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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1919
Page
4
The Penny Press News Service discloses editorial room operations and the need for address updates for old and new locations. Notices request timely changes for advertisements with a specific publication date, warning that late submissions may miss insertion. Second class matter indicates a basic newspaper status and mailing handling.
March weather briefing from New Haven reports fair and colder tonight with Wednesday outlooks of fair skies. A storm moving northeast from Illinois affects eastern districts with rain. Oklahoma high pressure brings pleasant but cooler conditions inland and near the coast, while temperatures vary across observation sites including Hartford and New Haven.
Mt Higby weather for the 24 hours to noon reports max 49 min 32 mean 40.5. at 12 noon 49 with barometer 29.66 rain 0.21 water 27 feet 4 inches wind south and rain. The wider items include the disabled soldier’s future, peace conference axe grinding, Germany food prices, Russia executions, Fourth of July orator material, no coal price reduction, and peace.
The passage rails at wet weather hindering Cox ey's army's Washington march on foot while anti-leaguers push publicity for the League of Nations. Ex-Speaker Champ Clark is spotlighted for remarks on the League idea as July brings two cent postage restoration.
In the heart of New Jersey’s brewery area a notable rebuke to the cry no beer no work has surfaced. The remark reflects a broader pattern where organizations bend rules or find excuses, highlighting ongoing tensions between regulation and industry sentiment.
The article notes steady interest in home gardening this year, as most people, whether in factories or on farms, feel compelled to produce something. It emphasizes a broad-based enthusiasm and practical appeal of growing at home.
The greater your income tax the greater interest you should have in the nation of which you are a part. Taxation, whether of the income type or otherwise, brings people to a realizing sense of what public business is and how it is transacted.
The remark notes that America is not alone in railroad woes as Great Britain's roads suffer under government oversight after the war. It frames the issue as a shared, broad problem affecting many, emphasizing the universal strain on infrastructure.
A midcentury advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure all for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims sworn testimonies and widespread sales driven by user endorsements. A sample bottle offer via parcels post includes ten cents and Middletown Evening Press mention.
The piece argues Bolshevism roots in misery and ignorance but cannot take root in America. It emphasizes broad American opportunity and widespread gains of civilization. It calls for a decent standard of living and social justice to deny Bolshevik support from fringe groups.
The piece argues that the cooperative plan is essential for financial growth, with emphasis on farming after tractors. It notes education for farmers to accept the idea will take time due to strong individualism in farming communities nationwide.
The article notes that allied powers advocate a policy of feeding Germany to stabilize Europe and curb Bolshevism. It suggests predictions a year ago about feeding Germany were met with disbelief, but time has altered opinions as the present situation develops.
From Life humorously suggests repurposing military items after the war. Gold bars serve as lingerie pins, field glasses as theater props, trousers as wall diplomas, cords for hairstyles, belts as razor straps, roll puttees as weather strips, silver eagles as brooches, spurs for canceling checks, and officers belts to strap books. An officer’s whistle is a gift idea for postmen.
A Washington Star cartoon portrays a weary citizen at a cafe asking for strong coffee with fresh cream and a rare steak. The waiter inquires what he’ll have while the man declares he is not predicting but will eat what is served and say nothing more.
A lemon scented lotion is described using lemon juice and orchard white to whiten and brighten the complexion. The method notes straining juice, mixing with three ounces of orchard white, and bottling for months of daily facial use. The recipe emphasizes low cost and easy availability from druggists and grocers.
In Avondale, a businessman humorously catalogs the breadth of federal taxes by recounting daily actions from waking in pajamas to playing billiards and visiting a theater, noting rates of 3 to 10 percent on items and activities as he scrambles to compute his income tax.
In a reflection on a taxed life and death, the speaker weighs an act of self-harm by revolver, noting a five percent watch tax and a nineteen cent levy, then decides against the undertaker and the taxed grave. The passage uses dry taxation as a moral frame for a suicide contemplation.
Antone Gorovenko of 241 Abbott avenue was found in an unconscious state at 305 Bank street where I W W members were corralled last week. A gas tube remained in his mouth. believed to be self harm due to unemployment.
In Tokio on March 18 epidemics of influenza and cholera sweep Japan. Many deaths, undertakers overwhelmed, corpses mixed in several instances. A wealthy family received a coffin with the body of a shriveled old man instead of their daughter.
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