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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1918
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text notes mail handling changes and a press on sale at a Main Street location. Mentions 398 as in Se Main 8t and 473 Main St. Indicates postal processing and sale details without full context.
Weather report from Mt. Higby for the twenty hours ending at noon today shows a max 77, min 47, wind southwest cloudy. War updates touch on German strategy, Foch, wheat prices, and prowar sentiment as nations brace for outcomes, alongside local notes on road work and motor vehicle rules.
Don Cameron, long vanished from public view, was once a key figure in Pennsylvania politics. The narrative traces his rise, his role as secretary of war during Grant’s end, and his influence through backing allies, including actions tied to Lincoln’s 1860 era.
The text portrays Garfield as a failed Republican boss in Pennsylvania, ousted from his inherited position by Matt Quay. Don Cameron, long in the Senate, gains little notable achievement though briefly aligns with free silver. As influence fades, the Cameron era dissolves under stronger rivals.
In New York traffic court Magistrate Cobb lamented that 13 defendants needed interpreters and urged English literacy. He fined one non English reader $5 for disobeying a traffic officer and warned that drivers unable to read signs endanger pedestrians and others, calling for harsher sentences and possible legal changes to curb the issue.
Richard Chapman of Groton visits his mother Mrs Fannie Chapman. William Platts of New Britain spends the holiday with Judson Griswold. Leslie Gollon leaves C C Co cost dept for New Britain. Helen Stailing visits her parents. Hannah Gollon and Bertha with Mrs George Post. Gates visit friends in Saybrook. Walter Edberg from Hartford visits family. Elizabeth Chapman at business college in New London returns home. Clifford Starling and friends from Boston stay at Ivoryton hotel. Roy Shannon Henry Haskell and families attend Hartford fair. Margaret Perkins of New Britain visits Grace Wilcox. A D Stevens in Moodus yesterday. Stevens household goods moved to Hartford. Eleanor Fletcher takes a vacation this week.
George Parmelee, cashier of Adams Express Co., received a wrist watch Saturday afternoon in a presentation by local company agent Mr. Glynn. Parmelee is among the employees who depart for Camp Devens Wednesday morning.
Labor Day saw visits by Norton and Susan Chapmans, the Brooks and McCallum families, and numerous residents visiting New York City, Hartford, and other nearby towns. Local guests included Miss Sue Lord and Mrs. Buell, Walter and Arthur Myers in town, and the town’s reopens school with a full teaching roster led by Supervisor Robert E. Foote and a lineup of elementary and grade teachers.
Centerbrook September 3 Pratt High School began the fall term this morning. Clifford Williams of Hartford visited his grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry Williams during Labor Day. Mrs Elmore Stevens plans to move to Middletown for work at Caulkins and Posts. Herbert Palmer and C L Jones went to the Hartford fair on Monday. George Jones of Middletown called on friends here Monday. George Tolks of the U S Navy is on a five day furlough with his parents on Bokum Avenue. Merton Fairman and family moved to Torrington for work in an ammunition factory. Miss May Shutz of Middletown visited here with her parents.
A service with celebration of the Holy Communion will be held at St Luke's Mission next Sunday morning at 9 30 oclock.
Gobel's Delicatessen advertises Spotless Cleanser at five cents as a big bargain. The shop claims no adulteration in cereals and asserts only the best selected meats are used. Customers are urged to try and will likely buy Gobel's again.
The ad promotes Chamberlain's smoked beef as a superior product described as smoked rather than dried and positioned as better than other options. It also markets superior boiled ham available for purchase.
Mr and Mrs Charles Bushnell of Hartford hosted this week with local guests from Waterbury Middletown and New Haven. A large delegation attended a baseball game at Light house Point where the Boston Braves lost 3 to 0 to the Colonials. Labor St bridge traffic counted 500 cars and motorcycles. The funeral for Nathan Phelps occurred at North Cove road with interment in River view cemetery. Co G Sixth Regiment held a shoot on the new grounds. several shooters posted 20 or more out of 25.
Arnold Gesner returns home from the automobile instruction camp in Newton Massachusetts for a two day visit. Rollin Tyler shows off a new automobile. Mr and Mrs Harry Corbin and their young son join the Gesner household for a two week stay. A service will be held at the school house next Sunday at 11 30 AM.
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