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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1918
Page
4
The Penny Press announces subscription terms for Middletown readers. Names are not published until payment is received and the paper will halt delivery upon nonpayment or change of address. Notice to discontinue must be received by the 30th day of the month prior to publication.
New Haven and vicinity expect partly cloudy to Tuesday with rain or snow possible interior. warmer Tuesday morning. Disturbance over Nebraska brings cloudy conditions with light precipitation in western and central areas. Atlantic coast remains pleasant. overall temperatures above normal east of the Mississippi. no severe cold reported. Observations list Hartford 58 clear, New Haven 38? or 38 clear, New York 46 partly cloudy, Boston 38 clear.
The Mt Higby station reports 24 hours ending noon with max 44, min 30, mean 37, 12 m 44, barometer 29.64, water 23 feet and inches, wind SW, clear. Sunday temps: max 34, min 20, mean 27. War news notes German goods push, peace conference reporters, troop returns, monarchs despondent, and political musings on democracy, media, and public interests amid postwar turmoil.
A call appeals for a small membership fee to support wartime relief efforts. The piece condemns supposed prominent men who engaged in German enterprises before the war, noting many were in a prestigious profession. It laments their actions and says the public will not be swayed by excuses, vowing to remember their dealings with German plenipotentiaries.
A Detroit News critique of Swift and Company highlights how meat profits claim a penny per pound mask broader monopolistic control. It argues the trust leverages by products, by industries, and transport to dominate essentials, pressing questions on limits, influence, and public subjection.
Collier's argues against continuing wartime power structures after victory. It warns of a large permanent bureaucracy and officeholders clinging to power, urging rapid demobilization and a shift to peacetime priorities. The piece emphasizes tax burdens and the need to readjust governance away from war mentality.
The wool situation is exposed as folly, with 300 million pounds already in government stock and millions of woolen garments and cloth on hand. Officials warned of shortages but records show surplus, and a proposed remedy is gradual sale of government-owned wool and import restrictions.
The poem urges Americans to uphold duty and sacrifice during war, warning against complacency and vicarious victory. It calls to flag respect, acknowledge blood shed, and fight in faith with knowledge, resolve, and honor under God rather than expecting triumph to come without personal cost.
A Syracuse Post Standard item praises Red Cross women for wartime work and reports grand totals for seventeen months of American involvement. It lists surgical dressings, knitted and refugee garments, hospital apparel, and massive fabric, yarn, button, and thread usage. It notes 3,870 chapters, 31,000 auxiliaries, 8,000,000 workers, and broad gratitude from Allied peoples.
A two story bungalow designed by architect Chas. B. Sedgwick with 83 by 37 feet footprint. Main entrance from a porch opens to a central hall with columned openings, large living room, dining room with sun parlor, kitchen, bath on first floor, full basement, second story with three rooms and closets planned for white enamel finish. Estimated cost from 4200 to 5200 dollars not including heat or plumbing.
Brooklyn woman Ersie G Lewis shares a testimonial attributing her recovery from a run-down condition and headaches to Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad cites fall or general weakness as possible causes and invites others with similar symptoms to seek the product through Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn, Massachusetts.
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