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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1918
Page
4
Advertising details and subscription terms for Middletown Conn press service. rates and deadlines for changes of address and discontinuations. notice of second class mail matter and store locations at 299 Main St and 188 Main St.
The Mt. Higby station reports 24 hours to noon: max 77, min 44, mean 60.5, 12m 74, barometer 29.76, water 26 ft 8 in, wind SE, clear. News notes include British Parliament attention to Trish problem, Germany’s peace effort, U-boats farther offshore, Hartford GOP activity, and talk of labor graft prosecutions. World events touch Austria’s double game, Central Powers attitudes, U.S. war policy and war savings, coal weighing concerns in Chicago, and more. Monroe County dry fines total about 5,000 dollars.
The Detroit News argues President Wilson seeks real significance in the department of labor during wartime. It stresses timely need for unity and perfect effort across the army and home front, asserting the struggle is a war of the people, not just armies.
The piece urges full government control of civilian labor for the war, calling for expanded use of the United States Employment Service, end to interindustry competition for contracts, and mobilization of railroad labor to support the army without draining workers. It cites President Wilson and warns that current labor department weaknesses threaten military success. It also notes grain price interventions and concerns about Congress and lobbying.
Major General Leonard Wood, lauded for building the Southeastern Division's camps, is ordered to return to Camp Funston to organize and prepare another division for service in France. He bids his troops farewell, expressing loyalty and urging them to maintain high conduct as war orders prevail. The nation supports the decision, though it separates Wood from his men before battlefields of Europe.
The Food Administration Grain Corporation with $50 million capital guarantees $2.20 to wheat growers and can compel sales to keep prices low when crops are tight. It must also be ready to buy large amounts to prop up prices if the harvest is abundant. The article notes forecasts of huge harvests and questions the president’s role and postwar price levels.
A call to reduce sugar consumption outlines per person yearly allowances, urging households to cut to thirty six pounds and factory use by half. It notes current U S and allied needs, compares with Britain and France, and stresses that saving sugar aids soldiers and allies. The appeal emphasizes immediate action and universal compliance.
The piece argues for a substantial reserve of food and materials prior to disruption, warning against provisioning allies in a hand to mouth manner. It cites cautious stockpiling of steel for shipping and emphasizes that neutral nations must be fed by North America to sustain the war effort.
A New York Globe piece argues that a Fourth of July loyalty parade by 10 000 or more German Americans would boost morale abroad and at home. It contends unity among German Americans challenges Prussianism and inspires others to act, countering minority misperceptions.
In a Bridgeport Telegram column the note says veils once popular among girls are being repurposed into stockings to save costs. A Norwich Record item humorously recalls Esop Up To Date with a Finnish factions appeal to Germany for a king, likening it to a frog requesting a king and a stork sent by Jupiter that devoured them.
A New York City restaurant that dodged food regulations is ordered to pay 1500 dollars to the Red Cross and display a sign admitting the violation and pledging future obedience. The owner must endure the public admission daily.
The Bridgeport Post notes the Ford nomination faces implicit disapproval from a newspaper that claims independence. It mocks intrusion from Washington and argues even The New York World objected to the process, underscoring political tensions and media skepticism surrounding the nomination.
Hartford Courant recalls Jeremiah A O Leary a traitor pro German agent and fugitive who threatened President Wilson in 1916. Wilson dismissed him and his followers as worthless. The piece adds coal supply concerns urging government action as New England faces coal shortages.
A navy nurse challenges romantic notions of beauty and marriage at the front. She argues essential skills matter most, including dressing wounds and moving fractures without disturbing healing bones, highlighting the balance between care and practicality in wartime nursing.
The Hartford Courant notes two recent robberies stealing 760 and 620 dollars and a Windham County Observer report of a drunken mill hand found beside the road with 2400 dollars. The piece mocks exposed cash at home and urges banking safety, arguing that the well to do keep money in banks rather than in houses or pockets.
Ansonia Sentinel reports rising government resolve to punish internal enemies aiding the national foe. It cites Jeremiah O Leary’s escape from a forthcoming noose and the arrest of others for espionage while condemning soapbox orators and those who betray national welfare. The piece urges Americans to prove loyalty or face suspicion.
Dedication poem from The Retinue and Other Poems published by E. P. Dutton. It honors soldiers who depart overseas, praising their selflessness and transformation from youths to defenders of mankind as they answer freedom's call. The piece presents reverent imagery of boyhood, courage, and sacrifice.
Westbrook urged enlistment and to buy War Savings Stamps to back the boys overseas. The notice emphasizes prudent saving and patriotism, urging purchases with what you save and pledging state and nation support. A humorous aside critiques a jurist’s dietary cure for marital ills, listing odd remedies for temper, etc.
Mrs N Bur nell of Drewsville New Hampshire reports her daughter with poor blood indigestion and bilious attacks improved after taking Vinci tonic a beef and cod liver peptones iron and manganese peptonates and glycerophosphates formula built to strengthen a run-down system and enrich red blood cells
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