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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1918
Page
4
Fragmentary postal notice appears to request changes of address and discontinuation of ads with deadlines and filing details. It lists multiple street addresses in Middletown and notes second class matter status and sale locations for the press.
Weather at Mount Higby for twenty hours ending noon today shows maximum 6 percent, minimum 45, mean 56.5, noon 29.52 inches, precipitation 1.25 inches, water 27 feet 4 inches, wind calm and cloudy. The piece also surveys wartime topics such as bonds, fuel, labor strikes, and ratifies ongoing efforts with references to the Picardy front, fuel orders, and military enlistments.
A Springfield Republican piece argues against exaggerated praise for constructive criticism during wartime. It notes senators Lodge Chamberlain and others blaming inefficiency, contrasts critics with Allied needs, and questions preparedness versus defense of the U S and overseas responsibilities. The author urges restraint and warns that some critique may be hollow.
The New York Globe argues that neither state nor city can regulate government owned vehicles, complicating traffic enforcement amid wartime government and military auto use. It notes some “U S A” marked cars are privately owned by government workers and urges cooperation, licensing help, and standard plates to curb abuse.
A Wall Street Journal excerpt notes reduced fears of an insufficient supply as Holland faces a shift in commercial tensions. The piece hints at broader economic confidence and a quiet public display reflecting postwar adjustments.
Washington reports Germany fears the United States will stay in the war until victory. U S ships are being used with priority to rush a million plus troops to France within a year, potentially doubling in the following year. Silent troop movements depart Hudson River steamers under cover of night.
The piece defends American women marrying Germans amid wartime tensions. It critiques the Cologne paper for fearing Germanized husbands and notes naturalized Germans with American wives often become civilized, while German officials may separate them. It argues American wives’ influence on German life is limited and cites Kaiser Wilhelm II as evidence that mixed parentage does not fully de-Germanize.
A farmer sells a steer hide for two dollars and traces the chain of value added as the hide becomes shoes and leather goods. The piece explains how eight to ten turnovers, spanning transport, tanning, manufacturing, and selling, generate broad economic benefits through profits, wages, rents, and trade across many sectors.
W D Howells, famed American writer, declines to craft publicity text for the third Liberty bond but lends his support by sharing a personal note. He explains reluctance to rewrite his letter yet agrees to its public quotation as a patriotic gesture from a “True Friend.”
A poetic vignette by John Bunker in the New York Evening Sun portrays a country boy walking a country road with music in his lips and a grave eye. Across fields, birds chorus and lambs stir as the youth moves on, embodying youth and spring. Imported Pests discusses Australia’s mice damaging grain, their asphyxiation, and fears of spread to Europe and the United States, urging prevention to avoid costly introductions.
The piece portrays Germany as desperate and brutal in war, abandoning camouflage for open aggression. It claims German aims are to possess Western powers by destructive cannibalistic means, portraying it as mad and driven to drag others into ruin on the brink of catastrophe.
A brief Washington Star line features Miss Cayenne affirming understanding of wartime news. She states clear support for the war effort, noting that American servicemen are fighting and that people must help. The quote encapsulates domestic morale and public resolve during wartime.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root as a premier remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. Describes Swamp-Root as a gentle healing vegetable compound with quick, mild effects and invites readers to test a sample by sending ten cents to Kilmer & Co. in Biton and Middletown Evening Press readers.
The American Newspaper Publishers Association urged federal oversight to curb excess printed matter sent by mail. A New York meeting witness noted each department floods the mails with material, and the postal list has not been updated for years. Newspapers absorb other papers and receive mail addressed to deceased associates, wasting print paper and government funds. A proper list correction could save money and ease the newsprint shortage.
A Times of Cuba sketch on Sir Douglas Haig parodies his quiet speech pattern through a Cockney Tommy who notes he says little yet means much. The cartoonish line mocks Haig while preserving wartime aura and public gaze.
Local druggists note strong interest in a 80 day trial of Verubant es VapoRub claiming quick relief for croup coughs chest colds throat and bronchitis. Applied to throat and chest under a warm cloth it loosens tightness and soreness while nostril application or melted vapor aids head colds hay fever and asthma related symptoms. Prices remain unchanged at 25c 50c and 1.00.
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