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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1916
Page
2
An advertisement offers cloth covers for window screens in widths from 24 to 36 inches. It promotes a complete line of hardware for screens and screen doors and notes low pricing on materials.
Sterling Tires listed as an item or nearby offering at T. C. Northrop Hardware located on 230 West Main Street. The short notice references hardware inventory and a tire listing in the same location.
A social editor notice asks readers to send out of town guest reports by noon for same day publication. The column lists residents like J R Wallace and Mrs George Blanchard staying at Hotel Hampton Albany and others—Mr Butler in town for services while weather delayed plans. Several residents travel or visit Passaic New Jersey Ithaca and Cornell. senior class rehearsal and commencement week plans at Highland Avenue home with a class suit proposed.
Community notices list Mrs. L. Conkling reopening classes in Middletown at the Times Press Building after September 5 with a business course option taught by Greer Isaac and Benny Pinnon. A special car will run from Franklin Square to Goshen at 7:30 p m Tuesday to aid Queen Esther Chapter No 18. Riverdale Club hosts a weekly dance Tuesday evening. The New York Ontario and Western Railway unveils its summer schedule effective Sunday June 25 with notable changes in Portant areas.
An OCR fragment promoting EDUCATORS shoes as nature shaped and superior for feet, selling through unspecified outlets. The brief text promises lasting comfort and a moral reward for buyers, urging parents to purchase for their children.
Goshen June 17 A police officer intervened when a Norwich family faced losing their dog for lacking a license. The officer retrieved the pet, later returning it after the family obtained the required license or paid the fine. A nearby woman concealed the dog briefly but the officer kept custody and secured the animal. The incident highlights license enforcement and community aid in a small town.
Master Franklin Coates of South Street has been appointed choirmaster at Grace Church, New York, after training by Frank HL Mather of St. James Church. About 500 candidates were considered. one Goshen boy earned the post. Also updated: matinee races postponed due to muddy Hirtene Track conditions. church notices for Children’s Day services. new citizens George Marsh and Edward Jurjenson admitted in Newburgh. Goshen news on locals returning from Cornell and area travel and events.
The Newtursh Journal notes Emmet Crawlere of Middle Oteve as a furniture dealer turned farmer with a Middletown farm and a promising harvest. Harold Walsh, son of Mrs. Margaret Walsh, and Ida Galvin wed at St Joseph's Church on June 14, with Rev Father Murphy officiating and a reception at the bride's home. About sixty out of town guests attended. The couple plans to live in the city, while Harold Walsh works at Giles, Giles & Co and they honeymoon in Lordsville.
Newturga notes Major James T. Chase turns 78 today at his Beacon Street home. He is reported to be in excellent health.
Sixteen couples surprised Miss Alice Reeves last evening at 27 Corwin Avenue. Games were played and refreshments served before guests departed at a late hour, all enjoyed themselves.
In Warwick on June 11 the Wisner Paste and Caramel Company of Wisner Nebraska filed a protest over milk quality from local farmers. Tests by an employee and later verification by Mr Vernon confirmed substandard milk with too little richness. Most farmers agreed to improve to standard though some questioned the tester. The plant uses 15 cans daily and plans to rise to 300. Also notes staff resuming duties and school events at Warwick High, plus a local residence returning from Easton and a find of rare wines at Demerest House.
Kingston reports a fatal head on collision between a Work train engine and Ulster and Delaware passenger No. 158 near Arkville station. Morrell Hoag of Oneonta, fireman, dies. engineer Ferns Layman is seriously injured. mail clerk Fine suffers a hand injury. The light engine had assisted the passenger train from Oneonta to Grand Hotel Station, then returned. Layman reportedly failed to switch at Arkville, and the crash occurred about 266 feet west of the station. The passenger train was led by Raymond Baldwin of Oneonta. A high school class of 1915 gathering at the Horton home on Academy Avenue featured plans for future reunions and activities.
Samuel Wood a Cooler Sullivan County farmer, after sending his young daughter away and telling her she would not see him alive again, shot himself in the head. His body lay near his dam found by Martin Cousntr and Bernard Carlier two hours later. his wife was at a neighbor’s house.
Patrons of the M. & . Railroad show appreciation for a weekly Saturday night train to Middletown. The train arrives at 6 o clock each Saturday and returns at six time, typically crowded with shoppers and visitors to the city.
Manly Jacobs of Walden had his marriage decree postponed as Justice Cox extends the adjournment to grant time for processing. Grist of Mid-Gietown handles the matter. a prior June 13 decree date was lost due to paper issues, delaying the annulment proceedings. Jacobs’ first wife is reportedly from Middletows.
British destroyer Eden of 555 tons sunk after collision with another vessel in the English Channel. One crew member saved and three missing. Eden built in 1903, 22 feet long, 33 feet beam. Also a report from The Hague says German cruiser Vonder Thann badly damaged off Jutland and towed to Wilhelmshaven for repairs. Vonder Thann is 18,800 tons.
The Middletown trial with defendant Cuneo centers on poker games in two Arlington Hotel rooms. Witnesses including White, McCoach, Hinkley, and Kavanaugh describe nickel stakes, house take, and alleged lack of formal employment by Cuneo. Police findings show a 220 stake pile and $5 found, with Cuneo denying wrongdoing. The case includes affidavits, past employment claims, and witnesses from the hotel staff and local police.
Grace Proctor, suing J Walker F and Edward M Ruterber for libel, had case dismissed after her former counsel failed to proceed. Judge Seeger granted the motion at the Newburgh calendar session amid readiness notes for state service.
Senator Charles W. Wicks of Sauquoit Oneida County organized a joint milk committee to study distribution of milk eggs and livestock in New York. The five Assemblymen and three Senators can hire staff and has 25600 for expenses. The panel may sit anywhere in the state to investigate dairy poultry and livestock production.
Paris reports German attack on French positions at Avecourt with grenades and heavy bombardment near Lemort Boume. An official statement says Austrian forces south of the Daesster defeated Russian cavalry and new battles opened along the Volhynia front as Russians were defeated.
A committee examined dealer price manipulation that raised costs and reduced production while harming quality. It will continue inquiries and present recommendations to the Legislature in a report filed after February 1, 1917.
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