21 Oct 1918
Page 5
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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1918
Page
5
Local column reports a rash of grip cases in the North End with numerous residents visiting relatives and returning to work. It lists names and addresses of affected families, recoveries, job updates, and letters from soldiers overseas, including notes on health and wartime attachments in France.
Special Deputy Commissioner A. P. Altemeier distributed 77159.75 to Orange County towns and cities, 75 percent of liquor tax receipts from hotels and saloons and two drug stores, with 25 percent to the state treasury. Four residents failed to renew tax certificates. amounts listed include Looming Grove, Chester, Cornwall, Goshen, Highlands, Monreese, Montgomery, Mount Hope, Newburgh, New Windsor, Port Jervis, Tuxedo, Warwick, Woodbury. Card party for Red Cross postponed due to influenza. Watch the Times-Press.
Abs Twickembury confirms installation of recr incandescent lights in every room of the house for Christen Register.
The text discusses Alfred E. Smith as a Democratic gubernatorial candidate and his voting record, argued to hinder rural voters. It cites measures to tighten registration, personal registration in rural areas, and two affidavits for new voters, noting court outcomes and political alignment with Tammany. It portrays a hostile view of rural franchise efforts and Smith's role in those policies.
A Democratic candidate and party figure face criticism for remarks tying the campaign to federal backing of the President and wartime conduct. The piece argues such statements misframe the election as approval or disapproval of the administration and could be seen as aiding enemies, signaling an ill advised start to the campaign.
The Brooklyn Eagle argues that loyal state voters must back the war effort and that election returns next November influence state governance. It notes soldiers voting under Pershing and Whitman’s fate as tied to broader wartime success, praising citizen restraint and action.
Secretary of State Hugo leads preparations to mail ballots to New York soldiers sailors and nurses not at the front. The War Department consents to not sending commissioners to France and England, with election supplies ready to sail from the dock.
From the Topeka Capital a brief aphorism notes that not all quacks practice medicine and that some mislead in other professions, underscoring skepticism about expertise across fields.
Governor Charles S. Whitman speaks on patriotism and national unity urging citizens to support government backing of land rights and public welfare. He notes about 370,009 New Yorkers have served for liberty, praising their sacrifice and urging ongoing public responsibility.
The piece argues the canal is fully navigable and safe, noting boats of various sizes have passed through for months, with buoys kept lit for 24 hour use. It claims water depth and lock capacity are adequate and that no 2,000 or 2,500 ton barges have navigated only because none were offered.
A middle aged mechanic muses that if he could restart life he would choose farming for independence and liberty from constraints. He asks if every young man truly believes he will not someday pursue the same dream.
Uncle Eben asserts that a man who avoids risk loses more than the one who plays fair. He recalls watching a gambler who cheated and faced consequences, arguing that courage and honesty matter more than cautious cheating in the game of life.
In boasts of widespread relief for female ills, testimonials from Mrs An- Toul Lawson of Athol Massachusetts and Mrs H Rosename of San Francisco praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad invites letters for advice and notes the medicine's long history of experience at Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Massachusetts.
Josephus Daniels secretary of the navy and Sir Eric Geddes first lord of the British admiralty are credited as the brains of the allied navy. Geddes arrives in Washington and is pictured with Daniels as the German high fleet is kept bottled up since the war began.
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