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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
4
A public notice explains subscription changes and address updates must be sent before 8:30 a.m. on publication day to ensure prompt handling. It notes advertisements cannot be discontinued after the deadline and that the matter is treated as second class mail in Middletown, Conn.
New Haven forecast for Friday mostly fair to partly cloudy and warm. Connecticut generally fair tonight and Friday with warmer temperatures and east to southeast winds. A storm previously over North Carolina moves out to sea, causing strong northerly winds on Jersey and southern New England coasts. A western trough extends from Texas to Minnesota bringing unsettled, cloudy conditions with local showers. Eastern zones remain cooler, but warmer in the west. tonight fair, then increasing clouds and rising Friday temperatures. Observations list varied readings: Hartford 45?4 cloudy, New Haven 60 clear, New York 80 clear, Boston 54 cloudy, Philadelphia not shown.
Weather report from Mt. Higby station covers the last 24 hours ending noon with a high of 77 and a mean of 62. The text also includes scattered commentary on benches in parks, summer and winter furs, political harmony, a night letter related to a manuscript, airplane service, graduates medals, wartime plans, and comments on Austrians, foodstuffs, and war progress.
The piece surveys wartime sentiment ahead of July celebrations, noting public patriotism and global promises. It references Kerensky’s travel, Henry Ford’s senate bid, Hartford political activity, possible war with Turkey, Governor Holcomb’s image, and cautions about National Emergency Relief fraud. It ends with Republicans embracing voter decisiveness on prohibition and suffrage, contrasting old party control with popular sovereignty.
The New York Globe notes four German and one Austro Hungarian offensives failed, predicting no decisive end soon. It argues American manpower, with an expected 1,000,000 by July 1, will offset summer losses, while German loyalty hinges on military success and fear of the Kaiser.
A fragmented editorial style passage rails against Wilhelm and compares him to past French rulers. It references Europe’s history since Napoleon III’s exile and frames the subject as ignobly clinging to power. The tone is hostile and speculative about national fate.
Detroit News reports on Duke of Devonshire visiting Windsor as British estates are auctioned off. Estates totaling 8,500 7,763 and 7,000 acres head toward small holdings to boost food independence. The move ends the era of vast private estates and cements a shift to commoner ownership.
The article discusses Senator Owen of Oklahoma proposing an amendment to the Child Labor Law that would empower Congress and the president while curbing judicial review. It argues such a move would effectively rewrite the Constitution, requiring two thirds of both houses and ratification by three fourths of the states, otherwise it has no legal effect.
In Middletown suburbs fifty babies were weighed on June first in a model school house. The article lists names and origins of the infants, notes several health issues like underweight, rickets, adenoids, and dental problems. It argues these issues are preventable with health education and calls for funding for the Child-Welfare bureau comparable to the Farm Bureau. It urges better care for rural children to build a healthier democratic future.
The piece notes a contrast in a man who plays accompaniments when his wife sings as being eccentric in other ways. It also discusses Waterbury lacking silent police at street junctions, calling them life savers and noting even small towns have them.
Hartford Post notes unlikely alliances among J. Henry Roraback backers and Colonel Isaac M. Ullman who has faced repeated defeats at his hands, plus Frank E. Healy once a Lake-Kulkeley ally opposing the Roraback leadership in 1910.
The article notes Nelson Morris, head of Morris & Co., serving in Camp Meigs as a quartermaster, amid criticism of draft evasion and favoritism by influential men. It cites Bridgeport views on “war slickers” who use connections to avoid frontline service and urges public correction of such cases by federal authorities.
The New York World reports Southern Senators delay granting suffrage awaiting another vote to gauge women’s support. The decision reflects political experience guiding action and may boost party majorities, as some Southern lawmakers seek a further election before backing a change to the national organic law amid centralization concerns.
In Greenwich News and Graphic a memory recalls P T Barnum as a friend to newspaper men. He was honorary member of the old Connecticut Press Association and at a Good Friday dinner near Bridgeport spoke on sticking to the truth. Julian W Sterling admitted past exaggeration, recounting Barnum’s instruction to “lay it on thick.”
The Ohio State Journal notes that future interpretation lies in history and that throughout civilization’s challenges, its backers have ultimately prevailed.
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A dispatch from Athens reports General Franchet D Esperey appointed commander in chief of allied forces in the near east. He succeeds General Guillaumat now military governor of Paris.
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