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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
7
A chaotic classified section lists numerous sale offers and wanted items. It includes for sale notices such as wagons roadsters pianos poultry cows and engines, plus wanted ads for rooms pigeons and old teeth. The jumble reflects a local marketplace with names like Ayres & Gaboway and Jack's Varese and addresses in Montgomery and Philadelphia.
A garbled classified page lists auto mechanics, housekeepers, sewing machine operators, waitresses, cooks, and general labor. Names include Wilcox Garage Goshen NX Howells Helluigburg and A. G. Willams. Several notices request experience and references with wages offered. some items advertise bargains on furniture and stoves.
A dense set of real estate rental ads appears, listing farms 140 acres near a creamery, multiple rooms and apartments for rent, and farm tenancy offers. The page also carries obituaries and notices naming George R. Brown and Margaret Finn, with family survivors and burial details in Warwick.
Information on how to respond to classifieds, locations for dropping ads, and various items ranging from real estate and goods to services. Names include J. W. Robingson Goshen Rogers Drug Monroe F. V. Wood Warwick and others. Also mentions a Christmas event at a hospital and local notices about auctions and obituaries.
A detailed auction notice advertises the sale of the house and lot at 71 Academy Avenue near Louisville with a 60 by 180 foot lot and an eight room house. It notes proximity to the high school and other nearby streets, plus furnishings and apparatus included, with sale Friday December 13 and a full schedule of items and arrangements.
A dense, fragmented directory listing from Middletown New York features businesses including an Artesian Well chilling firm, artists supplies with enlargements, insurance agents licensed by the New York Insurance Department, auctioneers, auto repair and moving services, upholstery and dye works, and funeral services. Various addresses, phone numbers, and notes about service scope are interspersed.
The annual St Marys Guild meeting at Grace Church elected officers for the coming year. President Mrs Allen W Corwi First Vice President Mrs Harver B Dewitt Secretary Mrs Herbert Marsden Treasurer Miss Harriet Ssui paugh.
Want ads are advertised as simple, confidential and inexpensive. The notice urges individuals to engage the publicity department to publish valuable notices at very small cost, claiming much of the work is uniquely possible through want ads.
Richard P. Schoonmaker died at his Fallspurga home on Monday November 18 after complications of diseases. Born March 3, 1845, he lived in Fallsburg most of his life. He married Caroline Harding of Fremont Center. they had three daughters. He later married Belie Hantenbury of Hasbrouck. two more daughters were born. Surviving are four daughters, a sister Mrs. Hyde, a brother William, and other relatives. He was a former traveling shoe salesman for Schoonmaker & Co. of New York and active in Democratic politics as a town delegate.
Washington DC December announces the War Industries Board ends newsprint restrictions effective December 15. Chairman Baruch urges publishers to adopt permanent waste reduction and keep conserving reading matter. Prior mandates reduced daily editions by 15 percent and Sunday editions by 20 percent.
An English inventor develops a searchlight mounted under a rifle muzzle to aid night hunting. The device draws power from a storage battery housed in the stock, enabling hunters to aim accurately in low light.
Mrs Barnett 45 visited the Field of Marne and the Marine Corps. She is the first American woman to visit the battlefield of the Marne and was decorated with flowers by the American heroes there.
James brought his buldog to a shop where the dog appeared threatening and prompted bystanders to move away. James reassured onlookers that the animal did not bite and settled the moment without injury or further disturbance.
West Point admissions are typically arranged a year early by the secretary of war with senator or representative nominations. Applicants may face competitive exams or be admitted without them, but in all cases they must pass Academy exams in English, grammar, composition, literature, algebra, geometry, geography, physical geography, U.S. history and general history, and be aged between seventeen and twenty-two.
Quotations on time express how differently individuals fill days with inspiration insight and faith. The passage reflects that redeeming time means making hours rich with experience and meaningful effort rather than routine labor.
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