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Newspaper

Orange County Times Press

Location

Middletown, New York, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1917

Page

3

Grandmother's Day Reflections On Knitting And Manners

The Antiquarian recalls Grandmother’s Day when women and girls knit, while men and boys occasionally joined. He contrasts old handcraft with modern mechanized life and notes how knitting trained the mind and nerves, offering usefulness amid faster living. A friend shares Civil War era memories and shifts in domestic tasks from handwork to iron machines.

Bel Miiny Anya Cotter Stronier

Addition to the Ideal Co. Plant expansion described

Excavations are underway at the Ideal Wrapping Machine Company plant on Supragae Avenue for a large addition to the existing building. The project involves a new steel structure with a roof and a timber framing, contracted by Clemson Trans and Westhndience Co of New York. Roosevelt reportedly endorses liquor prohibition for those in factories and on railroads, tying to wartime effort and worker safety.

Ideal Wrapping Machine Company Supragae Avenue HiexTi Clemson Tras Westhndience Carel, Korr Co New York Winedy Dy Camsnae Clemson Tron Te Sprig Ddent Ated Pate Dawel Ayer Adi Wotie Senate Tan Point Gneressini Washington Theodore Roosevelt Chirence Trae Wilson Dr Wilson Colon Howvelt Mather Valle i Mands Haxor Amales Warine Lds

Unclear Text Fragment On Personal Mentions

The readable portion mentions internal management and activity at a site with unclear names and activities. It does not provide concrete events, dates, or identifiable entities to form a complete news item.

Fragmentary Notice of Local Trades and Goods

A damaged OCR fragment lists various goods including welders, anklets, and beads. It mentions women and possibly a date, but details are unclear and names or locations are not readable. The readable items point to crafts or trades rather than a complete notice.

Unable to identify a coherent headline from OCR excerpt

The fragmentary text appears garbled with missing letters and broken phrases. No clear names, organizations, places, dates, or events are discernible to form a factual summary or applicable headline.

National Prohibition Tool Waged Across Churches

A garbled historical note mentions a concerted effort linked to prohibition across numerous churches. The fragmentary text references Wescoger plane CT and various cryptic phrases, offering little verifiable detail on people, places, or dates.

Tan groves te noc emenla the Stick and The Cabinet

An unusual garbled notice mentions Tan groves and a Stick and The Cabinet in a terse classified style. It references a 49 Want Ad and a deformed advertisement fragment with unclear details and names.

Tan Groves Te Noc Emenla Stick Cabinet of Columbia

Hungry Hill and the revival of Mungry town’s plant

In a northern stretch called Hungry Hill, over a hundred residents endure decay and poverty after a promoter looted a mill, leaving workers stranded. Matt Waldron, a rover with a knack for organizing, persuades town leaders to renovate the idle plant and attract capital to create steady work for locals, lifting the community from hardship.

Bladen Kisdon Tver Novelty Company Jarek Bisdon Tlungry Ag Tim Martha Boyd Elsdon Matt Waldron Rover Tre Mel Boyd Matt Eldson Ife McHinery Aml

Miraculous Virtue and the Fire of Human Affection

The passage urges gaze into a brother’s eyes to see kindness inflame anger and vice versa until flames of love or grasping life merge. It asks to declare which silent virtue passes between men as they reflect one another’s souls.

Carlyle

Clock Repair Hint For Restoring a Silent Timepiece

A practical antiquated note explains starting a clock that has stopped due to the need of eleanting. It advises wrapping a cloth, saturating it with a coat off, and placing a rod at the clock bottom away from the pendulum. After ten to twelve hours the fumes finish, wind the clock, and it should run if the pathing is broken.

Randell Wille Seeks Family Ride With Johnsons

A boy asks his father to call the Johnsons for a ride, noting his friend does not own an auto but a seven passenger car nearby. The child urges the Johnsons to join for a pleasant walk and ride together.

Wille Johnsons

Affinity Between Moods in Irish Peasantry and Genius

The B Med Times cites John Synge on Irish west coast peasants describing their moods as distinct from artists. It notes poets born among them with rapid shifts from gloom to gayety and links these traits to Maniac depressive insanity, arguing genius is not insane but predisposed by a delicate nervous system. When insanity occurs the artist ceases to be creative.

John Synge The B Medical Times Ireland Synge

Arab breakfast sweets and Turkish delight described by Aden consul

United States Consul Addison F. E. Southard in Aden notes the Arab breakfast heavily features Turkish delight. The confection is described as made from sugar and American starch with flavoring and often almonds or kernels of roasted nuts.

