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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1918
Page
4
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New Haven forecast shows rain tonight and Tuesday, clearing later with colder air. A major storm moving from Nebraska toward Ontario brings general rains from Minnesota to Maine and Michigan to Alabama. Local Thursday readings include New Haven at 60 cloudy. The report discusses European peace hopes, German politics, and U.S. role in postwar settlements.
Republican colleagues invite Pennsylvanian Senator Penrose to forgo spoils of victory as prospective Senate finance committee chair under GOP control. They seek to frighten the veteran into surrender by targeting his unpopularity with a faction. (From New York World)
The article discusses Senator Penrose entrenched as a senior Republican figure, praising his role in party unity and influence at the 1912 Chicago convention. It also covers a Washington meeting of manufacturers forming an aid association for crippled veterans, detailing demonstrations at the National Hospital and promises of better artificial limbs to restore employment chances for injured soldiers.
Washington officials warn that Europe’s postwar demand could push U S food prices higher. The Food Administration lacks explicit authority to fix prices and Congress may need new legislation. Export controls and price fixes may be used to shield Americans as war ends and Europe imports rise.
President Thomas G. Masaryk of the Czecho-Slovak Republic departs Washington for Prague to assume government leadership. He was chosen as president by Czecho-Slovak leaders in Berne and pledges to solidify the reborn nation as his first aim.
National boxing supervisor James W. Coffroth says Jack Dempsey was innocent of the Madison Square Garden fiasco. He blames Joe Bonds for an unfulfilled advertised engagement and notes several challengers and a hoax attempt by managers of Jeanette, Norfolk, and an Ethiopian giant.
Letters from Altoona soldiers over seas praise Hadwen Addington known as Pete for a nine Hun single handed capture. Some letters from other boys describe Pete's big feat while one note to his father said nothing of it.
Pittsburgh reader Mrs. Jas Rohrberg credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after months of backache headaches and fatigue. The letter urges others with similar symptoms to try the remedy and notes the product has helped for over forty years.
Over one hundred thousand patrons in the country have shown that nothing relieves the soreness of chafing as quickly as Sykes Comfort Powder. Available at Vinci and other drug stores. Free trial box offered by The Comfort Powder Co., Boston, Massachusetts.
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