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Newspaper

The Evening Press

Location

Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1918

Page

3

Grow Your Own Horse Radish on the Farm

Advertisement notes pricing for growing horse radish sets with quantities from six to one hundred, offering 25 cents for six sets, 50 cents for twelve, one dollar for six, and three dollars for one hundred, with full directions and free postage on receipt. Denison Avery company, Columbia.

Portland Depot Ap- St Tel W. Simonds Rans Artine Ae Denison Avery Lumbia

67 Lost When Liner Is Sunk in Collision

New York May 2 The sinking of the Savannah line steamer City of Athens by a French cruiser off the Delaware Capes early Tuesday left 67 dead including two women and a child Officials report 135 aboard 69 passengers 66 crew Fatalities include 17 French sailors and 12 marines saved list shows several named passengers and survivors Lifeboat capsize caused by rope breaking fog prevented visibility as wireless operators Doherty and Vollmer stayed to aid others and perished or survived with many heroes noted.

New York City of Athens Delaware Capes Saw Athens F. J. Doherty Z. W. Vollmer Vollmer Doherty Max Green Astoria N. Y Richard Bodron Mobile Ala A. Gewehr Child Brooklyn John Green Paterson N. J R. Harrison Baby A. J. Kemp New York City Etta Levy Bridgeport Conn Alden McClaskie York City J. R. O’brien Savannan

Fights Begin Anew On Picardy Front As U S Joins

Paris reports the great double battle on Picardy and Flanders continues with unceasing bombardments and reinforcements. Hindenburg faced criticism for his strategy while American troops with the French engage Germans near Villers Bretonneux nine miles east of Amiens. German losses were heavy and U S forces suffered as well in hand to hand fighting after an intense two hour bombardment. In other items, St Louis church drops German name, a Memphis survey roots out race in bootlegger cases, and Seattle widow Mary Engler renames to Mary Parsons after her German surname became a liability.

Payne's Joseph Nine North Mair *St S Station Joseph &. Annino Frank H. Smith F. A. Geffken Sielsm Haddam Curtis Pearl St Eastman Kodak Evening Press H. P. Hubbard John Bulkeley Elm St Rocky Hill Edward Nichols Firestone Fisk Co Washington St Millbrook Farm Paris Petit Parisian Picardy Flanders Hindenburg Verdun Villers Bretonneaux Amiens

Miss Ely Chosen as Sponsor for New U S Torpedo Boat

Seattle reporter announces that Miss Helen Ely has been selected to sponsor the destroyer to be launched next month at San Francisco. The vessel, named the McKean, honors Commodore McKean, hero of the Civil War, and Miss Ely’s great grandfather.

Miss Ely Seattle Wash Helen Ely Sancisco McKean Commodore McKean

Old Fashioned Remedies on Modern Drug Store Shelves

A brief note on traditional remedies retained in today’s drug stores. Grandmother’s blends from field roots and herbs are popular sellers, including Lydia E. Vegetable Compound. The piece highlights the shift from old time remedies to contemporary preparations.

Lydia

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