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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1919
Page
9
The Collector requires stills to be registered and warns of seizure of apparatus. Penalties range from 1000 dollars and up to five thousand dollars plus imprisonment up to three years for illicit distillation. Makers of distilling vessels must notify the Collector and file returns under heavy fines and possible jail terms.
The Kansas City Star argues against softening terms for Germany and supports strong French demands for reparations and guarantees. It notes France’s sufferings from German aggression, the lack of protective sea channels, and U.S. public support for firm action despite a pacifist mood after elections.
At New Britain on April 24 the national convention of the Uniformed Bank of the Patriotic Order Sons of America elected officers including Commander-in-chief M Anderson senior vice commander Samuel S. Sturger Jr junior vice commander Gilbert Hamilton recorder Cumberland chaplain George W. Jewell orderly W L Kyle trustees Barnhart Charles L Packer L Wilson military advisor William L Brower Samuel J McGonagle F D Haines Charles A and E H Parker delegates to national camp Harry E Barto James H Hoyt S J McGonagle David A Stathan William L Bower Abel
Washington reports an order by J H Rossetter head of operations at the Shipping Board establishing a 25 cent per 100 pounds surcharge on cotton shipments from Atlantic ports to London and Liverpool. The levy aims to counter serious discharge delays and will continue until conditions improve, not affecting bookings made prior to the date of issue.
The Mall Gazette reports that France may be free from certain U N troop deployments as railways aid efforts continue. The notice hints at potential withdrawal of some units while maintaining support for transport lines amid ongoing tensions.
The Democratic National Committee in Washington called for a party session to be held at a convention hotel on April 24 to mark the opening of the 20th presidential campaign.
An attractive frame and stucco bungalow 29 by 30 feet with five rooms and a glazed piazza. It features Dutch windows in the living room, a wide central fireplace, two bedrooms with a bath between, dining room, kitchen, rear porch, full basement, and a concrete foundation. Cost estimated at 3000 to 4000 dollars not including heating and plumbing.
The New York Times analysis contrasts England’s national industrial council with American practice. It notes wartime experiments in labor representation, stresses cooperative relations over revolutionary outcomes, and highlights how American labor saving devices and fair pay drive higher output. It concludes that while Britain abandons radicalism for solidarity, the United States should preserve cooperative methods and continued hard work to ensure postwar prosperity.
April 24 report from Strassburg notes storks returning after five years with one pair nesting in the house where Rouget de l Isle sang the Marseillaise on April 25, 1792. Locals connect the birds with Strassburg's return to France amid wartime tensions.
Wireless station operators report hearing voices music and crowds in air beyond ordinary reception, suggesting air vibrations may carry all sounds. Some say air does not attenuate as wires do and wireless could eventually pick up distant signals. Reedy's Mirror cites Los Angeles Times noting echoes indicate vibrations persist in the air, though the atmosphere above 15 miles is said to fail to transmit such echoes.
Boston police report Eugene L. Fisher of Lewiston Maine was shot in a lodging house. His wife Marie admits buying a revolver and quarrels with him. she is under arrest for murder. Fisher lay dead on the floor with a bullet in his chest, gun at his breast, in a hysterical scene next door.
An advertisement extols Neutrone Prescription 99 as a blood purifying remedy to remove rheumatic pains and stiff joints. It claims quick relief and encourages buying a bottle for one dollar at the local druggist.
A fragmented ad style notice urges readers to buy Haar-Oil Capsules to cure pains and illnesses. It promises relief after three capsules and touts a price, warning that health can worsen into incurable disease if ignored. The text references an old government context from 1696.
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