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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1918
Page
4
Evening Press and Penny Press outline advertising rates and procedures. Notices indicate postpaid ad submissions, term lengths, and deadlines. Readers are advised of address changes, payment timing, and where to place ads at 299 Main St or nearby stores in Middletown Connecticut.
Mount Higby station records for the 24 hours to noon show a max 73 min 57 mean 65 at noon 69 with 29.76 barometer water 26 feet 8 inches wind NW and clear. The item also notes economic war fears in Germany, a Thrift Stamp drive, Ford as a candidate, a quiet Fourth of July, and various wartime social observations.
The piece argues war inflates strawberry prices, noting 25 cents a quart, double prewar levels, as a clear example of profiteering. It condemns supply and demand as out of balance, saying everyone raises prices because others do.
The New York World notes that New York City will collect about 3.2 billion dollars in income and excess profits taxes, a figure equal to more than Civil War costs, yet markets remain stable. The piece highlights smooth exchange mechanics, national unity, and patriotic zeal behind war funding.
The piece urges American support for Bohemians resisting Hapsburg and Hohenzollern rule, arguing Prague’s theaters and streets rally against Germany and the Kaiser. It compares the struggle to a civil war choice between liberty and slavery, urging the U.S. to be liberator rather than slave-catcher and to declare a clear, uncompromising stance.
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes generals and leaders facing 64 with retirement laws in the U S Army, while figures like Surgeon General Gorgas, Samuel Rea, Champ Clark and President Wilson stay active. It argues wartime needs could override automatic retirement, praising Gorgas’s vigor and sanitation mastery as vital.
Miss Emma Firato visits Hartford guests attend war stamp drive speakers at Leete’s hall Liberty chorus of 30 voices entertains. Angersola returns to Newavenna. William Beckwith joins Deep River firm. Blanche Lawton to Hartford after week’s vacation. Mrs Sadie Lacey and Florence of Richmond VA visiting. Fred Meyers dies in Arizona tuberculosis. body to reach Chester Wednesday. services at Wooster memorial chapel in Deep River. Webb hosts Guilford guests. T M Russell and Dr Kate Mead speak at Leete’s hall rally. In Deep River town hall June 21 Giacomo and company with Neil Peterson, Scotch comedian. dancing 8:15 p.m. Admission 27c, 35c, 17c.
An Evening editor urges loyalty and thrift to aid the war effort. He notes the Red Cross raised 170 million of a 100 million goal and credits 47 million individual contributors, calling them a mighty army. He argues Americans can fund hospitals faster than German destruction.
Higganum notices from June report Miss Daisy Marble returning home from Middletown and Lewis Skinner's hospital visit. The Ladies Society meets Mrs. Jennie Gilbert, Red Cross gatherings, a Haddam caucus for delegate selection, Maud West visiting Portland, tampons for Red Cross, Beatrice Neff in Middlesex, Carlson visit to New Haven, schools closing for summer, Kelsey family to occupy summer home, and a cake and ice cream sale at the M E church June 21 dependent on weather.
Miss Harriet Allen and Miss Margaret Pease return from college at Saybrook Point. Pease will join a Bridgehampton girls camp. Irene Cone graduates from New Haven Normal School. Giles Blague of Springfield visits town. R C D Burger visits New Haven. Alice Clark returns home from Lawyer Peliton's office. Robert Burns Jr. returns home from camp. Mr and Mrs G Ward Hayden and daughter visit Mrs R S Taintor in Saybrook Point over Sunday.
An advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a cure for backache daily use. It claims origins in Holland since 1696, notes government charter, and urges buyers to seek only GOLD MEDAL including authenticity cues and a money back guarantee.
In Ivoryton on June 18 Miss Elena Fortani resigned from the Comstock Cheney Co. ivory factory and will relocate to New Haven. H L Hurd of Guilford visited town yesterday. Mrs. Mary Emmons and daughter have returned to Bedford, Massachusetts. A local note mentions Freak Wright, and the Parents' and Teachers' Club plans a meeting on Wednesday June 19 at 3 15 p m. A show and dance is set for Saturday June 22 in Comstock Cheney hall with vaudeville and dancing by Giacoma and Co featuring Neil Patterson the Scotch comedian. Admission 27c for ladies 35c for gents 17c for children.
New skirts priced from 1.98 to 7.00 plus smocks bungalow aprons and waists. Hosiery for all ages available and a good line of millinery marked down. A. F. Kokoyan advertises a general department sale in Old Saybrook.
The Connecticut shad fishing season ended at midnight after a one week extension by fish and game commissioners. The season yielded a bountiful catch with large shad in size and price, which remained steep enough to deter many buyers as the market absorbs the season’s end.
A fragment notes a claim that a remedy named Foley's Honey Saegaret st Smale persists as a yearly sore throat or bronchial issue. It stresses the need for a truly reliable treatment and mentions Honey and dates obliquely. The text is garbled but centers on a trusted cough remedy.
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