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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1918
Page
4
Notice explains subscription terms and payment requirements, changes of address must be timely, and discontinuations end on publication day. Address and service details indicate Middletown Connecticut distribution and second class postal status.
Haven November 25 forecast shows fair to Tuesday with little temperature change. Central disturbance over New England brings clouds and rain southwest. conditions near normal in western and eastern districts with freezing temps reaching Georgia. Observations list multiple cities including New Haven 32 cloudy and Nantucket 42 partly cloudy. broader region trends indicate clear to partly cloudy skies.
Weather at Mt. Higby reports a 24 hour period ending noon with a high of 41 and low around 30.5, barometer reading, wind west, and clear skies. The article also notes war costs, peace prospects, political figures, postwar adjustments, and assorted geopolitical remarks reflecting early postwar sentiment and public concerns.
The piece argues President Wilson will travel to Europe to advance a just global order, meeting Britain and Italy, addressing former adversaries, and signaling America stands for peace. It contrasts Roosevelt's Panama trip and notes potential mobilization of anti Fourteen Points forces in Congress while portraying Wilson as a soldier of worldwide peace.
The Hartford Times questions wartime spending in Connecticut and urges a return to peaceful government functions. It argues against permanent peacetime extensions of war offices and stenographic corps, citing President Cleveland and urging state officials to resume normal methods after the war. Governor Holcomb is noted as favoring a return to peacetime procedures.
An Oregon state agricultural official urges cultivating whales for milk and claims Puget Sound could supply all US milk. The piece questions monopolies and envisions farmers keeping their own whales, while joking about whale milking and poetry from literati as spring hints emerge.
A Boston Globe note argues soldiers long in France should be allowed to see Europe under better conditions after the fighting ends. It suggests giving men a choice about who returns home first and hints at the value of art education through reflection.
Lieutenant Edward Victor Isaacs of the U S Navy, captured when the President Lincoln was sunk, arrived in Chicago after escaping a German prison camp. He was taken to Germany aboard a U-boat, escaped, swam the Rhine, and reached Allied lines.
East Berlin will host the East Berlin Red Cross annual meeting at Athletic hall Tuesday evening at 8 oclock with all members asked to attend. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Gibney and children of New Britain, Miss Gertrude North, Mr. and Mrs. A Benson and Mr. and Mrs. W Johnson, along with others at town events and a Middletown Italian parade. Local items note prices on milk crackers flour and groceries and a Brooklyn Standard Union editorial criticizing German treatment of prisoners.
Advertises a large supply of Native Fresh Hams Fresh Shoulders Bacon Roasts Pork and Pork Chops for customers seeking pork products.
Chairman Howard T. Chapman announced final figures from the War Work drive in Old Saybrook. Pledges totaled 2416 with Victory Boys 23 and five dollars per item, plus eighth dollars, and 31 girls at $5 each. Families and locals noted moves and obituaries as influenza cases rise.
Readers note broad consensus that swift funding of wartime measures by citizens will free President Wilson to pursue diplomacy. The Washington Star frames the outlook as dependent on prompt financial support for the war effort and timely state action.
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