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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1918
Page
4
A fragmented newspaper snippet mentions a price of 3.00 and second class matter designation. The text appears to be an indistinct wire service tag with scattered boilerplate lines and generic newsroom references.
A March ration statement outlines allocations and adjustments for staple foods and commodities. It notes changes in quotas, eligibility, and distribution channels affecting households and retailers during the month.
Mt Higby weather report at noon shows maximum 65, minimum 61, barometer 27 feet 1 inch, wind calm and skies clear. The town debates Liberty bond drives, thrift stamps, and wartime finance as postwar plans and civic duties unfold, urging support to back soldiers and national defense efforts.
The Middlesex Hospital Aid held its annual meeting at Hendley Memorial for Nurses on April 16. Officers were elected, including President Mrs T M Russell and Vice Presidents Mrs F W Nicholson and Mrs Margaret If Carthy. The group reported $1,530.58 in year expenditures plus $22.63 from church collections and $1,141.95 from Hospital Donation Day. They pledged to furnish Newell house and assume linen duties, and discussed a visiting committee to better align with hospital needs. Hospital needs include a $100,000 expansion to house growing patient demand. Hazen urged Aid society support and community outreach events. The meeting also highlighted plans to improve the training school and requests for preserves and canned vegetables, with Home Economics and county chairs to assist.
Members of Company D are ordered to report at 7 30 for drill next Friday evening at Cromwell Armory Captain R H Stow adv A patriotic rally is set for Friday evening April 19 with the Home Guards drilling in front of Briggs hall music by Burdick concert the Liberty chorus will sing and a Hartford speaker will describe allied needs The Nathaniel White school pupils host a whist and dance Thursday evening April 18 to benefit the Junior Red Cross donors asked for any auction items Admission 35c adv 184
Mrs. EB Lawson and son John depart for Philadelphia to visit friends. In a teaser overheard exchange a man asks why a girl slapped a face and replies she said she is pigeon-toed.
A testimonial style notice urges tired women to try Foley Kidney Pills to ease aching backs headaches and nervous strain. It claims to strengthen weak kidneys improve action and help the body throw off poisons, with a customer from Merrill Maine praising relief and restored energy.
Joseph Fialla of East Haddam sues Joseph Janecek of New York City for 350 dollars claiming he was obliged to support Janecek s wife and child and has spent 303 dollars. Real estate in East Haddam attached. Attorney B E Spencer, service by registered mail. Fred H Loomis of East Haven sues Deputy Sheriff John A Christensen of Deep River for 200 dollars alleging a 100 dollar loan on October 6 1917 paid by check returned for lack of funds. Suit is returnable to Middlesex Superior Court.
The Variety Revue, a charity benefit for home charities, comes to Middletown with picturesque colonial pageantry, lively songs, dramatic scenes, and a Bernard Shaw sketch. Curtain at 8:15. low prices ensure broad attendance as latecomers stand at rear during the prologue.
The piece describes spring fatigue as half sickness and recommends Hood's Sarsaparilla to fortify the body, Peptiron to enrich blood, and Hood's Pills to energize the liver. It argues the trio is especially effective together to restore health and vigor.
Twenty eight men from Division No 21 are notified to entrain for Camp Upton on the 26th of this month. Names include John F French Sterling Conn William Deitch 112 Spring Street Frank Tringall 93 Center Street Charles N Burnham Middlefield Edward Dinart 16 Fowler Avenue South Farms Arthur Otterbein 112 High Street Farm Hill Charles W Moore C H I James Fitzgerald 12 Russell Street Linwood Bogue Cromwell Forrest B Jones Glenwood Avenue Mario Campisi 49 Ferry Street John J Allison 27 Bacon Avenue Lake Summerville 21 West Silver Street South Farms Raymond J Baer 31 Evergreen Avenue South Farms Settimio Marguillo Cromwell Costa de Cobe a 29 William Street Joseph W Bulluss Box 144 South Meriden Francis P Neville 263 William Street Harry E Linton 98 Court Street J Patrick Fitzgerald C H 1 George J Heinrich R F D No 2 Ofa E Chadsey 22 Park Street Raymond A Roberts Bow Lane Frank A Reiman Cromwell Irving P Hyatt Little River P O Carl W Olson Cromwell Lewis F Deane Staddle Hill Sebastiamo Marchese 27 Ferry
Citizens are asked to send all kinds of old gloves to 326 Washington Street. The gloves will be forwarded to Stage Women's War Relief at 336 Fifth Avenue New York City to be made into wind proof jackets for soldiers. A jacket is currently on display in a window of The F. Brewer Company thanks to Mr Brewer.
Captain Olley of The Salvation Army writes through The Evening Press thanking Middletown for support during his administration. He states he has enlisted and will depart tomorrow to arrange personal affairs before leaving on the 29th to serve with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces. Mrs. Olley will accompany him until the 29th.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at an ad or note about a product formula and effects but lacks a clear subject, date, or outcome. Readable components mention a formula after seventeen years of practice and an associated per box claim, but the item remains ambiguous and unsubstantiated.
Officials attend a Winston event where speakers address the Liberty Loan topic. The message is signed sincerely by Charles Olley, Captain, representing the Four Minute Men with William H. Bouteiller as chairman.
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