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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1917
Page
5
Corine Gaudreau credits Fruit-e-tives with curing years of indigestion constipation and dizziness after a neighbor suggested the remedy She urges others to try Fruit-a-tives and notes the product is sold 50c per box six for 2.50 or 25c trial size by Fruitives Limited Ogdensburg NY at dealers or postpaid
Milwaukee June 26 Mrs Frank Thanhouser heads an Americanization plan for aliens under the Wisconsin Woman's Suffrage Association. Approved by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State Council of Defense the program includes classes in English history and government personal visits to alien families and patriotic meetings in public schools with bilingual turnout.
J B Fox two years old, son of Bert Fox of this city and a lineal Betsy Ross descendant, earned money for a Red Cross membership by taking medicine without protest during illness. His brother Bernell, eleven, bought membership by carrying papers, and Dick, seven, earned his by selling garden produce. Their mother Jessie Pearl Ross, before marriage, is also a Betsy Ross descendant. The Rev Dr George W Grinton will lecture at Highland Mills this evening for the Methodist Brotherhood.
Kodaks offer the most complete stock in the city with all new spring photographic items. Includes the little things not usually found in other stores and serves both amateur and professional users.
Rev. F. P. Hunter delivered a hopeful sermon at the State Hospital chapel amid Red Cross week remarks. The First Baptist choir with Walter Scott, Milton Conkling, Thomas Vermey, and Anna L. Howland performed. Dr. G. H. Kirby visited as medical inspector. Dr. Ryan and Dr. Heyman are noted staff changes. Graduation exercises planned in Amusement Hall Wednesday evening. Various staff duties, visits, and library updates mentioned, with community greetings from Thomas Stevens and others.
In a brief notice from Grinnell College, a visitor reports Hulse Brothers invite travelers to use their store as a waiting room. The clerk replies that Steve Hospital folks are welcome with no strings. The gesture eases sidewalk congestion in bad weather and draws praise for hospitality. Susan McGee of Grinnell College travels via New York and Bridgeport on a station outing.
Dororthy Herman led a fund drive to equip Company I with an ambulance and motor truck. Arthur B. Wood of Middletown’s Red Cross urged duty while Mayor A C N Thompson presented the vehicles to Captain Harry L. Steedman and Sergeant Donald D. Campbell, saluting the town’s patriotism.
Police Commissioner Arthur Woods appoints Martin S Owens acting detective sergeant as chauffeur for the NYPD ambulance bound for France. Owens won selection from 25 nominees. later Camp Fire Girls plan to aid Hoover by distributing household tags and pledges to conserve food.
Legal text outlines restrictions on liquor sales and possession in towns with local option prohibitions, including sales to intoxicated persons and deliveries to unlicensed areas. It notes penalties for trafficking, medicinal exemptions, and transit between non prohibited zones. A separate Ulster County census update warns of registration shortages and potential penalties for unregistered residents.
Washington June 26 The War Department informs Senator Lodge that the bill to arm home guard groups with rifles will be read as applying only to Springfield type arms. The plan to place about 400 400 Krag Jorgensen rifles is halted until Enfields are ready. The notice comes as critics warn the old nine five caliber arms are obsolete due to heavy recoil.
The text notes Senator Lodger preparing to press the War Department for the planned construction of modern arms for home guard bodies across states, illustrating early advocacy for military preparedness and federal support for local defense.
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