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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1917
Page
5
A dense, disjointed historical newspaper snippet blends military policy critique with social cartoons, jokes, and letters. It references wartime administration delays, knitting in public for morale, and local Goshen humor, with stray names and opinions interwoven across themes of politics, fashion, and daily life.
Senator James W. Wadsworth Jr of New York advances a measure to extend registration to all United States citizens reaching age twenty one. The bill would empower the Present to require similar re registration at intervals not exceeding six months for those turning twenty one since the last registration. An estimated 10,000,660 men were registered last June.
A reader responds to a Times-Press editorial about the Ontario and Western suit to recover tracks and station at Livingston Manor. The letter discusses the will of Charles Octavius Livingston, contested validity, and title through a 19th century sale to Mead T. Morss. It notes the court opinions, local landmarks, and the stake in land around the Little Beaverkill and Willawemoe junction.
Congressman Platt names John G. Howard of 17 Montgomery Street Poughkeepsie and Webster B. Merritt of Walden to cadet positions at West Point representing the 16th District. Howard led the civil service exam and physicals under the Riches plan, winning outright. Merritt placed second and became first alternate, with further alternates to be named as needed.
At Warwick Lodge No. 344, Free and Accepted Masons, the annual communication installed officers for the year: W M Cornelius Sr Lazear, Sr W Fred L Smith, J W Edward J Moreheus, Treasurer John Sarer, Secretary Joseph M Benedict, Chaplain Rev James Bristow, S D John B Averts, I D Nathan M Strong, S M C Edwin M Strong, ILM C Frea W Still, Marshal Dwight Detcher, Tiler Lewis Spear, and W C Lazear. The installation was conducted by the retiring master Edwin FL Sih.
An order dated December 28 directs forming the 2nd Battalion of the 1st New York Infantry with headquarters likely at Poughkeepsie. Proposed officers include John B. Rose of Roseon as Colonel Archibald Roe as Lieutenant Colonel I R R Hutton as Regimental Adjutant George B Waterman as battalion major E Moore as battalion adjutant and Charles W Hedses as paymaster.
Two sons of Mr and Mrs Louis Rippers of Middletown are serving in the radio branch of the U S Army. One son, Era, formerly with the O and W Railway at Campbell Hall, enlisted as a radio operator and is at City College in New York for instruction. The other son, Corp Clinton Ripperger, is a radio operator at Fort Screven Georgia after completing the course at City College.
A fragment from a Farm Life piece contrasts admiration for a “big man” with the sting of a small, secretly friendly moment. It hints at social dynamics and subtle praise within a small town setting.
The Christmas tree formerly set up by Middletown Council No 326 United Commercial Travelers of America was not displayed this season. The group announced the smoker and supper planned by the organization would not take place, and the project was called off.
Port Jervis December 28 Stephen Monaghan proprietor of the lower hotel in Pleasant Mountain area was killed while boarding a coal train bound north. He tried to reach home from Uniondale after assisting Tyler Hawkins, the accident mystery with portions of clothing and a watch fob found nearby. The body showed severe mutilation and parts were carried toward Forest City by the locomotive.
The note lists Easter Sunday on March 31 and February holidays like Washington and Lincoln birthdays. It notes Memorial Day and the Fourth of July both fall on Thursday, Labor Day on September 2, and Thanksgiving on November 28, highlighting how dates shape plans and schedules.
Albany dispatch reports Governor Whitman discussed with State Grange farm bureaus timber owners and forestry colleges the use of hardwoods on private mountain lands for fuel during wartime. Committees would supervise cutting and surplus wood would be shipped to ease coal shortages. A separate notice invites a Lancelot Lodge 163 K of P meeting at Castle Hall at 8 pm. Engagement announced for Mae Selleck to Harry F. Green.
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