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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1918
Page
4
Pub date notice states receipt and publication rules for advertisements. Mentions Middletown Post Office and street addresses 299 Main, 188 Main, 652 Main. Indicates second class matter and sale location for the Evening Press Penny Press edition.
Haven and vicinity forecast fair tonight and Tuesday. Connecticut outlook fair and colder Tuesday with moderate north winds. A passing storm from the St Lawrence valley ends rain locally while another system moves from eastern Texas causing cloudy wet weather in western districts. High pressure over the Mississippi valley and lake region. Moosehead Minn reports the coldest at 10 below zero. Observations: Haven 51 cloudy. New York 50 clear. Hartford 52 cloudy. Boston 54 clear, etc.
Weather from Mt Higby reports a 24 hour period ending noon with a maximum 53 and minimum 48, mean 48, barometer 29.86 inches. Sunday temps peaked at 59 and bottomed at 29, mean 39.5. Various world notes include Wilson and Clemenceau overseas, a Russia riot, polar flight plans, and holiday soldiers returning home. A long list of social and political items follows including Salvation Army donations, Christmas spirit, and remarks on air warfare and sea control. The piece ends with scattered reflections on war casualties, coal heat measures, and legislative commentary.
Readers warned against peering into court proceedings and profiteering in eating places. Advice urges restraint on trading Liberty Bonds for cash or goods, urging citizens to hold bonds at par and use them to support government credit, preserving national financial stability.
Detroit essay argues prison cannot reform habitual criminals especially the mentally deficient and diseased. Justice Olson urges intelligent policy to protect society while Detroit courts confront reform limits and moral responsibility. Montreal Star praises Wilson and Roosevelt for guiding Allied cause and shaping public opinion during war.
The text praises Hoover for Belgian relief and European food supply work, and lauds Hughes of Australia and Borden of Canada. It credits Hoover with saving Belgians from starvation and organizing Allied food. Hughes warns of German menace and inspires vigilance. Borden embodies perseverance and duty for empire.
A New York hotel proprietor argues that bone dry laws threaten culinary art. He notes wine and cordials are essential to cooking and cites terrapin as the national dish that cannot be prepared without alcohol.
The piece argues for relaxing liquor bans in cooking citing plum pudding mince pie and sauces. It questions if meals like lobster a la Newburg or rum omelet should lose flavor from prohibitions. It notes chefs rely on alcohol as tradition and asks if small culinary allowances can be spared.
A shift from heavy rigid posts to a string like tension system for fences. The principle holds that any contact along the line yields a reaction, changing how structural support distributes loads. This approach emphasizes flexibility over stiffness, reducing localized stress and enhancing durability.
A description from Milwaukee Wisconsin details new bowstring fences with solid terminals forty rods apart. The wire is taut and supported by thin steel elements anchored eighteen inches underground. When struck by a bull or similar shock the flexible supports bend evenly, transferring the strain to the terminals. Born diplomats handle the truth with care.
Purified blood and rebuilt strength after influenza and prostrating diseases. Hood's Sarsaparilla expels poisons weakening the blood causing pallor anemia and lax muscles. It is the standard blood remedy with a fifty year record. Hood's Pills offer a gentle cathartic for women and men.
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