Middletown Rumor Prompts Manufacturing Relocation Talk
A prosperous nearby manufacturing firm considers Middletown as a potential new home due to a shortage of male help and village size hindering progress. Port Jervis and Kingston are also under review as possible sites. The firm has operated for 12 years, employs over 190 workers, and plans to present the idea to the Middletown Chamber of Commerce.
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Middletown
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Port Jervis
Kingston
Iddletown
Chamber of Commerce
Siitchers
May coast on two city streets celebrated for safe coasting
The city has set Linden Avenue and the end of Washington Street from South Street aside for coasting. Coasters are warned to avoid using the other street, with no protection there. The Prospect Avenue end of Washington Street is off limits due to a dangerous railroad crossing.
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Dall
Ian Linden
Washington Street
South Street
Change Schedule of Erie Train 5
Erie timetable notes shift for train 5 from 7:25 p m to 7:05 p m and post office mail cut off moved from 10 p m to 9:35 p m. The change affects letters sent west and shifts New York mail to Port Jervis to connect with an earlier New York train. This enables items mailed at night to reach destinations by morning.
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Lund
Jersey City
Aiive
New York
Port Jervis
Shere
Mormins
Liquor Advertising Excluded by Times-Press Policy
A. Washington dispatch notes Congressman Rendall reports House post office panel backing a ban on liquor ads. The Times-Press cites its own shift begun December and now prohibits all liquor advertising contracts, aligning with publishers’ moves nationwide. Senator John D. Stivers leads Stivers Printing in enforcing the new policy.
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A. Washington Dispatch
Times-Press
Rendall
California
House Post Office Committee
Randall
Hearst
Times- Press
Hich
Ieie
Fquor
John D. Stivers
Stivers Printing Company
Worst of Blizzard Escapes Middletown City
Middletown endured a Friday snow total around 2.25 inches with 11 hours of snowfall and light winds. A powerful Atlantic storm disrupted shipping inland, but local property damage was minimal. Street travel faced delays on the Goshen line as city sleighs and horse-drawn fire apparatus aided mobility.
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Middletown
Atlantic
Inddletown
Guiang
Goshen
Raid Welcomed by Monticello Club Members
Special Officer Dollard with local citizens raided the Menor Social Club at Hotel Sherwood Livingston Manor on a search warrant from County Judge Smith. A consignment of 130 cases of beer from Ballantine Newark was seized and stored at Grey's grist mill for a pending action. The club, formed Nov 11, lists governors Parks Sherwood and others. a Roscoe coup followed with its own board. The raid aimed to test if such clubs can operate in a no license town and a Delaware county inquiry reportedly found no law permitting them.
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Monticello
Dollard
Menor
George Garrison
Delaware County
Excise Department
Release Sought By Farms Anmate In Newburgh Court
In Newburgh, Justice Tompkins heard Arthur P. Carlin seek habeas corpus and certiorari to free Daniel Donnelly, 22, from the Newhampton inebriate home where he was committed after being arrested in New York for heroin. Donnelly claimed nonstatement of drug use in the commitment and argued his daily work on a farm while seeking release. The court reserved decision as officials asserted the home aids drug users, with the superintendent noting a short stay may be best.
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Wimes-Press
Newburgh
Tompkins
Supreme Court
Arthur P. Carlin
New York
Daniel Donnelly
New Hampton
Donnelly
Carlin
George AH. Cowie
Corporation Counsel
Justice Tompkins
George Elen
Ellen
Foot
Couusel
Bis
Eblen
D. Clinton Dominick
Carrie Pink Doyie
Philip Dorie
William Street
Doyle
Bridge
Border Boys To Get Box At Yuletide
Border Boys will receive a Christmas box as donations are asked to support their yuletide program. Local groups call for contributions of toys and clothing to aid the children served by the Border Boys during the holiday season.
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Border Boys
Yuletide
Middletown Volunteers Mail Christmas Gifts to McAllen Troops
Middletown residents rally to send Christmas parcels to local National Guard troops at the McAllen concentration camp. The Times-Press urges relatives to drop gifts at the newspaper office by Monday for one unified shipment to reach the border by Christmas.
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Middletown
New York State
Bis
McAllen
Dutchess County
Camp Whitman
Times-Press
Mr Flory Honored By Railroad Club
New York December 16 In the Waltort Astoria ballroom a Railroad Club Christmas smoker honored retiring president B P Florr of Middletown with a silver loving cup. James Millken of the Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Railroad was elected president as members from presidents to linemen gathered for the event.
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New York
Waltort Astoria
Governor's Island
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
New York Railroad Club
B. P. Florr
Middletown
James Millken
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Charlie Chaplin Hart In Studio
Charlie Chaplin is reported to be in a studio in Los Angeles on December 16, with International News Service noting his continued visibility in Hollywood.
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Charlie Chaplin
Hart
International News Service
Los Angeles
Charlie
Greece accepts ultimatum in conciliatory reply
Associated Press dispatch from London reports Athens accepts the ultimatum and aims to prove sincerity toward the Entente. Greece denies any hostile moves and pledges to halt material north. The government seeks arbitration over the December attack on British and French marines and asks allies to reconsider the blockade. Also notes St. Stacey to preach at Bethel A M E Church and a hospitalized chaplain with facial injuries from a studio scene.
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Associated Press
London
Reuter
Athens
Grexe
Aciess
Britain Holds Power Amid Peace Talk Turmoil
British policymakers reject German proposals while diplomates in Washington expect U S and neutral powers to push for peace. London watchers note Lloyd George faces Commons debate as Russia Duma rejects terms and press surveys gauge German aims. England, France, Belgium, Serbia, Poland press for careful scrutiny of terms.
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International News Service
Washington
Great Britain
Enline LO Gurninds
Italy
Enzhind
Court von Fernetorff
Ant ‘Breeador
Lansing
State Department
Cial
Wilson
Germany
United States
Count von Bernstorff
House of Commons
London
Dumain
England
Jeneth
Arthur Henderson
War Council
Steel Smelters’ Association
Belgium
France
Servia
Poland
Manchester Guardian
Manchester
Daily News
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