Arabia United States Addison FE Southard Aden

Detecting Coloring Matter in Paper Techniques

To detect artificial coloring in waste paper, rub a small amount of ten on a scrap with a table knife until the powder forms. Then brush with a brush. if traces of coloring material were used, small flecks will appear all over the paper.

Accidental Injury Report From Civil War Era Fragment

Fragmentary account describes a Major General and a Confederate surgeon detailing an incident involving an American steamship and a failed attack. The text appears corrupted but references a dramatic act, a remark about “Good work” and a misfired device, with unclear context and dates.

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The Village Blacksmith and a Cambridge Pair

A professor becomes a neighbor of a blacksmith in 1837. The warm bond grows from daily strolls past the smithy and cottage, recalling the 1825 purchase from Torrey Tancock and a famed nearby spring. The piece notes Brattle Street, Dexter Tratt, and Henry W. Congfellow in Cambridge.

Stacksmith Whitch Torrey Tancock Henry W. Congfellow Wigm Johnson St. Nicholas

Untitled Dialogue From A Kansas City Store Scene

An overheard exchange in a tavern features a bantering guest and a server, discussing payment terms and a blunt approach to services. The dialogue hints at a rough business negotiation with dollar rates and a casual attitude toward formalities.

Lese Than Grass of Water Foggy Scene Described

A garbled passage describes tiny water creatures in fog and a polluted street scene. It mentions a sea like haze, low streets, and an accidental mass of matter described with dubious measurements and strange terms.

Valuable Skin Mystery from Rasnechatka Trade Fair

Fragmentary text describes an expensive skin from Rasnechatka, noting its high value when worn and comparing it to a skin of a fox. Mentions are unclear but imply exotic trade and priced items.

Rasnechatka

Draft Questionnaire Return Speeds Up For Army Exemption

Speed work on draft questionnaires continues as Exemption Board clerks compile returns from December mailing. Lawyers assist in the Common Council room to help residents answer questions, with 128 forms sent Monday covering numbers 1183 to 1320 and many more to follow across towns including Middletown Walden Rogeton Newburgh Montgomery Maybrook and others.

Common Council Middletown Walden Rogeton Newburgh Montgomery Maybrook New York Chester Mill

Deaf man seeks year round farming job in Orange County

A Brooklyn resident, 32, with four years on a farm, seeks steady annual work in Orange County. Deaf but trained in lip reading, he vows to provide good service. Address bureau office to apply.

Orange County Farm Bureau Brooklyn Orange County Bureau

Slate Roofs Defy Weather Across Centuries

Across England and America, slate roofs prove enduring. In Hartford-on-Avon a Saxon chapel remains protected by its slate covering after twelve centuries. England hosts roofs over 300 years old still sound, while in Philadelphia a 1700 slate roof served governance until 1867. In New England many barns and houses show 60 to 70 years of service with no deterioration.

Sinte Hartford-on-Avon England Wales America Philadelphia William Venn New England

Victory Comes From Aronight Providence Gives It

A brief verse emphasizes that triumph comes from divine guidance rather than human effort, asserting providence as the source of victory and strength.

Asthot Mare Wins National Billiard Championship

The article reports R. Mare winning the national billiard championship final, defeating John Lew 1 to 47 after advancing through preliminary rounds without a defeat. Mare set a notable record with a strong performance in the final.

Asthot R. Mare Mimatent Rilind John Lew Seree Peruminary Townie Wes Seree Gamer Wom Cone

Couple in Court Over Domestic Dispute and Gun Incident

William Phillips and Amy Phillips appeared before Recorder Starr after a Christmas Eve confrontation in Fulton street home. Amy was held for possessing a revolver without a license, William arraigned for disorderly conduct. both plead guilty and received suspended sentences amid a family dispute.

William Phillips Fulton Street Amy Phos Howard M. Starr Phillips Hue Band Bar of Justice Starr Recorder Supreme Court

Anniversary of Weston Birth Celebrates Pedestrian Pioneer

Edward Payson Weston, the noted pedestrian born in Portland in 1829, marked his 78th birthday last Tuesday. The piece recalls his long walking feats, the popularity of pedestrianism 30 to 40 years ago, and mentions Daz O Leary as another famed walker, claiming the title of champion heel and walker at age 75.

Uil Edward Payson Weston Westmm Owas Portland Lten Mark Furnish Daz O'Leary Weston O'Leary England France Ireland Austria Canada United States

Moffat Estate Totals Nothing in Inheritance Report

Denver probate authorities report the Moffat estate owes more than its assets with most assets tied up in real properties and a legend of the deceased nearby holdings. The late Aaron Moffat, a relative of the state editor of the News-Lan, supported the Moffat library and left country connections as part of the strained estate.

Denver Moat Nirwat Attornes Gening Colorado Ofr Limaic Denver & Salt Late

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