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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1919
Page
3
A mixed page of local trade solicitations and official city notices from Middletown. The dense ad content includes cleaning services, upholstery, and chemical or sanitary offerings, followed by municipal amendments to fire department pay and duty provisions as approved by the Common Council on January 6, 1919.
Notice to James P. Stow city clerk announcing the annual meeting of the freemen of Middletown on January 20, 1919, at 6 a.m. for election of clerk and treasurer, two aldermen, six councilmen, assessor, and collector. Polls at Town Hall Zone 2 district. voters vote at their places. After polls close, taxes to be laid and collection arranged. Attest: City of Middletown January 18, 1919.
Two army casualty lists dated January 13 report 752 names split among killed in action, died of wounds, died of disease, wounded severely, wounded undetermined, and missing in action. Connecticut entries include several corporals, privates, and an MIA, with corrections issued as an appendix. Also notes meetings in New York on baseball governing bodies and a separate obituary for Harry R. Edwards, brother of Major General Clarence R. Edwards, who died of influenza and bronchitis in Cleveland.
A terse caution advises believing in friends’ honesty and integrity, urging restraint in sharing or endorsing their notes or communications. The line emphasizes trust and discretion among social circles.
Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker and six other American aces are recalled by the government to establish a flying school rivaling West Point and Annapolis. Major William K. Thaw Captain Sanford Biddle and Lieutenant Tobin are among those who have already returned home.
The piece extols Theodore Roosevelt as a world figure whose power over people and skill in moral framing shaped American democracy. It credits him with founding a new economic order and inspiring national renewal, while noting policy missteps yet unwavering commitment to welfare, fairness, honesty, and patriotic nationalism.
The Buffalo Express argues that presidential travel will set a recurring custom of hosting foreign rulers and that future visits by kings, exiles, and rulers from other nations may become common. It predicts presidents will also visit South American and Canadian neighbors to foster good will and closer ties.
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