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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1919
Page
2
Probate court filings surge with estates and guardianships. Executors Arthur N. Rutherford and Frank B. Ashton file accounts and inventories for Jessie McClintock, Ann Hackett, Ann Doran, and others. Real estate, bonds, stocks, savings deposits, and household effects feature across multiple estates in Middletown and New Britain.
A reader writes about relief from upset stomachs and indigestion using Pape's Diapepsin. The claim is the tablets end sourness gas acidity and discomfort after meals with immediate effect and no waiting. The ad emphasizes pleasant harmless tablets restoring comfort after indigestion.
John W. Goff ex-Judge and Irish Organizations chair says President Wilson spoke on Ireland during a Metropolitan Opera House address. Goff quotes Wilson and Tumulty interactions, noting Cohalan’s unacceptability and the president’s insistence he can only speak for his government while pursuing Ireland’s self-determination.
Washington March 17 plans for a legal assault on constitutional prohibition are forming. Brewers distillers and neutrals seek to challenge the law with lawyers and mass meetings planned nationwide during the week beginning April 19. Levi Cooke leads counsel with the National Association of Distillers and Wholesalers in New York for a conference with Levy Mayer and Lawrence Maxwell among others.
New York reports a cash loss of 10000 dollars to banks on Saturday, contributing to a total cash net loss since Friday of 326000 dollars. No further details on institutions involved are provided in the text.
Executors and trustees report on several New England estates. W Mathison of Cromwell acts as executrix with life estate and sale rights. Francis Parker in Hartford succeeds James Duffield as trustee with an $11,000 cash inventory found in a Lincoln Safe Deposit Co box. James Murphy petitions for his mother Sarah Gardiner’s will probate. David Crowell closes his trust of Augustus Crowell with Myron Tucker receiving the residue at age. Oliver Hubbard of Durham probate grants his son Guy the auto repair business and stock with life estate to his wife Lillie Hubbard and eventual division of the remainder among four children.
Berlin amid street battles between Spartacists and government troops described by a merchant arriving from the capital. Bloodied officers, crowded dance halls, dwindling food, and heavy executions at Moabit prison mark the conflict as authorities plan house to house searches and future outbreaks loom amid rumors of an early peace.
Irish nationalist T. P. O Connor warns British statesmen that delaying action on Ireland risks escalating anti English sentiment in the United States and complicating League of Nations unity. He cites American sympathy for Ireland, a drift in policy, and looming unrest as Britain’s peace conference focus masks Ireland’s crisis and a hardening of militarism and revolutionary tension at home.
Mild weather boosts spring trade as merchants report rising sales. St Patrick day observed in the morning. Charles Hall operates his feldspar mill in Portland full time. First maple sugar arrives from Vermont. Essex votes to abate Conn Valley Mfg Co taxes for 10 years if the plant is rebuilt. A W N Pierson ships Easter lilies by train. South Main street macadamizing work starts in Durham. Alpha notes trolley opposition. Union Society of South Church to serve dinner next Tuesday. David Currie schooner towed by Mabel brings first coal cargo of the season. Public school enrollment last year totals 1057. Causeway bridge planking worn out. selectmen relaying it due to heavy travel.
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