Middletown Evening Press ad and subscription notes
Publication notice from The Evening Press Middletown Conn outlines subscription terms changes, discontinuation deadlines, and delivery instructions. It notes second class matter status and sale locations including 299 Main Street and local book stores.
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Penny Press
Tina
Sonni Street
Midletown
United States
Postoffice
Middletown Conn
Main Street
Main St
Weather forecast for New Haven and Connecticut Dec 27
Unsettled tonight and Saturday with possible snow flurries. Connecticut expects mostly cloudy conditions with light snow likely in places, winds from gentle to moderate. Temperatures remain low with no significant change, and several cities report varied cloud cover and snow events.
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New Haven
New Ae
Connecticut
Lake
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Hartford
Jacksonville
Nantucket
New York
Norfolk
Pittsburg
Portland
St. Louis
Washington
Mt Higby Weather And World View In Inland Dispatch
Weather from Mt. Higby reports a 24 hour period with a 22 degree high and 21 degree low, mean 265, at noon 28, barometer 29.58, water 24 feet 7 inches, wind north and cloudy. The rest comments touch on Holcomb’s expected message, postwar questions about Japan, Spain backing a league of nations, the beef trust, democracy cautions, Russia Mexico comparisons, Prussianism, state taxation, sailor temptations in New York, uncertain ice crop, Europe’s future, bandit arrests, and political tidings ahead of the legislature's session.
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Mt. Higby
New Britain Debates Municipal Management Proposition
A fragment from a 20th century newspaper discusses the tension between officialdom and everyday life, urging careful scrutiny of lawmaking and noting public interest in municipal governance. The text references serum research, disease, and a distant prospect of a universal charter shaping local policy.
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New Britain
Univer
Aif
Illusion of charter rights and military discipline critique
A Philadelphia columnist denounces charter politics and officialdom as petty. He condemns the motor vehicle department for no annual register and praises a state register for drivers while criticizing costly exams. The piece blasts snobbery in the military and defends humane, firm leadership over autocratic rule.
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Philadelphia
Motor Vehicle Department of
Checking Crooked Finance Seeks Permanent Market Oversight
New York Globe reports Secretary Glass suspends activities of the Capital Issues Committee at year end while keeping its disbandment in view. He urges Congress to create a permanent regulator to curb fraudulent and worthless securities, arguing protection for the public and the need to shield legitimate business during peacetime and readjustment. The plan aims to restrain stock swindlers and drill salesmen through statutory authority.
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New York Globe
Capital Issues Committee
Secretary of the Treasury Glass
Hamlin
Congress
Glass
Post Office Steps In On Mail Fraud Swindle
A discussion notes that mail fraud is a crime and that post office authorities often intervene only after the damage is done, with the public’s money already at risk from swindling operations in the country.
The Sacred Right to a Pass in New Jersey
New Jersey defends public officials right to rail free travel by issuing certificates in lieu of passes. Legislature, judges and others to receive free transport with railroads paying fares to the Railroad Administration. The move upholds contract sanctity between state and railroads amid federal pass abolition.
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New York World
New Jersey
Railroad Administration
Theersey
David
Market Letter Forecasts Postwar Boom and Shift to Creation
Richter & Co forecasts a postwar era of reconstruction and growth. demand will shift from war materials to consumer goods and industry, with lower price volatility and higher living wages. advise reallocating short term bonds to gilt edges or long term bonds, and investing unemployed funds in stocks yielding 4.5 to 8 percent. Holiday slowdowns expected, but stronger times and higher prices anticipated for locals and investment issues.
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Richter & Co
Hartford
Conn
It Pays to Kill Rodents in Montana Campaign
A Portland Oregonian summary notes Montana's season long rodent control effort cost 82000 dollars with federal 12000 dollars matched by farmers who expect 2700000 dollars in annual savings. Government involvement included rodent control specialists aiding local agencies. Nationwide damages from rodents approach one billion dollars yearly. Rubber Bands From An Inner Tube. (December Good Housekeeper) explains making wide office rubber bands from discarded inner tubes by cutting them to desired widths.
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Portland Oregonian
Montana
United States
Winter Night Reverie Brings Names From Memory
In a cosy room the speaker reads and writes while wind rattles the window. Though alone, minds of Wilberforce Clarkson Howard Mozart and others are near, praised for virtue over conquerors. The poet notes fame through pen and moral legacy, dated December 23, 1918 from Rockland, Maine.
Back to the Constitution call and fashion critique
In a Town Topics column a reminiscence recalls former narrow skirts and the return of tight winter styles. Senator J A Reed urges reason and a return to constitutional obedience, asking Congress to set an example of reverence for law.
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J. A. Reed
Leslie
American Congress
New Method Claims Asthma Cure Trial at No Cost
A promotional notice offers a free trial of a new asthma method, claiming it can relieve all forms of asthma regardless of age, climate, or occupation. It targets hopeless cases where inhalers and other remedies failed and urges immediate mail-in requests with a coupon.
Christmas programs and local life in North West Cromwell
The North West Cromwell school held a December Christmas program with teachers Misses Helen Hogan and Grace Granie, drawing a large audience. Proceeds of 4.94 were directed toward three Liberty bonds. The open Monday schedule, nearby library events, and various family visits and illnesses are noted along with local social happenings and a riddle about a girl and a young man before Christmas.
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West Cromwell
North West Cromwell
Helen Hogan
Grace Granie
Charlie Pratt
Charles Pratt
Hodgson
East Berlin
George Hoggett
Thompsonville
C. P. Bynon
C. E. Bynon
Middletown
Maplecrest
William Sharp
Middlesex Hospital
Elizabeth Smith
Harold Gates
Fred Griswold
Sarah Mills
W. O. Hayden
Orian
Windsor
N. A. Mills
Liela
New Britain
Orian W. Mills
Lucius
Dorothy Marandus
John Mills
Vernon Reed
Berlin
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Holcomb
Japan
Spain
Beef Trust
Russia
Mexico
Parts
Europe
War Department
Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger
Archangel
Weekly Market Letter
Fredericktown
Wilberforce
A Clarkson
Kaiser Bill
Howard
Mozart
Earth
B. E. Stannard
Rockland, Genn
1918
Frontier Asthma CO
Niagara and Hudson Sts
Buffalo, N.Y
PGI CO
Cleveland
Hartman Drug CO
Revithich’s WO Stores
Sloan
Sloans
M.D
Sil
Arthur B. Jenkins
U. S
Mutual Building
Hartford, Conn
Lyman D. Mills Co
A. L. Southmayd
Emsalmer
Wrubel
The
Middletown Coal Co
TEL
W. T. Fields CO
Liberty
New Haven, Conn
Chester L. Hull
J. F. Nixon
the Hartman
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