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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1916
Page
3
A flood of letters to the Lydia L Pinkham Medicine Co from women across the nation praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. One Newark Ohio testimonial claims the remedies saved the writer’s life and restored health enabling her to work daily. The notes urge others to write for free confidential advice from Lynn Mass.
Cottage prayer meetings will be held tomorrow evening in the homes of Rev. and Mrs. George W Grinton at 10 Wickham Avenue and Mr. and Mrs. B Crosby at 54 Grand Avenue. All friends and neighbors are urged to attend.
Superintendent Tathin notes four pupils lack sufficient credits for graduation but board prefers to graduate those reaching the standard. Bil Buckler moves to include the undercredited in the graduation list. motion passes unanimously. Discussion on insuring city employees under the amended act to be coordinated with Board of Estimate and Apportionment.
Harriman June report details Polly and Pals Linen Shower honoring Miss May Beams, with gifts from the club and guests including a satin damask table set and a berry service. May Beams will move to James L Boyce, then live with his parents. The note mentions Mrs Ed mund Seaman’s contribution and the couple’s future plans.
A bustling Sunday afternoon scene features extended visits from New York figures Miss Charlottee Waller with Miss Anna Cockrilt on Academy avenue and Mrs Florence Wiggins reappearing on the streets. Mrs Alfred Ketcham plans a Canada trip with Mr and Mrs Frank Winter, while Dr Benjamin Whores enjoys a New England vacation. Dr Aaron Silman, visiting, is hosted by Bir and Mrs James Behan as Dr Rathbun’s absence prompts Dr William H. White to act as physician in charge at the lazator ium. Miss Minnie Brandy from New York City is being entertained by Mr James J. Behan at the Palmer House.
Two four year old boys were missing in Otisville after setting out with improvised rods seeking fish. Neighbors and a sanatorium night watchman located them on a farm near New Vernon. They were returned home unharmed after a stern rebuke and sent to bed.
The funeral of Mrs Lena Beer wife of Elder BH C Ker was held Sunday at 2 PM at 273 North Street conducted by Elder John Siconnell of New York. Interment was in the family plot at New Vernon with pallbearers Joseph Howell Hiram Collard William Decker Henry Wollenbeupt Decatur Horton and EH H Ronk.
A clipping from Cambridge reports Dr Frederick A Pillsbury a 48 year old Harvard Medical School graduate and chemist at a Boston firm was found dead in his hotel room at the Hotel Packard 32 Ellict street Cambridge just after 6 pm when the hotel proprietor Mrs Margaret Packard entered. Medical Examiner William Swan attributed death to natural causes. He was the son of the late Dr Burke Pillsbury of this city.
Three direct lines from Camp Whitman to New York were recompleted Saturday. Four strands strong to Poughkeepsie and one wire to Albany. About 200 men under E. H. Greenleaf of the New York Telephone Company labored daily to lay 200 miles of line previously at Otisville.
Ferndale a quiet week with Oliver Cooler recovering from illness. Mrs. George Earle travels to Stevensville due to a sister-in-law’s illness. Regents exams held by local students at Liberty. Hirschtaum of Red Brick takes a chair factory engineering post. Station Agent Teeple takes a vacation. New Masonic Lodge consecrated at Pepin River in Rockland county. Dr Ralph Waldo Thompson of Jerusalem Temple Lodge appointed district deputy. Hon Arthur S Tompkins presided as acting Grand Master with an eloquent address.
No concert will be held tomorrow night at Academy Avenue Park due to high school graduation exercises on the same evenings. The next concert is scheduled for Friday night by the Separate Company Band, September 24, with the program to be published later.
An ad describes Malt Tonic Sterilized as a concentrated Malt and Hop extract to aid digestion stimulate appetite build constitution and promote sleep. It claims benefits for convalescents and nursing mothers and notes rapid sales with a price of $1.20 per dozen.
A small Circleville audience gathered Monday to watch Walden girls present the play Her First Assignment. The performance featured humor and audience engagement, with Miss Fowler singing solos before and after. Local youths Raymond Bull Rudolph Studer and Stanley Brinckerhoff enlist, as Circleville will be represented at the front by three locals.
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