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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1919
Page
4
Notice to subscribers about reordering, ad changes, and deadlines for discontinuing ads ends 8:30 am publication day. Public notice indicates second class mail at Middletown and availability at Sanders Book Store 399 Main St and Bride 662 Main St.
The New Haven forecast calls for fair tonight and slightly warmer Tuesday with light coastal north winds. A disturbance off Massachusetts brings flurries in the east, with snow reaching Virginia. Temperatures rise rapidly between the Rocky Mountains and Mississippi while freezing hits Florida. Observations list a mix of clear and snowy readings from cities including Hartford Boston Nantucket New York Norfolk Pittsburg St. Louis and Washington.
Weather summary from Mt Higby station for the 24 hours ending noon reports a mean 21.5 degrees with clear skies and north wind. barometer at 29.68 inches and water depth 25 feet 6 inches. Sunday's temperatures show a maximum of 35 and a minimum of 19 with a mean around 27.
Troop arrivals and uplifting sentiment spread as tribute paid to the late Theodore Roosevelt Surday. Discussions on good roads, Prohibition, and the Russia situation reveal public debate. Pleas for relief and support for discharged soldiers, insurance concerns, and tax evasion cases surface in a mosaic of postwar concerns and political commentary.
Ole Nelson a leading Seattle figure looms as a future reformer amid debates on the Morrison bill backed by the state board of education. The piece argues for centralized control in education, criticizing restrictive representatives and the spread of modernist ideas seen as a trust move from Hartford.
The New Haven Journal-Courier argues nationwide prohibition threatens temperance, citing mass resentment at the eighteenth amendment. It contends the public, denied a voice in ratification, rejects federal overreach and warns that laws cannot force morality or obedience without genuine consent.
The article argues that only production creates permanent wages and profits, condemns labor capital antagonism, and warns socialist systems in Russia or Germany lead to shortages and deficits. It cites figures on Russian factory socialism with costs exceeding income and Bolshevist deficits, drawing parallels to potential U.S. outcomes.
The Brooklyn Eagle notes that after prohibition reduces arrests, police and court costs may not shrink. The statistician predicts massive closures and job losses in liquor industries, but the paper argues government agency spending often rises, not falls, under prohibition.
Winnipeg Free Press notes a London newspaper staff did practice recruitment, citing Sir Auckland Geddes. Of 10,000 men and boys employed, 5,000 joined the colors, and at armistice time, only about 30 were fit for service across London newspapers.
Answers from 5A grammar pupils in the New York Tribune reflect on postwar goals. They note soldiers in Europe to earn money to return home, the peace conference as a forum for nations to demand what they want, and US leadership by figures like Colonel House. They mention Hoover’s wartime food control and the navy’s postwar breakup.
Purified blood and rebuilt strength are promised after influenza and lingering illnesses. Hood's Sarsaparilla is touted as a standard blood remedy with a fifty year record, claimed to expel poisons and treat pallor anemia and lax muscles. Hood's pills are recommended as a gentle cathartic for all ages.
A reflective piece urges embracing happiness despite its impermanence. The narrator reassures a friend who fears joy will fade, comparing happiness to spring flowers and summer skies. It encourages seizing opportunities, noting many people around us display cheerful faces.
An advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as the best and most harmless laxative for children. It emphasizes the fruity taste and states full dosing directions appear on each bottle, urging parents to give it without fear.
Newark woman recounts three year nervous breakdown with daily headaches. After two years under a physician she started Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound on a friend's tip and says she improved from the first day and fully recovered.
A Dashing Shower Bath promises morning vim with a Kenney Shower that fits any tub, requires no curtain, and won t splash. Available in two portable styles priced 7.50 or 15.00 with a money back guarantee if unsatisfactory.
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