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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
4
Weather at Mount Higby for the 24 hours ending at noon: high 66, low 47, mean 56.5, barometer 29.48, water 9 inches, wind northwest. War notes discuss eclipse effects, Senate race prospects, thrift stamps, submarine actions, German plans, coal concerns, and wartime food guidance.
A report notes Senator J. R. Mead of Greenwich will be for comptroller on the ticket at the state convention June 26. Mead made a favorable impression in the Senate by addressing issues of broad public interest, beyond party lines.
A column condemns profiteers near military camps on Long Island and southern camps for gouging soldiers. Examples include a $40 room rising to $60, a $40 month house rented to an officer’s family for $125 then $160, and a county official involved. The piece urges federal officials to target profiteers tied to food price manipulation.
Higganum June 14 report describes summer vacation soon starting for the town school. Local residents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tyler and son Clinton visit. Clinton is baptized at the Methodist church. Miss Lillian Frederickson from Springfield spends summer with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson. Seaview Pomona Grange met with many represented from several towns. three candidates joined. Louis Priest family celebrate birth of a daughter. Grange meeting planned for tonight at Grange hall.
Mrs C B Wilkinson testifies that Vincl helped a five year old girl with a run-down nervouse condition. Within a week the child showed appetite and weight gain, becoming pleasanter to live with. The ad claims beef and cod liver peptones iron manganese peptonates and glycero phosphates as key ingredients, touting it as an old, famous body-building tonic.
Leading doctors nationwide endorse Phosphated Iron as a reliable blood and nerve builder especially in spring. Scientists and physicians claim it boosts blood and nerves, helping overworked individuals, nervous cases, pale children, and those lacking energy. The ad urges insisting on capsules, marketed by Hartman Drug Co and major druggists.
Middlefield Grange No. 68 met in the town hall with Rev. Morris E. Alling of Rocky Hill delivering a stirring address on what we can do for our boys. A piano solo, a recitation, and letters from Ralph Barrett in France followed before refreshments. Local schools closed for summer vacation and several residents returned home.
A social event announced for Holder's Hall Durham on Saturday night June 15 with ice cream and soda sales. Admission is 25 cents for all.
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