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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
4
On June 6 a fine literary and musical program will be given at the Denton Presbyterian Church by Mrs. William H. Seward reader Miss Helen Augusta Cowler pianist and Miss Marion Henderson soprano. A silver offering will be taken for the Sunday school and all are invited to attend.
The ad touts Wendell's Ambition Pills as boosting vigor and vitality for nervous complaints caused by alcohol, tobacco, or overwork. It promises a 50 cent price, a refund offer by Tuthill & Terhune if dissatisfied, and claims effectiveness for nervous prostration hysteria and neuralgia with wide dealer availability.
Mount Hope notes a Cornwall visitor Miss Lillian Fieming staying with Miss Elizabeth Murray. The Mount Hope School invites the Sunday school to a June 9 picnic at Rebee's Woods. Local updates include injuries from a wagon accident to Helen Ackerly, and social visits among families including the Buckridgers and Serloh. An auto trip by Ridgebury Slate Hill and South Centerville youths to Delaware Water Gap and Bushkill Falls occurred on Memorial Day with 40 attendees.
Westtown June 1 Rev and Mrs Line visiting in New Jersey. George Dallas Clark injured after falling through a hay loft at Floyd Baird farm, landing on head and shoulders. He received aid and is bedridden under a physician. Red Cross meeting moved to Tuesday with 66 members. Various local visits and notices from Paterson, New Jersey, and Albany hospital plans for Mildred Hunton. Advertisement for battery service at Winter’s Garage Unionville.
New York June 1 Wheat Health Commissioner Emerson calls a promising development in the search for a cure for infantile paralysis described in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Experiments with a horse serum show positive neutralization in monkeys and suggest potential human use when human serum is unavailable. The researchers caution no conclusions and report full details to be studied further.
Craigville residents are invited to attend the opening church service of the season on Sunday afternoon at 2 45 conducted by Rev F W Walsh of Blooming Grove. The Sunday program aims to continue weekly services throughout the summer despite past interruptions from infantile paralysis and hopes for a good attendance.
Otisville June 1 A memorial day program followed by a flag raising at the school house. The Epworth League to elect officers and a social to follow at the parsonage. Mrs E niedrig and daughter Marton visited. funeral attendance in Port Jervis. Ladies' Aid to stage Ye Old Time Reg Social June 7 at Lyceum Halls. Master Kenneth Fowler stayed with grandparents in Middletown.
Maple Dale items list June gatherings and visits. Dr Shipley returns to Brooklyn while Mrs Shipley plans to stay with Mapes family. Embroidery Club meets Miss Mary Helms. Port Jervis Memorial Day trip by several locals. Mt Hope Presbyterian Church schedules service and Sunday School. Invitations to a Hillside Farm masquerade hosted by Mrs Daly. Others include Thimble Club hosting, Agnes Clarke returning from Meath Hill with Adelaide Loughran, and move of Elizabeth Fitzgerald and son Albert to Middletown.
May 31 reports Marion Carr confined by bronchitis and visits from Mrs. M Verney and son of Port Jervis. Mrs. Herbert Riley seriously ill under Dr Dawler care. Claribel Vandervoort visiting relatives. dances and events noted. Spanish War veteran Mothersell funeral in Albany with Mgr Mothersell and church services. Knights of Pythias Lancelot Lodge to meet at Castle Wall tonight.
Bad Stomachsss The Penalty warns stomach sufferers of dangers from gall stones ulcers and other disorders. Mayr's Wonderful Remedy is claimed to quickly overcome stomach liver and intestinal troubles and has restored millions. One dose should prove effective, with R C Tuthulan druggists selling it.
New excise law changes will reduce licensed liquor places in several towns and cities in Orange County from October. The Brown bill cuts permits in many towns, lowers licenses in Newburgh Middletown Port Jervis and Warwick areas, raises fees by population brackets, adds volume tax, and bans collateral certificates. It also prohibits sales to recent drunkards and shipments to dry regions, with a goal to raise tax yield while concentrating licenses.
Former Sheriff W. H. Wright of Union county New Jersey sold his summer home near Fair Oaks through W. A. Vail to William A. Noble of Mount Hope. Noble to take possession immediately. Boake Watch the Times-Press Wanted Solumns.
Red Cross under J J Connors and the Fourth Regiment of the National Guard aids Mattoon and Charleston hit hard by a tornado. Damage estimated at 2 000 000 in Mattoon and 1 000 600 in Charleston. Citizens pledge 100 000 with 200 000 more anticipated while freight cars and cars deliver food and hospital supplies. Schools house makeshift hospitals and food stands operate as relief scales up. Middletown noted for display of bandage rolling by National Surgical Dressings Committee at Best Co New York amid volunteer drives. Local taxi firms donate memorial car gross receipts to the Red Cross with tips from chauffeurs also routed to relief.
A Pittsburgh orphan girl, sixteen to seventeen, reports relief from monthly illnesses after using Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound. She credits improved health and asks others to publish her letter as proof. The ad also notes a fundraiser and company support for the Red Cross, with a chauffeur delegation and a prominent offer of free medical advice.
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