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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1917
Page
8
In a Middletown display of confidence the dialogue touts a fresh outfit from Rugges, the Men’s Store of Middletown. A complete new set including underwear shirt suit and hat is praised for perfect fit and value with suits priced 15 to 35 dollars.
Northrop's Hardware Store offers Perfection Oil Stoves from 6.00, Puritan or Stoves from 59.50, Boss Glass Door Ovens 3.59, Jewel Gas Ranges 35.00, White Lined Refrigerators 10.00, extra quality garden hose 10c per foot, Seller's Kitchen Cabinets 25.00, lawn mowers and tools for all trades.
Mr and Mrs C D Crawford of St Academy Avenue announce their daughter Florence Y T Crawford has passed the May civil service exams for stenographer and is assigned to a position in the Militia Bureau of the War Department in Washington. She plans to visit home next week. Jottings note a Junior Home Guards festival and drill on Tuesday evening June 19 at St Paul’s Church lawn.
Social Life notes from Middletown detail Fred Lybolt enlisting in the American Ambulance Corps bound for France, a Supreme Court Justice Tompkins dinner in Newburgh with many officials present, and a Chautauqua Chile club picnic at Wats camp near Guymard. Also listed are social visits, anniversaries, weddings, and community events involving local residents, clergy, and businessmen.
New York June 1 Ruth Cruger is identified as a ripper victim after an autopsy at Bellevue Hospital morgue. The scene at Alfredo Cocem’s 342 West 127th Street motorcycle shop yielded skates and a handled ice chopper linked to the case. Indicted motor shop proprietor Cocchi faces murder charges as investigators pursue a one man killer theory.
Sergeant Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy will visit Deposit New York this evening to preside over the weekly Deposit Rifles drill. He tours with Captain William R. B. Fears to promote railroad-protection recruitment for the Seventy first New York Infantry while addressing local audiences.
Summary notes ongoing pushes in Macedonia with totals and attack success rates. The report cites a period where 299 ships were attacked unsuccessfully, and weekly failure rates fluctuated between 51 and 75 percent. A deadly munitions plant explosion near Vienna injured hundreds. An aviation accident in Paris injured notable Americans Benny Woodworth and Lincoln Chatkory.
A motorcycle ridden by Henry Jenkins collided head on with a car owned and driven by Jesse Rhodes near Tuxedo. Jenkins injuries include a broken ankle and crushed foot. Mrs Rhodes suffers a fractured hip. Mrs Sharpe dislocates her shoulder. Jenkins, Rhodes, and witnesses describe the rider as speeding on the wrong side at Dead Man's Curve.
Irving Mott 44, a farmhand, was struck and killed by a Lehigh and New England freight train on the Erie tracks near Goshen at 2:20 a.m. Sunday. The accident occurred after Mott, reportedly drinking the previous evening around Gusher, wandered onto the tracks and was unable to move. The double header train, led by Engineers Pedrd and Horn and conductor J Walker, could not stop in time despite forty cars. Dr. B C Hamilton issued the death certificate. Mott, whose burial is planned, was employed by William Riley near Florida. Funeral held at Orange Farm.
In Goshen on June 18 the Surrogates Court approved the will of Helen J. Ackerly of Hamptonburgh. Executors George W. Ackerly, Sr., and Raymond S. Ackerly were named. estate valued at 2,850 personal and 15,000 real. Jewelry to Mary E. Mott. rest to husband for life with $150 to Mary E. Holt and her three sons on his death. Executors may sell up to part of real estate to divide proceeds among heirs.
Six new citizens, including three Germans, were naturalized in Newburgh before Justice Tompkins. One applicant, Joseph Paskiewiz of Goshen, was refused after a witness produced records of domestic violence. The court cited failure to obey US laws as a disqualifying factor.
A Middletown man was arraigned before Justice Br T Reeve on a third degree burglary charge for stealing chickens from former Supervisor F Smith Webb s farm last Saturday. He was arrested in Widdietown Sunday night by Officer Broughton on a warrant. Webb has reported losses nearing 109 chickens over several months, prompting police to investigate alongside town authorities. The suspect remains held to await grand jury action. The Day Nursery Guild meets at Thrall Library on Tuesday June 19 at 3.
The text urges careful formation of habits noting that initial actions open paths, subsequent steps widen them, and a third creates a trodden highway. It stresses that avoiding evil habits is as vital as forming good ones.
H G Wells is a prolific and eloquent writer on many topics yet a public speaker, while admired for his prose, shows halting and nervous habits when addressing audiences.
The Federation of Women's Clubs holds its annual meeting at Grace Church parish house on Wednesday afternoon. An executive committee session at 2 36 precedes the 3 o'clock annual officer election. At 4 o'clock an open meeting features a lantern slide lecture on Women and War Service with 109 slides. A Balapticon lantern, recently purchased, will be demonstrated.
Miss Marguerite Passineau of Middletown became the bride of Charles Dobbs of this city last week at his grandparents home. Rev Hough Houston officiated as relatives and friends witnessed the ceremony. The couple’s honeymoon may be brief due to Dobbs’s service in the hospital corps of the 10th Regiment National Guard.
State Highway Commission offices in Albany announced contractor Rockwood will finish the grade crossing elimination in tandem with the main highway project from the Kill Bridge at Bloomingburg to the north end of the tunnel. Completion is expected in August as conditions allow moving crews, with Middletown Automobile Club backing the effort led by Dr Cheries H. Tice and Senator John D. Stivers.
Governor Whitman informs Nassau County Home Defense chairman Frank L Crocker that he will call out Home Defense members only in serious state emergencies. He notes troops would operate within the state and counties to protect property and maintain order, with deployment limited to local needs and upon proper authority, not removing members from their districts.
Secretary Baker endorses rapid buildup of 600 million dollars for a vast American air fleet to be deployed in Europe. Congress signals need for proven aircraft development before approving further air program funds as President Wilson endorses the plan.
London June 1 The Gate Aerial Transport Committee chaired by Lord Northcliffe and Major Baird was announced to examine aerial communication after the war. Post Office India Office and dominion representatives join to plan air transport as a method to improve empire wide communication. The report signals intent to adapt air transport for future imperial needs.
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