Closing Exercises at St Columba’s Parochial School Chester
Closing exercises at St Columba’s Parochial School in Chester will be held Friday evening June 29. Rev TP Gilmartin leads the ceremony with entertainment by students followed by a reception and dance attracting attendees from Middletown Monroe Goshen Arden and surrounding villages. Independence Day services and Forty Hours Devotion are planned at Sacred Heart Church Monroe with a procession and altar boys. The event is led by Rev T E Gilmartin with elaborate devotional rites.
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Q Ban Hair Restorer Ad Promises Color Return
An old advertisement touts Q Ban Color Restorer for gray hair claiming even, gradual color return with a shampoo like application. It markets additional Q Ban products and urges purchases at local pharmacies and drug stores. The copy emphasizes safety and money back satisfaction while noting non patent medicine claims.
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Mass and patriotic rites at Monroe cottage colony
Two privates from the Tist Regiment baptized by the rector become guard for Father Gilmartin during a Forty Hours devotion at the Grercourt badge. Mass for all on July 4 at 9 am with flags, songs, and a large American flag display. Noted musicians Signor Jean Martinelli and Signor Pierre Yon join Ashcroft choir at Sacred Heart Church. Gilmartin formerly assisted at St. Francis Xavier in New York.
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New York City
Bar egg shampoos as a war measure in Wisconsin
Madison reports State Dairy and Food Commissioner George J. Weigle asked the State Barbers' Board to stop egg shampooing during the war. He says thousands of fresh eggs are diverted from the food supply daily.
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Missionary address and church musicale in Circleville
Circleville notices outline that on Wednesday evening June 27 Miss Wheeler, a returned missionary from India, will speak at the Christian Endeavor meeting about her work there. On Friday June 29 a musical event at Circleville Presbyterian Church at 238 o clock will honor Miss Rose K Martic with ice cream and cake for sale after.
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French Poilus Show Yankee Tars in Paris Wonders
A French poilu points out the Eiffel Tower and the Ferris wheel at the Paris Exposition to American sailors, showcasing Franco American friendship and shared wonder in the city.
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Paris
Mournful Reflections On Local Custom In Minisink
Antiquarian prose recalls old Orange County life with praise for local papers and their forums. A poem titled The Bachelor’s Complaint appears amid wedding notices from December 31, 1832, and a response titled Sour Grapes from January 10, 1833, both reflecting social and political currents of the era in Minisink.
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Ambition Pills Promise Quick Health Boost and Return to Confidence
Vigorous men and women are urged to try Wendell's Ambition Pills with a 50 cent box guarantee. The ad claims rapid improvement in energy, mood, and vigor within days, promising old-time confidence and ambition. Tuthill & Terhune and local dealers authorize the guarantee.
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Tuthill & Terhune
Times We Lived In versus Days of Old in Warwick
A Warwick writer contrasts the 1838 era with the “Days of Old” in Wallkill, noting that forty years ago literature meant learning and common sense, merchants were few, laborers wore home spun, women spun and made butter, and men kept promises. The editor counters this nostalgia, recalling printers paid and debts settled, arguing that today’s society has progressed and that returning to old conditions would drive people to the woods.
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Brazil arms itself think war imminent
Rio de Janeiro dispatch says Brazil is reorganizing the army for immediate home defense or expeditionary forces for Europe. Munitions plants have closed gaps in heavy shells, Krupp guns ready as imports cut off. Brazil remains neutral while trading ships pass submarine zones under Brazilian colors and crews.
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Ragtime scorned by soldiers seek opera on records
At the officers training camp near Plattsburg New York women running the suffrage restaurant swap ragtime for grand opera on phonograph records after a rookie officer scribbled a napkin verse. The plea mocks ragtime while hoping for figures like Butterfly Geraldine Schemann Heink and Caruso to lift morale.
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Plattsburg
Parisian Sage Promises Hair Recovery and Dandruff Cure
A vintage ad claims dandruff and hair loss stem from a microbe and promotes Parisian Sage as the remedy. It guarantees satisfaction, notes the product smooths, perfumed scent, and advises getting Giroux’s Parisian Sage from Tuthill & Terfine or Tuthill Drug Store, with four ounces recommended for application.
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Chester Business Men Plan Expansion of Fermented Grain Plant
At a June meeting in Chester, business leaders discussed expanding the Orange County Fermented Grain Corporation plant to produce fermented grain blends from malt by products. Attendees included A Armington John Hendricks Far ron S Betts and others from New York Goshen and local firms. The proposal envisions a modern facility with 500 jobs and about $2 million in cash capital, with Paul Attenfeld as inventor. Knights of Pythias Hall hosted the session with broad industry support.
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Diners Find Calory Doesn't Mean A Cent
A June New York dispatch reports diners misreading calories as currency, prompting menu confusion at numerous restaurants. Patrons balked at 93 cents for stewed rhubarb and eight bones for chipped beef and scrambled hen fruit, until staff explained calories are printed to aid choice.
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International Wa Service
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Pastor Uses Knitting As Lure For Church
In Glen Cove New York the Carpenter Memorial M E Church faces small attendance so Rev Dr W H Hughes begins a knitting based outreach. Members will come prepared to knit with instructions for those who cannot knit. He says if prayer fails we can knit for the soldiers heading overseas and help the American war effort.
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Wisconsin to Have Big Prison Farm
Wisconsin to have a prison farm as 2609 acres of outover land in Northern Wisconsin will be converted into a vegetable garden to support state institutions. The plan follows a bill passed by the Legislature and signed by Governor Phil Upp, with the State Board of Control directing the conversion.
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Painting in Wisconsin State Capitol Sparks Senate Debate
Madison June 26 Senator Henry Roethe criticizes an oil painting in the Wisconsin capi tol chamber as too nude for public wall space. The work, touted as Wisconsin’s finest, features sea mythic figures and aims to symbolize the Panama Canal union of oceans. A fellow senator jokes about pajamas for sea gods but the painting remains in its original display.
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German Papers Note 100000th Sunday Since Christ
Berlin reports German papers cite July 8 as possibly the first day of the one hundred thousandth week since the birth of Christ. The exact dating hinges on whether the fourth century leap year alignment marks July 8 as the milestone. Verification remains uncertain due to calendar reform uncertainties.
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Wisconsin Convicts Drill Daily for War
Waupun June 26 The call to arms has reached the State prison as 190 convicts drill daily under Private John Hopkins of Company D Wisconsin National Guard. The squads form part of an officers reserve and will soon drill 200 to 300 more prisoners fit for country service.
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