Hospital notes cover theater, tours and campus events
Charlee Chaplin visits Middletown State Hospital with a casual, recurring pattern noted among hospital social life. A local play A Matrimonial Agency is set for Friday December 7 at 7 30 p.m. at Amusement Hall, with Mt Carmel Church members and hospital staff attending. The hospital club bowling standings shift as No 4 Shoemaker Emrich and Alvarez lead, while on campus trees are felled and veteran Edgar V Friend contemplates dental service.
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Mt. Carmel
State Hospital Club Board of
Middletown State Hospital Ward
Misa Hurley
Crowley
Moody
Davis
Shoemaker
Emrich
Alvarez
Hunter
Devine
Tattersall
Patchy Community News From the Hill and Navy Station
A fragmentary local note discusses daily misaives of lavender paper, a wedding out of town, and community approval on the Hill. It reports L W Forman ill with pneumonia, the Nurses Home interior paint update, and praise for Emil Carretto’s Thanksgiving menu and band concert. A Kentucky Kearsarge football game is urged for morale.
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Decataber
Mother
Dixie
Kentucky
Kearsarge
Y. M. C. A. Mote
U S Engineers Fight Back at Cambrai Rescue
A report details American and Canadian engineers cut off near Gouzeaucourt during Cambrai fighting who, with British troops, charged German guards and retook prisoners. A motor lorry clash and other U S personnel aiding British casualties are noted, with Sergeant Roger A. Wallis cited.
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France
Cambrai
Gozeaucourt
Gouzeaucourt
la Vacquerie
United States
Goizeaucourt
Byng Begen
Times
Roger A. Wallis
Amerian Engineers
Scotch Town C E Elect Officers
The annual election of officers for the C E Society in Scotch Town was held Sunday evening. Officials include President W F Sinsabengh, Vice President Edgar Wills, Secretary Miss Mabel Tarhow, Treasurer Hughes Brith, Ass’t Treasurer East er wd, Lawn Committee Chair Anna Mae Hopstow, Fraser Meeting Committee Chair Mins E Slaughter, Missionary Committee Chair Mrs T Confort, Temperance Committee Chair Mrs Denton Houston. A few drops of laveedar scattered in a closed room. Seven licenses freed meedd fo Gap ane.
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Fraser Meeting
Rultee
Mins E. Slaughter
Zai Commmittee
Comisiiiee
Mize Gertrude Samick
Micrionary Committee
T. Confort
Tever Cramaitiee
Denton Houston
Former Ursuline Teacher Appears Before Rochester Audience
At the University of Rochester Catherine Strong Hall Miss Edith Wynne Matthison headlined an entertainment. English actress Matthison, famed for works with Irving and Tree, read Materlinck’s Sister Beatrice while Miss Fulig Campbell Reid of Goshen provided violin interludes. Reid, remembered for Highland Lassie at Stratton Theatre, had taught at Ursuline Academy.
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Rochester
Edith Wynne Matthison
Catherine Strong
University of Rochester
Fulig Campbell Reid
Goshen
Misa Matthison
Henry Irving
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Charles Haim Mennedy
Matthison
Materlinck
Beatrice
Century Theatre
New York City
Miss Reid
Mias Reid
Stratton Theatre
Ursuilme Academy
William Fox notes on Lewis writes blood and thunder tales
The fragment describes William Fox quoting Lewis as drafting sensational blood and thunder stories. It notes he writes on a typewriter and uses the red ribbon for the bloodiest passages, claiming parts of Lewis’s stories appear in red.
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Wiliam Fox
Lewis
Canera
Lawyers Urged to Aid Draft Work in Orange County
Judge Seeger Ruwsell Wiggins and Peter Cantline of the Orange County Legal Advisory Board issue a circular and oath urging all lawyers to sign and return by Friday. The board seeks disinterested aid to advise registrants on the Selective Service Law and assist truthful questionnaire responses, forming an Honor Roll of volunteers.
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Judge Seeger
Ruwsell Wiggins
Peter Cantline
Legal Advisory Board
Orange County
Usl
United States
First Assault on Turkey at Camp Wadsworth Menu
A humorous Thanksgiving Day menu from Camp Wadsworth featuring Dr Edward L Masten and the 106th U S Infantry detachment. Items include Reveille Cocktail Olives Cranberry Sauce a la Gore Minca Pie and Allied Plum Pudding with mock military terms and playful dish names.
