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Middletown Times Press

Location

Middletown, New York, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1917

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2

Townsends Address Propels Middletown Red Cross Drive

A citywide Red Cross fund drive in Middletown featured G T Townsend urging teams to surpass $30,000 while highlighting Democracy’s role in America and the war effort. Major A C N Thompson and Mayor Thompson spoke on support for soldiers, with volunteers detailing canvass teams, lunch, and early totals of cash and pledges reaching thousands.

Red Cross G. T. Townsend Rogere Middletown Townsend America Thompson A. C. N. Thompson Stratton Theatre Sge'n Fonda I—H Beb Goward Mirst B. Hathaway Nellle Purdy Marie Jordan Saver Fancher John A. Artmann BF. Van8ickite G D .Theleen John HR. Morrison F. O. Rockafellow Frank H. Beakes W. E H. Davis W. FL Borce Edward Masten Peter D. Dusinteste Leroy S. VanDurer Suthers T. Truex C. B. Buck George H. Bowers L. H. Barlow P. R. Buttenheim Strack G Norton H. S. Spooner L. E Hiler T H. Dwight Mies Ethel Sliter J. E. Gibbs Ss. D. Bier B. Mitchell BF. Vanshite Harry Barnes Leo L Barnett C. J. Giereo F. P. Hunter David C. Buell F. D. Kernochan Darwin S. Lounsbury M. B. Wolf Theodore L. Reeve A. W. Preston Ivan A. Gaidor H. E. Mentley George H. Iseran Stanley Mulspaugh J. V. Demerest Floyd W. Morigans MaAmoler Hattle Towner Russell Wiggins Ir Cc. Bell L. Stern Cavass HK. D. Gould E Giebs Kirkwood Ivan A Gardner W. OS. Startup Fev P. Hunter Fay Stanle Millspapen A. W. Corwin H. C. McBrair C. A. Adams William Seeholzer L. H William Seehholzer Montgomery Schuster Ulsterville Ecuador Rey

Roll of Honor Subscriptions to the fund listed

A long list of individual contributors to a fund shows numerous names with varied amounts from 1.00 to 100.60, including Sec. R. Blanchard and Clarence P. Clark, plus organizations like Central Garage and Weller & Townsend. The OCR text repeats many entries with inconsistent punctuation, indicating a compiled roll of donors and their contributions.

Sec. R. Blanchard Clarence P. Clark Adam W. Beskes J. H. Galiowar Ewin S. Dancher Maurice D. Fancher Wmot Moore J. D. McCoach E. L. Tichenor Co Chas E Taylor Edward P. Ost G. H. Vernon John Brisht G. B. Buckley Central Garage Samuel Lipfield Samuel Lipfeld A. Deming C. €. Bogart J. E. Millis Weller & Townsend Fred Varion F. S. Smithers Crams Sons Tarnor B. Levinson Geo A. Swaln Jas

Wendell's Ambition Pills Promise Quick Relief

Banishes nervousness and fatigue with Wendell's Ambition Pills advertised at Tut hie & Terhmme's. The ad claims renewed vigor in three days with a money back offer, addressing nerves, overwork, and various aches from appetite loss to sleeplessness.

Wendell Tuthie & Terhmme's Tuthil & Tezhue

Expect Italy To Give Cocchi Up

Washington June 19 Extradition of Alfredo Cocchi alleged murderer of Ruth Cruger will be asked of the Italian government immediately. The State Department has cabled the Italian government requesting his provisional arrest and he is understood to be detained in Italy. It is believed Italy will promptly comply as an act of grace if not right, with a legal contest unlikely given Italy’s wartime cooperation with the United States.

Washington Alfredo Cocchi Ruth Cruger State Department Italy United States Porter Charlton Lake Como Supreme Court Charlton Cocchi America

Grangers Meet Monday Evening on Public Markets

A large Wallkill River Grange gathering at Grange Hall Monday evening featured John H. Artmann addressing Home Defence food and feed questions and public markets. County Deputy George Ayres visited with a delegation from Bullville, with past masters Conradi and Weller speaking on Public Markets of Albany Newark and the South. Ice cream and cake followed the meeting.

Wallkill River Grange Hall John H. Artmann Home Defence Committee Wellkill Home Defense Red Cross George Ayres Builville Grange Conradi Quacknot Grange M. J

New York's curb brokers display grotesque rainbow hats

A New York Sun report observes Broad Street brokers signaling trades with wildly colored hats and caps. Strangers watch as telegraphic finger gestures relay actions to watchers in adjacent building windows, while hats vary from pink and blue to orange and green, with disks, bands, and check patterns adding to the riot of color.

