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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1918
Page
4
Public notices inform subscribers to re order ads by deadline to ensure continuation. Changes of address must be sent to the postal office to avoid missed publication and discontinuation on the set date. Ads may be sold at Main Street stores listed, with second class matter status noted for the Middletown post office.
Weather at Mt Higby for 24 hours ending noon reports 42 high 30 mean 27 feet 1 inch wind north. The piece notes Liberty loan drives, government price debates, wheat policy, and shipping delays amid wartime disruption. Mentions Creel Hoover and inland waterways as topics, with idle river navigation and stalled steamer movement.
The piece argues politics and votes are secondary to influential powers and urges immediate purchase of Liberty Bonds. It frames the bond buy as an investment in liberty and future security, insisting citizens strike hard with their dollars to support the war effort.
Prominent Sunday service schedule marks a grand closing of St Francis Mission with 3:30 pm rites, baptismal promises, papal benediction, and parish consecration to the Virgin. Masses set for 7 9 30 am. a Saturday requiem honors departed parishioners and service members, while Fathers Stanton and the sermons on Temptations and Marriage draw a record crowd.
Camp Devens divisional team wins the Ashland to Boston 25 mile marathon relay, beating 13 other teams. Final time 2 hours 24 minutes 53 seconds. Tucker of the 202nd Infantry finished second in 2 28 10. M A Deviney of Boston Navy Yard ran third in 2 28 45.
Margaret Darling 29 of Hillside avenue Roxbury was killed instantly when the car she rode in overturned on a sharp curve in Marlboro today pinning her beneath the vehicle. Other occupants escaped serious injury.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels visited Boston for Patriots Day as 15,000 troops marched through historic streets. He and Mrs Daniels attended breakfast at Copley Plaza and spoke to Boston University students, stressing patriotism and religion.
Paris reports Rheims, once famed cathedral city, reduced to a mass of smoking ruins after fierce bombardment by German shells. Over the past week the Germans reportedly hurled more than 100000 shells into the city, fueling widespread destruction.
Forest City Council Knights of Columbus held their regular monthly meeting reading six applications. A war activities committee was appointed led by Adrian R Dunn with Joseph P Quirk James Lawton James Dunn James P Borden and Arthur M Coughlin tasked to create a roll of honor for enlisted men and maintain a service bonds record. An open meeting will be held later with speakers on war topics.
A Cincinnati man departs a new cure for corns and calluses offering a small bottle of freezone for a few cents. Drops applied to tender corn or callus relieve pain, loosen the area, and allow removal with no irritation to surrounding skin. Works on hard and soft corns and foot calluses, promising painless shedding. Ladies are urged to keep a bottle handy.
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