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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1919
Page
4
A fragmented editorial and subscription notice from The Evening Press and Penny Press, detailing postpaid terms for United States subscribers, address changes, and publication timing procedures. It mentions Midletown Connecticut and references standard post office and second class matter directives.
New Haven weather notes fair and warmer tonight through Sunday, with not much change in temperature for the region. Reports of a recent storm off Rhode Island produced high winds and light snow along the North Atlantic coast, with gusts over 50 mph. The bulletin also cites European peace conference developments, domestic political chatter, and local civic notes including a Bristol memorial plan and Connecticut political buzz around Homer S. Cummings.
A speaker warns that solvent banks may be pressured to merge and pool assets while creditors and stockholders face loss. The scenario imagines a head of a strong bank being offered a nine-director arrangement with control hidden behind the honor of leadership, provoking questions about humanity versus self interest.
New York World discusses daylight saving as a wartime boon. It argues repeal is unlikely due to Congress inaction, noting farmers and railroad workers’ mixed reactions. It urges keeping the federal measure, praising extra daylight after work and the public’s limited notice after a day.
Mrs Newrich took her niece abroad where the child fell ill with nervousness and nostalgia. A physician advised returning home for recovery, but Mrs Newrich demanded a European specialist to cure the condition, expressing distrust in local remedies.
Senator Underwood of Alabama, former Ways and Means chair and author of the Underwood tariff, says every hour of delay between armistice and peace moves the country away from the psychological moment of November 11 and risks renewing war, a view echoed by other calm observers.
March entries report Mrs. Carrie Warner confined by illness and Miss Amy Kimball leaving for Hartford hospital nurse training. A bungalow on Great Hill road nears completion while a brush fire near Dr. Cook’s lot is contained by neighbors. Mrs. Potter visits Westchester for a new baby, spring recess closes schools, Peter Griffin recovers, and local letters from Daniel Ventres, student at Michigan University, reach friends. Community updates include road washouts, a throat ailment for Laura Lyman, and a John Hay poem urging humble deeds.
An old health ad warns that age is not the issue but careless living and warns of kidney strain leading to Bright's Disease. It touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy with a money back guarantee and claims quick relief, urging readers to buy only the genuine sealed Gold Medal product.
Cromwell Mrs. W F Ranney hosts ga club Tuesday afternoon. Red Cross news from Middletown and nearby towns. Collect usable clothing for local headquarters. Swedish Mission Church House of Worship corner Main and Nord land avenues holds services Sunday at 10 30 with pastor and choir two musical selections. 12 m Sunday school led by J Olson. 6 45 p m Christian Endeavor, 7 30 p m devotional service. Wednesday 8 p m mid week service. First Congregational Church minister Rev Homer Wesley Hildreth morning worship 10 30 with theme The Seven Sacred Words the Word Forsaken. Bible school noon. Christian Endeavor led by Edward Johnson. Sunday evening Rev M K Thomson address on Near East drive. Listen for church bell next Thursday evening April third at Congregational church for Woman's Missionary Society entertainment The Old Peabody Pew. Adv 24x Just Arrived Maine seed potatoes Essex fertilizer for gardens potatoes grass and grain native potatoes all kinds of feed bran mixed feed milk producer chick feed Pillsbury's and Red Wing flour Theo Anderson adv 313
Ivoryton reports Eric F. Johnson confined by a hard cold at home. Miss Loora G. Rockwell from New Haven visits her parents Mr and Mrs James H. Rockwell for the weekend. Friday rain shifts to snow with a high wind. Charles Foerch of Clinton is doing electrical work at the Ivoryton hotel.
Advert begins with claim that morning fatigue and low energy signal a torpid liver. One dose of Schenck's Mandrake Pills will “wake up” the liver and renew vigor. The ad promotes 25 per box, uncoated or sugar coated, from Dr. J. H. Schenck & Son of Philadelphia.
Testimonial ad from Ogdensburg New York markets Fruit-A-Tives Liver Tablets as a fruit juice tonic claiming kidney trouble for years and constipation vanish after a month. Pricing shows 50 cents a box six for 2.50 and trial size. Advertising notes sales across Cape Cod to Golden Gate and urges purchase via dealers or mail order.
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