County Agent Details Dependent Children Caseloads
Miss Caroline M. Cuddeback Orange county agent presents a yearly report to Goshen officials detailing 781 families aided by county relief since 1917. Many new cases are relatives of existing recipients, with deaths, parental illness, alcoholism, feeble mindedness and incompetence cited as causes. Public support for 60 children ended this year, with 26 discharged and 34 in care at named institutions or boarding homes. Total care costs average 3.65 dollars weekly, and several children gained new homes or transfers to facilities. The report highlights extensive outreach, investigations, and cooperation with officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline M. Cuddeback
Orange County
Board of Supervisors
Goshen
St. Mary's
Ome
St Marys
Port Jervis
Leake & Waites
Riverdale
Colored Orphan Asrlam Riverdale; 6 Are In St. Joseph's
Peekskill
Hope Farm
Verbank
Albany Orphan Asylum
Albany
New York Catholic Protectory
Western New York Institute
Randolph
New York
St. Joseph’s Institution
Middletown
New York City
Orthopedic Hospital
Old Folks Saved From Suffering by Foley Kidney Pills
Letters from Mrs Mary A Dean High Point NC Mrs Seam Hoover Robinson NC and Mrs M A Bridges Massachusetts praise Foley Kidney Pills. They report relief from long standing kidney and bladder troubles, improved nighttime urination and regained vigor, noting pills act quickly without dangerous drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Dean
Taintor
Imher Sith
Seam A. Hoover
High Point
N C
Notes of Interest From Otisville
Otisville notes recount weather dampening Sunday worship at the Presbyterian Church with Dr Fowler delivering well received discourses. Irene Tears welcomed back. Winifred Winter celebrated eleventh birthday. R J Wilson visited J J Crane at the Timesen ieuse. Supervisor-elect Harding and wife traveled to Middletown. Hester Orden has a daughter in Matamoros Pa. Little Anna Greenleaf recovering from whooping cough. Rev Wr Kalorja left for Jewett. W D Northrop unable to improve but attends customers. Lake delivered two impressive sermons at Municipal Sanatorium and M E Church. Mrs Alfred Ketcham enjoying hospitality of Mrs Edward Smith near Mount Hope. Mr Bengan and mother joined Mrs Collins’s outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otisville
Presbyterian Church
Fowler
Irene
Winter
R. J. Wilson
J. J. Crane
Harding
Middletown
Hester Orden
Matamoros
Anna Greenleaf
Wr. Kalorja
Jewett
W. D. Northrop
I Lake
M. EL
Alfred Ketcham
Edward Smith
Mount Hope
Bengan
Collins
Ambition Salts advertised at fifty cents
A vintage ad promotes Ambition Salts as a pleasant effervescent remedy for indigestion biliousness acid stomach headache constipation rheumatism gout liver and kidney trouble. Tuthill & Terhune offer a money back guarantee on first bottle if it fails to meet claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuthill & Terhune
Tathilt & Terhune
Zionists Renew Palestine Hopes After Balfour Gift
New York reports Zionists see Jerusalem capture as removing the final obstacle to a legally secured Jewish home in Palestine. Federated American Zionists plan a December 23 Carnegie Hall event now framed as a victory celebration. The Provisional Executive Committee cites about 600,000 Jewish adults in the United States ready to support and fund the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jerusalem
Palestine
Carnegie Hall
Lord Balfour
United States
Provisional Executive Committee
The
Zionist Movement
East Twenty-third Street
No dues suspended for soldiers in major clubs
New York December 12 The Metropolitan, Union and Knickerbocker clubs pass resolutions suspending 1918 dues for members serving in the army or war. Of a 404 member Knickerbocker Club 100 are in government service. The Union Club raises dues from 125 to 150 a year due to this action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Metropolitan, Union and Knickerbocker Clubs
Knickerbocker Clubs
Union Club
State Troopers Do Good Work
State Troopers H Y Evers and E F Riley, of Troop K, aided by Warwick residents, arrested four men after a train incident near Warwick and the Lehisha Hacsen Railroad. The suspects pleaded guilty to assault and intent crimes, and are being held for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Y. Evers
E. F. Riley
Une
Badmien
Warwick
Pelt Ganeny
Lehisha Hacsen
Prison Inmates Urged to Aid War Effort
New York December 12 Thousands of strong healthy men held in United States prisons should be put to work to support the war effort. Judge William H. Wadhams, Court of General Sessions, says prisoners are ill or idle and must be utilized to strengthen national effort. He plans to confer in Washington on implementing this policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William H. Wadhams
Court of General Sessions
Wadhams
Wieington
Participiar Conference
United States
Ilness
Schenectady Churches Start No-License Campaign
Twenty three Schenectady county churches join the no license drive aimed at a special election. Petition signatures drive to April 16 seeks a form ly role on whether Schenectady should be dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
Schenectady County
First Rivet in Fabricated Ship Ceremony
Washington reports the Shipping Board led by Haries drove the first rivet in the United States fabricated ship. The Sulumarine Boat Company yard at Newata hosts the event as Kenry Sutphin notes progress and ongoing construction plans for the vessel and related windward activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chainaan Haries
The
Shipping Board
United
Haries
Mien
Tbe Sulaparine Boat Company
Ab Newata
Kenry HR. Sutphin
Ale
Lon paLy
Sulumarimne Boat Company
Kate Gost Company
Alfieren
Ito
Anne Baey
Ediah
Heavy Underwear Tabooed by Doctor in War Cooling Era
A New York report quotes Dr Weismilier and Dr Welz YOM urging moderation in cold weather dress. They warn against overlayering indoors as it wastes heat and may hinder warmth. Outdoors workers should wear suitable attire, while shop talk about coal savings appears amid the war era discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Weismilier
Welz
Clal Boys
Warner
Bell-Ans Indigestion Remedy Ad and Quoted Note
An advertisement promises Bell-Ans absolutely removes indigestion with a refund if it fails. A quoted fragment discusses warmth, underswathings, and mailers, followed by a cryptic remark about a mutter yarn around the neck as preparation for what happened in the 50s, attributed to Dr. Welamiller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell-Ans
Mailers
Dr. Welamiller
Finegan proposal to cut summer school vacations
Albany reports Dr. Thomas F. Finegan, commissioner of education, suggests shorter and more frequent vacations for the school year. Proposed terms include a first term from As to Nov 16 and a second from Nov 14 to Feb 13 with various fractional and holiday breaks, totaling about 12 weeks plus Easter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Thomas FE
Sesund Lerma
Belday
Berlin
Camp Whitman Approved as Mobilization Site
The New York Chamber of Commerce committee has approved Camp Whitman at Beekman XII as suitable for mobilizing troops. It recommends extending the camp by purchasing adjoining lands, following Adjutant General Sherrill's suggestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman
Beekman
Xii
New York Chamber of Commerce
Sherrill
Patent Screw Propeller Found From 1903 in France
A long ignored patent discovered in the French patent office shows a screw propelled steam vessel design issued in 1903. The item appears in an advertisement column amid other ad content and notices.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Bgonanto
Mondzayvening
Red Cross Organization
Benjamin White
Metropolis
Barbara Bradford
Palmer House
Driggs
Adelman
Waterman’s
Ingersoll
James St
Victrolas
Victrola IX
Victrola
Victrola X
Victrola XIV
Hanford & Horton Co
Wopa Pre
Sarchive
Bia
Newark
Doctor
Weizmiller
Finegan
Camp Whitman
Ogden
West Main Street
Middletown’s Bank of Personal Service
Christmas Club
Merchants National Bank
N.Y
Pat
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