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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1918
Page
4
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Weather at Mt Higby reports 76 high 51 low 63.5 mean, barometer 29.98, wind north. A broad editorial thread urges wartime vigilance, political unity, and public safety from air menace and food shortages. Mentions war lists, U boat losses, and island measures amid a dense mix of unrelated fragments.
Citizens praise wartime industry and the launch of the season near the city. The shipyard by the riverbank area shows activity with boats of various types. officials urge continued momentum to keep transportation at high levels in the navigable region.
Detroit News outlines President Wilson's push to curb war profiteering. It highlights three restraints conscience patriotism and taxation, urging Congress to enact a war profit tax while praising loyal manufacturers. The piece condemns profiteers and frames moral duty as essential to national effort.
A New York World piece argues sinking protected ships near the American coast only briefly boosts German morale. It says the oceans teem with armed vessels challenging German power and that Berlin’s raids seem aimed at terror or protests, calling for a measured response and a cautious view of wartime aggression.
The nation rejects German barbarity and vows continued support for naval actions. Officials state life loss is minimal and emphasize unwavering public confidence. The Navy will press on with convoys and operations against the submarine threat, while private marine insurers await clearer risk guidance.
Government order by Director General McAdoo raises passenger rates on June 10 and freight on June 25 to boost carrier revenue by hundreds of millions yearly. McAdoo cites wage increases, higher costs, and rising taxes, arguing the Interstate Commerce Commission failed to protect the public and that war pressures require urgent rate boosts to avert railroad bankruptcy.
The Springfield Republican warns that sustained U-boat attacks along the Atlantic coast threaten New England coal supplies and industrial activity. It urges heightened naval protection for coastal coal carriers and notes insufficient inland waterways and rail access raise regional vulnerability.
The Brooklyn Eagle article humorously misstates Germany with many absurd figures. It lists Germany as 208830 square miles and 3879310 grand goosesteps, mentions Lenine, General Foch, Kiel canal, and high C’s in an opera house. It mocks Kaiser Wilhelm II and Helgoland.
Fragmentary Hartford Times text hints at a past fire in New Haven and evolving methods, but the garbled lines reveal no definite event, date, or outcome. The excerpt appears as stray notes without a coherent narrative or identifiable subjects.
A rousing wartime appeal urges universal registration and enlistment for the cause against Prussian aggression. It calls on readers of German heritage to abandon doubt, direct energy to labor and combat readiness, and transform dreams into decisive action for victory.
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt captures a soldier directing a German war aviator from a trench, insisting the scene is a combat zone not a hospital. The vivid wartime exchange underscores the brutal realities faced by troops amid shelling and frontline danger.
A magazine note claims that worry and blues stem from a functional derangement. It suggests more outdoor life sleep and a root and herb remedy Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will revitalize the system and help any woman prone to worry and the blues.
Reports from Paris say Premier Clemenceau left a front position minutes before a patrol of forty Uhlans arrived. Germans entered the town he had just left and cornered remaining French forces, including a general inspecting positions with a field glass who was killed in the encounter.
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