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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1919
Page
4
Postpaid terms for United States subscribers. monthly rates and ad space details limited by exchange of address changes. Readers urged to reorder or discontinue promptly. notices effective on publication day. Sold at Middletown Post Office and local storefronts.
New Haven forecast shows unsettled conditions with warmer temperatures and partial clearing possible Thursday. Central pressure disturbances drive cloudy skies and light snow flurries in the lake Ohio valley region while coastal areas remain unsettled with shifting winds and temperatures near freezing in parts of the northeast.
Mt Higby weather report for the 24 hours to noon lists a minimum of 6, mean 18, 12 noon 29, barometer 29.74, wind northeast, clear skies. National notes cover naval program gains, 26th Division homeward order, Japan not pressuring China, food demand versus supply, Supreme Court decisions, spring ice harvests, dam age from freshet, alleged g amendments in senate, German brewers, sparkling pop, compulsory health insurance debates in Oregon and California, pork barrel critique, cost of living, wartime price trends, U S military strength figures, Michigan judge on liquor evidence, dry-state liquor trends, deportation talk, and copper industry price and wage signals.
The essay notes a Hartford rumor that J Henry Rora back may retire from the Republican State Central Committee next spring. It claims such speculation travels with each incoming legislature and often remains until adjournment. The piece suggests party leaders largely shape legislative outcomes in this cycle.
The New York World notes practical northern Democrats weigh political risk as women voters in 16 states could retaliate next year over the suffrage failure and ongoing prohibition push. It argues a party split over national control of police power and state suffrage may delay future Democratic administrations in Washington.
A New York World item notes a rising moral issue in England as YWCA members smoke at some branches. It cites British examples where women auxiliaries, munition workers, and Cambridge's Newnham College allow smoking, risking a wider shift in standards and potential clash with anti tobacco campaigns.
The Kansas City Star notes a push to reexamine large war court martial caseloads from 1918 amid criticism of harsh military justice. An overhaul may curb excessive sentences while preserving discipline, with a War Department inquiry expected to reassure the public that injustices will not stand. Poland and Czechoslovakia in dispute over Silesia are urged to seek international arbitration rather than war, to build peaceable state foundations. A Paris peace forcefully shaping boundaries, the piece cautions against barbarism and urges rational settlement principles for the new states. Two Better Reasons portrays Gaby Deslys in Fifth Avenue fashion prompting remarks on nerve and style.
Chicago Tribune reports moderate opinion within the prohibition movement led by Dr Clarence True Wilson of the Methodist church board. He condemns interference with adult habits, notes anger over cigarette use by soldiers, and rebukes attempts to portray prohibitionists as targeting tobacco as hypocrisy while predicting moderation will prevail.
The Ansonia Sentinel argues the Morrison code would abdicate local self government and centralize school control. It warns of higher costs and bureaucratic rules undermining Connecticut’s educational theory and practice, predicting widespread public protest and potential decline in school quality. The writer likens it to a farmer turning from plough to dry rot.
McLean Nebraska woman recommends Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for displacements inflammation ulcers irregularities backache headaches nervousness and mood issues. The ad cites forty years of use and invites letters for ailment guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Massachusetts.
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