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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
2
H Whitman reports severe stomach trouble led to weight loss from 235 to 160 pounds. After two years doctors failed to help, Fruitatives eased distress and constipation, restoring health to 205 pounds. Ad promotes Fruitatives Limited Ogdensburg NY with box prices.
Supreme Court Justice Daniel Cohalen will speak at two mass meetings in the German Cieb rooms Stapleton tonight. The subject is The Irish Rebellion in memory of the 1916 Irish martyrs. Other speakers include John Devoy and John Jerome Rooney. No admission fee.
Mrs BL B Williams of Coldenham departed Tuesday for Mt Clemens Michigan to undergo sulphur bath treatment for rheumatism. She has endured prolonged suffering from rheumatic pain and seeks relief from the baths.
A recipe fragment set describes apple dumplings rolled from pie crust scraps with sugar caraway and butter, baked until apples soften, served with cream. It also outlines orange patties with rich crust and citrus filling topped by meringue, and an eggplant salad with peppers tomatoes onions olives and wine. A tongue and lettuce salad with layered cold tongue eggs and beers is briefly noted.
Household hints cover eating and sleeping, suet keeping, and cooking hens slowly for tenderness. Advice warns against warm fridge water, suggests quick sponge cleaning with formaldehyde, and includes cures for chilblains with carbolic ointment or balsam of Peru. It also gives a method to darken shoes using milk and ammonia, then air dry and polish.
Albany report notes the procreation commission, created to examine feeble minded and other inmates, may suspend investigations due to a lack of funds. Three physicians run the board with 16 dollars a day only when active, while the legislature debates legality, appropriations, and ongoing court challenges over its operations and authorizing statutes.
June observance of Children’s Day planned for Sunday evening with appropriate exercises by the children. Mrs Mary Bennett spent Wednesday in Middletown with Mrs Emma Barret who aims to return to Ansonia Conn. The day school closed for summer. Miss Fiynn to teach next year. choir rehearsal set for Friday at the Presbyterian Church.
Sammy notes the danger of getting caught as Eddie suggests sneaking to smoke behind the barn. The speaker recalls their father swearing off smoking and sneaking around to light his own cigarette, highlighting a family pattern of secrecy.
North End merchants rely on a store credit system for railroad workers paid irregularly. Patrons must pay their accounts when pay cars arrive or risk losing the system. Local updates include a new baseball scoreboard, worker injuries, and travels of residents like Fred Horn and Eliot Harvey. Paramounts vs Mechanics game planned. inquiries urged from managers.
A Brooklyn youth arrived Friday night to work at the creamery and, Monday, walked about town with a 37 caliber revolver frightening several residents. He was arrested and held for grand jury action. The item mentions social events and a health operation afterward, closing with a Y.M.C.A. activity.
Report notes Leonard Hazen carrying insurance on tools destroyed in a fire at the blacksmith shop last Wednesday night. Mrs Atwater at Newburgh Hospital is improving slowly. Dr and Mrs W W Davis traveled to Saratoga on Tuesday morning for a several day stay.
Untyped list shows uncalled letters for week ending June 5, 1916 at Middle town postoffice. Includes ladies and gentlemen with numerous names and titles such as Miss Henrieta Clark Miss Sadie Dennis Mrs Ella Furman Alice Fleming Ethel Fuller Leonard Gloeckler Beth Gillmore Martha Husser Charles Hedrick John Jones Cary Lewis B F Mose Sam Smith Theo Srades Atanson Stevens John Bailey Santa Barranni J B Bartley Samuel Enreb Patsy Fallon Fallon Williams Goodspeed Hives Mithane Penney Shaffer Valiant Weddell Ward Williams and Yamato.
Mrs. Sarah Dittman hosted a luncheon for friends. The Thimble Club meets June 14 at Mrs. H. P. Felsing’s home. Mrs. Cassidy returns from New York. Miss Bessie Johnson visits relatives from New York. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ketcham hosted Slate Hall friends. Otisville Presbyterian invites Mount Hope Church to Children’s Day. A social is planned at Henry Baker’s on June 15. George Miller family visited the Ketchams. Jules Eschemann arrived at Villa Beausejour. Auditorium work to create a Sunday school room at the Presbyterian Church.
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