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Newspaper
Orange County Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1916
Page
4
Aul presents tailored fabrics and fit with careful finishing for discerning buyers. Overcoat values range from 15 to 50 dollars. Talbot unveils a new Arrow Form-Fit collar in quarter fine. Store closes tomorrow.
Edward C. Wright of Dade Cay Florida was hosted at a birthday event Tuesday evening at Mrs A Keyes 402 Humboldt Street Brooklyn. Attendees included Miss Cuthrerine Wolf Miss Florance Cruikshank Miss Quellin Athlein Elizabeth K Grismer Catherine M Gris mer William Hart Arthur Krupp Arthur J Burnside George Goldwater Mimner Tuthit Jamon and George Keyes.
The piece notes Middletown should feel thanks for numerous factors as efforts to improve local mood and community spirit continue. It highlights how Wamps and several initiatives under way reflect the town’s seasonal outlook and civic activity.
City officials report conditions worse than feared but repairs progress. Corporation Counsel Bright says Board of Health must pay bills for indigent lunatic examinations. Dr Shellley presents dairy inspection findings and thanks are conveyed to the mayor, board, and health officer along with state health department courtesies.
Fire in Monroe leveled a barn and ruined most of the structure. only a small superstructure remained. The blaze drew many residents and vehicles to the scene on a Tuesday afternoon. Insurance covers the loss on the barn.
Lost fox hound described as white and tan with birch tail. finder asked to contact George Miller in Fair Oaks New York. Wanted December 1 married man on farm, experienced, sober. respond to B D Box 8 Goshen. To rent ten acre river farm near Hom village, 12 cows, truck lands. other farm with stables for 12 cows, 16 room house, running water, low rent in Orange County. Public auction of James Morrison estate farm, about 200 acres in Greenville and Miliarok Orange County near Westtown, two miles NW from Westtown, sale 11 a.m. Saturday December 9 1916 at Middletown City Hall. Administrators James Morrison and John Morrison. Taylor Reyes attorneys. Farm features include dairy facilities, orchard two years bearing, good tillable land, water supply, and outbuildings. farm viewable anytime before sale.
Fragmented OCR reveals a contact notice for National Casket Co involving lawyers Alexander Merritt Cynersi Director and Blomberg assistant at New York Office 14 Gag Mth BU, Murrey Hii, and others. Provides telephone references and a private receiving request with addresses in Wiedietown New York and Ol North Siren.
The Supreme Court was asked to rule on the constitutionality of the National Defense Act requiring state militiamen to take an oath when called by the President. The petition, filed by Emerson and Lowell, seeks to bar militia commander Sweeteter from trying those who refused the federal oath before a militia court.
News of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease spread to West Springfeld and neighboring regions. Officials discuss immediate cattle, sheep and hog slaughter and await orders from state veterinary authorities as shipments from national stock yards face scrutiny amid alarm over the Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri situation.
Mt Hope Presbyterian announces a sunrise service at 6 a m. Our Glorified Lord sermon topic presented. South Centreville Presbyterian holds Sunday school at 16 4 m and a sermon on Jesus Christ the First and the Last. All are invited to attend. Ridgebury and Denton Presbyterians hold Sunday schools and services at listed times with Christian Endeavor and evening worship. Slate Mill Presbyterian reports a morning service at 9 a m and Sunday school at 1 45 p m.
Mount Hope residents relocate to the city while Dee and family adjust living arrangements. A school event entertained by children drew good attendance. Sunday service at 11 a.m. at MG Mone Church led by Miss Alien Clark. Albert Fitzgerald painting his garage this winter. Greenville donation drive by Ladies of Greenville ME Church planned for Grange Hall, Greenville, Thursday evening December 7. All invited.
The Butterfly Bazaar run by the Mission Circle of Christ Universal Church and Company I at the Armory drew a large attendance despite a drizzle. Butterflies hung from the ceiling and booths featuring Japanese decor, candy, and refreshments formed the focal points. The program included acts by Lewis K. Hiler, Frank Gadwood, William E. Cross, and Miss Ethel Mitchell, with dances between numbers.
Pine Bush Methodist Church plans reopening on December 12 with electric lights awaiting installation. Services include a morning sermon on Christian Perseverance and an evening message on Real Things to Live For. Epworth League to discuss What Missions Do for a Baptismal Society. A Christmas bazaar will be held December 6 at the church parlor with a 3 PM opening, supper at 5:30, home made candy, and music provided. Community members invited. many local residents mentioned in passing.
