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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
10
One 5x7 view camera with accessories, leather case, tripod, and accessories, price 32 dollars. Celery plants from French golden heart strain, ready now for winter supply. Saxon four cylinder roadster recently overhauled with new tires, demonstration possible. Wanted to rent a six room cottage with improvements, address Cottage Times-Press.
Classified help wanted notes from a Times-Press page include various jobs and domestic help requests. Entries seek experienced clerks secretaries chauffeurs electricians housekeepers cooks waitresses and general domestic staff with contact Box numbers and local names such as Middletown Goshen Roscoe and Goshen NY.
A long OCR scan lists numerous rental offers across streets like Harrison, Houston, Beavis, Canal, Mill, AML, Broad, Crescent Place, Lindem, Prospect, Forest, East Main, Liberty, and more. Items include furnished rooms, six to seven room cottages, two family houses, flats with heat and improvements, and stores for rent, with contact references and occasional terms such as adults only, light housekeeping, or free rent through June.
Advertisements shown include real estate for sale and auction notices, removals of Troy Laundry, and weekly market specials at Levinson's Market. Listings reference firms ANSCG Rexo Bastisan Photo supplies Yuthiil Studio and ROE Phelps painters. Notices mention Home stead Building and Loan Association and various addresses in Liberty, Unionville, and Middletons.
Public notices announce a June 11 1917 county court session at Newburgh for recognizance reforms and related legal proceedings. Also includes probate notices for Seely Green estate and Dorothea Duscher estate with deadlines in July and November, contact details for administratrices and attorneys.
A sustained discussion on cereal processing notes raw oatmeal steaming six hours and steamed varieties one hour. The piece lists upcoming community events from June including a room image sale, dances, curbside suppers, lectures on canning vegetables and preserving fruits, and a June festival at local churches and schools.
The text notes that giving up when facing difficulties is foolish, while conquering them increases our pleasures. It says progress toward goals brings mental calm, satisfaction, and anticipation for the future.
New York June 1 initial advances faded as ex dividends pushed Steel Common to 130 and Union Pacific to 135 while American Sugar Refining moved to 117. The sinking of three American ships triggered losses across many issues before late afternoon rallies. Grain markets in Chicago opened higher for Wheat, Corn, and Oats with provisions irregular. A Baltimore American quip notes prison conditions with reference to drink prisoners and intelligent inmates.
The United States Department of Justice struck its first blow against pacifist plotters in New York City. A woman and two men were arrested at Columbia University and held for the Federal grand jury. Identified are Owen Cattell, 22, son of Professor McKay Cattell, and Charlee Phillips, both Columbia students, with Eleanor Wilson Parker of Barnard College mentioned as part of the case.
A New York organized no conscription league is said to have distributed anti registration literature. Officials from the Department of Justice investigate the free thinker Emme Goldman group amid wartime draft concerns. Local notices mention insurance, storage, and funeral services in Middletown and adjacent towns.
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