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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1919
Page
4
Middletown Conn. post notices on second class matter. Subscription changes and address updates must be received promptly to assure continued delivery. Discontinuations must be filed by the specified time. after that, changes cannot be accepted.
A long weather report from New Haven and nationwide notes rainy patterns and warming trends, with a Mt Higby station record and city temperatures. It cites a rising divorce rate, tax questions, suffragist activity, independence movements, a tobacco price war, Hungarian ex premier arrest, and plans for national highways. It also warns of the danger of rail-track carelessness after a child’s death.
A New York World report notes Rhode Island lawmakers consider instructing the Attorney General to sue to test the Prohibition amendment. Critics warn the move threatens state police powers and warns against federal overreach.
The piece lauds Rhode Island, born Providence Plantations, for political and religious liberty from its start. It notes Rhode Island delayed ratification until the Bill of Rights protection was assured, highlighting its long embrace of local self government and personal liberty as a landmark in constitutional rights.
The New York Globe discusses how state blue sky laws curb fraudulent stock schemes within states, while interstate promoters evade enforcement. It notes the Taylor federal bill would require detailed asset disclosures and filings, aiming to curb misrepresentation and protect gullible investors, especially widows and the elderly.
The argument challenges the idea of an unconditional German surrender and credits German civilian leadership over Marshal Foch in shaping the armistice. It cites notes between Germany and President Wilson and warns that a harsher outcome might have altered postwar power, propagandists, and the peace agenda. Military figures favored harsher terms. civilians allegedly caused a disaster.
Washington reports the dreadnought Tennessee, the largest fighting craft of America, will be launched at the Brooklyn navy yard by late April or late May. At 16,500 deadweight tons it is so heavy that only one monthly tide will float it safely, with efforts to be ready for the April flood.
Warsaw via London reports there is no popular opposition to returning the port of Dantzig to Poland. Despite German propaganda, locals are not expected to cause trouble when Poland takes possession.
Miss Marion Mower of Syracuse New York becomes the first American girl to return from the war with the French Croix de Guerre for conspicuous bravery under fire. She has served overseas as a nurse since the war began and received the decoration from Marshal Pertain a few days after her nineteenth birthday. She was wounded once by shrapnel after two years of service.
A marked document recovered from Dr. Chen Sue Yen in Vancouver links the Chinese National League to intermarriage aims and a Soviet democracy project in the Celestial Empire. Yen, editor of the New Republic, faces arrest as a league leader while delegates from many Canadian towns attended its annual meeting. The report notes league training in Canada and suppression of Chinese who refuse to join.
An old health ad warns iron deficiency harms strength nerves and vitality and claims Nuxated Iron uniquely supplies usable iron without teeth staining or stomach upset. It urges readers to test endurance by measuring work or walking distance to reveal lacking iron and potential improvement.
James H Bunce criticizes Middletown meetings for avoiding debt relief while taxpayers would bear the burden if debt were shifted onto individual property. He notes 90 percent would oppose the approach and urges paying the town mortgage to raise property values and fund improvements. Sergeant Lawton laments a memorial squabble so soon after a town meeting and questions the Chamber of Commerce memorial proposal.
A patient reports rapid health improvements for himself wife and brother after using Goldine. He praises No 1 before meals No 2 after meals and two laxatives before bed, claiming with continued use they will feel fine and dandy and life becomes worth living.
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