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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1918
Page
4
Mt Higby Weather and World War News Bits
Mt Higby reports 74 daytime, 46 low, 60 mean, barometer 29.05, wind SW with clouds as a teen notes. In world affairs Kerensky and Bolshevik Russia dominate chatter, while U S wire control debate and Fourth of July reflections mix with war talk about Germany and Kaiser. Weather oddities link to a stormy mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Higby
Fragmented OCR reflects wartime shortages and unrest
The text depicts social strain and scarcity under a harsh regime with mentions of bread, meat, fuel, and munitions. It notes agricultural control, price pressures, and public discontent as well as personal pleas and failed appeals.
Railroad Crossings Debate Prompted by Hartford Tunnel Plan
The Hartford Times notes Britain will discuss a tunnel to replace dangerous grade crossings in Hartford area. The city has faced decades of fatal accidents at these crossings, with the county’s grade crossing situation described as severe and dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford Times
Britain
County
New England
Abolish Crossings Policy in Hartford Area Tightens
The state has long aimed to remove grade crossings with one for every sixty miles of track, but the Public Utilities Commission suspended the law at railroad companies' request, a suspension that predates the war. Hartford bears four condemned, dangerous crossings, while New Britain faces central city crossings debated since 30 years ago over property damages. A tunnel plan may offer a route to ending the Main Street crossing in New Britain without onerous damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Utilities Commission
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Hartford
New Britain
Morality of Stockings At Coney Island Debate Ends In Laws
New York World notes a Coney Island dispute over beach attire forcing women on the shore to wear stockings or be barred from the water. The piece questions whether stockings protect modesty or reflect outdated rules and whether beachgoers should mirror city streets in attire standards. It suggests a compromise allowing surfers to go stockingless while others comply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Coney Island
Fifth Avenue
Mirbach Killing Reflections On Russian Turmoil And Terror
The article discusses the assassination of German ambassador von Mirbach in Moscow and how it reveals perceived weakness in Russia. It contrasts old and new terrorists, notes Lenin and Trotzky’s fear and appetite for control, and comments on revolutionary leaders’ reactions and hypocrisy amid the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mirbach
N. Y. Globe
von Mirbach
Moscow
Russia
Germany
Lenine
Trotzky
Plehve
Stolypin
Germany’s War Outlook Shifts as U S Forces Grow
Zurich dispatch reports German leaders realizing America’s impact on the war. Deputy Stroebel asserts Berlin aims to crush foes under heel, citing a costly spring offensive and 900,000 Americans in France offsetting Allied losses. Finance Minister Hergt doubts arrivals but fails to deter influx.
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Zurich
América
Berlin
Stroebel
Landtag
Servia
Belgium
Russia
France
Hergt
Vladivostok Quiet. U S Consul Reports No Disorder Since June
The American consul at Vladivostok said the city remained quiet with no disorder since June 29. He noted deaths in fighting were few but exact numbers were unavailable. Best info says Czech Slovak forces, said to have overthrown Bolshevik government, suffered four killed and 21 wounded. Newspapers mention 60 Red Guard deaths, including an uncertain number of Hungarians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vladivostok
Red Guard
Martial law proclaimed in Moscow amid Mirbach murder plot
Martial law has been proclaimed in Moscow. Advices indicate Russian social revolutionaries confessed to a plot to murder General Count von Mirbach the German ambassador, aiming to annul the Brest Litovsk treaty. The assassination sparked an uprising, which the bolshevik government says it has suppressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basle
Moscow
Count von Mirbach
Russia
Brest- Litovsk
Surgical Workers Meet at Red Cross Rooms Wednesday
Cromwell notices a meeting of Surgical Workers in the Red Cross rooms scheduled for Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
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