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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1918
Page
4
Readers are urged to support the war effort through War Savings Stamps and Liberty Bonds. Articles note tax deadlines, nursing recruitment via Red Cross, and praise for Allied soldiers while contrasting democracy’s initiative with autocracy. A prominent piece quotes Prof. Mihajlo Pupin on Americanism and civic duty.
Fragmented verse and prose appear with poems and columns from a local paper. The text weaves sorrowful lines about parting, faith, and war, interlaced with gossip snippets, reader submissions, and short witticisms from various voices, including signs from Youngsville and references to Cincinnati and Cedartown.
Idle Horn mansion and the Vander Dit estate on the Great River at Oakdale L. L. offer convalescent hospital use for soldiers under the American Red Cross. Ensign Vincent Astor and Clarence B. Mackay joined similar offers, naming three grand Caled States estates. The Yours bluff property includes a no story main building with a three story wing capable of housing about fifteen hundred patients.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Pine Bush Methodist Church plans a program at KL of P Hall in Pine Bush. On Friday evening, June 23, at 8 oclock, reader Adida Wait Brooks, recently seen for the Red Cross in Boston, will perform. Soprano Mrs Bennett of Walker Valley also appears. Pianist Ruth Helmick Robinson studies with Carl Prerer of Kansas University.
Dorothy Dalton will head several Ince dramas at World studios Fort Lee after proving she can handle society and emotional roles in Paramount films. Carlile Blackwell, just recovered from pneumonia, features in underwater fight scenes for The Golden Wall, shot in a huge tank built at the Fort Lee studio to avoid outdoors exposure and potential relapse.
Ruth Darling is confirmed as Chet Franklin's wife amid Select Pictures acquisition of Marion Davies for WS Tanks. The solders in A Soldier's Date aided realism. the film is a revised Big Six production re edited for release. Optimistic thought on republics cites virtue public spirit and citizen intelligence.
Saturday Snips describes a busy Red Cross workroom week with volunteers sewing new masks, tagging garments, and assembling comfort kits for sailors and overseas service. Details include 12,000 gauze compresses, cases valued at 75 dollars, and community drives from Milford to nearby auxiliaries. A note on a peaceable noon bell tradition invites local prayer for soldiers.
Mount Hope notes that Jones-Children's Day exercises slated for Sunday evening, June 9, have been postponed indefinitely. The item lists local names and activities, including school reopening after illness, visits, and literary notes about Leila Atwood Foust's book with a special cover design.
A Bruntreal reader describes a long Rheumatism struggle ending with relief after using a remedy named Fruductives and Probatives. The note cites a 1917 address and asserts renewed health for five years, plus relief from Sezema and Constipetion, with price offers and dealer details.
The Viet No 1 school in Chester held a town meeting Tuesday at the High school. Elected trustees include Rev J E BicGuinness and Dr W W Davis for 3 years, Benj F Chamberlain and Theodore F Lawrence for 2 years, and Mrs Geraldine P Duriend for 1 year.
Mayor Burns of Troy announces he will not seek another term as president of the New York State Conference on Mayors and Other City Officials at the annual meeting in Newburgh next week.
The piece argues tact goes beyond spoken timing to include unspoken actions and subtle hints, noting how much is conveyed through what is left unsaid and barely touched upon by the crowd.
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