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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1917
Page
10
Classified advertisement for a Ford car in sead running order. Contains vague condition notes and an instruction to respond via Box 221 Goshen X. Also an ad for a fish box and stand in good condition with reply to Box 33 in city.
An excerpt discusses U S war revenue plans in May 1917 with Edwin SELIGMAN weighing how much to tax and how to apportion funds. It outlines the House actions to raise revenue, estimates of 1 8 billion dollars in 1917 18, and the split between allied support and domestic use.
Classified advertisements list numerous job seeks and farm help in Middletown. Items include chauffeurs, cooks, housemaids, gardeners, machine operators, and farm workers, with contact details and boxes for responses. Multiple businesses and individuals request staffing and household assistance.
A collage of rental notices lists furnished rooms with steam heat bath light housekeeping and weekly rates from 6.60 to 14.00. Locations include East Main Street Mill Street Highland Avenue Knapp Avenue and Lake Avenue withquiries to Times-Press and various local addresses. References also appear to be stray economic commentary discussing war taxes and Great Britain’s policy.
A composite paragraph of classified ads and notices lists WANTED items for housekeeping rooms, a secondhand bicycle, a boarder, livestock and meats, as well as a cottage rental. It includes an obituary notice for Miss Mary A. Cox with funeral details in Ellenville New York.
A bustling mix of notices includes a $10,000 Liberty Bonds offer via monthly payments through Home stead Building and Loan Association, events at Midway Park with prize waltz and spot dance, local dining specials, fresh seafood prices from Levinson's Market, and a bone-setting notice by Ira Sweet in Utica. Also appears ads for asparagus by H Itzla, old teeth buyers by L Mazer, a Kant memory note, and a primer on banknotes and currency alongside a Kansas City Journal quotation.
A scanned Middletown directory listing multiple services including artesian well drilling by John Selleck Company, auctioneers Lunney and others, auto insurance, awning maker Ang uph Sterer, dressmaking, dye works, and a United States District Court notice in the Brink & Clark Hardware Co. bankruptcy proceeding with public auction details and trustee contact. The notice specifies the property in Middletown, Orange County, and auction timing.
June activities list from local churches and societies includes a June 9 food sale at First Presbyterian, June 15 Grace Church organ fundraiser dance, June 1 Mt. Carmel C. of M. cake sale at 70 North Street, June 6 lecture on foods by Miss Hageman, June 7 Euchre and dance at South Centreville, June 7 strawberry shortcake supper at Universalist parish house, June 31 and 12 June Festival at First Baptist, June 12 Apollo Music Club concert at First Presbyterian, June 15 progressive promenade at Odd Fellows Hall and Royal Neighbors Camp No. 7292, June 13 lawn festival at Universalist parish house.
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