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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1919
Page
8
Middletown merchants announce Spring Display Days featuring prominent spring merchandise with special prices. Twenty five local stores participate offering new spring goods and value incentives. Watch columns for daily specials advertised by the merchants prior to next week Wednesday.
Middletown Chamber of Commerce urges residents to spend locally to support town expansion and attract manufacturers. Local money funds projects and benefits shared by all, while merchants promise competent service and full value.
Beth Weston worries over a dirty apartment after Jack and her wedding plans, but he reveals a staged disorderly room as a joke. He shows a spotless second room, explaining the prank to prove the value of cleaning and to calm her. Beth vows to keep the home nice.
Middletown stores feature a wide range of local products including Rockfall Woolen Co blankets Russell Co looms Omo Mfg Co dress shields Burns Lace Mfg Chapman Co and Wilcox Crittenden Co marine hardware Good year Good year productions and Franklin Electric lamps Ambassador Co Kirbys Mfg Co Portland Silk Co I E Palmer Co Rogers Mfg Co Douglas Co Noiseless Co Allison Co New England Enameling Meech Stoddard Coles Co Covey Cigar Co and Rogers Hubbard products.
A collection of wartime letters from service members and their wives and sweethearts. The messages express homesickness, longing, and enduring affection, with plans to reunite, care for children, and keep faith during long separations. Names and intimate details underscore personal bonds across distant fronts.
A letter from W. 8. laments a broken romance after Jane left him for another. He recalls warm June evenings, the kiss of her lips, and the image of her face, while sobering that she no longer loves him and wishes her well in farewell.
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