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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1916
Page
7
A garbled page of classified ads presents items for sale including a piano, typewriter, shotgun, power paper cutter, potatoes, and various lost items. It also includes requests for work and address boxes for responses, with dates and locations in New York and Johnson, N.Y.
A noisy OCR of employment ads lists positions from male nurse and mechanic to hotel staff and office help. It includes wages or salary notes, locations like North street Union Hat Company and Middletown, and contact boxes such as Box 75 and Box 188.
Multiple rental notices list six to eight room flats and furnished rooms across streets including East Main Linden Linden James Canal California and others with mentions of light housekeeping storage board electric heat and reasonable rents. Individual listings include addresses 272 East Main 181 Linden 71 James 16 Canal 25 Ison 58 East Main 7 Beattie 28 California 47 Liberty 90 Prospect and 440 North.
The annual election of Grace Episcopal Church officers was held this afternoon from 10 to 12 noon. Fred W. Towner was re-elected Warden for two years and Vestrymen A. C. Thompson George T. Bryant and Wickham W. Young were re-elected for three years. LeRoi W. Horton to join his father in newly opened offices in the Times Press building. Horton previously represented Aetna Insurance in Hartford and will handle fire, accident and health, liability and workers compensation, along with surety bonds.
The funeral for Mrs. Roy A. Holtslander was held this afternoon at 244 East Main Street with Rev. D. Butler officiating. Pallbearers included Frederick J. Yarto and George Snyder. Interment followed in Bloomsburg Cemetery. Out of town mourners joined services from Boonton Morristown Locust Water Hoboken and more.
Several persons previously quarantined for diphtheria were released today. City health officials credit energetic efforts by health department leaders for the decline of the disease, noting the improved condition in the city.
Albany December 4 Commissioner Charles S Wilson of the Department of Agriculture continues an educational effort on the States Pure Food laws. He urges grocers manufacturers and dealers to study the provisions. The drive aims to reduce violations by improving understanding and enforcement to protect consumers from adulterated foods. Copies of the law are being distributed through the departments agents in charge after a statewide conference and a session with Farm Institutes lecturers.
Albany December 4 Governor Whitman commuted the death sentence of Charles F. Shielow for the murder of Charles D. Phelps of West Shelby Orleans county in March 1915 to life imprisonment.
The grammar grade PTA at the High School will meet Tuesday at 8 pm in the High School. Dr. Bentley of New York will discuss Dental Hygiene and will speak to students at local schools during the week. All parents and teachers are invited.
The Times-Press warns it cannot disclose ad reply procedures and outlines classifieds including land for sale near Lower road New Hampton with 175 acres and 140 upland, 35 acres black dirt. an eight room house with easy terms. a six room improved home at 2,850 dollars. and an exchange offer for a 500 built income property in Middletown for a stocked farm.
Herbert E Simpson of Middletown died Sunday at 60 pm at his home 37 Beattie avenue after a brief illness. He was 34 on his birthday, born December 3 1882 in Vernon NJ son of Brice P Simpson and Sarah A Raymond. He never married and lived here 25 years a roofer and fraternal member of several orders. Survived by father three brothers and one sister. Funeral notice appears elsewhere. Dewitt Canfield Welling died Saturday at age 77 after months of illness. First wife Mary J Garter died earlier leaving two sons George A died 1905 and Charles L died near Johnson. He married Sarah Ann Decker on December 29 1875 and survived by children Gilbert B Parriott Daisy M Alice Grace A Ira D Emmett D Phebe E and Wesley R Frank MM and additional siblings Margaret Conklin and Mary E Welling. Funeral services Tuesday at 10:30 at home and 11 at Ridgebury Church Ridgebury Cemetery to follow. Melvin J Stewart son of Russell Stewart and Jennie House of Middletown died Saturday at two years nine months one day. Survived by parents and one brother Herbert. Funeral Wednesday at 1 pm at parental home Ridgebury Cemetery interment there.
Roy Smith, acting commissioner of the Chamber of Commerce, details a banquet funded by Charles Schwab costing 20 600 dollars during a visit to Bethlehem, where 46 men attended. Smith reports that Schwab preferred funding the banquet to yield greater gains for the organization. The note also mentions an upcoming officer installation and a Band rehearsal tonight.
A dense jumble of classifieds and notices lists door to door items for sale services demonstrations by Kellogg’s at West Main, housing wanted, pets and horses for hire, obituaries for Melvin S. Gass and Herbert E. Simpson, legal notices for Otto Zoll, and a bank shareholders meeting at Merchants National Bank with details for an annual election of directors in Middletown.
Artesian well drilling and auctioneers listed with address at Sprague Avenue and phone 862 J. Company names include Joan Sellete. Prominent listing style notes business directory format with multiple entries.
A dense listing of licensed auctioneers, fur dealers, film developers, chiropody and manicure parlors, laundry services, horse traders, insurance agents, funeral directors, casket companies, and auto service firms. Includes names like WH LUNNEY, J EDSON ADAMS, M Singer, JOHN MH POUL, MRS GHAGE MOULD, BOYD & DEMING, ALEXANDER MERRITT, and National Casket Co. with multiple New York and Middletown addresses and contact numbers. The column reads like a late 19th or early 20th century classified directory.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet in the choir room on Tuesday at 3 p.m. to hear the loan exhibit and sale report. Prayer meeting is Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. Next Sunday morning an annual offering for the Board of Freedmen will be taken. Local funeral firms list offices and contact details.
Helen Katherine Murphy and William Fitzgerald united in marriage at the Church of the Most Precious Blood Walden. The ceremony was by Rev Joseph F Holland with many relatives present. After mass, the couple had a motor ride to the bride's parents home for a formal dinner and gifts. They will reside on the groom's farm near Maybrook.
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