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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1918
Page
8
A local shop announces holiday gifts ready in time for selection in their new quarters at the Merchant Bank Building on King Street. The note thanks friends and expresses eagerness to serve Christmas wants.
Annual fair and entertainment by the Sewing Circle of St Johns Ex Lutheran Church will be held at the church on Thursday December 12. Tremper and Herbert Clothiers provide shop banner for the event and the two Bills along with local merchants sponsor the occasion.
A local jeweler touts its selection of rings necklaces brooches and other gifts. The shop promises quality pieces and a strong guarantee to reassure buyers seeking reliable jewelry purchases.
Goshen village water concerns prompt engineer Ralph X Wheeler to prepare a long report on relief methods to be printed as a pamphlet. Local committees form for Memorial to Goshen boys in service. Firemen thank ladies for coffee and sandwiches. Civil service exam announced for Goshen post office. Funeral of Arthur William Decker noted with burial at Slate Hill. National League for Woman's Service reports knitting sets for aqueduct guards and plant donations for Red Cross House. Dikeman Hose Company plans a memorial for 23 service members. Twin colts born at Stony Ford Stock Farm, both died shortly after. Tonight at Central, Doug as Fairbanks in Down to Earth. tomorrow The Great Love. matinee at 3:45.
Superintendent James F. Tuthill submits a report to the Board of Education after the influenza shutdown closed the night school for a month. He notes many students did not return and suggests a minimum class size of 10 to 12, with discontinuation if attendance drops below five or six for three nights. The English class, small in number, shifted to science with 14 registering. The district also hires Lieutenant Theodore A. Downing as physical trainer, formerly an assistant at Syracuse.
The second trial of Bernard Fisherty v George W Evans before Judge Platt in Supreme Court at Newburgh resulted in a verdict for Evans. Fisherty, Circleville agent and real estate broker, claimed a 5 percent commission on 36300 tied to a farm sale that failed for lack of acreage. Evans denied the deal failed for that reason and contended no money was due until paid. Gardner reports an appeal likely. The first Goshen trial in October also favored Evans but was set aside.
Elizabeth Cantion daughter of Mr and Mrs Fran Cantion died at home 80 Spring Street Goshen December 10 after five weeks illness at six years eight months and 26 days The child born in Goshen March 14 1912 was a daughter of Frank and Bridget Baden Cannon She is survived by two sisters Carrie Margaret and Francis Funeral services will be at the late home Thursday afternoon with interment in Sir Johns cemetery
Robert F. Hyde of Woodridge died December 4 at home from pneumonia after influenza. Born July 16, 1886 in Limestone New York he was the youngest son of Sanford M. and Charlotte Hyde. Survived by wife Nellie Currey four children his parents and one brother. Funeral was private at Woodbourne Reformed Church and interment in family plot 27 Woodbourne.
Advertisers praise the Times-Press for boosting reach to about a thousand homes daily in New York state and adopting fair rates based on costs and profit. Milton E Slawson of Winter Storage Battery Co. signed at the new scale, noting newspaper advertising has expanded his business and he plans greater spend with the Times-Press.
Samuel Gompers, speaking at a Council on Foreign Relations dinner at the Hotel Astor, urged cooperation with organized labor and warned that without social justice stable government requires it. He cautioned against Bolshevism and urged business leaders to work with labor to solve industry and national problems.
Former Austro Hungarian foreign minister Count Czernin argues Emperor William I did not want war but could not escape it. He criticizes Entente leaders for blaming him and cites personal wartime experience in Romania. He suggests diplomatic bluffing led to the outbreak and notes general advertiser consistency in rates.
Ee ward Brigham of New York City presents a song and dramatic recital at Arustine Academy on Friday at 3 39 p m. The event promises a showcase of vocal and stage pieces by the noted performer in a small recital setting.
In Supreme Court Judge Seeger hears divorce cases involving Marion Sheeley and Daniel A. Sheeley of Billenville with testimony alleging misconduct in Maybrook. An interlocutory decree will be granted. another case, Alice Leener vs Judson Decker, shows an elopement and arrest with no defense and a decree.
The Junior Stewardess Board of St Johns A M E Zion Church will hold a chicken supper at the Parsonage 7 East Avenue Thursday evening December 12 Supper served at 3 o clock Menu includes fricassed chicken rice mashed and sweet potatoes celery pickles hot biscuits jelly apple pie and coffee Cost is 30 cents Rev J C Des Verner serves as Pastor Fire destroyed the home of Ass Lawrence Donnelly at Michigan Corners Crystal Run on Friday causing heavy losses with partial insurance.
The fire stayed within a restricted area of our building and our associates have restored order enough to conduct business in all departments. Holiday goods are ready for early selection and high grade Christmas candies remain in stock though supplies are limited.
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