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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1917
Page
9
Team rosters and camp previews highlight defensive depth and offensive drills as college football programs unveil summer plans. Athletes compete for starting jobs, while coaches praise conditioning, scheme installs, and early leadership emergence ahead of fall schedules.
In Mineola Long Island officials absolved Lawrence the driver after a contested mile race. The case referenced other horses and officials while noting no decisive payment proof and a broader inquiry into race outcomes across Goshen and New England circuits.
Middletown outlines schedule as teams enter for the season with Mechanics and Empire set to meet Friday. Key players and clubs such as Gesken Club are mentioned, shaping the upcoming games and lineups.
Zbysko defeated Pilakoff in a sectional wrestling match. The report lists multiple bouts with draws and decisive wins, noting competitors from Finland Ireland Norway and Holland. Details are scattered but indicate a tense event with several close results and a win by Zbysko in the featured bout.
A fragment from a Puck panel shows dialogue with a pinched family joke about knowing a person through a parent. The gag plays on misheard names and generational insight.
In this city a photograph is used to raise ten dollars toward the certificate received by Sergeant A War Fung. M C and the Junior member F Lovell Simpson are also earning money toward a second certificate. Art Home Guards, first roy, and others contribute to completing the certificate set.
A fragment describes a coupon plan where each coupon is detached from a certificate as the boy earns and pays a dollar. The snippet begins to explain what happens in the case of Ser once the process starts, but details are incomplete.
Goshen December report shows county board considering further reductions to the St Marys Home allotment while approving Durland's audit. The Straiton Theatre and Show Shop stage a Friday benefit with all receipts split between local and national Red Cross chapters, featuring Alice Brady in Her Silent Sacrifice and The Silent Lie.
Goshen December items include a trophy roll and local theatre ads. Messages report a chamber forum at Masonic Temple addressing war taxes, a divorce discussion, and a new show at the Show Shop theatre featuring Barriscale in a German period drama with extra Saturday morning performance plans.
Fragmentary OCR recalls ancient tribes in Bessarabia. Inhibitaczts or Cimmerians possibly first, then Serbians and Brycantium links. Early centuries see invasions by stere Trees, Trajea Incorpornated, Dacia, Goths, Huns, Avars, and Bulgarians shaping the province.
This evening the Benevolent Association of the Maccabees will elect officers and expect a full attendance. Saturday morning performances include two children’s programs and a concert by the orchestra. Mothers are urged to send no one, as the event will amuse and educate children with special musical programs and careful attention to dress. The ad notes admission and timing details.
Simpson had the entire amount laid in at once and no coupons were removed, yet he received his certificate intact.
Preparations for canvassing the soldiers and sailors vote in Middletown and Orange County began December 18. Ballots are with the Secretary of State. Two election officers will canvass, not a full board, saving county costs.
Three seals on display at the Erie depot attracted a crowd in Port Jervis on Monday afternoon. In charge of Wells Fargo Express, the animals traveled from San Diego to Kingston, two gray seals and one brown with glossy fur. Spectators commented on their skins and the unusual exhibit drew many visitors.
District Superintendent S A Cortright of Orange county Third District is working under difficulties after a shoulder injury. His son Alfred M. accompanies him as chauffeur on school tours, and it is hoped he will recover to drive again. He plans to go to New York on Saturday to join the U S service in the war effort.
Newburgh December 5 The Supreme Court convened with Judge J Addison Young presiding and recessed until Thursday to open the sealed verdict in Gordon Lumber Co Middletown vs Elsever Brink. Upcoming trials include Herry Alichin v Willey for damages 25400 after motorcycle accident. many cases scheduled for next week with varied parties and issues including milk standard violations, auto accidents, and contract disputes.
A Post and G vended delegation from Murray Camp Sons of Veterans conducted the obsequies for Richard Jerome Wilson at 2 oclock this afternoon at his home 96 Murray Avenue Goshen. Interment followed in Hillside Cemetery family plot with veterans unable to attend at the grave side.
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