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Newspaper

The Evening Press

Location

Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1918

Page

3

FOR SALE Advertisements mix on church street and surroundings

A jumble of sale notices lists items from farms to vehicles and real estate. Entries include cows, a touring Ford, a Maxwell touring car, a Durand District address, a Devon cow, secondhand trucks, a Sonora phonograph, window sash, and multiple houses and tenements for sale or rent. The notices mention names such as Cramer, Korting, Meech & Stoddard, O'Keefe, Annino, and Urban, with locations like Portland, Cromwell, Essex, and Middletown, plus contact details and prices.

Church St. Force Joseph Ewald Cromwell Cramer Main St. Portland Orng & Er Erbings Lhrge Breok Meech & Stoddard Devon Essex John Sellars Deep River Annino North Main St Carl Peterson Portland R. F Dixwell Ave New Haven Conn Sonora Phonograph and Records E. Bransfield Middlesex Ave D. E. West East Hampton

Baseball Scores and Resignations Across Leagues

National League results feature Chicago and Brooklyn, New York over Cincinnati, Boston over St Louis. American League notes Chicago over New York in 13 innings, Boston topping Detroit in 11. International League saw Baltimore and Newark wins. Tenor John Tener resigns as National League president amid commission disputes. Scoreboard reflections recount key late innings and standout performances from Mogridge Wood Acosta and Compton.

Chicago Brooklyn New York Cincinnati Boston St. Louis Cleveland Washington Philadelphia Detroit Baltimore Binghamton Toronto Buffalo Newark Rochester Pittsburgh Syracuse Jersey City John K. Tener National League National Baseball Commission Lefty Mogridge White Sox Joe Wood Indians Acosta Walker Burns Athletics St Louis Mack Prendergast Pirate Peter Compton Fletcher Giants Reds Mallio Red Sox Dodgers Jack Coombs Cubs P.C. Cage Dee Eeaight Eseeeetere Pittsburgh Eeenstseveth Seeesveess Dnerrree Washington Ee St. Lovis Seeane Philadelphia Ee Baltimore Rochester Vcecresss Ceeeeeneees Esecohese Ecccevere

Portland and Middletown Voter Registrars Schedule Caucus Lists

Voter registrars for Portland and Middletown announce meetings on August 2 and August 9 1918 to revise caucus lists and enroll participants for party caucuses and primaries. Portland sessions run 12 noon to 12 30 p m with locations in the selectmen's room. Middletown sessions run 12 noon to 9 p m at multiple district sites including Municipal Building and Frisell Store Main Street South Farms.

Portland Conn John J. Rowan Hjalmar Bostrom Middletown Westfield Thomas C. Lawton Onry Hanson Registrars of Voters Staddle Hill South Staddle Hill School House South Staddle Hill Connecticut Howard Peck Ira L. Gardiner

Thrift Stamp Cheer Leads War Bond Message

A patriotic verse extols Thrift Stamps as the nation’s weapon in the war effort. It urges children to buy and hold stamps as symbols of liberty and victory, promising future rewards and calling readers to support Allied goals. Also a short vignette contrasts a boy’s story with a mother and son about a boy from reform school.

Berlin

Save Sugar Children A American penny lollipop magic tale

A wartime moral tale urges American children to skip daily lollipops to aid hungry children in Belgium and France. It sketches a chain reaction where fewer sweets reduces sugar use and shipping, eventually sending wheat and sugar to Europe, with sugar coated buns reaching French and Belgian refugees. The piece uses whimsical imagery to promote wartime sacrifice and generosity.

America Belgium France Union Uncle Sam Europe Atlantic Ocean

Tax receipts show U.S. war funding drive details

Internal Revenue reports to Secretary McAdoo outline how war taxes raised 3.695 billion for the year ending June 30, 1918, with income and excess profits taxes leading at 2.839 billion and liquor taxes at 443.8 million. Other sources include tobacco 156.2 million, transportation and utilities 70.7 million, and luxury taxes on piano players and cosmetics.

Washington Internal Revenue Roper McAdoo House Ways and Means

War Wrecks a Municipality in Maine Plantation

In Plantation No. 14 Washington county Maine enlistments removed 18 of 23 legal voters. At the last town meeting only one voter besides the five remaining was willing to accept office, so the plantation was closed due to lack of quorum and no officials.

Lewiston Washington County State of Maine

An Old Reputation

The Boston Transcript notes Byron’s line about invaders as a historical echo. It recalls the poet’s quip about Austrians at the Po, reflecting on harsh labels like dogs and wolves and a wish for defeat of hostile forces.

Boston Transcript Byron

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