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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1919
Page
4
Connecticut farm women are solving economic slowdowns by organizing and boosting farm activity. Reports say women on the farm are essential to success beyond the household, and active female involvement is lifting Connecticut toward top ranks in agriculture with strong markets nearby.
A local advertisement outlines subscription terms for the Evening Press. Postpaid plans run $4.00 monthly or $2.50 for shorter periods, with specifics on term length, address changes, and discontinuation rules. Paper stops only after payment is received, and notices must be given by 6 am on publication day to avoid lapse. The paper is mailed via Middletown Conn. Post Office as second-class matter.
Perth Amboy New Jersey resident Martha Stanislawksi recounts years of severe female troubles including backache dizziness and fainting. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports improved strength no pains and a brighter appearance and recommends the remedy to others. The ad claims the product overcomes conditions such as inflammation irregularities and nervous disturbances in women.
Government weather report from New Haven notes fair and chilly conditions tonight and Saturday, with a cold wave sweeping the state. A North Dakota center disturbance and a high pressure ridge from Alabama bring mixed conditions across New England and the mid Atlantic with above normal temps elsewhere. Observations list numerous cities with varied skies and temperatures.
The Mt Higby station reports a 24 hour period ending at noon with a high of 41 and a low of 84, mean 37.5, 12 noon 40, barometer 29.02, rain 0.82, water 25 feet land 9 inches, wind NW, cloudy. The rest comments on labor plans, taxes, dry law debates, prison site in Granby, prohibition, congress sessions, telephone regulation, and business row dynamics.
The New York Globe questions New York Police Department about seven murders in the city over the last two weeks. It notes commissioner Enright’s denial of a crime wave and calls for clearer progress on unsolved cases and the Brooklyn bank robbery.
An illustrated piece explains how camouflage and deceptive painting reversed ship profiles to fool German submarines. Navy camoufliers used painted bows and sterns, false deck lines, slanted smokestacks, and smoke depressors to hide true movements, enabling ships to appear to sail backward and evade torpedoes.
Margaret E. Sangster reflects on life’s going away times and coming-back moments. The piece urges fearlessness about partings, saying the hope of reunion sweetens departure, and the harder the parting, the more wonderful the return may be.
A line from a touring company sketch features a dialogue between a landlady and a guest. The landlady mourns the departure while the guest demands payment in advance, highlighting comic tension over money before leaving.
A dubious health claim targets mothers wives and sisters promising to stop a drink habit with tasteless harmless powders called Tescum Poders. It asserts vast gendered involvement and minimal risk, urging women to administer a powder in liquids or solids to curb male drinking.
Private Cudliff writes from the front urging the Oregonian to publicize his postwar job need. He served nineteen months, worked as a K P and K M, and was officially assigned as dishwasher at a large base hospital, handling dishes for 3,300 meals daily with strict sanitary rules. He asks Portland readers to help place him in suitable postwar work.
A Charleston Mail snippet notes a child remarking on policemen having wives after seeing a officer’s wife. The piece ends with a quip that the police court is a continual beach show, reflecting local humor about law enforcement life.
An advertisement promotes a 25 cent box of Tiz for aching tired feet. It asserts Tiz reduces swelling eases soreness and relieves burning and chafing instantly. Claims include relief from pain in corns callouses and bunions and eliminates shoe tightness.
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