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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1916
Page
9
Announced racing dates outline four days of events at Monroe and Goshen. Trotting and pacing purses include 1999 and 1090 dollars, with opening and closing days featuring colt and trotter races. The program lists races for 2:18 and 2:30 trotters across four days in July and August.
Poughkeepsie Dec 11 Teammyr Murphy, famed Grand Circuit driver, will train several of the Farm’s choicest yearlings at his stable. Notable sales include Tease Bingen Ashley for 1900, Harvest Pride to A H Cosden of New York, and four Harvester weanlings averaging around 1000 each. Murphy’s stable will also handle Real Lady, the world champion two year old, with Cosden owning both.
Yonkers Bantams, confident after recent wins over Monticello Guards and Athenians of Croton, expect a tougher forthcoming game, demanding a large guarantee to play on their home floor. McCorpals orchestra will provide music before during and after the match as fans recall a prior close victory by rival Six Pieces. Perhaps a larger crowd and faster play lie ahead this week.
Friday afternoon after school the first inter school races took place at Here Field between Mulberry Street School and Benton Avenue School. Winners: girls Henry Kaye Gladys Van Wagner Mulberry Street. boys Ry Reee Walter Gardner Mulberry Street. Indiana Alus Heee Cladys Van Wagner Mulberry Street. Mocastor's Race Austin Phirehart Benton Avenue. Ernest Roberts of the Central Branch Y M C A Brooklyn acted as starter.
Samuel Gray, a well known city seedsman, recalls his long friendship with the late Henry C. Hoagland. Gray notes Hoagland, formerly a leading DL&W railroad conductor, helped him get a newsboy position and hosted him. The two men, once neighbors at 10 Little Avenue and 5 Ebucra, renewed acquaintance through life’s twists. Gray laments Hoagland as “a prince” after Hoagland’s tragic death.
International News Service reports Austro German squadrons annihilated by Houmaniacs east of Ploeshti with Turkish troops advancing in eastern Wallachia. Bulgarian forces cross the Danube between Silistria and Cernavoda occupy Kaizrashi and seize the western Cernavoda bridge end from Russians. Blizzard reminder notes last year's snowfall and forecast for more rain with rising temperatures. Temperature readings 36, 33, 37 degrees.
E M Cooper & Sons owners of roller skating rinks in Tennessee, Florida and New York plan to reopen a rink in Eagles Hall on Saturday afternoon December 16. They installed a new organ there at about $1000. Also reported Misses Ruth Cowley and Marie Johnson hosted an afternoon card party on Wickham Avenue with refreshments and a pleasant time.
Mr and Mrs Harry T Crist return from their wedding trip and move into the Gregorian on Linden Avenue. Professor Bergson discusses love at a New York dinner noting passion fades, while a fable about enduring love contrasts youth and time with playful irony.
Grace Bills praises Turkish hospitality noting masters pay visitors bills and a bath with running water. A Moroccan anecdote shows a sultan claiming clocks in the audience chamber were stopped to avoid reminding a diplomat of time’s flight.
The Viaduct on the Davros Filisur stretch of the Albula line in Switzerland stands among Europe’s highest stone bridges at 230 feet above the Landwasser river. It surpasses the Solis bridge in total length at 689 feet and features a central arch of 180 feet clear span, supported by tall masonry rather than rock abutments.
A motivational note urges faith in one’s own abilities as the root of success. It asserts that self distrust causes failures and that true strength comes from believing in oneself, stressing that even the strong are weakest without confidence.
The Stratton presents a photoplay romance titled The Kiss starring Owen Moore and Marguerite Courtot with a plot of a masked ball kiss that haunts an aviator as he pursues the other half. The program also notes Gladiators of Old and a comic insert as life-like drama unfolds.
Publication previews a sequence of sensational film and stage acts. An aeroplane battle features two stars in action while a musical comedy sketch The Wedding Party showcases a troupe of pretty girls with songs and dances. Comedian Billy Brown also performs as an entertainer.
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