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Edward L. Masten
106Th U. S. Infantry
23D
N.Y. Inf. N. G
Camp Wadsworth
Spartanburg
8. C
Turkey
Salisbury
Prospect Park Walera
Tory
Walker
Geo. T. H
Sub chasers pass down river to Newburgh
In three weeks 32 submarine chasers, seven navy launchers and no mine sweepers moved through the en barge canal and down the Hadron River, all of standard design. Some were built in the West, the last from Port Clinton Ohio, making a solo voyage to New York under their own power. None were armed, but planned to be equipped with pace and other devices for antisubmarine work. The flotilla will aid the ocean lanes and guard against German fighters attempting trans Atlantic voyages to our shores.
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Newburgh
En Barge Canal
Hadron River
Port Clinton
Ohio
New York
Brookisn
Pete
Omer
Local Memo Says E Lee Joins Aviation Corps
In Poughkeepsie a former district camel protector Chatter E. Lee has joined the aviation corps and left for San Antonio Texas. He wrote to Kring Lindles noting plans to travel via Mimevis rows and from there to Prance but gave few particulars. His exact capacity in the service remains unknown.
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Aviation Corps
Miss Landers to Present a Play at First Presbyterian
Tomorrow night Miss Lucille Landers will present The Cinderella Man by Edward Childs Carpenter at the First Presbyterian Church. She is a recognized reader with prior success and will be accompanied by a piano solo from Frances Temper and vocal solos by Mildred C… and Ernest Hilsdorf under the Christian Endeavor Union.
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First Presbyterian Church
Lucille Landers
Edward Childy Carpenter
Miss Landers
Daddy Long Legs
Sao
Léland T. Powers School
Frances Tremper
Mildred Catner
Ernest 8. Hilsdorf
The
Christian Endeavor Union
Three New Senators to Take Seats in Albany
Albany December 6 three new senators will take seats when the Legislature reconvenes Far renkopf Democrat from the second district replaces Peter M Daly who resigned to run for magistrate in New York Courtlandt Nicoll Republican from the seventeenth replaces Ogden L Mills who joined the colors in the war J Samuel Fowler Republican from the first district replaces the late George E Spring Nicoll is well known having served in the 1915 constitutional convention He is a St Pauls Concord Vermont graduate Princeton University and New York Law School member of several clubs and political groups and has served as Albany alderman and Chicago convention delegate
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Albany
Farrenkopf
Peter M. Daly
New York
Courtlandt Nicoll
Ogden L. Mills
J. ‘Samuel Fowler
New York County Lawyers’ Association
Unto Club
Princeton Club
Republican Club
Squadron A. N. GN
Nicall
Chicago
Warns of Danger of Child Disease
Newburgh a sick room spot as measles and mumps sweep through schools. More than 200 pupils are absent, with many quarantines posted yet family members still mingle, undermining health rules and spreading illness.
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Newburgh
Dairymen Cite Milk Losses Before Federal Commission
Utica N Y December 6 testimony before the Federal Milk Commission argued that milk production runs at a loss for cow owners. Dairymen’s League representative J D Miller cited high feed costs and labor shortages as factors. He blamed inflated public opinion in New York City for milk boycotts and insisted milk prices have not risen above other fats.
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Utica
Federal Milk Commission
J. D. Miller
Susquehanna
Penn
Dairymen’s League
New York
New York City
Six Trolley Fare Increases Approved for Six Companies
The Public Service Commission of the Second District approves higher fares for six of nine trolley firms. Routes include Northport Amityville Glen Cove Sea Cliff and neighboring towns. Hudson River and Eastern Transtition pay raise to seven cents with others allowed a ten cent increase.
No Salary Increase For Postmasters During the War
Notices go to postmasters nationwide stating no raise in salaries while the current war lasts. The department also expects additional revenue from higher letter and post card rates that began November 2.
