Middletown Evening Press Classified Notices
Special Wire and Open Editorial Rooms publish notices about subscription changes and advertisement deadlines. Readers are urged to re order terms, provide new addresses, and note exact discontinuation times to ensure service continuity. The piece lists local street locations where the paper is sold and reminds readers of second class mail status.
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PENNY
Midletown
Conn
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Postoffice
Middletown Conn
Kook
Weather and World News From Haven and Nation
Forecast for Haven and vicinity: fair tonight and Sunday, turning colder with light northwest winds. Eastern lake region and New England see flurries. temperatures from Atlanta to Hartford range from the mid teens to upper thirties. The piece notes taxes, peace prospects, returning soldiers, and political insights amid winter weather and national events.
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New Haven
Haven
Connecticut
Lake Region
New England
Rocky Mountains
Anid Maine
Nen- Georgia
Atlanta
Atic City
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Hartford
Jacksonville
Nantucket
New York
Norfolk
Pittsburg
Portland
Washington
New York harbor strike warned of escalating danger
The piece argues that Manhattan will feel powerless to stop unfolding events and favors a system structured to sustain current conditions. It accuses politicians of appeasing returning soldiers while promising to cut living costs with preambles, and critiques state and highway departments for wasteful, useless public documents.
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New York Harbor
Manhattan
State Highway Department
Iie
Gaal
Taxation discourse echoes through year to year
The passage notes that as long as residents subscribe to taxation for fewer reports, they will keep multiplying and a study of employment from that source will rise above the crowd in terms of real work, suggesting ongoing debates over tax rates and public data.
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Ple
Bolshevism at Home and Rising Domestic Turmoil
A column denounces Bolshevik influence and Spartacist ideas in the United States, arguing labor unrest and wage disputes mirror foreign upheavals. It claims government controls on prices and labor provoke widespread discontent, warns of New York tiedowns affecting six million people, and laments erosion of constitutional liberty and citizenry.
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Russia
Germany
New York
New York City
Educating the Soldier at Camp Funston Plans
The Kansas Camp Funston education program merges college courses with military training under Major General Wood and President Jardine of Kansas State Agricultural College. Soldiers may prepare for farm or urban trades, choosing professions like dairy, poultry, or farm management, or skilled trades such as motor mechanic or blacksmith while in service.
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Kansas City Star
Camp Funston
Kansas State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Léonard Wood
W. M. Jardine
Wood
Jardine
Soldier Training Paths for Short and Long Enlistments
An article outlines that a soldier can pursue trades training through a short course if enlistment is brief, or a regular college course during army camp training if enlistment is long. Trades include penter, electrician, radio operator, draughtsman, foundryman, and machinist, with paths aligned to enlistment length.
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Penter
Court of the People selects Walsh as speaker
Hartford Times notes Judge Walsh chosen to be speaker of the house amid a satirical chorus about J Henry Roraback and John T King. The piece mocks political maneuvering, laments rivalries, and jokes about the “gospel” and “promised land” while praising the selection.
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Court OF the People
Hartford Times
Walsh
J. Henry Roraback
John T. King
Canaan
Huxford
Hartford Courant
J. Henry
An Hour of Roosevelt An Orchard of Pageantry at Oyster Bay
A New York Globe column reflects on the simple ceremonies at Oyster Bay and contrasts with Berlin news showing anarchic forces delaying peace. The piece captures a public longing for Roosevelt as a needed respite amid turmoil.
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Roosevelt
New York Globe
Oyster Bay
Berlin
Frugal Frenchman Lived On Five Francs A Week
A Boston Transcript piece recounts how a parsimonious French man survived on five francs weekly. He explains Sunday meals at a friend’s house, then a large dish of tripe and onions on another day, which he hates yet consumes to avoid appetite until the next Sunday. The note links a father’s financial failure to widespread heartbreak among young men.
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H. C. L.boston Transcript
Red Cross in Middlesex County Half Century Review
Middlesex County Red Cross grew from hospital garments and surgical dressings to home service and civilian relief. Since 1914 it developed 14 departments, supported by wide local aid, including epidemics and wartime needs, with a culture of service and quiet gratitude.
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Red Cross
Europe
American Red Cross
Middletown
Q Ae
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Redross
Mexico
United States
Army
Navy
Middlesex County
Home Service Department
Home Service Committees
Civilian Relief Committee
Executive Committee
Middlesex
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