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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1916
Page
7
Classifieds list miscellaneous sales including cows heifers chickens wood and furniture with addresses. Also requests for live chickens furnished rooms beds and household items. Acknowledgment from the family of Mrs Mary Welch thanks readers for floral tributes and kindness during bereavement.
Reports from Vienna and Rome on December 26 describe Italian patrol boats sunk and a destroyer set afire by Austrian destroyers in Otranto Channel during the night of December 22 23. Italian forces routed. two Austrian destroyers damaged and one killed. French and Italian ships reportedly damaged. Also mentions a Christmas conclave by Cyprus Commandery at the Masonic Temple.
Ernest B Tucker, brought from Chicago on charges of abandoning two minors in Port Jervis, was released by Judge Seeger after agreeing to pay $10 weekly for the children. He claimed a better job now, said his wife has another child, and discussed custody and housing with detectives. Temperature tallies and local election bulletins followed as the case unfolded.
A collage of job ads and notices seeking male helpers machinists and laborers at Goodyear Akron and Middletown Steam Laundry among others. Female housework, cook, nurse training at Greenwich Hospital, silk workers, crocheting boottees, and skilled machine operators are listed. Also brief social notes on State Engineer Frank M Williams and Mrs Williams visiting Albany for New Year.
Five room rental on Nort street for $10 by Charles E. Ezyier. six rooms on South street at very reasonable rent. second floor three or four rooms on Sprague avenue. furnished room at East avenue with moderns. six room cottage on Linden avenue rent free to January 1. Storage room for autos or furniture. Sayer Fancher advertises Highland avenue. theatre and picture house promotions for Pilgrim's Progress at St Paul’s Church New Year tickets. Lost items include handbag, gold watch, breastpin, purse, brush, and a scarf. various notices for loans on real estate, frame shop, and carpenter services. Madame Virginia returns to 25 John street.
Classified columns announce sales offerings including a rooming house with hot water heat at Sprague Avenue and a seven room house at What Avenue, plus cottages at Maybrook. Obituaries record deaths Gunther, VanFleet, and others with funeral details and interment sites. Court notices in Orange County seek creditors’ claims and assignor distribution, with dates for hearings and executors named.
Public notice states the Common Council will meet December 27 1916 at 8 PM to hear objections to assessments on real estate benefited by recently completed West Main Street paving. Reports are on file in City Clerk's office for examination without expense. notice also lists probate and estate notices for local residents.
A lengthy compilation of Middletown and Orange County business directory entries and legal notices including auctions, upholstering, contractor services, attorneys, executors, and estate settlements. It names JOUEN SELLECE COMPANY, W H LUNNEY, Campbell Hail, Max Gansl, Malgbty & Moore, S Lewis, Edson Adams Jr, and many others with addresses in Middletown Newburgh and nearby towns. It also lists notices for estates of John M Crowley Elizabeth Slaughter Mary Hartin Charles Stevens and Cornelia A Platt, and an annual Merchants National Bank meeting.
Boston reports a large fleet of allied warships designated as commerce protectors have crossed the Atlantic. The ships are heavily armed and disguised, with officials confirming their presence on this side of the ocean. Masses on Christmas Day at St Joseph's Church and the Church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel were largely attended, including the midnight service.
The funeral for Mary L Dunlap was held this forenoon at St Josephs Church with a requiem Mass by Rev Father Murphy. Large attendance and many floral tributes accompanied the pallbearers John Brandt John Waisie Frank Lane William RicCarthy Thomas Kennedy and Jos BE Barnes. Interment followed at Monticello in the family plot. Henry L Cranse funeral held this afternoon at 2 30 at his home 9 Olive Street by Rev Forest Preston Hunter with interment in the Bloomingburg family plot. Dr W E Douglas improving after days of poor outlook.
A humorous Pittsburgh Post snippet shows a student saying he studies law and negotiable instruments. His roommate teases with a remark about offering little when trying to sell a mandolin, highlighting streetwise banter about legality and commerce.
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