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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1918
Page
4
Weather and wartime currents frame an unsettled day
Mt Higby weather shows 80 high, 51 low, mean 64.5, barometer 29.78, wind northeast as war news and economic strains press on daily life. The piece notes bread price questions, rising war costs, US troops in Russia, and looming elections amid shortages and political maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Higby
Moon
Fragmentary note on wartime conditions and former mayor
An incomplete excerpt discusses war conditions and references the former mayor. The fragment hints at civic context and calls attention to local affairs, but lacks clear actions, dates, or names to specify.
Condensed News and the Old Sun’s Example
The passage reflects on decades of evolving newspaper practices, noting how the New York Sun achieved concise reporting under Charles A. Dana. It argues that modern journalism expands coverage unnecessarily, whereas earlier papers printed more in a single column with less filler. It suggests the value of brevity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Charles A. Dana
The
Sun
Seeing the Light in Germany as War Hope Fades
A New York World analysis notes Germans in Cologne and Dusseldorf rebuking defeatism and acknowledging repeated defeats. It argues the public only accepts harsh truths when the army loses the initiative, foreshadowing a shift in morale and government stance as illusion of victory fades.
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New York World
Germany
Foch
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Essen
Cologne Volkszeitung
Marne Salient
Picardy
Beef Surplus Tips Public to Curtail Meat Use
The New York Globe reports that after lifting meat use restrictions the food administration urges conservation and lighter beef cuts for homes and restaurants to save heavier stock for the armies. Drought in the southwest has pushed light beef to market, creating a surplus that could lower prices if consumers and dealers follow the guidance. Prices vary as butchers adjust, but the public’s restraint is urged to curb profiteering and let supply and demand stabilize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Globe
Food Administration
Effort That Availed: Penwiggle Finds Profit as Typist
In a Washington Star exchange, Mr. Penwiggle explains his path to literary payoff. He says he never sold many pieces but kept copying his own work until now he can command first-rate compensation as a typist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
New York City Teacher Promotes Vinci Patent Remedy
Henry Albers, a New York piano and singing teacher at 121 Nicholas Avenue, endorses Vinci as a cure for chronic coughs colds and bronchitis. He claims Vinci is a constitutional remedy containing beef and cod liver peptones iron and manganese phosphates and that it strengthens and revitalizes the entire system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Nicholas Avenue
Vinci
Henry Albers
Governor Holcomb adds railroad workers to draft deferments
Hartford August 16 Governor Marcus H Holcomb urges draft boards to defer railroad employees, citing the United States railroad administration that such workers are essential. He notes 8 177 nationwide cases of essential railroad personnel placed in Class 1 or inducted, including machinists and repairers, and calls for careful handling as with ammunition workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holcomb
Hartford
Marcus H. Holcomb
United States Railroad Administration
Railroad Administration
United States
New Haven
Durham A Daughter of the Gods at the Grand Theatre
Advertises the film A Daughter of the Gods shown at the Grand theatre in Middletown on Monday and Tuesday with performances slated for the early week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughter of the Gods
Grand Theatre
Middletown
Lemon and Orchard White Freckle Lotion Recipe
Squeeze two lemons into a bottle with three ounces of Orchard White to make a quarter pint of freckle sunburn and tan lotion. Shake well. Grocers carry lemons and drug stores sell Orchard White for a few cents. Massage on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles sunburn windburn and tan. Harmless.
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