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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1918
Page
10
A dense classified fragment lists items for sale and wants. It includes furniture, wood, engines, pigeons, dogs, pianos, coal, motors, and farm goods with scattered seller names and addresses such as Myeroun & Sisen Sumgue avenue, Ayres & Galloway, and Jack's Garage. The text appears as ad snippets from a local newspaper want column with dates and contact cues like call and address cues.
A jumble of old classified items lists WANTED positions for a bookkeeper, housekeepers, sewing operators, waitresses, and general help. Scattered notes mention a landscape worker, dressmaker, and clerical tasks, with brief references to wages and locations like Goshen and Montgomery.
Classified ads show multiple to rent notices including a 1292 acre farm near a creamery, a five room front house with steam heat, several furnished and unfurnished rooms in various streets, a six room house with bath and garage, and cottages near C W shops. Also listed are rooms for light housekeeping, a two room front, and price ranges. Edward J. Mountire advertisements and local agents appear among the entries.
The Liberty Street Parent-Teacher Association met Tuesday afternoon with many in attendance. Third and fourth graders directed by Miss Helen King performed songs including A Funny Story and When Johnny Comes Marching Home. A brief business session followed with readings from Sidonie Gruenberg and a discussion yielding helpful suggestions. watch the Times-Press Want Ads.
Odd assortment of notices and ads list burglarized venues and sales. Mentions Goshen Monroe Warwick Cheater Otisvilla Pine Bush Maybreck Montgomery Unionville and Florida with various local names and prices. Christmas hospital sale and handmade foods plus automotive items and home goods fill the page.
Auction notices sell two houses and vacant lots with details on locations. 71 Academy Avenue near high school, six by twenty eight foot lot, eight rooms, trolley street access. 43 and 45 Byut Main Bheel, Wyoming, twelve foot lot, modern improvements, best city location with frontage. Terms and drive advised by auctioneer John Be casted on Saturday December 5 1915. Also numerous lost items listed with rewards and found pocketbook.
A page of Middletown business directory entries lists JOEN SELLECK COMPANY at Spragua Avenue offering artesian well drilling and various services. It includes auctioneers, upholstering, dye works, auto repair, moving, funeral directors, and a local obituary for a longtime drug business founder Meritt, noting surviving sons and family history.
A concise note on the importance of want ads in daily work highlighting their practical value and versatility in routine tasks.
A stenographer in Come On In stars Whitley Mason in a patriotic role as she uncovers Hun spies in training camps. The Firefly of France with Wallace Reid and Ann Little previews tomorrow at the Stratton, filmed in California to mirror northern France. The ads urge wholesome entertainment to lift spirits in trying times.
Theodore Merritt, a retired merchant and founder of the Old Drug House in Newburgh, died Tuesday morning after a long illness following a stroke seven years ago. Funeral services are planned for Thursday afternoon over his remains. He had been a well known local figure in Newburgh.
The State Hospital hosts a Christmas sale of patients handiwork from December 4 to 7, daily 9 to 4. Embroidery knitting crochet basketry pottery and more offered in the Main Building for holiday shoppers.
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