Children lined up for gifts and shoes in parade
Several groups of children stand ready to march home after receiving gifts. Uppermont depicts grateful Little Italians admiring their presents while others line up to be presented with cards for shoes.
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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
7
Several groups of children stand ready to march home after receiving gifts. Uppermont depicts grateful Little Italians admiring their presents while others line up to be presented with cards for shoes.
Adjutant Belle Seaton leads Salvation Army in distributing fifty Christmas baskets to assist as many as five persons per family. Baskets included potatoes onions turnips carrots peas baked beans condensed milk chicken coffee sugar bread cake jelly and a Christmas War Gry. Local residents supported efforts despite limited encouragement and seek a better meeting place.
The Newburgh court reports a not guilty verdict after a trial involving Julius Hohnstein at White Acksoge fair ends with the jury's decision. The piece then shifts to local church news noting Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in Newburgh hires Miss Helene Chamblin as assistant to Pastor Rev. George A. MacDonald, detailing her duties and background. Weather note cites an inch of rain as a United States Weather Bureau measurement.
Christmas for service members and locals fills the city with visits and letters. Gordon T. Wilson of Pelham Bay Navy training reports for duty. James Martin travels to New York for overseas training. Miss Mildred Platt and others spend holidays with relatives and in town.
Bugler Potter recounts the perilous push with Company I during late September battles near St Quentin and Camorra. He crawled 1,000 yards under shellfire, reached a dressing station under fire, met Major Stivers of the 105th Field Hospital, and received care before being sent to Rouen.
Goshen December 26 the senior class of Goshen High School will present a three act farce in the high school auditorium on Friday evening December 27 at 8 pm. The cast includes Jack and Grandpa characters with a large local ensemble. Epworth League plans a social December 30 at 8 pm in church parlors.
The article details veterans such as Bugler Potter and Sergeant Carey in WWI Europe, including Potter's hospitalization in Dartford and three days in France before shipment home on the Baltic, and Carey’s mustard gas exposure near St Laurent France with eye injuries and later souvenirs. It notes Tompkins and Bennett promotions, units served, and postwar hospital care as others return to St Mary's Hospital.
An old advertisement warns kidney disease threatens all classes and promises relief with Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules. It claims kidneys are vital filters and urges readers to buy the original Gold Medal brand to regain health within twenty hours and continue daily use to prevent further attacks.
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