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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1919
Page
4
Incomplete OCR text references a local notice with addresses 299 Main St 188 Main St and 652 Main St. Mentions second class matter and publication timing. Details are indecipherable but indicate a municipal or postal notice format from Middletown.
Weather report notes partly cloudy to fair conditions across the New vicinity with temperatures mostly in the mid 40s to mid 50s. An eastern disturbance moved east of the St Lawrence valley, bringing clearing and rising temperatures in central and western districts with overall pleasant conditions today and into Saturday. Local city temps include Hartford 48, Boston 52, New Haven 55, Providence 56, Nantucket 50, Atlantic City 50, and Chicago 52.
The Mt Higby weather forecast shows maximum 63, minimum 51.5, wind southwest with clouds and about 0.1 inch precipitation. The item mixes weather data with a collection of brief, disjointed snippets about political and social topics, mentioning Lenine, peace delegates, mail bombs, a clean-up program for Middletown, the Postal Cable Co, beverage laws, and naval fleet plans, all reflecting a local paper’s miscellany style.
Providence Journal notes vegetables are needed for the coming season to compensate for fruit losses caused by frosts. The National War program seeks to adjust agriculture to protect crops and ensure supply. The piece emphasizes resilience in farming amid weather setbacks.
A call to honor mothers wives sweethearts and sisters who stayed home during war and endured hardship while supporting soldiers. They wrote letters faced income losses and some joined war work, deserving acknowledgement now as events proceed.
A Detroit editorial argues for widespread government backed playgrounds in crowded districts to curb juvenile delinquency. It promotes supervised play centers, weekly activities, and trained educators guiding children toward constructive thought and daily living, funded by government and local partnerships.
In the Springfield Republican view, reaction hinges on Italy’s moves. The president’s stance on Adriatic questions remains sound, open to internationalization of Fiume with access for the Slav commonwealth. The piece argues France and Britain must back the president to avoid renewed European feuds and a fragile peace treaty.
A fragment titled Heredity notes that Old man Slaughter’s pretty daughter lives up to the family reputation. The readable text hints at social or family expectations but provides no further details or outcomes.
Facts regarding fee for Serbian hospitals show the American Women’s Hospitals campaign aims to raise 250000 dollars with Connecticut contributing 3000. The effort plans to send medical units, doctors, dentists, labs and ambulances to Serbia to relief 1.5 million civilians and 30,000 soldiers. Red Cross will maintain the units over there.
A Boston Transcript humor piece shows a farmer musing that harsher treatment of hens yields more eggs. He recalls an old joke where one man asks how to get many eggs and the other replies that he treats his hens so unscientifically they all lay for him.
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