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Newspaper
Florida Journal
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1927
Page
4
A note from the Orange County Independent Corporation lists weekly papers serving the region including Orange County Record, Lake Argus Reporter, King Sentinel, Maybrook Enterprise, Central Valley Post, Florida Journal, Cheater Prom, Highland Falls Standard, and others. It specifies publication details, payment, and submission guidelines for obituaries and notices.
A long tale about two brothers from a Maryland farm who receive $500 each to seek fortune. The older, a steady plugger, stays near home and builds wealth slowly through banking stock. The younger, a flashy plunger, seizes risk, expands into manufacturing and finance, then travels to New York city chasing rapid gains.
In Middletown a man started with bank stock proceeds, bought a home and two family houses, using rents to pay mortgages. He became a respected citizen, helped his parents, and grew his modest fortune through real estate. His brother failed, died rich, while the plugger prospered until old age. The story ends with a moral that persistence beats swift but unpredictable success.
A historical query stressing the farmer as the provider of food clothing and shelter while criticizing neglect and underappreciation. The piece highlights the farmer's role in liberty sunshine clean air and national backbone, contrasting urban neglect with agricultural value and urging respect for rural labor.
In Woods town New Jersey a farmers led by the Game Warden raided crow roosts to curb the pest. About 500 men killed roughly 2500 crows in a field operation. The article notes a surviving crow population around one million and suggests burial in corn fields to aid next season.
After twelve years in the U S Senate ending March 4 Senator Wadsworth received a War Department letter from Secretary Davis praising his invaluable counsels and calling him the highest type of legislator. The article notes a growing list of statesmen sacrificed to Bacchus.
Reports say Turkey permits women to discard the veil while many believe a stranger seeing their faces dooms them to eternal damnation. Some women still refuse to go unveiled and may have other reasons for retaining the veil.
The report notes a grim disaster with fatalities not reaching the 192 percent Holocaust, yet still distressing. Property damage is extensive and the arduous work of rebuilding must begin anew.
A Danish machinist proclaims a gearless brakeless automobile design that he says will work. countrymen hail him as the automobile Edison, though there is skepticism given Danish credence in past such claims like Doc Cook.
The remark notes women copying men's attire and haircuts, but warns they will face social pushback if facial hair returns to fashion. The line captures a period view on gender style and trends without detailing events or people.
Washington notes mark two years since Vice President Dawes blasted the red debate and urged reform of Senate blocking tactics. He reports the loquacious chamber now does his talking for him as he enjoys the rostrum and claims renewed vigor from two years in the chair.
The piece spotlights Charles J. Wichmann a retired Rochester clothing man who devotes S days at the Bowery Salvation Army bench mending garments for the needy He talks with the men learning their stories urging them to quit drink seek work and regain self respect Central Park West is contrasted with Fifth Avenue noting shifts in wealth and social strata with a somber tone about impermanence of status in New York society
The Scrap Book notes Governor Smith being presented a styled owl and joking about a wise old owl in oak, with an exchange about politics and dates for a White House chair. The fragment then shifts to taorkish governance and abolition of magic books, linking charms to high death rates and modern science as devilish invention.
A brief exchange reveals tension between a father and a son about a nearly ruined plan. The son apologizes, accepts the disappointment, and offers to send a box of cigars to the father as thanks for handling the situation calmly. The father expresses surprise at how close the daughter came to involvement in trouble.
A Yerkes staff member suggests color photography using infrared light could settle questions about Mars atmosphere and possible habitation. The technique may produce clearer images than ordinary light, aiding detection.
The 1552 Middletown landmark Gothic Hall opened as a key village meeting place with a June 9 1852 lodge dedication. Built by Cyrus G Frost and others the hall seated 509 in the assembly room and housed the I O of C F Ledge Room. The oldest fraternal group in Middletown, the 112 1 O O F lodge, began in 1844 and moved to Gothic Hall in 1852.
Little Margaret misreads shop signs saying hats 318 up and pianos 10 down. The exchange with her mother exposes a humorous misunderstanding about prices and sales. In another note, Odd Cow Mobile lists cattle details with prices and a Jersey heifer offering via A. Zimlich at Tacon Station.
Jones notes his wife searched his pockets last night. Smith asks what she found. Jones replies the same explorer material would suit a lecture.
A compilation of notable historical quotes attributed to figures such as Columbus Nero Methuselah Henry VII Queen Elizabeth Queen Mary David Noah Jonah Samson and a closing line Battalion Log reflecting on wisdom and morale. The collection pairs aphorisms with varied origins, offering a brief panorama of enduring adages.
Madge plans to ask her father for consent this afternoon. Mollie fears Dick may not attend, while Madge herself worries Dick will fail to appear.
We had heavy rain on Friday as Ben Elmers was setting a cow and the water rose high. Ben fell from the bridge and drowned, later found hanging on a wire the next morning.
A humorous exchange in Lorain discusses antiques and old purchases from marriage days. The chatty couple recalls aging and a stray mouse incident while a barber offers a light clue to the scene.
Those alarmed by the ratio of one divorce per four marriages are reminded that each divorce makes possible two more marriages. The article argues against public panic over divorce rates.
Brown, in a two seater, runs out of gas a few miles from town and hitches a ride with a passing truck owner promising a $1 to be towed to a garage. Suspicion grows as the driver asks about business while hinting at gasoline delivery to country folks.
A reader Q and A column from the Washington bureau outlines explanations on kilowatt hours Liberal Arts and other topics. It includes details on actors real names Lloyd Hughes Richard Dix and Deane Boardman and a brief note on the German cruiser Emden and its destruction off Coral Sea.
A scattered Q and A compilation covers topics from biology to law and history. It notes bacteria as the lowest form of vegetable life, explains divorce after separation, dates October 9 1902 as a Friday, and defines names Barbara and Jean. It cites claims about South Georgia Island, war cloth, Panama Canal staffing, Dolly Madison, a Louisiana colony, and Priscilla Dean in The Blackbird.
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