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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1918
Page
8
A wartime appeal urges Americans to plant home gardens to boost food supply and aid soldiers. It stresses self reliance, calls for digging in with spades and hoes, and offers a free manual from the No War Garden Commission in Washington, D. C. to educate readers on maximizing yields and defeating hunger while supporting the war effort.
The piece argues that experts who critique traditional methods provoke resentment because their new approaches threaten status and profit. It notes critics claim experts are purely theoretical or biased, while real sufferers fear disruption and loss.
Farnished by Richter & Co Hartford Conn urges rapid Liberty bond subscriptions as the war enters its final stage. Markets hold firm with scarce stock offerings while life fire bank and public utility stocks show little change and manufacturing stocks rise. Seavill Mfg quoted 465 bid 475 asked. Only one in a million dies of overwork per late statistics.
Large numbers of coal cars moved from mines across the country, totaling 8,110,398 car loads for anthracite, bituminous, and lignite through the first week of the month. Anthracite shipments rose by 3,533 cars from last year’s period, while bituminous output remained only modestly higher. The industry runs near maximum capacity with ample mine workers and adequate cars.
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