Enlistment Notes Include Local Residents Joining Army
Newbureh optician William Small has entered the United States service and reported to Fort Siocam. Poughkeepsie youth Thomas V Pendril has enlisted in the Engineer Corps and expects to depart for training this city went Monday for training.
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Newbureh
William Small
United States
Fort Siocam
Poughkeepsie
Dec
Thomas V.) Pendril
Thomas Pendell
Vieiet Avenue
Engineer Corpa
Wadsworth Gas Attack notes from Camp Wadsworth press
Sergeant Ralph P. Bull contributes to the Wadsworth Gas Attack and Rio Grande Rattler at Spartanburg Camp Wadsworth. The report details the Dark Corner range setup for the 7th Division with the 105th Infantry, Major Pateman, Major Daly, and Captain Johnson overseeing firing at multiple yard lines and a separate machine gun range near Dark Corners.
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Ralph P. Bull
Firet Field Hospital
M. A. Suvere
Camp Wadsworth
Spartanburg, & C
Tones
Spartanburg
Dark Cornege
Camp
Wadsworth
War College
Aith Ther
105Th Regiment of Infantry
Pateman
Daly
Ordnance Oleer
Johnson
Roy O'Dell
Dace Corners
Cornelius W. Wickersham
Glassy Rock
Dark Corners
War needs divert farmers insurance investments
Financial needs of the government for war purposes divert current investment funds of life insurance companies from farmers railroads municipalities and public service corporations. Hutcheson of Mutual Life explains Liberty Bond purchases already exceeding 121 000 000 in six months show substantial aid to government funds while war claims may require reserves or dividends to cover costs. He notes premiums generally assume peace and warn of higher war death claims impacting reserves and policy terms.
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Associated Press
New York
William A. Hutcheson
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Association of Life Insurance
Aday
Illic Insurance
Dir
Hutcheson
Minchesom
Gil Bar TesiTi
Ualty
Meatless days urged by Midwest livestock leaders
Midwest state livestock associations met with Meat Administrator Joseph P. Colion to urge abolition or reduction of wheat and meatless days. Armour official Meeker noted pork shortages but beef, mutton, and tweed supplies remained adequate. An executive committee from the associations will coordinate wartime livestock stabilization efforts.
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Chicago
Food Administration
Middle West
Joseph P. Colion
Iar
Meeker
Armour & Co
Mgr. Meeker
Antituberculosis Week Observed Nationwide
Antituberculosis Week is being observed across the country with each day dedicated to a different form of anti tuberculosis work. Friday is designated Crusader Day and schools will provide guidance on preventing TB spread. Local clergymen are asked to reference the antituberculosis effort in their sermons.
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Drea
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Carmen
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Theda Bara
C. C
Elliott
Weener
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Purssell
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Oldfield
Pavilion 1
Talcott Hall
Edgar V. Friend
D. D
U. S. Medical Corps
Frank A. Fallon
Burg
Frank Andrews
Azin
Cone Agin
Joseph Alsdorf
Gardiner, X
Olive Mason
Richmond
McCornal
Gordon B. Eliott
Aiter
Taik Ie
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Dag Hedge
Ona
Wrother St Camp Gorton
Giorgis
Bet
Entepenéen
Barry
L. W. Forman
Emil Carretto
U.8
U. S
Teutons
Scotchtown C. E
Montgomery Man
Montgomery
Edvin Green
United States Aviation Corps
America
John D. Haskin
England
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Andrew Boden
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Fred. Pimm
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Pomona
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Willton Fox
Gertrude
Buddie
Margem
Fox Pictures
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Metro
Florence Deekon
Rex Beach
Miss Deshon
Harmon
N. Y
Ead
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Bue
Culver City
Abe
Nisan Bennett
Munber
Mertin
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Marta
Tecra Botan
Compass
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Lasky Atudio
Jhey
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Jules
Strongs Heart
Arrica Bax
Hoquiam
Washinrica
Levis Sarpent
Wadsworth Camp
Times-Preas
Cinderella Man
Joewuna
Bull
Times-Press
Spartanburg, S. C
Camp Journal
Carolinas
Glassy Hook
Major Wells
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
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63Rd
Phillips Bottom
Campobello
Camp Wadforth
105Th Infantry
Frst
W. A. Hutcheson
Reed
Rees
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