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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1918
Page
4
Weather report from Mt Sigby notes a cloudy Indian summer with temperatures around 74 highs and 62.5 lows, wind and barometer not clearly stated, while wartime commentary considers Liberty bonds, peace notes, and Allied supply lines. The piece discusses Wilson and Roosevelt relations, civilian life, production gains, and calls for German surrender as condition for peace.
A wartime editorial urges citizens to answer the call to save money and back the war effort, stressing personal responsibility to fund the conflict. It notes the War Industries Board limits on materials, cites grape juice and corset restrictions, and mocks bebubbling adjustments while praising Roosevelt and Wilson.
A fragmented editorial arguing for simple clear rules to regulate the pub. It criticizes overbearing authorities issuing many orders that burden ordinary citizens and foster bureaucratic complications. The piece advocates fewer explicit directives from authorities.
Detroit News quotes Colonel Roosevelt asserting support for a war through right, noting his expression of firm stance and urging unity. The piece remarks on public disagreement as the column discusses wartime conduct and leadership expectations.
The piece argues war educates globally through maps and devices like tanks planes and torpedoes. It notes rice riots in Japan as part of war news and Belgium and northern France as familiar theaters. It urges turning wartime curiosity into learning about what ends the conflict and how minds can be used.
The Springfield Republican reports alarming Montreal infant mortality with one in four babies dying before age one and 1,704 deaths among under one year olds in a year. It notes milk cost as a factor pushing mothers to buy reduced quantities, worsening conditions.
A garbled OCR style snippet hints at a chaotic scene with a chauffeur ordering a course of events, mentioning a gas stove and a potential blowout. Named entities are unclear due to corruption.
A long prophetic poem and editorial prose mix denounces the Hunnish and Hohenzollern powers, predicts divine and Crusader rescue for Judea, cites Belgium and Lusitania tragedies, and frames Marshal Foch as a modern hammer like Grant as Allied victory nears. It ends with a call to world judgment on Germany and a Redeemed land.
Major General Edward M. Lewis leads the Thirtieth American Division in Haig’s drive. A West Point classmate of General Pershing, Lewis and Pershing have been close friends through their army careers. The division draws troops from Tennessee North Carolina and South Carolina and forms the wedge of the Allied advance north of St Quentin.
Middlefield on October 12 reports Congregational church services discontinued until further notice and both churches will omit Sunday services on October 13 on health officer instruction. News arrives of Mrs. Warren Cook and infant daughter’s death in New Britain. Hartford guests Joseph Goodrich family visit relatives. A. D. Emmons returns from Cambridge to see improved ill daughter. Middlesex hospital quota half reached. needs 46 quarts by October 31, cans to be left with local households. Captain Hedges farewell dinner postponed one week.
Americans have been great travelers since the country grew prosperous but now a majority of men aged 18 to 46 view a trip to Europe as the most probable plan in the world, reflecting shifting travel aspirations.
Relief comes instantly with a dosage every two hours, up to three doses, ending grippe misery and a severe cold. It opens blocked nasal passages, stops discharge, relieves headache and feverishness, and costs only a few cents at any drug store. Be sure you get the genuine.
An 80 year reputation claims these vegetable pills cure biliousness constipation and bilious headache. For calomel users one trial will prove their superiority. 25 cents a box, uncoated or coated, from druggists or by mail. Dr J H Schenck & Son Philadelphia.
A Montreal reader claims Fruit-a-tives cured 16 years of rheumatism after trying various doctors and lotions. The ad notes eczema constipation improved and appetite returned, quoting P. H. McHugh of 103 Church Street Montreal. Price 50c a box or six for $2.50, available through dealers or by mail from Fruit-a-tives Limited Ogdensburg NY.
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