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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1919
Page
5
Obituary notices and death notices from Haddam Road to New Britain and Meriden list services, interments, and pallbearers for Catherine C Kelly Mrs Mary Tracey Axel Gustafson Charles Justice Mary Ahearn Clara C Yensch and Lloyd True along with minor sports mention of Wright returning to play against Wesleyan. Includes Mass details pallbearers and cemeteries.
The article notes thousands of women entering most business lines to fill wartime gaps, with health as their strongest asset. It warns some women developed nervous strain from business life and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy.
The Connecticut Business Educators Association holds contests starting tomorrow at 11 am in the Y M C A gymnasium adjoining Middletown Business College. Competitors are in three classes including a professional division for state championship. An afternoon meeting at 2 pm follows at the college. Principal Nixon invites public attendance. the convention is expected to be top rate.
Services will be held Sunday morning at the Chapel of St John the Baptist in Portland at 10 o'clock with no communion service as previously announced. The Red and Black has final light practice tonight in preparation for the last Williams game tomorrow night. William A Caron of Broad Street is at Middlesex hospital with pneumonia. he is proprietor of the restaurant at 586 Main Street.
Washington reports Senator Hiram Johnson likely the progressives choice for the 1920 Republican nomination with contenders Johnson and Borah. A Chicago or Washington meeting next month will decide, not a new third party move. The piece also mentions Danish Premier Zahle resigning and local church and sports items.
Big Saturday night bill at the Y M C A features Fisk Red Tops of Chicopee Falls amid Middletown and All Hartford girls teams. The Red Tops boast a strong season, while Middletown aims to rebound after last week’s setback and the All Hartford girls defend a Swastika-era legacy against Massachusetts foes.
Senator Lodge criticized the proposed League of Nations plan, arguing it would waste the Monroe Doctrine and threaten American freedom. He urged amending the league covenant to bar interference with immigration and internal policies, and warned against vague commitments to use force. He warned avoiding direct statements signals concealment of aims.
Boston reports that New England telephone workers voted to strike to press wage demands. Miss May Matthews, an official, says a majority favored a strike but it will not be called until the wage dispute is presented to President Wilson. Wesleyan faces Williams Saturday night in a key matchup.
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