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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
5
City editor advertises circulation numbers for the department and notes printing and snpt components. Officials from City Street and Department of Housing are mentioned in relation to distribution and fulfillment.
Daily history items recount Marie Stuart beheaded in 1087 and Ferdinand de Lesseps death in 1891, J H Stoddard death in 1807, plus 1911 Polish battle near Lodz. Astronomical note places sun near Washington meridian at 01:37.
The death of the aged Emperor Franz Joseph may shift Austria Hungary toward peace. His persona held the empire together amid many races and interests. without him Hungary might seek separate peace. This could affect Allied military plans, especially in the Italian theater, potentially shortening the war. The event could carry broad repercussions for the United States and future negotiations.
German newspapers long hostile to President Wilson praise his possible reelection as a sign Germany may avoid a higher tariff and hopes for warmer German American ties. American consular reports note German factories run by women and children before wartime shifts, producing hosiery chemicals and dyes for export after the war’s end. The Tageblatt cites the Underwood tariff continuation as a likely outcome of a Wilson victory.
The Republican party has warned that foreign manufacturers are allowed to underbid home industries in domestic markets. The warning went unheeded and the danger to American manufacturing and workers remains. The Democratic free trade policy is framed as serving foreigners over United States interests.
In a skeptical tone the 43rd Apousi Convention derides the idea that enfranchised women alter the high cost of living. The New York Times mockingly urges women to focus on bread rather than speeches, recommending wife shop-hopping to cut costs while decrying calls for food regulation.
A prospective secretary candidate for the Middletown Chamber of Commerce failed to attend a Tuesday night committee meeting after missing his train. The delay may affect his candidacy while the committee reviews other applicants and weighs the best fit for the new organization.
Miss Mary Vic will wed Gw oid Louis of Bierre Lorik lard in December at the home of Miss Green’s sister Mrs David Lewis. The ceremony will be performed by Rev J J Wheeler of the Romana. Members of Doth lies wiil Mi at the weck and the which will follow.
Jehan Bright travels to New York City for the Landon versus Clark and Clerk land dispute near Wickham Lake Warwick. Alten B Parker, former NY Court of Appeals chief judge, appears for Landon with Bright for Ulissés Clark. Mrs. D W Lee near Chevaline shows slow improvement.
Thompson of Niagara county chaired a legislative probe into the first and second public service commissions. The report spans five times as large as first draft and faces funding battles as Senate and Assembly clash over appropriations. Thompson pursued hearings across the state, mainly New York City, with the inquiry stirring heavy publicity and ongoing questions about expenses and future plans.
In Atlea on December 7 reports circulated that Federal Judge George W. Keay plans to resign at 73 next February with a $6000 pension. Ex Congressman Telcoit and County Judge Reeves were named as possible successors, but Judge Ray denied retirement plans yesterday saying the reports stem from vivid imagination.
Albany December 7 William J Maier chairmen of the Ways and Means Committee of the Assembly, home in Seneca Falls, has been appointed Deputy Fiscal Supervisor of more Charities with a salary of 4500. He will assume duties December 15, succeeding Charles H Armatage of Albany, a Democrat, appointed during Gary Girons administration. In the last campaign Mr Slateras led the Republican State committee speakers bureau.
Orville Daggett and brother Arthur P. Daggett were charged in connection with the loss of Mrs. E. Herriman's jewels valued at 65,000. Judge Mott discharged Orville after the grand jury declined to indict. Arthur, superintendent of the vault, testified that Orville acted unknowingly and that jewels were disposed of innocently.
John Tompkins 22, of 114 Linden avenue, sustained serious injuries after an accident Wednesday evening at the Waterbury wards of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad where he worked as a brakeman. Harold Freer and his son left Middletown to assist. Tompkins formerly worked for NYO&W and resided in Middletown. Separately, Raymond J. Bemrose of Goshen faces December 12 in the Southern District of New York for failure to deliver three forgery letters alleged to contain money.
A year ago today during World War I Russian rescript delayed the opening of the Duma and imperial council. German forces launched a new offensive against Dvinsk in North Poland, signaling continued combat activity on the Eastern and Western fronts.
A cheesecloth covered window frame at the new Merchants' Bank building was torn from its moorings on Wednesday afternoon and blown into North Tees Barrow, with several pedestrians struck by glass and shattering.
An advertisement promotes Musterole ointment as a fast relief for sore throat bronchitis croup neuralgia and chest pains. It claims doctors and nurses recommend it and that it can prevent pneumonia though the wording is promotional and uses old confident phrasing.
A folly party of about 25 family friends gathered at 45 Broad Street to celebrate Semuel E. VanFleet’s birthday. Attendees came from Unionville Westtown and Wurtsboro. Refreshments music and games filled the evening. A leather upholstered rocker was presented as a token of goodwill. Guests expressed wishes for many more happy birthdays.
Joseph P. O'Connell, newly admitted to the bar, was sworn in yesterday by the Appellate Division at Brooklyn. He will practice in the city with Ivan A. Gardner, offices at 4 West Slain Street. The Baraca Social event scheduled for Friday evening December 3 at Web Horton Church is postponed to December 16 due to Mr. Radexer of the Chamber of Commerce being unable to attend.
An excerpt presents a view that speech is a rare gift for humans and the true art may lie in silence, suggesting that restraint can be a profound achievement. The author emphasizes the exceptional nature of articulate speech and its paradoxical value in restraint.
The Stratton Theatre presents Fannie Werd in a tense drama based on Witcheram a Puritan New England tale from a Columbia University manuscript. The program also includes Jurten Holmes Travelogue and a Heith vaudeville act with a matinee and night showing of Lillian Walker in The Dollar and the Law.
A Middletown merchant recounts how a nervous breakdown eased after trying Phosphated Iron, claiming it revived his energy, nerves, and sleep. The ad touts iron content and Phosphates, urging genuine capsules from Erskine & Co Middletown Depot and Goshen NY, warning against substitutions.
The film adapts a dainty forest flower Letty as a nature child who dreams and frolics on a farm edge. Two strangers visit the secluded woods and a wealth man enjoys Letty’s charm in a Paramount production supported by Harvid Lockwood. A corking good comedy completes tonight. tomorrow includes Going Straight matinee and night show.
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