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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1916
Page
2
A brief notice invites inspection of suitable gift bottles and related items for graduates, encouraging readers to browse available selections and consider gifts.
William Power and daughter Margzeret of New York attended Ursuline Academy graduation. Miss Candace Adrienne Dawson was among the graduates. Miss Henrietta McCoy of New York visited for Ursuline exercises. John Howlings of Roosa Gap toured the city on business. Miss Millicent Elston of Norfolk arrived visiting relatives at 17 Crescent Place. Harold J. Faulkner returned home after studies at New York Law School and will work at Lake Minnewa over summer. Mr and Mrs Townsend and Mr and Mrs Finn are at Atlantic City for the National Bankers Association session.
Middletown Lodge No 1097 members defer and then nearly finish the clubhouse addition contract. An increased appropriation was approved after last nights meeting as work proceeds toward awarding the contract the next day. A second item notes a piano recital and dance at Masonic Hall Friday June 5 with Seeley and several performers.
An advertising blurb promotes Walk-Over Shoes with insistence that no reason exists not to wear them. It notes widespread appeal among friends and mentions out-of-the-ordinary sizes for men who struggle to fit. The model shows a black calfskin pair priced at 4 dollars.
The report notes that product values rose by 5.41 percent, an increase of 78 in the index. Wages averaged 1,959 in 1914, down from 1,735 in 37909, an increase of 256 or 14.8 percent. The figures highlight broader price and earnings shifts across the period.
The Market New York reports stocks in strong demand with gains across issues led by St Paul up 14 to 101 and Studebaker rising to 142 3/4. Grain markets in Chicago opened higher for wheat corn and oats with provisions also firm. Liquor dealers meet in Middletown Brewery Hall with a report on association activities. Birth of a son.
Mrs. Philip L. Jacobs of Youngsville near Wilivan county died at home last Saturday after a stroke on the preceding Tuesday. She had prior health issues including a stroke in September 1912 and was sister to Mrs. Sophie Alorgans of Middletown. Also notes a penny fair by the Junior League of St. Pauls Church and a series of quoted verse and literary snippets.
Difford Masher, two years four months and fifteen days, son of Wisner El and Estella Winters Masker, died in Thrall Hospital after swallowing a small screw hook. He was rushed to the city and hospital. an operation to remove the hook failed. Survived by parents and brothers Wisner Milton Joseph and sister Florence. Funeral at Amity home Sunday at 2 pm with interment in Warwick cemetery family plot.
A Nevada lawyer recounts defebting stage robbers with a forged pass he issued on office paper to a London mining expert. The note aided a masked gang, and the tale ends with the robber reading it and the pass returning to the lawyer years later via a jailed suspect seeking defense. Also mentions a train time change announcement and a playful classroom exchange.
The Middletown Times Press is on sale in New York City at Hotaling’s Home Paper stand, north end of Times Building, by 9 p.m. on the issue night.
Albany reports an appeal in the Jacob and Heinrich executors versus First National Bank of Middletown. The case stems from a $2315.74 deposit dispute related to a 4000 loan and subsequent promissory notes against an account in the bank. The bank argues negligence in procuring good checks and offsetting notes amid delays and bankruptcy, challenging a trial verdict for the plaintiff.
In a Birmingham Age Herald excerpt two scenes unfold. A couple’s quarrel is sparked by alleged indifference as Mrs. Dobson laments lack of love. The dialogue reveals a playful, bittersweet mood about time’s shifting pace for different people and situations.
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