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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1918
Page
4
The Mt Higby weather for the last 24 hours shows 56 degrees minimum, 29 mean, 42.5 barometer 30.02 and 23 Patek with a north clear sky. The piece blends war updates on Hindenburg and Liberty Loan drives with civic notices and cautions about public gatherings amid an epidemic.
A New York Globe item critiques War Industries Board price controls in the past year. It notes fixed prices for shoes from $3 to $12 and argues retailers have used shortages to exact high costs on clothing and accessories. The piece contrasts wages with rising costs and comments on extortion by shops and wholesalers amid inflationary pressures.
A WWI era salute by G. B. C. dated October 5, 1918, urges allied unity. It envisions ten thousand ships bearing the starlit flag to purge infested oceans and defeat autocratic power. The note pledges vigilance with Britain, France, and Italia until freedom prevails and the Hun is defeated.
Chester reports a low turnout in the town election with 82 ballots cast out of an estimated 350 eligible voters. Results show Edwin G. Smith for Assessor, R Clifford Tyler and Edward Lynde as Selectmen, and Wilbur A. Brothwell as town deposit funds agent, among other district posts. Delegates to a senatorial convention from Saybrook attended today. The Liberty Day parade in Deep River is set for Saturday with the State Guards participating.
Ivoryton Oct 8 Russell Shailer recovering from grip. Amid a prevailing epidemic the Order of the King's Daughters and Sons Hartford convention scheduled for Oct 16 17 has been postponed until further notice. Village Improvement society met with Miss Florence Chrystal. Red Cross work planned at Laurel hall Thursday afternoon and evening. Bertha Moor ill with grip. Mrs Raymond Post returned to Hartford Sunday. Town election passed quietly. Mrs Joseph Stannard back from Saybrook for son’s illness. George Gates ill. William Coombs home ill.
Spanish influenza claimed another victim at Camp Grant Illinois as Colonel C B Hagadorn acting commander was found dead in his quarters. Col Charles W Castle ruled the death a nervous collapse brought on by influenza and succeeds Hagadorn as acting commandant.
Deep River held its annual town meeting and election of officers with 167 votes cast. Officials include Assessor Dr. Arthur M. Pratt and town funds agent James E. Pratt. Public library, schools, and road budgets approved. new Deep River War Bureau to be formed with 1200 annually. Frederick A. Geffken, 23, of Deep River died in Lowell of pneumonia after influenza. A public meeting to form the town war bureau is set, plus notices of influenza illness and a cinema program at town hall.
The Home and Foreign Missionary society of the Baptist church will meet with Miss Stevens Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Haddam residents hear a Liberty Loan rally at Grangehall on Wednesday with speaker E W Hazen and two soldiers from the front addressing attendees.
Kidney disease harms all ages with headaches indigestion insomnia back pain and urinary trouble. Quick relief is claimed with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules, sold in sealed packages from Holland labs with a money back guarantee if not effective.
Essex notes report town election results with selectmen treasurer and school appointees, local business moves and residents ill with influenza. Also lists workers, visitors, and upcoming events including a cinema ad for Rimrock Jones.
A vintage ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as a rapid cure for grippe and severe colds. It claims dosing every two hours for three doses opens blocked passages, stops discharge, relieves headache and feverishness, and costs only a few cents at drug stores with no substitute needed.
Washington reports that French and British subjects under the American Consul General in Petrograd have left for the frontier. Norwegian legation confirms no violation of territorial rights by Norway. Sofia confirms abdication of the Bulgarian king and resignation of the cabinet. prime minister and finance minister remain loyal to the allies.
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A reader praises a simple cheap home remedy for coughs that families worldwide rely on. Instructions suggest mixing syrup and a dark sugar or corn syrup to make a pint solution, claiming it soothes and loosens phlegm within hours and even calms croup symptoms.
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