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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
4
Publication indicates the Middletown post office is not accepting advertisements at the time of publication and the item is or may be discontinued as second class matter.
Forecast for Haven and vicinity calls for fair conditions tonight with increasing cloudiness and rising temperatures. Disturbances noted over the Midwest and British northwest affect eastern weather, with generally pleasant conditions east of the Rockies and scattered frost in southern states.
Mt Higby weather report at noon today lists 45 with minimum 25 and mean 31, barometer 29.06, wind north, clear conditions and 22 feet 9 inches. The era speaks of German propaganda probes, Serbia, Pershing reviews, and a world with Earthquakes, kings, and a nation preparing for Christmas shopping at home merchants amid talk of profiteering and rail regulation.
A social critique questions law and public office, arguing that arrests of artisans and the poor arise from a profit driven view of justice. The writer laments repeated incarcerations over decades and calls for public awareness of care for the unfortunates, hinting at systemic indifference and vested interests in state action.
A Wall Street Journal reflection questions the president’s Europe trip and its motives. It discusses the need for presidential presence in diplomacy, contrasts great leaders with lesser ones, and notes public skepticism about why personal presence matters for peace talks. It likens leadership to stage actors and suggests the public awaits clearer explanation.
The New York World reports Secretary Lansing seeks schedules of American losses by German U boats to demand payment. It cites 375000 tons sunk and 775 civilian lives lost as illegal acts. The piece argues no territorial aims were pursued, only compensation for pillage and murder, amid European Council constraints.
A Washington housewife employs a Black servant girl to clean a room for a fastidious guest. During inspection she highlights a visible dust deposit under a bed and the girl replies in dialect that it is “house moss,” a remark illustrating the mistaken euphemism for dirt in the domestic setting.
Middletown War Bureau discusses establishing a city registry to record returning troops. A military committee, led by Captain N Evan Davis, will oversee details. The women report 4000 5000 cans donated to Middlesex hospital saving 1200 1300 dollars. A Girls Patriotic League dance is planned for Friday at the High School hall with an orchestra and guest invitees. Davis notes over 50 photographs of Middletown war activities secured for archival use in Washington.
Secretary McAdoo’s resignation highlights how low pay for cabinet members judges and other officials forces the pool of candidates toward the wealthy or the unqualified. Leaders from congress to city halls must consider higher salaries to attract competent public servants and avoid talent shortages.
The article argues for careful pacing in shifting from wartime to peacetime industry. It notes work remains in filling peace goods orders, financing restocking, and rebuilding homes and Europe, stressing a managed reallocation of labor and capital rather than a reduced overall volume.
A handwritten style ad promotes a pine extract remedy labeled Pinexen, sold by a Ft Wayne company. It advises mixing 244 ounces into a pint with sugar syrup or alternatives like molasses or honey, promising a non spoiling, cheap cure. It cites rapid relief from coughs, throat tickle, hoarseness, croup, bronchitis, and asthma, claiming generations of use.
Chicago reports General Peyton C March backs reopening baseball after war program curbs. He writes to Ban Johnson that there is no reason to pause the game and highlights the wholesome effect of a clean sport. The note frames the move as an improvement amid wartime policy shifts.
A man describes severe rupture years ago from lifting a trunk and claims a nonoperative cure. He asserts years of safe return to work as a carpenter with no operation or complications, offering to share full curing information by writing to Eugene M. Pullen in Manasquan New Jersey.
Edmond Rostand, France's leading dramatist and poet, died in Paris after a grippe illness. His celebrated works include Cyrano de Bergerac which earned world fame, and Chantecleer staged in New York and Paris in 1910. Other plays were L Aiglon La Samaritaine Le Bois Sacre La Princess Loi taine and The Red Glove.
A dated health blurb urges waking to a glass of hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and intestines of indigestible waste and toxins. It claims relief from headaches backache bilious attacks constipation and other stomach troubles and says users become enthusiastic and persistent. Limestone phosphate described as inexpensive and nearly tasteless.
A bustling market lists numerous seafood varieties including cod haddock swordfish halibut and salmon. Fresh and frozen options cover mackerel eel scallops clams lobster shrimp and more, with both large and small shellfish varieties highlighted.
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