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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1918
Page
4
Notice of a sab on sale listing locations at 299 Main Street and 188 Main Street with a price of 53 dollars. The fragmentary text references a sale action and street addresses for the event.
Weather data from Mt Higby ends today at noon with maximum 8 and minimum 25, barometer 29.09, wind SW and clear skies. Sunday temperatures reached a maximum 48 and minimum 35 with a 41.6 reading at 12m 47s.
The piece muses on keeping politics from wartime concerns, observes inflation and commodity price trends, and notes public debates about peace terms and postwar roles. It references Kaisers, neutral moves, and the milk market, predicting future political divisions and economic changes as the war ends.
The readable portion asks why the ring exists and whether it signals military, political, or religious purposes, but details are missing. The item appears to be an OCR fragment noting a four-year community context and questioning the ring’s meaning or affiliation without concrete facts.
A physician explains how germs spread from patients not through airborne transmission but via saliva and contact. Fingers and hand hygiene emerge as key infection routes while masks and cautious behavior reduce risk. Observations include hospital lapses and dangers from cups and kissing, urging science based precautions over folk remedies.
Funeral services for William O'Brien of W J Coughlins Sons were held Sunday afternoon. The service at St Marys church was conducted by Rev Dr Martin at 2 o clock with pallbearers William McAllister Thomas Cavanaugh Daniel Nolan and Georgg Cavanaugh. Burial followed in St Marys Cemetery Portland.
The funeral for Miss Ruth E. Clark was held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from 51 Oak Street with Rev. A. W. Hazen and Rev. W. H. Hall officiating. Interment followed at Pine Grove Cemetery. In Higganum, the funeral of Mrs. Jennie M. Carlson wife of August B. Carlson was conducted at 2 p.m. Rev. Ss. E. Lawson led services, with interment in Higganum Cemetery.
A reader argues that the quickest path to lasting peace is for all soldiers to return home once peace terms are signed. He urges Allied governments to minimize troop presence, restore civilian life, and move beyond militarism to prove national worth and hasten postwar normalization.
A Middletown debate centers on a federal order affecting Maquor business and whether it will stand. Voters head to the polls tomorrow to decide if the order should be enforced and to learn its origins and purpose in the education sector.
The Public Ledger notes German water defenses fail to halt Allied advance. British envelop Audenarde and close on Tournai Valenciennes as Belgians near Ghent. Americans fight west of the Meuse aiming for Mezieres and Sedan. Germans seek armistice to fall back and save strength, but the Allies reject that. Marshal Foch’s anticipated response to any armistice proposal is implied.
In Constan tina pel a Turks versus Scorpion crew game the Turk on three hopeful appeals faced three strikes. The umpire called three strikes and the Turk was out. An American sailor then hit a home run that won the game, as described in Everybody's Magazine.
The Portland Press notes William Jennings Bryan is hidden from public view for months. His whereabouts thoughts and plans are unreadable as he loses grip on the American people, becoming a dead dog poll with fading influence.
The infant Santa Frazzino, son of Mr and Mrs Salvatore Frazzino, was laid to rest today after services at W J Coughlin's Sons undertaking rooms at 2 pm. Burial followed in St John's Cemetery.
The United War Work drive in the city includes a 9:15 am rally at the High School Tuesday, 8:00 pm captain meetings at the Y M C A, and Wednesday 11:00 am factory foremen sessions in the town hall. A Middlesex rally is set for that evening. Dr. John R. Mott notes price adjustments on Y M C A huts items with government aid cutting freight costs. Cigarettes and tobacco will be sold at reduced prices through new arrangements for war material shipping from the War Department. The War Department’s scrutiny clears the Y M C A from any stigma connected to overseas service.
A wife complains her husband is particular about spending and bills. The ad promotes Benefit Brand Sweet Nut margarine as a delicious white meat of cocoanuts made from milk and sold at 32c per pound. It notes an old law affecting packaging and mentions Importing Co and a Washington Street store selling brand teas and coffees.
Editor Penny Press reports 1916 results for the 33rd district with McLean US senator at 264 plurality Freeman congressman 17 plurality Holcomb governor 372 plurality and Lyman senator 214 plurality. Question asks 1918 guesses for Fagan and Chapin votes.
Frederick Morse of New Haven visits Durham while Paul deMacarty of Hartford spends the day with relatives. A Durham Grange meeting is set for Wednesday evening to confer the third and fourth degrees with refreshments planned by the ladies. Several residents host guests from New Haven and Wallingford as Edgar Clark and Gaylord Newton prepare to enter an officers training camp near San Francisco on November 20. The Y M C A meets Friday at 8 pm at O U A M hall. The selectmen hold their monthly meeting at First Selectman Bailey’s residence. Christmas boxes for soldiers overseas arrive and are available at Mrs George Stone’s home. The M E church women announce a Friday November 7 sale and chrysanthemum show with doors at 5 pm, admission 5 cents, supper 25 cents, ice cream served during the evening.
The state board of health reports 5,577 influenza and pneumonia deaths in Connecticut since the epidemic began and 88,393 influenza cases. Epidemic waning allows federal health service physicians to be reassigned to Pennsylvania.
Vorwaerts voices strong dissatisfaction with the Kaiser's manifesto saying it does not weaken the socialists demand for abdication and that the question must be settled immediately. Reports from Copenhagen indicate socialist ministers may resign if certain cabinet decisions are made, undermining armistice talks.
Russia refuses to pay the remaining indemnity to Germany after most of the sum, about 1.5 billion dollars, has already been settled. The move is reported by the Frankfurter Zeitung from Copenhagen on November 4. Also, some German party leaders say the Kaiser should not abdicate, per a Ber lin Lokal Anzeiger report.
A verse fragment celebrates the beauty of autumn and renewal. Margaret Fe. Sangster, quoted in The Christian Herald, links vivid natural images to warmth, home, and faith. The poem evokes seasons, light, and a hopeful gaze toward the divine.
This preventive guide advises reducing fear of influenza and avoiding crowds and shared items. It recommends gauze masks treated with zinc sulfate, rest in bed, hot baths, gentle laxatives, hot lemonade, and staying outdoors when possible. It endorses Anuric Tablets, Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, and tonics Iron tic and Golden Medical Discovery to strengthen and speed recovery.
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