Drive for Third Liberty Loan Still Far From Goal
Middletown committees push for a stronger subscription as the city nears the third Liberty Loan target. The current grand total sits around 93,450,000 with 91,250,000 needing coverage to reach the district’s 61,595,450 remaining. officials urge intensified effort and provide 12 Treasury-backed suggestions to boost pledges. The page also notes medical exams for registrants and a light rainfall report of 0.40 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thisty
Middletown
Liberty
Iddletown
Treasury Department
Washgton
Gov
Carnegie Medal Honors Miner’s Widow and Family
Mrs A J McCulloch of 27 Hill Street reports her sister in law has received a Carnegie medal for her husband Cadwalader who died in a mine explosion while rescuing a fellow worker. She will receive ten dollars monthly for herself and thirty five dollars for each of five children until age sixteen, plus forty two dollars monthly from the mine authorities. A company collection raised two hundred thirty nine dollars. Cadwalader had worked in mines near Wilkes-Barre after years on a street car wage and died many days after returning to rescue a companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. McCulloch
Hill Street
David, Cadwalader
Wilkes-Barre
Local Soldiers Leave South for Embarking Camp
Spartanburg May 1 After eight months training at Camp Wadsworth the Twenty-seventh Empire Division, largely New York troops, left for another camp. The first New York regiment departed Sunday amid cheers and signs like Berlin or Bust as they head toward overseas. The men, in splendid condition after faithful training, vow to uphold the division’s strong reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
Wadsworth Bora
New York
Iith
Drake
Berlin
United States
Man in Jail May Be Hun War Spy
Newburgh authorities hold a man named Michael Ai Meyer of 165 Chestnut Street Rochester, but police say he is not known there. Meyer, 34, German in appearance, claims U.S. birth and offers little on who would vouch for him. He is jailed on a license‑less explosives charge amid suspicions he is a German spy or connected to a past sensitive matter. Sheriff Haijock and Deputy Sheriff Lockwood arrested him after reports of robberies near Mountainville and sightings of the feared “Bad Bill” Monroe roaming Houghton farm territory and unsettling Ulster and Orange counties. The case ties into a wider raid era and a wave of fear over espionage and criminal activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburgh
Monroe
Hallock
Michael Ai Meyer
Chestnut Street
Rochester
Meyer
Meier
Haijock
Sherif Lockwood
Sherrf
Mountainville
Bad Bill" Monroe
Houghton
Bad Bill
Ulster
Orange
Uncle Eben Reflects On Poverty And Dignity
In a terse remark Uncle Eben says poverty is not a disgrace unless two men choose to endure it rather than work, a sentiment reflecting resilience and social judgment in a rural setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben
Uncle Eben
Health Board to curb ice cream parlor practices
At a Tuesday Board of Health meeting presided by Meror Cox, clerks were ordered to warn ice cream parlor owners against returning dripping syrups from leaking containers and to keep all syrup and fruit containers covered. The department will enforce these cleanliness rules, with Friday city inspections to ensure compliance. Health Officer Henmer will oversee cleanup efforts as the city reports few communicable diseases apart from 17 measles cases. Deaths totaled 27 for the month with 16 female births recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Meror Cox
G. H. Stanton
Department of Health
Henmer
Hanmer
Gresne
Bull
Ida van Claussen In Court Ashley Testifies
Ida van Claussen's case proceeds as Ashley van Claussen testifies in New York. Superintendent Ashley from Middletown State Hospital traveled to provide evidence about the former patient’s efforts to regain possession of property held by a committee and to discharge the committee from further responsibility. PYTHIANS BUY BOND Lancelot Lodge, No. 169, K. of P., subscribes $500 to the Third Liberty Loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida van Claussen
Ashley
Middletown State Hospital
New York
Pythians
Lancelot Lodge, No. 169
K. of P
Liberty Losa
Change in Districts Is Needed for City Elections
Middletown faces redistricting as wards exceeding 500 voters must be subdivided by May 1 to August 1, with changes taking effect before the next general election. City will gain at least eight districts, totaling about 18, as eight more voting machines may be needed if machines stay. Mrs William Schoonmaker of Bridgeport, Conn visits town today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Middletown
Chabiot
Regis- Preservt
Pope to offer peace mediation on Whitsunday
The Cologne papers report Pope Benedict intends a new peace offer on May 19, with a concrete mediation proposal and possible neutral sovereigns. Berlin reception is described as sympathetic, amid reports of a broader Central Powers peace initiative as a counter to failed offensives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
The
Hague
Benedict
Whitsunday
Cologne
Berlin
Railroads rally to Liberty Loan drive amid war effort
