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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1919
Page
4
The Evening Press provides subscription and advertising guidance. Readers are urged to remit for specified terms as changes of address must be updated, and notices or ads discontinued by 8:30 a.m. on publication day. The paper lists sale locations and notes postal handling details.
Government Weather Report notes fair and colder tonight and Friday with unsettled conditions for New Haven and vicinity. Connecticut to see cloudy weather and much colder tonight with strong north to east winds. Observations list several cities with varied cloudiness and temperatures, including New Haven at 44 and Hartford at 46. White River Canada reports 30 degrees below zero.
Weather report from Mt. Higby for the 24 hours ending noon reports a high of 53, low 32, mean 42.5 with 12 noon reading 53, barometer 29.96, water 27 feet 4 inches, wind northwest and cloudy. The note then shifts to a stream of public notices and editorial musings on a new loan drive starting April 21, proposed soldiers memorials, boxing bills, Alabama policing powers, President Wilson, dry politics, Monroe Doctrine, trolley strikes, homeward troops by July Fourth, and debates over peace leagues, Rhode Island court moves, income tax, and moral reflections on prohibition and crime. The piece mixes weather with political chatter and social concerns of the era.
The speaker notes greater ballot freedom now and urges individuals to vote or abstain by personal judgment. He warns idleness harms communities and calls for employment for those seeking work, distinguishing between those who want work and those who only claim to want work, who often shout the loudest.
We're living in a day of threats with everyone engaging in the practice from the president down, reflecting a climate of fear and pressure in public life.
Boston Transcript decries the planned European junket by Secretary Baker and Secretary Daniels as a waste of time and money. It argues the trip serves political aims, diverts funds from home military needs, and criticizes the prioritization of study over releasing soldiers and sailors. The piece contends the public mandate should guide policy, not trips abroad.
A Chicago Association of Commerce speaker warned that Japan's immigration stance could make the League of Nations a danger to the United States. He argued diplomatic settlement is unlikely and questioned Britain and France's unwavering support. Joseph Merriam of Rockfall Woolen Co. will lecture on woolen cloth manufacture tonight.
Goodyear Co led by Ahearn with 493 series and 1402 total, edging Russell Co as Krauth posted a 309 in three games. Last night other results included Heenan 255 and 289, with high series by Krauth. tonight Conn Power Co faces Kirby Co and Noiseless competes vs Conn Power. Also notes on the women’s indoor tennis semi finals with Cas sel vs Wightman and Green vs Zinderstein, plus the postal 600 race set for April 12 at the Thirteenth Regiment Armory.
Cambridge March 13 Harvard will play Havana University here on April 19 according to Harvard's varsity baseball schedule made public today.
The Middletown Trust Company and Chester Trust Company file sworn statements of financial condition as of March 1919. Assets include cash items coins notes and due from reserve agents, with total assets around 173 558.42 for Chester and 119 159.79 for Middletown. liabilities list capital stock surplus and undivided profits. Notaries certify the swearing of treasurers Jacob C Edwards and Howard Harner.
Hartford March 13 Governor Helecomb announced appointments of Connecticut Agricultural College trustees. Named were Robert Scoville of Salisbury William H Hall of Willington and E H Henry of Vernon. A note on friendships hints that two slender persons may be great friends though but slight acquaintances.
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