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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
5
A customer testimonial describes years of rheumatism and pains from strains, claiming relief after using Fruit-Attives tablets. The letter from W. M. Lampson promotes a 25c to 2.40 package, available at dealers or by mail from Fruit-A-Tives Limited in Ogdensburg New York.
At the Unionville annual school meeting held Tuesday evening June 4 Lester Schooler was elected chairman and Louis Elston clerk pro tem. Schooler also named trustee for three years with Joseph Weater for two years and James Toner Sr for one year. J Harvey Hanford was chosen collector and George H Elston clerk. The board voted to raise 3000 by taxation for this year's expenses and will hire teachers. Russell Hanford has enlisted in the navy and is home briefly. his brother William C. Hanford is in France or en route there.
Material for a new garage near Lake Side is being delivered and is expected to open around July 4 to serve the public bathers. Local residents and visitors include Mr. and Mrs. G Green, Miss Laura Carlston of New York, Clesten Searears of Montclair, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Currie and Marley of Syracuse, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Forsyth. Elwood Noxon is ill at home. Sperling of New York City visited Mrs. R. O. Beakes. Clancy of New York City stayed with GV. Williams. A band of gypsies passed through and are now near Burlingham on a leased farm for the summer. Hon. J. K. Evans attended a Shriners meeting in New York Saturday.
Old home remedy advertises Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound to restore natural hair color. A 50 cent bottle promises gradual darkening and lustre by applying to small strands, overnight effect and repeated use, stated as a toilet preparation not a disease cure.
A readable sketch of Comfort Farm shows a lively rural scene with hogs, dairy plans, and family life amid wartime notes. Producers like Foster Cady and Crowley guide a growing dairy and farmhouse staff while local youths serve in camps and a collie guards the grounds. The piece blends pastoral detail with letters from the home front, including brothers at Camp Lee and Camp Willis and a neighbor’s wartime humor.
A dated advertisement promotes Jad Salts as a remedy to flush kidneys and bladder. It claims meat intake causes uric acid buildup that overworks kidneys, advises four ounces of salts daily in water before breakfast, and touts Jad Salts as inexpensive, harmless, and a pleasant lithia-water option used to prevent kidney and bladder issues.
A schooner yacht once linked to Kaiser Wilhelm now sails to train U S seamen. Known as the Germania or Exea, she is 123.6 tons, 122.7 feet long, 32.0 feet wide, with a 43 foot depth, nickel steel ball and hollow main boom. Christoffer Woonels, owner, placed her with the United States Shipping Board for student officer classes in New York.
The fragment chronicles wartime bravado and shared anxieties amid hospital life. It notes Paul at a dairy with new farm buildings and a tuberculosis sanatorium under rapid progress, then shifts to nursing class rosters, Red Cross enlistment hopes, staff changes, and forthcoming reunions as August approached.
A novelty item called New Book Mark features a celluloid panel with openings showing references that can be altered by mating pointers. The device is advertised alongside James Press Wall columns as a useful aid for readers and advertisers.
The notice outlines new army enrollment rules with focus on class placement as registrants near age 21 may be drafted. It mentions quotas, mobilization orders, and expected camps such as Camp Upton and Camp Wadsworth. It lists registrants in the city and notes allocations from states like Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania for various camps.
Mrs Elizabeth J Hyatt of Warwick died at her half sister Mrs Riad's home on Memorial Day at age 60. Daughter of Joan Weeden and Sarah Montross, she leaves Morrison of Sloatsburg and Edward of Monroe. Funeral at the villa Friday, interment in South Norwalk Saturday. Also notes War Garden Commission urging protection of vegetables. Adele Bowland and Conway Tearle mystery about wedding timing at Camp Upton. Tearle's stage career noted.
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