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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1919
Page
5
The Middletown Times Press lists AP repub policy and editorial rules for submissions. It covers copyright, obituary handling, subscription rates, and advertising integrity with guidance for proper signatory submissions and fraud reporting.
The article notes about 3,217 Italians left Naples for the United States in eight months of 1919, with many wives and children. It contrasts wartime emigration, ship shortages, and economic pull factors with postwar conditions. It also discusses health, living standards, and the appeal of returning to Italy, including observations on housing, clothing, and the prospect of future mobility.
A reflective column discusses three ways people eat and warns against overindulgence on Thanksgiving. It cites societal faults in eating the right amount, critiques fashion and cost, and includes a humorous tale of domesticated poultry misadventure. It also mentions milk spilled near the Erie railroad and references university service to mining coal with light verse and satire.
The text argues that transportation and its economic value benefit local communities and states, emphasizing that better highways influence health and should not be underestimated. It frames roads as a factor in regional and national well being and economic strength.
Hearings listed before the Public Services Commission this week across multiple districts. Topics include highway grade crossing eliminations on the New York Central Western and Ontario lines and a pavement cost discussion, with orders to show cause and sessions in Rochester and Delhy.
Grand Master William S. Farmer in Syracuse announces the Masonic Service Association of the United States principles adopted at Cedar Rapids Iowa. The 35 grand masters from 35 jurisdictions approved a program urging English language public education, patriotism, thrift, and Americanization as core aims.
The passage argues for simple inexpensive machinery with minimal cost to maximize benefit for humanity and recommends giving the executive committee broad discretion to implement the association’s objects and purposes.
Thanksgiving passed quietly in Ellenville with family dinners and holiday meals at Mitchell House. S.A. Van Wareener hosted a seven person party including guests from Kingston and Brooklyn. Union services were held at the Reformed Church with Rev. C. A. Dann delivering the sermon and Miss Bertha Demarest singing a soprano solo.
Mr and Mrs Philip Clearwater marked their twenty fifth wedding anniversary by hosting twenty five guests for Thanksgiving dinner at their Hermance street residence. Guests from New York Brooklyn Kingston and local residents attended. Favors included miniature candy baskets with a block of domino sugar symbolizing sugar shortages.
The Civil Service Commission notes shortages in candidates for nine Departmental Service positions in Washington. Exams will be held again on December 10 for clerks, veterinary roles, teachers, apprentices, file clerks, and machine operators among others. Apply at the local post office for details and blanks.
Conversion of several churches in Maryland into moving picture theaters reduces attendance and disrupts congregations. At Torquay the former place of worship has become a theatre, illustrating a broader trend in using churches as advertising media.
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