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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
4
Notice from the Middletown Times Press indicates a reorganization in the business office. The Retgories Dept Ro 2 Private YBranch Exchange will route to all departments, detailing new contact paths and internal procedures.
War wick Valley Dispatch announces George F. Ketchum founder and longtime editor will retire. Florence L. Beecham, daughter, becomes editor and publisher joining civic work with Red Cross and DABR. The piece praises the Dispatchs democracy stance and Ketchums influence and hints at future editorials by Beecham.
The report notes the Argus and Mercury Company publishers of the Argus and Mercury have assigned for creditors. Across the country newspapers struggle with high costs and market pressure, facing possible failures or takeovers as consolidation grows.
A fragmented wartime digest mixes poems and letters on loss with observations on newspaper economics and morale. It notes how readers stick to familiar papers, praises music for soldiers, and cites personal grief from mothers like a Port Jervis writer. It also covers wartime drafts, rat control, and local talk on campaigns and manners.
Dr Arthur Dean Beven president of the American Medical Association outlines steps to sustain medical education and care for troops. He cites commission of medical students into the enlisted Medical Reserve Corps and internships before active service to maintain supply of physicians during the war. He notes Britain France Italy Belgium exhausted, urges continued premedical study, possible three year graduation, and military surgery training for senior medical students.
An old advertisement claims Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules from Holland cure ailments from kidney issues to urinary problems. It urges taking three capsules daily and promises money back if not effective, urging shoppers to seek the Panama Exposition shows at Watts Field and to visit the 5 and 10 cent amusements.
Stars May Allison, famed for The Winning of Beatrice, will soon start work on A Successful Adventure set in the South, reflecting her southern roots. Gladys Brockwell begins a new Kultur play at Willem Fox’s Hollywood studio, directed by Edward LeSaint, detailing Austrian dominance by Germany, with J Grubb Alexander and Fred Myton authors. Mrs George Larida Mite Gna headlines a premiere dance at the Orpheum, then appears with Gellfornia Grand Opera Company and Morasco’s Sobors try during a day at Universal City.
A dance queen was secured for a major scene in Discipline and G o with top talent, visiting her parents and open for a temporary engagement at Universal City. William Fox’s Salome required 20 tons of paint and over twenty tons for a duplicate Jerusalem set built by 500 workers.
Newburgh Automobile Club moves to attend the state association summer meeting in Middletown with a June 26 social and a full day tour including Goshen Bear Mountain Park West Point and an Elks gathering. Delegates listed include Broderick W. Wilson Arter Youngs Anthons Scaulmerich with alternates Dr B Egbert Gurney Joseph McClughan James J Bougerity LeGrand W Pettert. The group reserves club rounds for travel and continues the annual outing for children at the local home and day nursery.
In a large development effort, crews poured vast quantities of lumber and stone while transporting 500,400 feet of timber and sand to grade streets in Jerusalem. The scale suggests a substantial townbuilding endeavor influenced by the local project.
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