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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
12
Prof Wahler P. McIntosh, English teacher at the High School, will sever his faculty connection at year’s end. He plans to accept a position elsewhere with higher pay. The Times-Press notes this change via advertisement.
At close of school the senior class arranged festivities including a banquet on Thursday evening June 24 at Mitchell. Class day rehearsals on June 34 and 26, baccalaureate by Rev Dr Wight June 25 at 11, class day June 26 at 8pm, commencement at Stratton June 27, invitations and tickets distributed June 24, class pictures at Medrics studio June 34.
A Boston Transcript classified ad fragment mentions Pa with a daughter and a fortune hunter figure Mr Boxleigh in a cryptic exchange. The snippet invites readers to watch the classified ads for more.
Miss Helen Maclay daughter of Archibald Maclay married Grinnell Burt son of Mrs Louise P Burt at 39 West 68th Street New York yesterday afternoon The Rev Dr Seague officiated A reception followed The bride wore a gown of rose point lace and white satin court train Lavender and lavender blue attire characterized the attendants Bride and parties traveled to Palermo California later Also Olive Wagner elected Great Trustee of the Decree of Pocahontas at Binghamton convention.
A dance advertised at the library hall Howells N on Thursday evening June 15 1916 offers refreshments and home made cakes as a specialty. Admission is twenty five cents. Committee members listed as L L Lloyd and Frank Vail.
Recuonx Que March 2 1915 a local buyer testifies she found lasting relief from eight and change of life symptoms after using Fruit a tives She reports disappearance of headaches pains and overall improvement and urges others to try the remedy Sent postpaid by Positives Limited Ogdensburg NY with box packs 6 for 2 and a trial size available at dealers
Alfonso D. Alvarez R X of Middletown State Hospital wins an Albany appointment as assistant chief nurse at the New York State Soldiers and Sailors Home in Wat... Steuben County New York. A South American who settled in New York, he graduated from Belle.
Joseph F. Ewell commanded the Soldiers and Sailors Home at Bath a 2000 population. Thomas F. Brown served as quartermaster as Middletown residents show sympathy for the home. Alvarez leaves the State Hospital June 15 to assume new duties at Bath after a short vacation.
A woman says diplomacy helps harmony with a husband and Miss Car enne comments on diplomacy. The St Louis Globe Democrat notes diplomacy often means appearing deceived whether true or not.
A Rochester style quip from the Boston Transcript features a humorous wedding vow exchange. A parson asks Liza if she takes Rastus for bettah or wuss. The bride replies Ab is marrying him because he is the first man who asked her.
Detroit Free Press quotes a reader remark about happiness and marriage, noting the sentiment that a husband cannot satisfy a wife perfectly. The piece frames the idea with a brief aside on attainable contentment.
A discussion cited by the Journal of the Astronomical Society of England asks for the largest number expressible with only three digits. It notes the apparent limit of 999 fails and argues a ninth power of the ninth power yields a colossal value requiring a log scale to grasp, yet can be written with just three figures.
A London Chronicle report notes that many so called tame silks are made from guncotton dissolved in nitric acid and reformed through minute tubes to resemble real silk. The process yields a jelly like solution dyed for strength and flexibility, difficult to distinguish from true silk without expert analysis.
London Weekly notes a widow’s sensibility unlike the dowager Countess of Buchan who died in 1786. After her husband’s death she wore crape and kept two black servants, subsisting on black puddings and black cherry brandy for a year, yet lived twenty one more years before dying.
A Baltimore American item questions a beauty doctor’s credibility suggesting he deceives clients and faces possible arrest while claiming his practice is simply a legitimate peach grating business. The piece frames the controversy as a local scandal about professional trust.
A health ad touts a weight loss method using fresh air and oil of korein capsules taken with meals and at night. It claims safe fat reduction without starvation, drugs, or heavy exercise, promoting easier breathing and improved health as flesh and feel improve.
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