite a cut suffered by Anderson.
Town hall crowd braved a storm as Morgan High School orchestra of Clinton opened the Co. G Home Guard event with The Spy of Gettysburg. Cast members including Lieut McLean and Sergeant Brooks received praise for flawless acting. Judge Gates announced Liberty bond reports show the town exceeded its quota and will seek to double it. A repeat performance may occur in a neighboring town and The Corner Grocer was advertised for Sayce town hall Tuesday night.
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a harmless remedy for constipation in children. It claims a teaspoonful will cleanse the bowels and restore health within hours, urging mothers to check coats for the genuine "California Fig Syrup Company" product and beware of counterfeits.
A spring medicine claim from Hood's Sarsaparilla touts its ability to improve how you feel look eat and sleep. It is advertised as a standard blood purifier tonic and vitalizer with success in treating scrofula eczema humors catarrh rheumatism loss of appetite tiredness and general debility. It is described as pleasant to take aids digestion and boosts red blood cells for all ages.
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