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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1919
Page
4
Publication entry notes time constraints and discontinuation of advertisement service at the Middletown Postoffice as second-class matter on the day of publication.
Partly cloudy to Sunday with a likely chance of rain as a disturbance moves from Colorado. A high pressure system extends to Florida, bringing unsettled conditions to New England. Temperatures range from the 40s to mid 60s across listed cities with varying cloud cover and precipitation.
The entry records weather at Mount Higby for the twenty hours to noon with maximum 68, mean 56.5, noon 60, barometer 29.88, water 27 feet 4 inches, winds southwest and clear skies. It also mentions varied postwar topics including tax issues, peace conference concerns, labor actions, troop demobilization by September, and ongoing political debates.
A bill in Hartford seeks power to discontinue unprofitable trolley lines, sparking Middletown opposition. The Connecticut Company warns the measure could endanger public transit, urging continued service and accountability for a company long granted franchises. Strong local interests push to keep transportation facilities intact amid financial pressures.
The piece contrasts ideal democracy with its misused form, recalling an immigrant who learns liberty ends at the nose’s tip. It asserts democracy protects rights and the greatest good for the greatest number, noting Soviet and German regimes show democracy’s failures when liberty is misunderstood. Time, experience will shape order from chaos.
A local newspaper warns readers about dangerous jokes and unreliable tips. The Evening Press recounts a false birth report from a trusted source, noting a state statute penalties for such mischief and the paper’s plan to protect staff and clientele.
Mrs. George Butler of Rocky visited friends in town yesterday. The Grange meets Monday evening in the Congregational church parlors. Andre Lodge No. 1 Order of Vasa holds a meeting next Tuesday evening May 6. Mrs. H. G. Newton of New Haven visits Mrs. T. Noble. Valley road train schedule shift changes mail delivery to 8 o clock. post office opens 7. Swedish Mission Church services Sunday 10:30 morning service by C Colby from Springfield MA. Sunday school 12 m, Christian Endeavor 6:45 p m, devotional and song service 7:45 p m. congregational business meeting Tuesday 8 p m. choir rehearsal Wednesday 8 p m.
Bible school at noon and union service at the Congregational church with Rev Homer Hildreth leading. Baptist church hosts morning service at 10 30 and evening 7 30 with a union meeting planned. Attendees include J Pierson from Pomfret and Emil Nyren attending a Swedish Sunday school convention in Springfield. Edith Hagstrom visits in Nordland Ave. Some locals travel to Forestville for the dedication of Rev Carlson’s monument.
The Evening Press reports plans for Clean-up week drawing interest from city department heads and schools. An observer, lifelong on the line of march and a past sufferer of careless streets, argues garbage collectors and public school pupils bear responsibility for untidy streets more than any other town in New England, urging urban improvement.
Special communication of Washington Lodge No. 81 A F and A M set for Sunday at 2 o'clock to attend the funeral of our late brother Chauncey Warren. H D Barrows W M adv.
May 3 Saybrook Point notes include Hartford visitor James Mitchell and Gordon Hosmer’s return from camp. The ill child of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Chase, Sunday church communion planned, Montague place improvements under way, James H Day from Hartford to open his summer house. Dorothy Thompson attended Hartford celebration, Hazel Schley visited. The M G Bulkeley dairy farm project nears completion and will be the town’s finest.
At morning worship the pastor will preach on The Fountain of Life and observe the Lord s Supper. Evening service centers on The Tenth Convocation of Yale Alumni and Connecticut pastors. The Young People s Bible class meets with Mrs Delzell at 8 p m Saturday.
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