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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
4
Advertisements and address changes must reach the paper by 8:30 am on publication day to ensure prompt attention. The Middletown Conn post office handles second class notices. subscriptions stop at the end of the term unless payment is received.
Weather report for Haven and Connecticut notes cloudy unsettled conditions with snow flurries and clearing in parts, while temperatures vary from freezing in southern regions to near 40 in some coastal cities. Peace conference plans, holiday trading, and local Middletown election talk accompany reflections on government principles and logistics.
The piece discusses congressmen hedging on prohibition during soldiers absence and using the soldier vote to decide dry or wet policy. It notes Mr Kitchin of ways and means backs Burlesons post office zone plan despite Senate objections. It warns that politicians prioritize personal aims over the country and calls for unified crime protection regardless of armed status, criticizing New Yorks Sullivan law as failing to curb gunmen.
The country has grown due to business men taking risks and mobilizing labor to build railways mines and industries. Government enabled but did not create major enterprises, and reconstruction should again trust business leaders who have delivered prosperity while workers stood with them.
In the New York World essay, the War Labor Board’s ruling on New York harbor marine workers is praised as aligned with the May 1917 arbitration, tied to wartime powers. The piece argues peace will come and questions why wage peace won’t apply then, warning that labor warfare risks undermining postwar stability and the terms of peace.
A collage of remarks from New York Times and Indianapolis News notes on postwar attitudes, German occupation behavior, and calls for unified American thought. It cites Franklin Lane on literacy, German church services in Evansville, and a quip about excuses from a Louisiana senator, plus a Chicago anecdote on egg prices.
Miss Ivoryton notes several Christmas visits as sergeant L Dow Webber is discharged and returns home. Mrs Julia A Bull dies in a Hartford hospital after months of ill health, with funeral at Deep River Memorial chapel and burial at Fountain Hill. Survived by daughter Mrs Arthur Peck and sons Walter and Wellington.
Mrs. Whitney Porter hosted Mr. and Mrs. Julius Dans for Christmas. Miss Ella Burr served Christmas dinner guests. Miss Trecartin visits New Haven for holidays. Mrs. Irving Cook and daughter Catherine visit relatives. Higganum Grange holds an open meeting Friday evening December 27 with one visitor per member and a present for each, light refreshments served.
A three day clean up sale runs this week in Killingworth with great bargains offered. Addie A. Smith thanks patrons for their patronage in Clinton advertisement.
In Clinton a Grange gathering is slated for this evening with each member to bring a ten cent present for the Christmas tree. The item recalls earlier times when a nickel bought cheese and crackers.
A promotional offer urges readers to cut out the slip, mail it with 5 cents to Foley & Co. in Chicago to receive a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, Foley Kidney Pills, and Cathartic Tablets advertised for coughs, colds, rheumatism, pain, and digestive issues. The ad claims products are sold everywhere.
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