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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1917
Page
2
Tuomas J Lassie left his unit and was transferred to the Mover Mechanics Regiment at Camp Henreen Augusta Ga. The transfer, reported as ready for service, moves toward France in the near future per local dispatches from Camp Bix and Augusta.
A local speaker Uncle Eben jokes that a man with nothing to kick against has no trouble worth noting, saying the weather itself is enough to stir matters. The quip reflects a folk outlook on daily concern and community mood.
JOTTINGS announce a December 24 dance by the Jolly Five of Slate at Evans Hall with McWilliams' orchestra as the featured entertainment. The notice promotes a large Christmas sale of Tompkins Dr Goods Company and invites friends to attend.
The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at Central Methodist Church presided by Rev W H Yancb MA. Delegations from Epwo League Ladies' Aid and Schunnemunk Union attended. Relatives from Manhattan and Cornwall joined mourners as floral arrangements surrounded the service. Pallbearers named Whitman and others carried the casket.
The will or obituary notes Thorne Howard Tuorre Irving Ems le Weston Emshie Carlton King as nephews. The choir sang The Beautiful Isle of Somewhere and Sometime Perhaps Well Understand before the body lay in the Highland Mills vault. Uncle Eben quips that a lazy man’s waste of time harms others.
Amid favorable weather the coal distribution chiefs vow to keep supplies flowing and tackle consumer shortages. Officials urge calm and collective effort to ensure warmth as fuel access remains critical despite imperfect conditions.
Fragmentary note urges reporting fuel shortages to proper authorities to obtain immediate relief. No clear names or dates.
Charles R Schauble reopens the old Central Garage as a modern repair shop after major alterations. He will not keep the East Main street suite. His leading line of cars will be the Nash Motors.
A satirical note from the Houston Post mocks a self-styled broadminded man who proclaims equal honesty of political convictions yet demeans any dissenting men as scoundrels. The Times-Press ad columns run the playful advertisement.
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