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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1918
Page
7
This page previews upcoming films and acts at local venues. The Middlesex shows Young Fellow starring Fair Banks with a Kentucky saga Sandy featuring Jack Pickford and Louise Huff, plus Burton Holmes acts. The Grand presents Charlie Chaplin's Shoulder Arms with a vaudeville lineup and other features including That Devil Bates and The Woman Between.
Boon Nov 13 The dedication of the B P O Elks Reconstruction Hospital the first such facility in the United States for maimed soldiers and sailors will be held Saturday at 2 PM on Parker Hill. The hospital has already taken in more than a dozen wounded from France with many more expected. Attendees include Secretary of War delegates and New England officials alongside Governor McCall and Mayor Peters.
A New Yorker complains to the Boston Globe that after three trips in two weeks from Washington to New York he arrives ahead of mailed letters posted the previous midnight. He laments a telegram that started early and questions why he would be a good postmaster general.
Prince Lichnowsky, famed author of memoirs blaming Germany for the war, is mentioned as the probable head of a new liberal government in Germany. He is currently in Switzerland.
A Deep River meeting of unit ed War drive captains and all tenth district workers is set for tonight at the Pease House with expected attendance of at least 100. The drive aims to raise the town quota of 3500 dollars and lists many local solicitors. A public school meeting is planned for Nov 26 at town hall with student demonstrations and high school orchestra performance.
Miss Isabel Bennett daughter of Mr and Mrs Calvin Bennett married Maynard Gray of Hartford at the Baptist parsonage on November 6 with Rev S W Delzell officiating. They will reside in Hartford where Gray is employed. Also notes illness in town with pneumonia and Spanish influenza, and Miss Rose Castelli has joined C J Bates Son. Liberty chorus to meet Thursday in Leets hall.
A Los Angeles Times vignette describes a woman in khaki pants and flannel, carrying a leather money pouch on her shoulder. She crosses a street, pauses before a mirror, and discreetly cleans her nose with a chamois bag while adjusting her cap, evoking wartime imagery.
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla Peptiron and Hood's Pills as a comprehensive family treatment. It claims the trio purifies blood, builds strength, and regulates the system, recommending regular use before meals after meals and at night to keep a family in health.
Old Saybrook notices a town chairmen meeting of surrounding towns for United War Work at Pease House Saybrook Point this evening. Remains of Edward Kirtland 39 will be brought for burial. brothers George E Kirtland and F Kirtland and a sister in Michigan mourn his loss. Proceeds from Pershing's Crusaders at Saybrook Town Hall Thursday benefit Victory Boys Campaign.
The Buffalo News notes General Foch issued ten wartime commandments for Allied soldiers urging truth and mercy. It contrasts Foch's humane code with Germany's brutal orders to show no mercy, crush France, loot, and harm civilians, arguing Germany must answer for its crimes and peace without humiliation would stain America’s honor.
An editorial urges American sympathy and aid for Puerto Rico after a severe earthquake and tidal wave. It notes minimal relief response, highlights Puerto Rico’s loyalty and prior Liberty Loan effort, and calls Congress to provide assistance with broad public backing. It closes with a proverb about prudent finances.
November 13 reports a birth in the Brainard family in town, Jesse Spencer visiting Middletown, locals attending a Stueck's Modern Tavern banquet, Emma Noyes planning a New Haven winter, Clarence Maynard hearing of victory and peace with a parade, Red Cross meeting at the school, Mrs. Cody returning from Camp Upton, and Miss Mabel Hutchinson visiting Miss Ida Cody.
Harry Tryon returns from his annual hunt near Durham with nine pheasants four partridges six woodcock five quail and other game. Edwin Benson bags two large coons on his Monday hunt. J P DeMore attends a trail road convention in New York. A Kensington led local parade through Berlin to East Berlin ends with loud display. Influenza affects mine coal supply delaying emergency coal and increasing price by one dollar per ton. C B Wilson visits relatives and returns home today. A humorous note about an old lady despising cards and an aviator son labeled ace.
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