This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1919
Page
4
Fragmentary copy describes standard practices for processing wire service news and advertising in newsroom editorial rooms. Mentions timing, publication days, and handling of ads or discontinuations.
A Haven weather forecast describes fair conditions tonight with increasing cloudiness tomorrow and moderate winds across the region. The report cites mixed observations from major cities and notes a poor winter for weather prophets, mounting labor concerns, shipping rate changes, and various political comments about Prohibition, demobilization, and public governance amid postwar uncertainty.
The text discusses directing calls through household staff to reach the head of the house, arguing for discreetly informing the cook or housekeeper to convey the message. It frames this as aligning with Burleson’s idea of how the telephone business should be conducted and warns against wasting the caller’s phone fee.
Prices remain a threat to peace as reconstruction seeks relief from high living costs. Meat prices are cited as a main driver, with farmers and feed costs blamed. A drive to curb abuses faces stockyards and transport controls, plus a Nebraska farmers co op packing plant hindered by current systems.
Formal defenses of Y M C A activities in France continue amid growing army dissatisfaction. Critics fault policy and moral questions, while defenders blame tact and gossip. The piece urges the Y prominent to identify policy flaws and physical shortcomings underlying the failures rather than refuting isolated criticisms.
The Boston Herald notes Indiana reports a push to abandon the direct primary in favor of party conventions, surprising in a state once hospitable to progressives. It cites dissatisfaction with the popular primary, constitutional compulsion, and past legislative moves toward convention nomin ations for state offices, amid mixed reception of a governor veto and calls for common sense in candidate selection.
Armour cites 246 percent rise in hog prices from 1914 to 1918, warns proposed laws would hurt producers and consumers. He notes labor costs, fuel, and cattle prices climbed. Armour’s postwar figures show 53 weeks 1918 net income of 15.25 million and limited dividends. Senate debates big packers and distribution, while anti trust probes in Chicago proceed with Justice Dept inquiry.
Monday 7 30 Girls club meets with Miss Elsie McConochie on Broad street. Tuesday 7 30 Philathea class old fashioned costume social in the parish house. Wednesday 7 30 church prayer meeting in the parish house. Thursday 10 00 Home Missionary society all day meeting in the parish house. 4 00 pastor opens a Bible study on prayer in the parish house. Friday 7 15 Boy Scouts Troop 6 in the chapel. 7 30 Camp Fire Girls in the parish house.
Tuesday 3:30 Pastor's class for development of the devotional life in the chapel. Wednesday 5:30 to 6:30 annual reunion with social hour and supper at 6:30. Thursday 8:00 regular Philathea circle. Friday 3:00 Women’s Foreign Missionary Society meeting with Mrs Samuel Kirby on Church Street.
A vintage advertisement touts Mustarine as a revolutionary pain remedy discovered by Chemist Pay. It claims relief from backache headache toothache earache neuralgia and more within minutes to hours, asserting superiority over mustard plasters and urging readers to buy the yellow boxed product.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.