Lehigh and Hudson Railroad reports full employee participation with about 900 workers from Maybrook to Easton raising $16,000 in Liberty Bonds. Erie and other lines show strong support while QO&W aims for 100 percent participation as war news highlights Allied and American aircraft successes and Paris bombardment resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh & Hudson
Erie
Lehigh and Hudson Railroad
Warwick
Maybrook
Easton
New York, Ontario & Western Halilroad
Erie Railroad
Liberty Loan
Port Jervis
Charles Hisham
Charles Wolff
Peter H. Mitchell
Middletown
One Hundred Percent Efficiency List Enlistment urged
Editor Times-Press praises the One Hundred Percent Efficiency List for Middletown Red Cross work and invites locals to enroll. Names added by phone or letter include Theleen, Buck, Ketcham, Woodward, Adams, Wengenroth, Dolson, Buckley, Sterling, Thompson, Bright, Hagen, Hanford, Demerest, Owen, Cross, and others. Any willing man or woman may join to perform assigned tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times-Press
Red Cross
Middletown
G. D. Theleen Louis L Buck Charles A. Ketcham
H. B. Woodward
Warren J. Adams
G R. Wengenroth
James Pf, Dolson
C. B. Buckley
John Sterling
A. O. N. Thompson
John Bright Howard H. Hagen
EB. T. Hanford
J. W. Demerest
Clifford A. Owen
William BH. Cross
Annual Library Institute Here Friday May 24
The annual Library Institute for the district of Jiddletown will be held at Thrall Library on Friday May 24 under Asa Wynkoop head of the public Libraries section of the University of the State of New York. The subject is Library and the War with an exhibit of war books and speakers outlining libraries part in wartime activities and practical suggestions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jiddletown
Thrall Library
Asa, Wynkoop
Hbraries
University of the State of New York
Ubrars
Water Rent Collection Under Way at City Hall
Clerk George H. Stanton and assistants begin collecting water rents at city hall. Total amount due is 22,966.93 dollars. After one month a 10 percent penalty applies plus tax. if still unpaid after another month water service will be cut off until bills are paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Stanton
Water Department
Buick Car Stolen From Hart Residence
A five passenger Buick owned by Joseph H Hart of Prospect Avenue was stolen last night or early today. The Buick bore New York license 139 456, factory number 285 561, motor 285 012. A nearby garage was entered and five cans of fascine removed. Chief McCoach ordered a drag net as investigators Hingston and others follow up clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Harit
Prospect Avenue
Halsey E. Gould
Hall
McCoach
Hingston
Whitman Signs Measure to Curb Food Profiteers
Albany May 1 The Wagner bill to Prevent profiteering is the most important of the sixty six measures signed by Governor Whitman It authorizes the state food commission to fix the price spread between purchase and selling prices of foodstuffs and excludes farmers and farmer associations The day also saw bills from Senators Walters Savers Sage Machaid Blakely Gilcarist and Whitney covering election districts militia funeral expenses central supply committee salary raises and a venereal diseases bureauplus a sinking fund tax and other appropriations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Wagner
Whitman
State Food Commission
Walters
Senator Savers
Senator Sage
Assemblyman
Machaid
Dolar
Blakely
Senate and
Assembly
Gilcarist
New York Monument Commission
Whitney
State Health Department
Mrs McDowell Denies Sheriff Candidacy
Mrs Frederick 8 McDowell of Goshen and Newburgh says she is not a candidate for sheriff. She denies any suggestion or consent to run and notes she has merely assisted with Goshen office duties during the sheriff’s illness. She reports the sheriff’s improving condition and hopes for a full recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick 8. McDowell
Goshen
Newburgh
Storr
Ambulance Recalled Over Dorothy Herman Fund Donation
A committee meeting at the Elks Club decided the ambulance secured by the Dorothy Herman Fund should be returned to the city. W F Royce to inform Major M A Stivers of the 105th Field Hospital that free storage will be offered by President Brady Post of the Post Garage Company until further disposition. No decision yet on the motor truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Stivers
105Th
Camp Wadsworth
Spartanburg
D. C
Dorothy Herman
Times Press
France
Elks’ Club
W. F. Royce
Philip H. Minshull
Ihn M. Gaynor
Sayer Fancher
Adrian H. Crawford
George E. Bowers
John D. Stivers
Mr. Royce
Stivers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Medical Audisory Board
Times-Press Bandit
Napanocn
Monticello
Go Aen
Otisville Sanaiam
Washington
Bouice Pree
Carnegie Medal
David Cadwalader
McCulloch
William. Schoonmaker
Bridgepool, Conn
Blienville
Germany
Lorangerman
American Lines
U.S
Paris
Pershing
London
Ypres
Mey I
Byain Hall
Jaws
Rickenback
Olio
Ines
Toul
Tals
Losre
Flanders
War Office
Meteren
Somme
Villers-Bretonneaux
Avre
Amiens
Fred S. Rogers
Library Institute
Ater
Jos. H. Hart
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