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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1918
Page
4
A damaged snippet mentions an advertisement discontinued and a publication notice. It references several street addresses including 309 Main St and 472 Main St and notes post office handling as second class matter. Names and full context are incomplete.
Mt Higby weather report shows noon readings with a high near 87, low around 77.5, clear skies, barometer 24 feet 3 inches. War notes discuss Allied advances, Lloyd George plans, Russian prospects, American troops, tax measures, and calls for nurses amid ongoing global conflict.
Amid war-time demands, numerous firms have placed bids against one another to secure contracts. The competitive process reflects intensified pressure to supply essential materials while balancing limited resources and expedited delivery timelines.
The Department of Labor will take charge of recruiting common labor for war industries and oversee employment across manufacturers with over 100 workers. The plan, done with state directors and local boards, aims to curb weekly turnover and misallocation of labor, ensuring steadier production for war needs while limiting inter-state transfers without authorization.
New Bedford Standard notes the government backed drive to promote community singing through the national council of defense. It argues singing strengthens national unity, urges schools and homes to foster vocal music, and envisions neighborhood centers as hubs for collective song and civic life.
Detroit News notes Col. Watterson leaving the Louisville Courier Journal may not end his influence. It argues nations can endure the loss of great writers and predicts successors will rise to match his sharp, fearless style and blunt political stance.
Western Canada sees rising cattle movement as farmers diversify into mixed farming. Aberdeen Angus Shorthorns Jerseys Herefords and other breeds flow in from Eastern Canada the U.S. England Scotland and Europe. The region offers healthy climate low priced lands clear water and ready markets making cattle raising increasingly profitable for settlers.
The piece discusses Henry Watterson as a bold, loyal editor with a defiant stance in national politics, contrasting his era with modern newspaper anonymity. It also analyzes Lenine’s Bolshevik government, arguing it acts as a Potsdam pawn bent on war against the Allies, and questions Russian public sentiment toward allied intervention. It weighs whether Russians will support delivering and keeping ports from German control and facing German influence.
A New York World report highlights the Symington Anderson gun shop in Rochester, producing 75 millimetre guns and six inch trench mortars. Ground broken July 25, 1917, the five acre site shipped a completed gun by April 30, nine months later, and now runs at full production as one of 16 ordnance plants built under government direction to arm the U.S. war effort.
Mrs William A Gavin renowned English golfer and holder of the women’s metropolitan golf title is urged by the New York district attorney to hand over the 34000 she said she collected for the Drake Section Sanitaire at exhibition golf matches. The funds were intended for the French ambulance service and donors may be refunded.
The passage notes that what has been accomplished resembles the rapid formation of a powerful army, a wonder-story showing how quickly capable forces can be built and prove themselves to be among the best in the world.
From the London Chronicle Jean d Orléans Comte d Angouleme, a Hundred Years War prisoner held for thirty three years, wrote early rhymes denouncing book thieves. He crafted verses in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales threatening dire penalties for stealing, noted as possibly the first of its kind.
Old Saybrook reports new Virginia Dare dresses in silk and serge with satin hats in white and colors. Middy sale runs this week. A. F. Kokojan advertises. Ward Boyd writes from home praising navy life and describes regions of the land based on his letter, noting interest.
Poem by Jennie McKinstry of Middletown Connecticut laments human limits. The speaker lists unreachable feats from tasting sunlit colors and stars to reviving the dead and calming seas. The piece ends with a stark image of an avalanche and a lake of misused power.
A boy, bruised lips and freckles, admits in a gritty Kansas City Star quote that he has been fighting. He describes skinny Smith wagering vast sums that a soldier brother would kill more Huns, and the boy bet a billion that his own brother would not. he claims he felt compelled to whip him.
A kitchen notice explains cleaning with boiling water or steam to remove formaldehyde odor from utensils. After drying, odor vanishes and no milk contamination occurs. Utensils should be placed in bright sunshine daily to prevent sour milk during this process.
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