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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1919
Page
4
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Forecasters predict cloudy conditions tonight and Friday with a colder Friday afternoon and night. Connecticut should see rain tonight and a dry Friday with cooler Friday winds. A central disturbance over the lake causes cloudy rainy weather east of the Mississippi, with fog along the north Atlantic coast. mild temperatures prevail east of the Rockies. Nearby readings: Hartford 40 rain, New Haven 41 missing, New York 42 cloudy, Boston 40 cloudy, Detroit 44 rain, Atlanta 56 rain, Jacksonville 66 cloudy.
Weather report from Mt Higby covers the last 24 hours ending noon with a high of 39, low 33, mean 36, barometer 99.84 and wind from the south under cloudy skies. The column surveys political debate on Hoover, Congress, taxation, commissions, and international affairs, noting public sentiment and upcoming legislative activity.
A proposal to illuminate hen houses to equalize day and night for hens faces enforcement risks as intruding into a neighbor's hen coop becomes a serious offense under evolving scientific methods.
The New York World reports at a House post office committee hearing Edward Reynolds, former Postal Telegraph Co. general manager, was dismissed by Postmaster General Burleson for defying orders after a telegraphs and telephones takeover. Chairman Moon hints Reynolds committed high crimes, sparking satire on Burleson’s power and a proposed constitutional redefinition of treason.
The piece argues Britain kept existing regiments during the war and intensified regimental identity. It notes uniforms shifted from bronze buttons to brass and daily shaving and parade discipline kept soldiers uniform in trenches. It credits rigid detail with sustaining heroic, cohesive fighting spirit against a larger foe.
The London Chronicle recalls Ferguson era practice of gin with oysters and a dram at Lucky Middlemist's, noting gin dissolves oysters while whiskey and brandy ruin the pairing. Modern gourmets avoid whiskey or brandy before oysters and wait two hours after eating them.
Old sores healing claim cites 61 ulcers cured by Peterson's Ointment. Advertises 26 cent box from Buffalo maker with money back offer. Endorsed for burns, itching, piles, eczema, salt rheum. cites testimonials from Rochester, Vineyard Haven, Cuylerville. Sold by all druggists.
Captain Christy Mathewson, ex-Giant pitcher and Reds manager, now gas officer in the 28th division, tours Camp Colombey Les Belles. Col. Weener says Matty is beloved by the troops who learn from his lectures, while his unit trains with machine guns and automatic rifles.
New York reports that the Brooklyn Dodgers will establish a Florida training camp next spring, with President Ebbets abandoning plans to train at home. The dispatch notes a separate New Jersey mucilage factory fire that displaced 400 workers, casting gloom over the community.
New York veterans of major league baseball face retirement as 1919 contracts loom. Giants and Yankees may lose three players including Derrill Pratt and Slim Sallee. J Franklin Baker and Bill Rariden also in doubt as prep for postwar contracts grows. Willard eyes oil riches and a potential Willard Carpentier bout amid talk of high living costs.
Wm Barnes of San Antonio Texas reports that Foley's Honey and Tar is the best cough remedy he has used and that it cured his lingering cough after the flu and pneumonia. He states it cost him only 50 cents to treat and helped him sleep well through recovery. Sold everywhere.
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