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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1918
Page
4
Public notice in the Middletown Conn Evening Press outlines advertisement changes and discontinuations. It specifies deadlines, placement of notices, and the post office as second class matter. The notice lists local stands Sanders, Book Store, and Bride as sale locations.
Government Weather Report from New Haven November 27 notes fair to partly cloudy and warmer conditions for New Haven and Connecticut through Thursday, with moderate southwest winds and wet spells. Snow flurries reported in eastern lake region and northern New England, while gulf and Atlantic coasts see cloudy to rainy conditions. Temperatures rising back toward normal by Thursday across northern districts, with listed city readings including New Haven 30 cloudy and New York 30 cloudy.
Weather report from Mount Higby station ends at noon with a maximum of 39, minimum 25, mean 38, barometer 29.72, water 22 feet 9 inches, wind northwest and clear skies. The rest reports varied topics including President Wilson’s sailing next week, peace envoys to be announced, soldiers returning home, Thanksgiving reflections, calls to extradite the ex Kaiser, commentary on royal blood, costs of living, and remarks on Ford’s publicity plans and postwar sentiment.
The article argues the student army training camp will close December 21 and return to regular college days. It critiques militarism as costly in lives and liberty and says responsible leadership requires real experience beyond classroom theory.
The passage condemns student army camps as unsuitable for the near future and frames the stance as a seasonal blessing. It stresses the need for genuine training and warns that those in authority without proper preparation fail to uphold the nation’s historical standards. It urges the rising generation to resist unqualified leadership and to value true competence over imposed status.
The piece argues that monarchies survive in largely democratic nations as symbols of national unity. Royalists persist in Belgium Denmark Norway Britain, while radical republicans push for reforms. H. G. Wells’ wartime stance shows mild censorship of royalist sentiment, yet monarchs serving as unifying symbols face little threat from revolution.
A Boston concert critique discussed by an Ohio editor lauds piano performance and audience impact. It mentions Paderewski and Chopin, praising descriptive music imagery while noting criticism of Galli-Curci’s singing quality. The piece celebrates refined music journalism and artistic interpretation.
The New York Sun recalls wartime suffering across Belgium France Serbia and other nations, noting enduring courage. It contrasts the British and Allied perseverance with Germany’s postwar conduct, framing Germany as howling like a whipped animal after defeat.
Inquiry evidence shows Chicago hotels blacklisted by brewers for complying with a Sunday closing rule. The investigation highlights tensions between temperance policies and city hotel practices, noting resistance and economic factors.
Secretary Houston told editors that food and feed demands from Europe will keep prices high through this harvest year. The United States will feed nine European nations, including England and France, with sufficient supplies to avoid Bolshevik influence. He noted past record crop levels and warned against complacency while stressing vigilance and stability in democratic nations.
Detroit Free Press notes that happiness is scarce because people seek it for themselves rather than creating it for others, urging selfless acts to spread joy.
A compact guide advises avoiding crowds and maintaining cleanliness to prevent influenza. Suggestions include exercising, fresh air, a vegetable pill every other day, hot lemonade for colds, Anuric tablets for urinary symptoms, and building up with Dr. Pierce tonics such as Golden Medical Discovery.
A column discusses how studying words yields insight beyond books, listing ending patterns in words such as cion and ous and noting dictionaries vary. It suggests prefixes and suffixes illuminate nuances and meanings. A separate brief reports on Six Human Cyphers in St. Albans where Gilbert M. Dunn, sixth son of a hatter and conscientious objector, faces exemption denial for not killing a worm.
A housewife reduced a $2.75 weekly butter bill by using Benefit Brand Sweet Nut Margarine at 38c per pound. The product, made from creamery white coconuts and pasteurized milk, looked and tasted like butter and delivered similar cooking results. She continues buying it at the Direct Importing Co. in Middletown and pockets the savings for stamps.
A vintage health ad touts California Syrup of Figs as a gentle bowel cleanser for children and adults. It claims to cure stomach aches, feverishness, and poor appetite by clearing foul waste, with directions on the bottle and a note to insist on the California Fig Syrup Company brand.
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