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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1918
Page
8
The advertisement from B RUGGLES Incorporated emphasizes best value for money and superior quality. It pledges every article leaving the store meets high workmanship standards and promotes the summer shirt line and straw hats as exceptional offerings.
W H Tremper and W C Herbert Clothiers operate at 25 North Street in a local retail listing. The entry notes the names of the proprietors and the shop location, indicating a small business detail from the era.
County Judge Russell Wiggins heard arguments in the Bullville Milk Producers Association vs. Frank C Armsstrong case. The defense sought delay citing farmers’ farm work. Judge Wiggins postponed trial to June 25 at Rewbursh. appeal from a judgment in a stock purchase dispute.
The High School Senior Class, totaling 52 students, will graduate this year marking the largest class in the school's history. Commencement at Stratton in June features four essays and two orations, with graduation contingent on the Regents' exam results next week. Also notice the Presbyterian supper in Louisville on Thursday evening with a prepared program and tickets selling for 7 cents.
Mrs. Mary K Craft of Ellenville dies at 67 in her daughter's home on Elm Street after a long life in New York and Ulster County. Marin Coniser, a county resident near Lachaveck, dies at 73 after years of farm life and peddling. Fletcher V Standbridge, 23, dies in New York City after pneumonia. Funeral details note church services and family plots.
Newburgh June 12 stock prices listed on the New York Exchange show figures for Am. C. & F. Am. Smelting Am. Sugar Rtchinson Beth. & OB Beth. Steel Gent. Leather Ches. & Ohio C.RI & Pac. Com Pdis Com Fdis Am. Can Am. Tel. & Tel Woolen Anaconda Copper Baldwin Locomotive Co. Bethlehem Steel etc. The report lists many names with figures, including Gen. Elec. Co Gen. Motors Great Northern Ores Kennecott Marine Corp Marine Pid Mex. Pet Miami Copper Midvale Steel Mo. Pacif ic No. Pac ific Perm Raw Pius & W Va Com Pitts. & WL Va Pid Reading Republic Steel Union Pac U S Steel Westinghouse etc. The Times-Press Want Ad Columns advertise the listings.
The district board moved the Beattie Hill school repairs on Ridge Street and decided not to use school buildings for registration or general elections to avoid disrupting classes. The night school reported expenses of 895.88 with teachers paid 577 and other costs. Net cost after deductions stood at 612.58 as the board scheduled a June 22 session to sign diplomas and finalize business.
The annual exhibition of public school products in drawing, manual training, dressmaking and cooking opened this morning in the high school gymnasium. Displays reflect wartime themes with Red Cross fabrications, Belgian refugee garments, war-time foods, and canning. Pupils from Ward Street Liberty Street Linden Avenue Seattle Hall Albert Street Benton Avenue Mulberry Street Bennett Hall and others attend on specified mornings and afternoons.
Rainey Startup Taylor, a U S Army recipient who could not join the U S forces at 21, received a French government certificate for volunteer service with the American Field Service. The document notes his role as cannon driver in the Sisne and Chemin des Dames campaigns with the Section T M C 183 and is framed for Walter J Stamup Inc. Parents prize the certificate as a family heirloom.
Proceedings from the Conference of City Officials list attendees including Chief of Fire Department Charles Higham ex mayor A T Thompson City Clerk I B A Taylor H H Knickerbocker John H Gallowas president Middletown Automobile Club and others with County Engineer Charles I Smith among the participants.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court set aside Harry Murray's 1916 conviction for rape in Goshen County Court and ordered a new trial. The court found insufficient corroboration beyond the complainant's testimony and noted errors in jury instructions. Murray had worked as a strikebreaker in Middletown and was linked to a room near the victim at 21 James Street.
James Cooper was sentenced by Judge Wiggins in Newburgh Jones-In County Court to the Elmira Reformatory for an indefinite period after conviction for second degree assault. He slashed Sterling Piggers in the face with a pocket knife at the Delaware House in Port Jervis on March 11 p.m. Assistant District Attorney Gregg prosecuted the case. The verdict was given to the jury at 11:39. Memorial services for Middletown Lodge No. 122 I O C and I will be held at Odd Fellows Hall Thursday at 8 p.m. Members of related lodges invited.
Funeral services for Mrs George Blades were conducted at her Denton home by Rev C M L A with the Denton Church choir performing several selections. Interment followed at Pine Hill cemetery with James Strait, Samuel Greepert Townsend, Levi Travis Gray, and John Ryerson officiating. A number of attendees contributed to the large collection. References include Bartholon 42 Ogden Street and Charles Ridge Street addresses. Palma June 9 and Charles P Jr are noted in the accompanying notices.
Jottings note a new Centreville church event with music by McWilliams. A special meeting of the Senior Holy Name Society and the Junior Society is called for Wednesday evening at seven o'clock in the chapel. All members are urged to attend to discuss important matters.
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