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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1919
Page
4
A clipped newspaper fragment shows a local notice referencing the Middletown post office as a second class matter. It lists addresses 188 Main St and 662 Main St near a storefront and advertises service details, including a discontinued advertisement option.
A disturbance moving from the central region near Nantucket will shift to sea today. Light rain and clouds lingered in the eastern area with temperatures generally in the 40s and 50s across major cities. conditions expected to ease with little change in most areas.
Weather reports from Mt Higby show highs around 46 and lows near 36 with precipitation at .69 inches and barometer at 29.07. scattered notes cover politics, peace talks, and economic concerns, mentioning Europe, the Federal Reserve, and the Victory Loan campaign amid postwar unsettled headlines.
The piece argues that Germany’s proclaimed mourning for wartime crimes is a public posture, not genuine contrition. It points to past German aggression, destruction, and profits from war, asking whether current lamentations signal true repentance or self-pity. It cautions that future weeks will reveal if German sorrow is sincere or a ruse.
A humorous Indianapolis News item recalls a 76 year old mother misreading Victory Loan billboard slogans as a theatre show. The daughter explains Mop Up is not a show but a loan campaign slogan. The mother smiles at the mix up and the era's billboard humor.
Commander Evangeline Booth pledges a large drive to raise 12 million dollars for the Home Service Fund to operate within the United States. She vows to reach into dark alleys and slums to provide rice milk for starving babies, expand nurseries, improve employment services, and cheer the unemployed.
Senator Moses of New Hampshire says Republicans there favor General Leonard Wood for president at the 1920 national convention. Wood, a New Hampshire native and Roosevelt ally, is seen as a capable administrator with charm and force, though some question the timing of his entry and possible indiscreet speech.
Mrs Irene King of Iola Kansas praises Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound after a year of female trouble pains and fatigue she claims the tonic restored health and strength she invites other women to write for confidential advice from the Pinkham Laboratory Lynn Massachusetts
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