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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1919
Page
4
An archival notice from MES News Service Special Wire and Operator in Editorial Rooms outlines subscription procedures and order requirements. It lists locations at 2999 Main St, 188 Main, and 663 Main St and notes second-class mailing with Edison style details.
Government weather bulletin for New Haven and vicinity notes a chance of rain this afternoon, followed by partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday. Connecticut expects rain this afternoon, then partly cloudy skies and diminishing northerly gales as a northeastern storm remains off the north Atlantic coast.
Mt Higby weather report shows 24 hours through noon with a 52 degree high and 32 low, mean 42, barometer 29.88, rain 20, water 27 feet 4 inches, wind north and rain. Elsewhere notes Korea seeks self determination, global fever rising, Kansas Burleson case may reveal rate boosts, brewers resume beer, Brooklyn faces water shortage, Missouri backs League of Nations, New Jersey rejects prohibition, Congress busy, taxes to continue, England seen as slow but innovating, salaries rising in legislature.
Governor A O Stanley of Kentucky extols his state noting greater car and coal resources than any other Union state. He claims Kentucky has more coal than Britain and emphasizes the nation's lesser knowledge of Kentucky’s wealth.
Gov. Stanley predicts continued growth as Kentucky enjoys high crops and steady industry. He notes a 15 mile electric lit sidewalk project as evidence of rapid development from a barren past. Stanley, set to join the U S senate next congress, reflects on a career spanning House, governorship, and senate. He expects no business downturn and voices optimism for national governance.
John Ward, British labor leader and navalny envoy, reports from the Omsk front in Siberia about Bolshevism. He condemns the brutality of executions and peasant, worker, and noble victims alike, noting mass starvation and exposure as the cost of upheaval. The piece argues Bolshevik rule destroys the old regime but at brutal, indiscriminate cost.
Trees and shrubs planted in soil built up over centuries on the Great Wall flourish, reaching twelve to eighteen feet. Supported by government sanctioned efforts under foreign experts, the program grows the wall’s greenery and beautifies the drive way with the added trees.
Hartford reports the joint legislative committee on constitutional amendments voted nearly unanimously to report favorably a Connecticut referendum on amending the state constitution to ban liquor sales. The move, backed by Senator Arthur E. Bowers, would submit to voters only if both houses approve by a two thirds margin this session, and has no legal effect on the federal prohibition amendment.
Boston dispatches report an unidentified vessel ashore near Old Proprietor Island on the Main coast by Grand Manan Nova Scotia. Attempts by Otto Cliffs Maine radio station to contact failed. Coast Guard cutter Ossipee from Portland and trawlers from Portland and Bar Harbor were ordered to assist the disabled craft.
Detectives chase Joseph A Specht, former Washington pastor and Oil Men's Association secretary, from Chicago to New Orleans to investigate a $10,000 embezzlement tied to a letter he allegedly wrote to G I Sweeney of the Independent Oil Men's Association. Sweeney says Specht confessed losing the funds at the races.
The piece notes the Indian Medicine Man as healer using roots herbs leaves and barks to treat tribe sufferers. It praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as the most efficient world remedy for female ills, claiming forty five years of use restoring American women to health and status as a standard remedy.
Sargeant E Dudley Butler reports on the farewell appearance of the Rag time Review Of 1918 by the Fifth Army Corps Headquarters Show. The variety program runs February 26 27 and 28 in Bar sur Aube France with dancing comedy music and a Statue of Liberty finale.
An old proven remedy Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is advertised to restore natural hair color. The text claims a dampened application darkens gray hair evenly, with results visible by morning and enhanced lustre after another use. It markets convenience and universal use.
An Indianapolis News vignette describes a streetcar ride where a motorman offers a stool to an elderly woman and she thanks him. She sits near the door as the car moves, prompting the motorman to remark that the stool name felt unfamiliar to him. The brief scene captures small urban etiquette.
Cleveland conductorettes will not be reinstated by Cleveland United Street Railway Co. after a War Labor Board ruling. President John Stanley said the company would honor its earlier agreement with street car workers even if the board’s new stance differs. The move follows the board’s Washington ruling and the strike that followed.
A brief proverb style item cautions readers about the risk of engaging with someone unwise. It emphasizes that foolish behavior can backfire and lead to being tricked or embarrassed by the other party.
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