A Westtown family took their daughter Vivien to Roosevelt Hospital New York for an operation on an enlarged gland. Surgeon Charles HL Perk is expected to perform the procedure as the Ladies Aid Society of Ge Veeshsterian Church prepares a charity event with hot chicken supper and a card sale Friday evening.
Moving pictures of the Dairymen's League parade will be shown at the Show Shop on Saturday before John Y. Gerow's address. The event precedes the election of Farm Bureau officers for 1917 and speeches by Senator Wicks, John Artfmnn, and Gerow as farmers attend morning and afternoon sessions with their families.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Dutch Reformed Church of Cuddebackville will host supper at the home of Mr and Mrs David Mitchell this evening. Various local residents were noted visiting and callers including Miss Kate Romyns in Elizabeth New Jersey and Lucille Gumper who is ill at home in Quymard.
Ulsterville reports Mr and Mrs Montgomery Schurler moving to New York City for the winter. Mr and Mrs J F Norrix welcome a daughter born Friday evening November 24. Edward Howe William Little Erskin Howe and Harvey Frost sail to Hartford for the winter. Rev J E Martine recovering from illness visits Walden. Mrs A Howe and son Thomas visit. Frank Ivory and Sit Un nephew visit Mr and Mrs Robert McKain. William Wright and Samuel Seal family hosts. Shenael couple plan to close summer home for New York winter.
Mrs. Benjamian B. Decker of High View brought to the Times a hat found on the battlefield at Gelisedore. The relic, tied to Tarac Decker of Ridgenary, who died in the Civil War, is said to belong to Decker. The item will be placed in the Army’s prohibition case at Pounds station. Archie Sutherland has been employed by Mr. Thernewill at Rimito’s new plant. Vacation notices involve Clarence Line, Lafaretlo Callerr, Tompkins, and Frances Tine, with a Presbyterian church gathering during Trankeyling vacation.
Goshen December reports that the County Court term closed after Fast Garage Company of Middletown moved to end the calendar. Sentences included William Bartels for burglary and sodomy, sent to Newark State Reformatory. Lewis Brown and Alexander Mc Cullen to Bing Sing for burglary. Abraham Schoonmaker for assault, with a probation review. Alexander Corea for larceny with suspended sentence withdrawn. Tarwin White seeking suspended sentence amid character testimonials. and Robert Penny and others with continued investigations.
The Five Million Club gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs J Charles Schwarts Tuesday evening to review the year and plan for the next. They aim to invite Daniel A Poling, temperance secretary of the Christian Endeavor Society, to speak here. Rev C H Mattison spoke on Citizens work. Officers chosen were President E E Israel, Vice President Rev C H Reynolds, Secretary Mrs W C Ramedell, Treasurer Lewis Sherwood. Ice cream and cake refreshments followed.
Eugene McGarrah son of Maury and the late Theodore McGarrah died in New York on Thursday November 34. Funeral services will be at his Westfield New Jersey residence on Saturday December 2 at 4 PM. Interment will be at Monroe New York.
Emmet A. Browne, recently leaving R. Jordan & Company of Port Jervis where he worked since 1874 and served as manager since 1904, has taken duties at the Yonpkins Dry Goods Company in this city. He has not decided on Port Jervis residence but is expected to relocate soon.
Mrs Charles Whitman hosted a reception at the Albany executive mansion on Wednesday night for women attending the New York State Woman Suffrage party convention. Col Lorillard Spencer and governor staff joined informally. Guests included Mrs J E Gibbs Middletown and Miss Myrta Gibbs also of Middletown, Miss Minnie Brooks Montgomery, Miss Aleda Brooks Montgomery, and Mrs T W Morrison Newburgh in elegant attire.
The text notes Napoleon Bonaparte spent cadet years in Auxonne near Besançon. It recounts near drownings in the Seone and a rumored marriage to a Bourgeois maid named Manesca. Ivory counters in Napoleon's handwriting reportedly decorate a small museum.
In a Times-Press advertisement style note the text praises pilgrim fathers for facing fire frost famine and danger with courage while claiming pilgrim mothers endured even more by enduring chase and hardships alongside the fathers. The piece reads as a patriotic historical boast with odd spelling and a call for costumes.
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