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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1918
Page
4
The text indicates subscription and advertisement change procedures with deadlines and contact details for notices to discontinue or modify ads. It mentions mailing at Middletown Connecticut, second class matter, and stops for changes by 4:80 a.m. on publication day. The fragmentary OCR lacks clear events or individuals.
Weather at Mt Higby for the past 24 hours showed 63 degrees high, 47 low, mean 55 with 57 at noon, barometer 29.84, water 23.6 inches, wind southwest and cloudy. Local notes discuss Liberty Loan canvassing, wartime morale, heating advice for Yale, political races, and recent fronts of action in Europe including Persia and the western front. Funds, defense, and civic calls mix with weather and daily life in the town.
Major J. M. Auld of the British military mission writes in the October World’s Work that gas shells do not carry gas under pressure. They hold chemicals that form gas when exploded, with liquids and a volatile component. Only after detonation does vaporization release any air concentration of gas, as he notes.
A World War II era casualty roll lists 269 total casualties with breakdowns by action including killed in action wounded severely wounded slightly and missing in action. Names highlight Private George R. Taylor Cambridge Mass Corporal John Francis Clancy South Boston Mass and Lieut Benjamin P. Bradford Boston Mass among others from New England states.
A long OCR fragment lists names with numbered entries and towns across Connecticut including Woodbury Deep River Clinton Essex Old Saybrook Hadam Saybrook and Durham. It presents serials from 17005 to 1769 with many individuals such as Larkin Thomas Woodbury Deey itt Charles Pollack Bertrand Leverett Stevens Henry Newton Comstock and William Edwin Smith, among others, indicating a roster or membership record for Division 22 with multiple locales and spellings.
In Cromwell on Sept 24 Miss Ethel Sage returns to New York after a month with parents Mr and Mrs Winit Sage. The fourth Liberty Loan drive begins Sept 25 with campaign captains and district chiefs named. Thomas W Beaumont chairs. Swedish and women's committees listed. drives target higher youth participation. Nathaniel White school to receive loan material. Cromwell’s last quota was 15 700 with 27 500 raised, goal to exceed.
A meeting to form a War Bureau will be held at Town Hall in Old Saybrook on Wednesday evening September 25 at 8 o'clock. George B. Chandler, chairman of publicity for the State Council of Defense, will address the gathering.
A morning fire at the Willard Hotel in Washington caused $100,000 damage as Vice President Marshall and scores of guests fled their rooms. The blaze started in the palm stage ceiling, likely from a short circuit in electric wiring, and knocked out the hotel telephone system. Guests evacuated through smoky corridors as crews battled the flames.
Elmira New York resident C F Reynolds states he was bed ridden with kidney trouble and severe back pain. After using Foley Kidney Pills he recovered in days and returned to work with no further kidney issues. The ad claims the pills stop sleep disturbing bladder ailments and ease rheumatic pains, sore muscles and swollen joints and are sold everywhere.
The American Bankers Association gathered leaders from across the country for a war conference in Maperoatme. President R. R. Hawes presided as W. T. Perkins of New York and Oscar Foreman of Chicago joined Jesse C. McNich of Omaha and George F. Roberts of New York among hundreds of notable bankers. The tone stressed that victory hinges on finance and closer cooperation rather than a sole focus on winning battles.
Washington on September 24 Secretary Daniels testified before the House Naval Affairs Committee urging government control of the $4,550,000 Boston dry dock project to speed its completion.
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