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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1917
Page
4
The item notes oversubscription of Liberty and Victory loans, urging public support through Red Cross membership. It comments on wartime financing plans, praising American initiative and adaptability, and hints at the need for proper equipment for soldiers abroad.
At the AFL annual convention in Buffalo a near unanimous vote backed industrial preparation and laws to shield wage earners from unemployment costs across nations. The piece notes Labor’s faith in Republican protectionism, Ford's push for standardization, and critiques wartime provisioning delays affecting troops, highlighting national struggle to align industry, policy, and war effort.
The Surgeon General and Gen Gorgas push for six more cantonments including Camp Wheeler to improve malaria and health conditions. At Camp Wheeler over a thousand measles cases and several hundred pneumonia cases were reported, attributed to crowding.
An OCR mess mixes vignettes about a village square and a wealthy man in a carriage, with musings on laziness and freedom. It references a petitioned bystander, a mill owner, and casual remarks as a crowd debates wealth, leisure, and social order.
The Charleston paper’s Lo i Backward chronicle uncovers a Washington letter from August 16, 1779, describing an informal dinner menu with apple pie jokes and playful talk on cook ingenuity. The piece links Washington as Father of His Country with lighter, domestic humor and notes Orange County ties to the tale and other 19th century reminiscences.
Two more children write to the Times-Press sharing their Christmas wishes. Mil dred Williamson of Main Street asks for a kitchen cabinet and a scarf and wonders how Santa Claus is feeling. Charles Winner of Lincoln reads asks for a new suit boots a football a train of cars and a Christmas tree and says Santa should bring his sister something as well.
The regular session of Middletown erd No. 3 Loyal Order of Buffalos met in their rooms to nominate officers and conduct other important business. Attendance of all members is urgently requested and readers are nudged to use Times-Press columns for notices.
An old advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Gil Capsules as a remedy for fatigue overwork and various ailments. It claims three capsules daily can restore strength, mentions uric acid, kidneys, and bladder issues, and offers a drugstore refund if not effective.
The newspaper notes 1918 Supreme Court assignments: second Monday in March by Justice Chester, second Monday in September by Justice Michels, and first Monday in December by Justice Hasbrouck.
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