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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1918
Page
5
An old advertisement extols phosphated iron as a nerve food and red blood builder. It claims regular use strengthens the nervous system, relieves tired nerves, and improves sleep, appetite, and digestion. Capsules are urged over pills, with J Erskine Mills and other druggists selling the product. The piece ends with an optimistic note and a Times-Press Want Ads mention.
A call from Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, secretary of the National Security League committee on patriotic education, urges American women to combat pacifist and pro German propaganda. She outlines three actions: promote reading and essays on war topics, spread ideas via lectures and newspapers, and organize volunteers to teach English to non English speakers.
Newark woman Miss Fre. Kelly credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending a three year nervous breakdown. She suffered head ached weakness and inability to work under a physician's care before using the tonic. After starting the remedy she soon felt better and fully recovered, leading her to urge publication of her letter.
Sykes Comfort Powder is claimed to heal bed sores and other skin inflammations, with a box proving its effectiveness. The Comfort Powder Co. of Boston markets through drug stores like Blcxt the Vines. The note mentions girls in Washington and paid expenses by the company, plus dormitory housing at Washington College for Women.
Newburgh June 19 Miss Florence L Sloan tell operator in the Newburgh office of the New York Telphones Os left Saturday for Washington to assist in handling the enormous volume of telephone calls caused by the war. Sloan is the third Newburgh operator to join many other young women who volunteered to meet this emergency. The telephone company makes every possible provision for comfort and safety.
Newburgh, June 19. A passenger on the 9 15 southbound West Shore train overheard two travelers speaking German and discussing seditious topics. The censored complainant alerted the conductor who summoned marine officials at Iona Island. On arrival, armed guards removed the men for federal probe.
Washington reports a conference between Ambassador Macchi di Cellere and Secretary Baker about plans to send American troops to Italy. Baker refused to discuss details, noting no announcement until troops actually arrive. The plan aims to assist Allies on both Italian and Western fronts with a relatively small U S force.
Pine Bush hosts a wartime cooking demonstration in Grange Hall on a Friday evening in June. Mrs Lilien Meeker, county food conservation agent, will show how to prepare and bake war bread before the audience. The event is open to the community with invited attendees and local speakers to discuss wartime food measures.
A resident dentist at Mid dletown State Hospital chose his duties on Monday. Mrs Henry J McHinney spent last week at Wellesley College where her daughter Marie graduated.
In Washington dispatches it is announced that John B. Payne of Beacon is among German prisoners taken at Lorraine. He was reportedly moved from Darmstadt to a camp at Tuchel in Lenucun, with unconfirmed notes suggesting origins in Pacer New York.
The fragmentary notice reports events at Salisbury Mills with names like Alfred and Everett, a Saturday service, and references to Theodore Van der Mealen and Miss Adfes fugue. Details are incomplete but indicate community notices and upcoming events at local church and households.
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