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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1918
Page
4
Public notice outlines subscription and address change procedures for the publication. It states changes must reach the office by 8 30 a m on publication day and that discontinued advertisements cannot be processed after that time. The post office in Middletown Ohio lists the paper as second class matter and the main street store location is provided.
Mt Higby weather report shows 24 hours ending noon with max 76 min 45 mean 60.5 and 12 m 69. barometer 29.74. water 26 feet 8 inches. wind west. weather clear. War savings stamps urged. equal franchise measure support. Political commentary rails at caucuses and demagogues. mentions Hoover, Lloyd George, and Italian victory talk. Discussion of scarcity, censorship on clothing, and upcoming draft lottery amid war mood.
The convention faces a split over whether to drop Lieutenant Governor Wilson with some party members pressing the move while others hold firm. Voters and readers are described as angry before the convention, though the scene is more chaotic than violent as supporters anticipate the outcome.
In Deep River Vera Peck of Idletown vacations with grandmother Mary Pratt. Local couples Cleon Huard and Ellen Olson wed at the Baptist parsonage. Visitors from Hartford and New Haven join townsfolk. many residents travel to Springfield and Hartford for weekends. The State Guard plans a Friday hall entertainment with a farce When Doctors Disagree to raise funds for the honor roll, followed by a dance at Library Park.
Westbrook graduates fifteen students at the town hall 8 p m Thursday. Also notices urge enlistment to save on June 28 and promote War Savings Campaign. Local delegates, moving pictures, and trains of ads accompany a week of patriotic messaging and community events.
Haddam residents and guests filled a weekend schedule with visits and travel. Clare Wills and family from Greenwich stayed with A R Shailer. Mrs Young and Miss Spencer returned from New York and Flatbush. Baer visitors at J C Russell’s. Edward Noble of Cromwell spent Saturday in the village. W H Kelsey and wife joined a Waterbury trip. Mrs Bronson and children summer at Bend of the Board with Grace Cutler visiting. plans suggest Mrs Bronson may skip her tearoom this year. Charles Church and Randolph Hayden were in town. Mrs Clark hosted ladies to Middletown for supper and movies. Mrs Schuppe of Bristol visited Harry Arnold. Arthur Ellsworth, now of Broad Brook, was in Haddam yesterday.
June 25 report shows Miss Corinne Shailer hosting a first grade party at her Ivoryton home. Guests included Mrs. Daniel McDavid and Misses Bertha BE Butler and Edith L Butler of New Britain. Hermon Moor family occupy Westbrook beach cottage for summer.
District Superintendent Rev G G Scrivener of Norwalk led the first quarterly conference at Moodus church, delivering a timely evening sermon. News items include school closure, deaths in Danbury and Mystic, visits by Hartford and Boston residents, Red Cross sewing plans, and local travel updates.
Edwin Pratt of Essex died Monday evening at his West avenue home in his 84th year. He leaves three sons Leon Pratt Hackensack Dr Elias Pratt Torrington and James L Pratt Essex and a sister Mrs Eva Morgan Essex Funeral at his late home Wednesday afternoon at 3 oclock. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. A note reports new war time cookbooks donated to the public library for free distribution.
Old Saybrook reports include Charles Burrows in Middletown on business, a casting found by James Connors related to a New York train engine, and Frank B. Williams visiting his wife at New Haven hospital. Morgan Smith of Plainville spent Sunday here, Charles and C. Kahrman rented the Smith place on North Cove road, and O H Chalker with Benjamin Allen take a two week trip through New York state. Delia LaMay visited East Haddam relatives, Major Leland attended a State Guard drill with a Canadian infantry lieutenant praising the drill, and B B Warren bought 300 more chicks from Middletown. C H Bixbee and family visited Saybrook Point, while R B Hart returns to New York after several days here. Try a Press Want Rav.
Don't worry about aging or getting in the way. Maintain body health to stay hale in old age. The text promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a guaranteed brand to keep kidneys and bladder functioning, claim it restores youthful vitality, and urges purchase from first-class druggists with warnings about fakes.
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