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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1917
Page
12
A dialogue ad from the Times-Press depicts a hurried financial proposal with marriage wagers and a flirty exchange. Pitched as a want ad, the playful scene centers on a daughter’s fortune and a suitor’s bid, ending with a cheeky line about “the first kiss.”
German agriculturist develops a method to extract the fibrous inner bark from hop vines for cordage manufacturing. Engineers note standing four inches from a telephone while talking approximately lengthens the line by 218 miles. Read the Times-Prese Want Ads.
An examination of 20 applicants seeking chauffeur licenses was held in the basement of the ball forenoon with Examiner Chas B Hawver of New York and Chief Investigator John J Curran. They traveled from Newburgh to Liberty and reported 19 passed the exam. New York office receipts up to December 1 totaled 27,238,014 with licenses issued across Operators Pleasura Omnibus Commercial Chauffeurs. The timing and totals show the bureau’s scale as the largest auto bureau in the state.
A health advertisement urges daily use of hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels. It claims improved appetite, relief from indigestion and toxins, and benefits for constipation and various ailments. A quarter pound of limestone phosphate is marketed as a remedy.
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