Missing Ford Car Recovered After Brief Theft
Traveling salesman RB Blauck parked his Ford in front of city hall on James street. After dinner at Mitenel Inn the car vanished. Officer Frank Benton found it on South street near Orange County Lighting Co. The method of transfer remains unsolved.
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RB. Blauck
James Street
Blauck
Mitenel Inn
Mr. Blanck
Frank Benton
South Street
Orange County Lighting Company
Black
Middletown Seeks Local Chauffeurs Examination
Local motor car owners press for a chauffeurs examination in Middletown. Special Inspector Higham reports he wrote to the Secretary of State to arrange tests here, as residents currently must travel to Port Jervis, Liberty, Newburgh, or Poughkeepsie to qualify for licenses.
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Iddietown
Cro 2
Charles Higham
Francis M. Hugo
Middietown
Middletown
Porthery Liberty
Newburgh
Poughkeepsie
Questions Asked by Railroad Men and Poet Laureate Note
Railroad men press questions on double compensation at a conference with railway managers. A worker who starts freight duty may be paid for three days for a 200 mile run. The meeting adjourned with responses promised by Monday. Poet laureate office traced from Chaucer to Tennyson as largely honorary and filled by England’s great poets.
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New York
Brotherhoods
A. B. Gannetson
Condretors
Norkmen
Chancer
Chaucer
Spenser
Dryden
Wordsworth
Tennyson
London Separday Review
His Ambition Now A Golf Course Dream in Per
A Detroit Free Press excerpt notes a shift in ambition from amassing wealth to achieving happiness by founding a golf course in Peru within a year or two. The quote frames a personal pivot toward a lasting, serene goal.
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Per
Detroit Free Press
Rheumatics No Longer in Doubt Promises Cures
A vintage advertisement proclaims Neutrone Prescription 99 cures rheumatism once thought incurable. It claims rapid relief from aches in joints and muscles, with swift stabilization in severe cases, urging purchases of 50c or 1.00 bottles and mail orders through J. Exshine Mills, the drugest.
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J. Exshine Mills
erugest—Advertisemant
Chiefs Debate on Vice Problem at Newark Convention
Delegates at the International Association of Police Chiefs discussed a letter attributed to Chief Walter J. Petersen of Oakland accusing segregation as a solution to social problems. Petersen did not deny remarks about Rev. Franklin Roder and calling some people polygamous animals as part of the controversy.
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Newark
X. J. Junes
Walter J. Petersen
O. Oakland
Cal
International Association of Police Chiefs
Petersen
Franklin Roder
Police Chiefs’ Association
M. L. Meldrim
Savannah
Pinkerton
Music Club Holds Its Final Meeting
The MacDowell Music Club concluded its season with a Wednesday afternoon gathering at Miss Frances Hoar’s Wilcox Avenue home. The program included Chopin Prelude played by Miss Irme O Neall, vocal solo I Know by Miss Genevieve Ogden, Life of Chaminade by Miss Mildred Santee, Where My Caravan Has Reat ert lela by Miss Frances Hoar and Miss Marion Henderson, and concerts by Miss Helen Cowley. New members Nan Conkling, Mildred Santee, Madeleine Dusenberry, and Ethel A Mitchell were welcomed.
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MacDowell Music Club
Frances Hoar
Wilcox Avenue
Chopin
Irme O'Neal
Charles Gilbert Spross
Genevieve Ogden
Chaminade
Mildred Santee Ellet
Reatert Lela
Lehr
Marion Henderson
Helen Cowley
Nan Conkling
Mildred Santee
Madeleine Dusenberry
Ethel A Mitchel
Freckles Remedy Promised in Double Strength Advertisement
An ad touts ethine double strength to remove freckles. It claims an ounce from J Erskine Mills or a druggist will fade the darkest freckles and vanish lighter ones with nightly and morning applications. Guaranteed money back if ineffective.
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J. Erskine Mills
Enjoyable session of the Athenia Club at Washingtonville
The Athenia Club met in Metcalf Library Washingtonville for the June gathering amid bad weather. Members and guests praised Miss Estella Thayer and Mrs Royal Bristol for an engaging program of sketches songs and readings with a luncheon and floral decorations.
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Washingtonville
Iwi
Athenis Club
Metac Librars
Ernest Exchenverz
Insing Shaw
Ellsworth Merritt
Clarence
Hamlet Roe
John Pindlay
Salisbury
Louise
Helen Tuthill
Blooming Grove
Bradner Cameron
W.ov. Seaman
A. Ef. Dubois
Nathaniel Rue
Washingtonvilles
Willant Bull
Wham Woolfes
Waelerville
Frank Wentrick
Wentrick
Salisbury Mills
Edward J. McLaughlin
Julia Millspaugh
Fish- Kill
Middletown
WL Henry Webb
Estella Thayer
Italy
M. Maskouck
Helen S. Mabie
J. van Cleft
Newburgh
Athele Hockey King
Mies
Denza
Royal
A. Bristol
Cleveland
J. H. Thompson
Goodwill
Helen Flack Bristol
Alonzo Flack
Claverack College
Claverack
Bristol
Ehs Wheeler Wilcox
Mr. Dooley
Pat
Henry V Shakespeare
Physician's Prescription For Rheumatism Advertisement
An old advertisement urges readers to buy a "physician's prescription for rheumatism." It claims cures involve poisonous drugs and emphasizes quick relief bought from druggists, promising refunds if pain relief is not achieved. The tone mirrors period medical quackery aimed at professional men.
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Chase
Higham
Hugo
Florida
California
A. F. Feuss
North Street
Frumkel & Levin
Smith Bros
Oakland
Music Club
Athenia Club
Costum
Mozati
Doleful
Johany Schmober
Capedal
Arthur Hecker King
Hing
Willard Bull
Wo FL Hamblin
W. AL Hemingway
North St
Brokaw Bros
Hart Scharrner & Marx
John Wanatpsaer
Adler Bros
Manhattan
Reis
West Main Street
Bree
Majestic Frankfucters
Times-Press
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