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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1916
Page
8
The storm brings the season’s worst conditions so far with heavy slush and cold spells expected. Temperatures range from 36 degrees at 7, 38 at moon, to 56 at 2, according to Pronk’s thermometer as readers are urged to check the Want Ad Columns.
A local seller lists nineteen magazine subscriptions suitable as gifts for Christmas. Prices range from $1.00 to $2.50, including Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, Saturday Evening Post, Rural New Yorker, Farm and Fireside, Youth's Companion, and others. Some titles allowed split delivery to separate addresses. discounts apply when bought as clubs of two or more.
Louis Labrie of 584 Casmeras St Mastreac reports two years of stomach trouble rheumatism and dizziness. He credits Fruit-e-tives with rapid improvement after first box and calls it the only medicine that helped him. Trial sizes and agent details noted.
Erik Lagerquist, superintendent of the Alexander Campbell Mix Co, testifies before the Wicks committee that New York City is receiving the best milk in the world. He urges higher milk prices for consumers and farmers, notes pasteurization origins, and hints at looming stricter production conditions benefiting large milk companies. Governor Whitman reportedly supports the Wicks committee.
In a crowded Reichstag speech Chancellor von Beichmann Hollweg said Germany and its allies, aware of their responsibility, had proposed to the Entente powers to open peace negotiations at once. He noted military gains, the Eastern front, and the capture of Bucharest, declaring safety and stability for Germany and its allies are within reach. The Emperor urged troops to continue fighting while peace offers are considered. London and Paris reports followed on responses and cabinet reorganizations as negotiations potentialities loom.
Robert Dugdale, returning from a trip to St Joseph, learns his brother Matthew P Desdale was murdered by a discharged employee. The killer, arrested, faces first degree murder charges. Matthew Dugdale, 41, led Freund Packing Plant in St Joseph and leaves a wife and two children. Survived by brothers Robert, John, William, Thomas, James, George, and sister Mrs Elza Flemank.
Diplomatic circles report that the Central Powers may greatly alter their peace proposals. Germans aim to seize a favorable moment during winter truces and as Bucharest fell, starting steps toward formal negotiations after Romania’s fall.
In Newburgh Supreme Court, George Werant sues Harry Rosenberg over a team of mules sold after an auction. Rosenberg claimed the sale occurred under his commission as operator of a local auction house and advised on title. Werant bought the mules in Woodbury. ownership dispute led to lawsuits and a sheriff's seizure. The case nears a verdict as summing up begins.
M C Ashley superintendent Middletown State Hospital travels to Manhattan Ward Island to join the quarterly conference at Manhattan State Hospital with the State Hospital Commission and other superintendents and managers.
December events include St Marys Guild safe under church auspices Dec 12, Hawaiian dance Dec 13 Assembly Rooms, Beznar Sewing Circle Dec 13-14 Linden Avenue, Just Before Christmas dance Dec 15 Eagle Hall, Middletown Camp 11.0% Pinechie Dec 15, Royal Neighbors 7 872 Odd Fellows Hall Dec 25 matinee and night dance, Sewing for the Heathen Dec 28 at St Pauls Church.
A palm native to South America yields a nut whose product is used to create imitation ivory. The material offers an alternative to real ivory, with applications in manufacturing and craftwork.
The Alberger Pump and Condenser Company announced a 10 percent bonus for all workers this morning. Since year start, total bonuses reach 27 percent over last year earnings, affecting 200 to 400 men as the firm aims to raise efficiency amid late orders.
Newburgh December 12 a six year old boy Jeorge Ward of LA Ann street was coasting between trolley tracks when a car overtook him and knocked him from his sleigh. He was uninjured though the sleigh was wrecked under the car.
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