Broad Street New York

Bursting Gun Barrels Explained By Obstruction

Swollen or burst gun barrels result from defective ammunition or bore obstructions like snow or dirt. The pressure of powder gases is not to blame. the rupture is caused by air compression between the bullet and the obstruction, as explained by Popular Science Monthly.

Popular Science Monthly

Knowledge, Ignorance, and Virtue in Self Realization

The excerpt argues that knowledge increases power and clarity of thought, that greater virtue reveals greater self‑defects, and that near-perfection sharpens the belief that only the great hereafter can fulfill one's aspirations.

Povello Receives Full Verdict In Reward Case

Newburgh jury awards George Povello the full $500 reward in the murder investigation linked to the Highland Falls station case. Povello, a private detective, argued his confession-led inquiry helped secure the conviction of Biagio Socremonto for the 1915 murder of Omar Hotaling.

Newburgh Omar A Hotaling West Shore Wighland Fells George Povello 3Fiddletown Povello Robert BE. Elder Brooklyn Burton W. Gibson Countess Szabo William F. Cassedy New York Cerral Railroad Co Reeve Ketcham Elder Poxello Biagio Soccramonto Sind Sing Poyello Older Isaac Laigier Soceremonto Tuya Aloszo Morvan Wallkill R H. Hansee Middletown Denton G. Hartshorn Montgomery Edward Works Monroe William G. Flynn G. L. Griffin Eugene F. Meyer Deerpark Hotalling Highland Falls Tony Russo Biegio Soccramonto Seezer Cassedy Orange County Times-Press New York Central Railway Company

Market opens lower as US Steel drifts in early trading

New York stocks slipped at the open with declines around a point in United States Steel Common, Utah Copper, and Mexican Petroleum. Colorado Fuel dropped about two points while Central Leather and Anaconda posted fractional losses. Late-day strength emerged in some issues as investors weighed weak close and government price pressures on iron, steel, copper, and oil.

New York United States Steel Common Utah Colorado

Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Ad Card

Stomach ailments like gall stones ulcers and jaundice are listed as penalties. The advertisement claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy quickly overcomes stomach liver and intestinal troubles and invites readers to try a dose, noting sale through RK G Tuthill and druggists everywhere.

Mayr G Tuthill Yemen

Rockefeller offers New York City fifty acres for Riverside gateway park

John D. Rockefeller Jr announces a $2 million gift of fifty acres in upper Manhattan between Broadway and the Hudson from about 193rd to 193rd street, including the Billys Hays and Schaefer estates. The offer hinges on city land annexation and funding for maintenance and development to extend Riverside Park toward Fort Washington and Supyren Duyvil, with the land to join the Palisades Park system via a gateway project.

John D. Rockefeller, Jr City of New York Upper Manhattan Broadway Hudson River Rockefellers Rockefeller Interstate Palsades Park Commission George WW. Perkins Manhattan Palisades Park Dyckman Street Englewood Landing New Jersey Rockefeller Foundation Palsades Park

Guard May Soon Leave for Front

Washington June 19 The probability of National Guard troops being dispatched to France without the planned intensive training in southern concentration camps was strengthened today when Brigadier General Mann issued orders allowing guardsmen in large cities to mobilize armories and await orders. The War Department earlier proposed mobilization in state camps before sending troops to southern camps for a short training period. Since the President's war proclamation, Guard recruits have undergone training in their armories, and many members have Mexican border service experience, which is expected to prepare them for the later fight behind the French lines.

Washington France Mann Militia Bureau War Department Siste National Guard

Port Jervis Men Arrested for Burglary and Larceny

Port Jervis on June 19 Daniel E Hovencamp and Dewey L Hovencamp were arrested by Chief Brown on charges of burglary in the third degree and larceny from the Erie railroad A large quantity of sole feather valued at 75 cents a pound and other items including trousers shoes canned goods and merchandise totaling about 200 were found in their possession The pair is held pending police investigation

Times-Press Port Jervis Daniel E. Hovencamp Dewey L. Hovencamp Brown Erie Railroad

Felt Like a New Person From Fruitatives Ad

Mrs Martha DeWolfe reports relief from constant headaches and constitutional woes after using Fruitatives. She praises the product's effect after one box and notes prices of 50 cents per box, six for $2.50, with trial sizes available from Fruitatives Limited in Ogdensburg New York.

East Sarre Ami Martha Dewolfe Fruitatives Limited Ogdensburg N.Y

Middletown Shows Progress in School Compliance

W A Averill of the State Department of Education reports Middletown's slow pupil percentage at 19 percent, well below the 35.2 percent average from 19 other cities. He commends the city to Superintendent Tuthill, noting children are kept up to grade more than many peers. An African frog’s call is noted near water, while Love may be blind but marriage opens eyes.

W. A. Averill State Department of Education Tuthill Averill Middletown Philadelphia Record

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