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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1918
Page
4
A Middletown news brief outlines subscription terms and payment rules, noting paper discontinuation if payment is not received. It lists office locations and street addresses for newspaper sales andervice.
Weather at Mt Higby reports twenty hours ending noon with max 81, min 61, barometer 30.25. War rumors abound as Germany and allies maneuver. Hindenburg is fading, crown prince calls for aid. Americans urged to prepare, coal and fuel concerns rise, corn and tobacco shortages loom. Stores discuss trial goods, home display shifts reshape merchandising amid wartime reforms.
Detroit News outlines a national trade mark plan titled Made in U S A to standardize an emblem or token for goods manufactured in the United States. The proposal seeks congressional adoption with presidential approval and emphasizes securing a durable, universal symbol for all American products.
The text discusses collaborating artists and advertising experts to create a compelling emblem for the leading products. The aim is to craft a symbol that appeals to a broad audience and sustains growing international commerce.
Nineteen passengers were injured, none seriously, when Shore Line express train No. 2 scraped by engine No. 1,278 entering New Haven yards at 1:49 am. Glass cuts caused minor injuries. one man received glass in the eye. Delays and coach substitutions followed. Injured include Hazel Barber of Youngstown and Edward Regan of Providence among others.
In Elizabeth New Jersey July 26 Charles E Hughes chairman of the government investigating committee into aircraft manufacture was expected to fly the first Langley Page aircraft built in the United States. Weather postponed the flight but Hughes arrived to begin the inquiry with Attorney General Gregory and planned to move on to Buffalo later today. A German paper photograph secured by Company G of the 1024 infantry shows Private Harry T Fitzgerald of Waterbury as a prisoner in Germany after being reported missing in action April 21.
The Evening Press editor is asked to publish a correction from veterinarian C H Myers who states he would receive $6 of the $10 charged for a horse call. He explains $1 for horse keep to Mr Atwell, $1 for helpers, $2 for medicine, and $6 for attending from 12:30 to 6:30, ending when the horse was out of pain.
Co D members whose rifles failed inspection and those absent last Friday evening are ordered to report for drill Friday evening at the usual time. Drills will continue for these men until excused by Lieut. Garde per order of Captain Stow adv. 267 Supplies For Switzerland. Washington reports completion of relief supplies to Switzerland totaling 107000 tons, convoyed by American destroyers due to Germany's refusal to guarantee safe passage. Dry Figs To Save Them. Thomasville reports a large fig crop with scarce sugar prompting drying experiments. Postwoman In Wyoming. Pine Bluffs notes Wyoming's first woman mail carrier Elizabeth Rutledge taking over the rural route between here and Gallio.
Mrs. Frank Henson of Urbana Indiana reports relief from a long winter grippe and Change of Life symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She regained strength, reduced nervousness and backache and now does her own housework, endorsing the remedy for similar conditions.
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