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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1918
Page
4
A damaged notice provides partial guidance for an address change or advertisement discontinuation. It mentions a Postoffice and several street addresses including 472 Main St and Middletown 8, but the complete details are unclear and publication timing remains unspecified.
A Higby weather report ends at noon with a high of 80 and low of 54, clear north winds, barometer 29.09. The page shifts to war issues and politics, praising Allied efforts, noting Italian actions, and discussing labor and coal shortages. References to women’s roles, canning regulations, and upcoming political campaigning appear amid scattered commentary on the war’s progress and home front measures.
McAdoo, signaling a delayed but eventual push, used the department to back war profits taxation. As the revenue act was drafted, he aimed to steer toward war taxation, yet faced resistance from North Carolina financiers Kitchin and Simmons, amid concerns of unfair excess profits rules.
The author argues the excess profits tax unfairly hits smaller stockholders by targeting wealth distribution through corporate ownership. A war profits tax is praised as moral and sound, ensuring rich profiteers are opposed while labor bears the burden of financing wartime needs. The piece credits Secretary McAdoo for moving to curb Kitchin-Simmons folly.
A Detroit News editorial argues postwar public office should reflect fitness and service rather than prior honors. It asserts democracy in military service through conscription and that relatives in service should not influence political consideration. It urges merit-based selection for official duties during wartime.
At a spring conference of the British national union of teachers a motion for equal pay for men and women was defeated despite a strong female majority. A faction of women teachers backed unequal pay until state provisions support wifehood and motherhood, proposing a state endowment of motherhood with child allowances to supplement wages.
Exclusive photograph shows Captain Archie Roosevelt during convalescence in France. He, third son of ex-President Roosevelt, served as second lieutenant before being promoted to captain for bravery. Wound from shrapnel fractured the bone in his left arm. he received the Croix de Guerre from France.
A garrulous lawyer argued a case, rambling so long the judge yawned. The lawyer quipped he was not unduly trespassing on the time of the court, while the judge retorted there is a difference between trespassing on time and encroaching on eternity.
President Wilson reportedly told Theodore Seltzer aboard the yacht Mayflower on July Fourth that there is no longer an Alsace-Lorraine question, a claim cited by the Matin noting Seltzer leads the Alsace-Lorraine association.
Justice agents with local police rounded up 500 draft age men in Torrington yesterday and last night who could not prove registration. All but 25 released after examination. the 25 were taken to Hartford for a hearing.
A London editor jokes about capturing Americans as Sam Blythe replies that the dynamic works both ways. Managers of the Liberty Day celebrations in Morland describe the Fourth of July festivities as a joint effort with English and American participation.
National League score updates show Brooklyn 5 Pittsburgh 1 Cincinnati 5 New York 4 St. Louis 8 Boston 0 Philadelphia Chicago rained. American League Cleveland beat New York 4 Boston 2 Detroit Washington 7 in 16 innings St. Louis 5 Philadelphia 2. International League results include Toronto 7 Rochester 5 Baltimore 5 Jersey City 4 Buffalo 8 Hamilton 5 Binghamton 2 Newark 1.
A small lad, Leslie Gordon Norris, idolized a German spy life and stole six treasury notes from his employers. He rigged his room with a dummy telephone and wireless setup and posted a notice reading Morris, Private Inquiry Agent. Alderman Sir A Newton warned him to seek a better ambition or his career would be snapped away. Mrs Alltolk, visiting to view a house for sale, exclaimed at the view, and the husband said he would buy the villa immediately.
A. A. Young of Schenectady" says New Thought philosophy aided by Fruit-a-tives or Fruit Liver Tablets relieved severe liver and stomach trouble and improved complexion. He claims the product embodies the highest result of New Thought in medicine. 50c per box six for 2.50 trial size 25c available from Fruit-a-tives Limited Ogdensburg NY or dealers.
A Stars and Stripes report announces a new post office rule barring written requisitions for parcels from home to American forces. The policy voids all pending requests and arrivals. only letters remain acceptable, preventing parcels to the AEF.
A small economical cottage with Dutch style exterior and Tranchided gables. South exposure provides morning sun in the dining room and all-day light in the living room. Features include a porch under the main roof, ash white lower walls, white upper walls, and shingles stained light. Main entrance leads to a central hall with stair, living room with 18 ft fireplace, windows with seat, kitchen and dining porch, oak floor, three bedrooms on second floor, bathroom and linens, attic space, plumbing, and a price range of 84 200 to 88 500.
Historical notes explain feeding hogs with ground grains and by-products to improve profitability. It warns pigs need regular salt and a constant supply of “crunchible” materials like charcoal and mineral salts, while noting improved results from commercial mixed feeds and profits for raisers who cannot grow their own feed.
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