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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1919
Page
8
Saturday draws near as Deep Miere fans head out with hopes and a cast of rooters. Townsfolk plan to attend games and fairs while volunteers hold fundraisers and accept donations for the Salvation Army. Various notices mention church confessions, upcoming dances, doughnut sales, and local shop ads.
May 28 updates report invitations for an auction at Libra evening. Mr and Mrs Samuel Merriam and family are cited with guests. A visitor from the Methodist church attended on Tuesday. The Haxl and Crafts club opened a show at the W C A, continuing through Saturday.
Westbrook junior tennis and Golden Rule Club wrap, with Florence Ames as editor. Ridgewood A C of Brooklyn faces Comstock Cheney & Co in two baseball games at Comstock Cheney field Ivoryton, May 30 at 10 am and 3 pm. Five U S aviation planes from Mineola on an aerial circus route to Middletown are due to pass overhead around noon. residents urged to watch.
Many flowers and kindly acts cheered the sick room and manifested sympathy in bereavement. George C. Moore and Family.
Fragmentary OCR item lists people including Mrs Frank Jones Miss Ruth Hardins and Miss Sylvia Daniels from New Britain. It mentions service and extended passes, with references to a press want ad and local names. The readable fragments suggest a social or community notice but lack clear actions or dates.
A vintage health ad argues that many illnesses stem from toxins formed by sluggish intestines. It warns against laxatives and oils and promotes Nujol as a safer way to soften stool, prevent waste stagnation, and reduce body poisons.
A reader asks about preserving the true flavor of canned foods and drinks and mentions rice and peeing on pare boon oods as a garbled aside. The text shows OCR issues and unclear intent in a historical advertisement or article fragment.
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