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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1918
Page
4
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Weather report from Mt Higby station for the 24 hours ending noon: max 82, min 54, barometer 29.76, precipitation .04, wind north, conditions cloudy. Wartime notes urge conservation and wartime effort. vegetable season and prices favorable. Bridgeport rent rate battles. speculation on Russia, finance, and Senate temperance talks. Mentions U S senator nomination in South Carolina after Tillman's death, Wilson veto on wheat price, Pop Geers remaining active, plan to produce 36 000 lieutenants yearly, and transportation issues on the Connecticut River signaling midseason strain.
Fragmentary remark notes regime collapse ideas and a view that peasants suffer most as weather and crop concerns press farmers, amid broad critique of socialist governance and class dynamics.
Report notes discussion of creating a Hoboken hospital promptly without waiting for federal approval. Officials mention state and district authorities, with soldiers and federal oversight referenced as the broader context of the plan.
In a discussion of congressional prohibition, Haven and Hartford contemplate possible outcomes. The piece suggests rules on rentals from gilded palaces and potential shifts in behavior as a new era of easy money emerges.
The article outlines President Wilson’s four proposed articles for peace: end autocracy, require consent of the governed for territorial and political changes, govern nations by common law and honor, and create a global organization to enforce peace with a tribunal for disputes. It urges the German people to renounce autocracy and accept these terms toward perpetual peace and a league of nations.
The Detroit News notes Colonel Roosevelt is in a bind over Michigan senatorial politics as Ford remains silent and Roosevelt refuses to endorse Newberry Osborn or Simpson. The piece suggests Simpson withdraw to ease Roosevelt’s embarrassment and ease G. O. P. tensions.
The Balkan dispatch notes a three week old blaze destroying 8000 houses 20 baths 26 bazaars and 10 mosques in central Stamboul leaving 200000 homeless. The account contrasts with the era’s usual zeal for dramatic disasters and war news. A separate Indian railroad crash is described, with a focus on a large circus troupe killed, creating a unique odium for the wreck.
A poem reprinted from The Living Church questions who commits crimes and harms in society if the Devil is believed gone. It challenges readers to identify responsible powers behind daily evils in faith, church, state, and home, urging accountability.
The Boston Post notes frequent confident but unfounded statements in U S Senate about war conditions abroad. It cites Senator McCumber condemning Allied claims of a large western front reserve, questioning how he can know there is no reserve force.
A French descendant of Rochambeau honored an American regiment in France by presenting battle banners to be carried at the head of the columns. The ceremony featured the troops posing with the new flags after the presentation.
Federal officials warn Americans cannot have all coal and foodstuffs needed. McAdoo pours nearly a billion into locomotives and cars with priority over steel users except shipbuilders and gunmakers. If war lasts years, millions may be drafted, risking reduced production. imports and labor could avert shortages and sustain soldiers and allies.
In pro-German circles sympathy for Debs remains, yet he has never embodied the party’s intellect and now, opposing the war, is farther from them. He is erratic and violent at times, inviting prosecutors’ actions. U.S. laws are serious, especially in war, and democracy ensures leaders are not above ordinary citizens.
A New York thimble once owned by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson sold for $600 to fund the Treasure and Trinket Fund aiding aviation in war. Proceeds support aviators with gear and supplies. over $50,000 has been raised. The article urges gifts of keepsakes to the fund, appraised or melted for government use.
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